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Happiness Life Coach Certification (Accredited) (Udemy.com)

Become a Certified Happiness Life Coach! Learn powerful tools and strategies to help your clients find their happiness.

Created by: Joeel & Natalie of Transformation Services

Last updated September 2026

Our take

Based on the ratings of 6,359 students, a sample of their written reviews and the syllabus, as the course stood in September 2026. No course pays to be reviewed.

This is a short certification course for people who already work with clients and want a happiness framework to hand them. The syllabus shows six layers: desire, limiting beliefs, ego and identity, time, patterns and conditioning, and current mood. It runs about 5.8 hours across 36 lectures. The instructors, Joeel Rivera and Natalie Rae of Transformation Services, pitch it as a step by step system a coach can follow and pass on.

Reviewers are warm about it. They call it easy to grasp, well structured and practical, and several say the tools changed their own lives. The teaching comes across as clear and interesting. The sample holds almost no criticism, and the rating breakdown agrees: 3,988 five star and 1,728 four star ratings against 118 at one or two stars. Still, 525 people gave three stars, and with no quizzes or assignments, practice is left to the student.

The course was last updated in September 2026, so it isn't stale, and the certificate is included. At 5.8 hours it is a light commitment, and the requirements ask for a basic understanding of life coaching. Anyone after deep clinical training should look elsewhere, since this is a short coaching toolkit. For a coach who wants a ready made happiness program to offer clients, it looks like a solid pick. As pure self help it works too, but the coaching angle is the point.

Best forWorking coaches, counselors or speakers who want a ready made happiness program to use with clients.
Skip it ifYou want in depth psychology training or graded practice, since there are no quizzes or assignments.

Pros

  • Six layer framework gives a clear, step by step path from desire to current mood
  • Reviewers call it easy to grasp and practical, with tools they start using right away
  • Instructors come across as clear, humble and engaging in the student reviews
  • Refreshed in September 2026 and a certificate is included

Cons

  • Only about 5.8 hours and no quizzes or assignments, so practice is up to you
  • Expects a basic understanding of life coaching, so true beginners may struggle
  • About 525 three star ratings show a lukewarm minority, though the sample gives no reasons
Very informative, practical and actionable. Some concepts I thought I knew have now become much clearer.
Mark Walker, a student

Listed for all levels, but the requirements assume some life coaching basics.

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What you will learn

  • Learn the techniques and tools that will help you help others find their happiness
  • Understand and learn the psychology of what creates long term change in people
  • Utilize a proven, step-by-step system with all the materials needed to help people
  • Be able to teach what you learn with confidence
  • Increase your credibility
  • Enhance your coaching business
  • Offer new services to current clients
  • Provide workbook materials to your clients
  • Add additional sources of revenue to your bottom line

Course content

9 sections · 36 lectures · 5.8 hours of video 4 articles

  1. 1Happiness Coach Introduction 3 free previews10 lectures · 57 min
  2. 2Layer 1: Desire (influences/programming/expectations) 1 free preview5 lectures · 56 min
  3. 3Layer 2: Limiting Beliefs (unconscious/agreements)2 lectures · 29 min
  4. 4Layer 3: Ego and Identity (attachments/roles)2 lectures · 31 min
  5. 5Layer 4: Time (past and future vs. the now)4 lectures · 41 min
  6. 6Layer 5: Patterns and Conditioning (rewiring for joy)5 lectures · 1.1 hours
  7. 7Layer 6: Your Current Mood (emotions)2 lectures · 24 min
  8. 8Wrap Up: Unleash Your Happiness5 lectures · 33 min
  9. 9Wrap Up and Next Steps1 lecture · 15 min

Who it is for

The instructor says it suits

  • If you have a passion to help others improve their lives.
  • If you are a counselor, life coach, speaker, teacher or other professional who works with people and you want to enhance the service you provide
  • If you like to have a structure to follow and step by step system with proven results
  • If you want to be able to give clients something concrete that they can work on
  • If you want to expand your credibility through being a certified Happiness Life Coach

What you need before you start

  • A basic understanding of life coaching

How it compares

Against the other 56 rated Udemy courses in Life Coaching on CourseDuck:

  • Rating4.7 out of 5higher than 73% of them
  • Reviews6,359#4 of 57 by number of reviews
  • Length5.8 hoursshorter than 55% of them
  • Last updatedSeptember 2026more recently than 64% of them

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Course Description

*Top-Rated Udemy Instructor with 1,000,000 Students + Earn an Official Life Coach Certification*

Do you want to help your clients live a happier, more fulfilling life?

Are you a life coach, counselor, workshop facilitator, speaker or other professional who loves empowering others?


Become a Certified Happiness Life Coach!


In this life coach certification course, we give you the exact blueprint we have used for years to guide clients to find true, lasting happiness.

You will have the activities and tools you need to help your clients peel off the layers of limitations that block them from being happy in life. You’ll help them:

  • Identify their TRUE desires, not limited by external influences and negative programming

  • Release limiting beliefs, patterns and habits that hold them back

  • Develop a success identity that helps them live in alignment with who they really are

  • Learn emotional control and how to stop living in negative memories from the past or worrying about the future so they can experience happiness right now

  • Take their power back with emotional self-control so they can feel good now, no matter what is going on around them

This happiness life coach certification course will give you a complete life coaching package so you can start coaching your clients to find true happiness today.


IS THIS PROGRAM FOR ME??

We understand this certification course is not for everyone, therefor it may not be applicable to you. So to narrow it down, this course may be for you:

  • If you have a passion to help others improve their lives and be more happy

  • If you are a counselor, life coach, speaker, teacher or other professional who works with people and you want to enhance the service you provide

  • If you like to have a structure to follow and step by step system with proven results

  • If you want to be able to give clients something concrete that they can work on

  • If you are a presenter, workshop facilitator or speaker and want to add additional tools to your offerings and services

  • If you want to expand your credibility through being a Certified Happiness Life Coach


Why Happiness?

We have dedicated over a decade to studying happiness. In fact Dissertation for my (Joeel) PhD in psychology focuses on what creates eudemonic happiness, which is the happiness from within that is not influenced by our outside word. I focused on happiness because I knew that regardless of our background and where we come from, at our core we just want to be happy and live a fulfilling life. In fact, the term “happiness” is important to so many people that if you do a simple key word search from google you will find that almost a million people search every month about how to be happy. Studies have repeatedly shown that happiness impacts every aspect of our life, including our relationships, our wellbeing, our productivity, our career, our overall success, our health, and even how long we live.

The best part is that happiness does not happen by accident there is a science to it—a science that we have shared with our clients in over a decade as life coaches and life coach trainers.

One thing that we have found is that regardless of the area that life coaches focus on in their coaching, knowing how to help their client find true happiness—which is after all what we all want, isn’t it?—is  essential for their client’s success in any area, making it an essential skill for a life coach.

Many studies have demonstrated that happiness:

  • Doubles your critical thinking skills, problem solving ability, and creativity

  • Boosts your immune system and cardiovascular health

  • Extends life expectancy

  • Creates more fulfilling and longer lasting relationships

  • Creates more balance in life

  • Even helps individuals receive work promotions more often

  • And many more positive side effects!

So, are you ready to help others find true happiness and develop a thriving coaching business? If so enroll now, we look forward to seeing you in the course!

Guarantee: We know you will love this course. However, we offer a no-questions-asked 30-day money-back guarantee if the course does not meet your needs for any reason.  


So, who are we?  

We are Joeel & Natalie Rivera, serial entrepreneurs, authors, speakers, and educators. We have over a decade of experience in the field of psychology and life coaching and our greatest passion is empowering others to live life on their terms, fulfill their potential, and embrace their greater purpose. At the time of this recording, we have over 800,000+ students from 200 countries.


STUDENTS WHO COMPLETE EVERY LESSON IN THIS COURSE WILL RECEIVE AN OFFICIAL CERTIFICATION FROM TRANSFORMATION SERVICES, INC., AS WELL AS THE CERTIFIED HAPPINESS LIFE COACH LOGO TO USE IN HIS/HER MARKETING MATERIAL. SEE THE FINAL LESSON IN THIS COURSE FOR INSTRUCTIONS. INSTRUCTIONS FOR HOW TO REQUEST YOUR OFFICIAL CERTIFICATION CAN BE FOUND AT THE END OF THE COURSE. INSTRUCTIONS FOR HOW TO REQUEST YOUR OFFICIAL CERTIFICATION CAN BE FOUND AT THE END OF THE COURSE.

THIS COURSE IS PART OF OUR MASTER COACH CERTIFICATION (ALONG WITH OUR LIFE PURPOSE COACH, GOAL/SUCCESS COACH, AND PROFESSIONAL LIFE COACH CERTIFICATIONS).

CHECK OUT OUR OTHER CERTIFICATION COURSES!



Copyright Transformation Services, Inc. All Rights Reserved


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Instructor Details

Joeel A. Rivera, M.Ed. and Natalie Rae are pioneers in the life coaching field and co-founders of Transformation Services – the leading online course marketplace for life coaching, personal development and entrepreneurship. They’re the only life coach training organization in the world with 60+ niche coaching certifications, providing completely self-paced, done-for-you coaching programs offered at accessible prices.

They have PROUDLY served nearly 1,000,000 happy students from 200 countries and territories.

Using the science of psychology and human potential, they train leading edge entrepreneurs, leaders, and life coaches how to master their mindset and create a purpose-driven business so they can monetize their passion and live life on their terms.

Joeel A. Rivera, MEd: From an early age, Joeel faced adversity, including failing his first year of college and losing his brother to a car accident at the age of 19. This experience transformed his life and instilled a deep sense of purpose by inspiring him to give his brother Daniel's name a meaning by helping others find their true path. He returned to college, earning a Master's Degree in Counseling and all but the dissertation for his Ph.D. in Psychology, and later became a psychology professor.

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Reviews

4.7

6,359 ratings on Udemy

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By Diana Foster on 4/3/2026

This course deserved a ten star rating. This is definitely a course I will refresh often . It’s healing and helpful. This course gave me valuable tools . I can now serve with confidence and happiness. We all have a choice to forgive, and we have a choice to be happy, I want to thank everyone for sharing their wisdom in this course. It was an amazing course, and I would definitely recommend it.

By Connie M DiSerafino on 12/25/2025

Great course, I would definetely recommend to anyone searching for answers. The only thing I do disagree with is that the thing we do in life, called our job greatly impacts how we feel on a daily basis. If you feel out of place in your job or you feel like you should be doing something else, this does cause us to be unhappy.

By Kerstin Kromker on 12/7/2025

This course came at the exact right time for me. Yes I am learning to help others, but in this course I also learned to help myself. It really all is about perception and choice. Thank you very much for all your input. I Have more courses from you already downloaded and I am looking forward to completing them as well.

By Karen Spicer on 12/2/2025

This is a great course for my own personal development and for use in my work as a teacher. It has allowed me to look at my own thinking and the roadblocks or default patterns I sometimes use to avoid letting myself be happy.

By ANUPAM MAHAJAN on 10/24/2025

Definitely it's a good beginning, as this is Cover page we need to unravel the layers to understand its actual depth and impact

By Sharleen Molina on 9/17/2025

I enjoyed this course. I was happy to see how much of this content i was already familiar with. I'm excited about all of the provided resources and looking forward to using them for myself and potential clients in the future.

By Sonia Holtz on 1/1/2020

An excellent match. I first needed to use it on myself thoroughly. I still am. I'm taking deep notes and thinking about each lesson. It is having a deep impact on me. Things that were given facts, have become possibilities. So they have moved into the RAS and thus become goals. Life changing. Also, as I go, I am sure to be ABLE to help others.

By Wendy Frame on 7/20/2019

I really need to take this course as I feel I still struggle with falling into low frequency and have to work extra hard to get back to living in the now. I have been going to a life coach as well ,who has been helping me with that concept.so far the intro has been really interesting .I'm looking forward to hearing more...

By Jorge Robleto on 12/12/2017

The course was enlightening and helpful in many ways. The worksheets were simple and easy to follow, and at the same time, insightful. The pace of the course was perfect and the different sections were well structured. It is hard for me to say how the course could be improved. All in all, I'm very happy with what I learned.

By Chellee Chase-Saiz on 7/30/2016

At first I was skeptical about the course because I was hearing a lot of things that I already knew. Now that I'm halfway through, I have learned so much that I didn't know, and discovered new ways of looking at things that I thought I knew. The lectures keep on getting better and better, and it becomes easier for me to picture myself excelling at what I love to do. The course has now exceeded my expectations.

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