Unlock the power of caring for wellbeing.

Learn how to help people in your workplaces, schools, and communities to thrive, even during times of struggle.

The Certificate In Creating Wellbeing
Starting mid-September 2023

“92.4% of all past participants report they’d recommend the Certificate to others.”

Midland Community

“94% of participants said their confidence to help others to care for their wellbeing had improved significantly.”

Midland Community

Boost wellbeing, resilience and performance.

Do you want to learn how to help people in your workplace, school, or community to:

  • Care for their wellbeing, even during the most challenging of times?
  • Bring out the best in themselves and others, one tiny actionable step at a time?
  • Reliably measure wellbeing, with a credible, scientific measurement tool?
  • Co-create thriving workplaces, schools or communities that fuel belonging and bolster resilience?

Then, the Certificate In Creating Wellbeing is for you.

From functioning to flourishing.

Based on Professor Martin Seligman’s PERMAH theory of wellbeing, the program includes live training classes and coaching calls with our globally sought-after coaches to put the latest wellbeing research and tools at your fingertips so you can be accredited to help others thrive, even in times of struggle.

Experience 10 hours of live training classes and coaching calls over 6 weeks to give you all the tools, resources and support you need to:

  • Make the science of wellbeing accessible and actionable by teaching people how to create tiny evidence-based wellbeing behaviors using Professor Martin Seligman’s PERMAH wellbeing framework.
  • Design psychologically safe spaces for teams, groups, and families to playfully experiment with more effective and joyful ways to support each other’s wellbeing.
  • Co-create thriving workplaces, schools, and communities by taking a strengths-based approach to creating positive changes that fuel belonging, bolster resilience, and improve health and wellbeing outcomes.
  • Reliably and confidentially measure people’s wellbeing – including levels of thriving and struggle – and debrief their results.

You’ll come away with:

Certification in
Creating Wellbeing

Wellbeing library of videos, playbooks, cheat sheets and podcasts

Membership to global
alumni wellbeing community

How does the Certificate work?

Running in both the Northern and Southern hemispheres, you can select the time-zone that works for you. Our next round of the Certificate Kicks off on the 12th of September in the Southern hemisphere and the 19th of September in the Northern hemisphere, you can grab the full list of class dates below.

Delivered over 6 weeks with 10 hours of evidence-based learning, the Certificate includes live training classes and group coaching calls to give you all the resources, tools and support you need from our highly sought-after team of positive psychology and wellbeing researchers and practitioners.

Module 1: Wellbeing Foundations

Are You Ready To LEAD Wellbeing?

  • What’s working well and where are we struggling when it comes to caring for wellbeing in workplaces?
  • The need for wellbeing literacy, evaluation, activation, and determination.
  • How can we help LEAD mental wellbeing for time-poor workplaces?

The Surprising Truths About Wellbeing

  • Why caring for wellbeing involves moments of thriving and struggle.
  • Experiment with a free, evidence-based approach to measuring and supporting wellbeing.
  • Build your levels of wellbeing literacy to help people become more active and intelligent stewards of their wellbeing in the workplace.
Module 3: Caring for Wellbeing

Designing Tiny Nudges

  • Learn how to harness people’s Motivation, Ability, and Prompts to MAP wellbeing changes at the me, we and us levels.
  • Build a tiny nudges toolbox based on the latest research and your own experiences in workplaces.
  • Discover the three mental wellbeing derailers that bring people’s good intentions for caring mental wellbeing unstuck.

Sparking Conversations

  • Unpack why every action people take is preceded by a question and how to ask questions that help people to care for their wellbeing in new ways.
  • Experiment with a simple neurological behavioural change template to design wellbeing conversations that win people’s commitment.
  • Learn how to spot and harness the hopes that lie behind every skeptic’s doubts about caring for mental wellbeing at work.
Module 4: How Might We?

Design & Submit Your Impact Project Plan

  • Share your dreams of what might be possible if you leveraged what already works well, applied what you’ve learned in this program, and used your experience to help people in workplaces care for their wellbeing.
  • Design a “tiny is mighty” impact project to make your hopes a reality.
  • Get clear on your next steps to implement your impact project.

WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY ABOUT US:

“I recommend these programs to organizations that want to dig deeper and reach higher.”

Patrick Melby

Good Company Ventures

“The class is engaging and inspiring. It has changed the way I engage at work, with people, and with my own health, but most importantly, it has brought such joy to my life.”

Pam Singer

President, Board of Education

“Learning the science of wellbeing with nearly 40 other members of my community was life-changing for me. It has armed me with tools to promote wellbeing.”

Bridgette Gransden

County Administrator/Controller

“I am now more mindful of interconnectedness in our community, and how all of the pieces contribute to making this town a better place.”

Beth Bredt

Primary School Teacher and Community Advocate

What bonus tools are you given?

To help you have a big impact when it comes to helping others to care for their wellbeing, the Certificate includes a bonus of more than $2,500 of evidence-based, done-for-you tools that you can steal-with-pride. That’s right, you can use these tools exactly as there are, rearrange them as needed, and even re-brand them if you desire. All we ask is that you acknowledge The Wellbeing Lab as the original source.

AS YOU GO THROUGH THE CERTIFICATE YOU’LL RECEIVE:

VALUED AT

PERMAH TRAINING LIBRARY – Make sure you have the latest science at your fingertips when it comes to Positive emotions, Engagement, Relationships, Meaning, Accomplishment and physical Health. These 6 x 1-hour modules are broken down into 15 minute micro-doses so you can watch the videos, listen to the audios or read the playbooks wherever you want, as many times as you wish.

$297
THE SURPRISING TRUTHS ABOUT WELLBEING PRESENTATION PACK – Help build people’s levels of wellbeing literacy with this 30 – 90 minute PowerPoint pack, demonstration video and digital playbook that can be given to others. $297
PERMAH WELLBEING SURVEY GROUP DEBRIEF GUIDE – Guide teams and groups through their free PERMAH Wellbeing Survey results by helping them to reflect on the insights they’ve uncovered and what this might mean for how they can better support their own and each other’s wellbeing. $297
TINY WELLBEING HABITS ONE WEEK CHALLENGE – Everything you need (facilitator’s guide, participant pack, digital habit cards and tracking poster) to help groups design a tiny wellbeing habit, track their progress, and celebrate their learning. $297
WELLBEING CHECK-IN CONVERSATION GUIDE – Create psychological safe spaces for people to share what’s working well, where they are struggling, and what they are learning about caring for their wellbeing. $297
BUILDING PSYCHOLOGICAL SAFETY TOOLBOX – Help people to untangle their relationships and build trust with these step-by-step instructions to open up conversations and design practices to be honest, get curious, ask appreciative questions, conquer incivility, be generous and grow from failure together. $297
CULTIVATING GRIT TOOLBOX – Build people’s resilience and grit with these engaging and energizing activities to fuel growth mindsets, reach for self-compassion, find purpose, boost prosocial emotions, and avoid stupid grit. $297
TEAMING WITH STRENGTHS TOOLBOX – Help people to discover, develop and deploy their strengths – the things they are good at and enjoy doing – using the activity guides and posters for the VIA Character Strengths Survey, Clifton Strengths, or any other strengths assessment tool. $297

In addition, you’ll also have access to a curated library of podcasts and cheat sheets from the world’s leading wellbeing researchers. Best of all you’ll have lifetime access to these bonus tools.

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ONE-TIME PAYMENT

$1,689USD

per person

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THREE MONTHLY PAYMENTS

$625USD

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GROUP DISCOUNT

10% discount

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ONE-TIME PAYMENT

$2,497AUD

per person

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THREE MONTHLY PAYMENTS

$924AUD

per person

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GROUP DISCOUNT

10% discount

for bookings of five people or more

CONTACT US

SECURE YOUR SPOT NOW AND PAY LATER

Need us to save you a seat but pay closer to the kick off date?

CONTACT US

DOWNLOAD THE SYLLABUS

Grab the Certificate brochure to learn more.

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LET’S CHAT

Talk to our team about the Certificate

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What support will you get?

Guiding you through each step is our team of researchers, practitioners and coaches, including Dr. Michelle McQuaid, Danielle Jacobs, Anna Glynn, Louis Alloro, Kathy Snyder, and Beverly Wenzel. Between us, we’ve helped 250,000 people to spark measurable changes in more than 4,800 workplaces, schools and communities in over 75 countries.

To help you easily and joyfully navigate your learning experience you will receive:

  • A Digital PERMAH wellbeing library that is yours to keep – Breaking down the science of wellbeing into easy-to-digest videos and podcasts, research cheat sheets and bonus interviews with the world’s leading wellbeing researchers.
  • Live, interactive classes – This is your chance to dive deeper into the science and practice, build your skills as you experiment together and design ways to immediately apply what you are learning to help others.
  • Two additional group coaching calls – To continue momentum after you leave the classroom, you’ll have live virtual 60 minute coaching calls to keep unpacking what you’ve learned and practical ways to apply your new knowledge.
  • An online portal packed with bonus resources you can steal (and share) with pride – Including recordings of all classes, your evidence-based toolbox, and bonus tips and tools.
  • A Global and local community – Connect and collaborate with experienced wellbeing practitioners from all over the world in our alumni community.

Is the Certificate right for me?

This Certificate is right for you if you want to:

  • Discover the latest wellbeing research and tools to upskill your ability to amplify the wellbeing of others.
  • Rally people around ways to help each other more consistently thrive, even during challenging times.
  • Understand how to embed caring for wellbeing into how we learn, work, connect and live together.
  • Be part of a like-minded community of wellbeing champions who are willing to support and empower each other.

Our Risk-Free Guarantee

We’re sure you’re going to find the Certificate In Creating Wellbeing enormously valuable – and we’re willing to back it up with a hassle-free guarantee.

If the certificate doesn’t give you what you need, just let us know within the first 14 days of the program. Provided you can show us that you’ve been doing the work, but what we’re teaching just isn’t adding value, we’ll send you a full refund.

With this in mind, we do kindly ask that before you enrol, you are fully committed to gifting yourself this time and showing up to support yourself.

Frequently Asked Questions

All the calls are recorded so you can catch up as you need.

Each cohort has up to 40 participants. Don’t worry; the group will be the perfect size so everyone’s questions can be heard and answered, and so that you get as much value as possible.

  1. A computer (laptop or desktop), tablet, or smartphone

  2. A reliable internet connection

  3. A web browser (like Firefox, Safari, or Chrome)
We’ll send you clear instructions for joining the workshops in our reminder emails.

We can help! Don’t hesitate to send us an email at support@michellemcquaid.com and let us know what you are curious about.

If you are having issues with completing the payment it may be that your bank is blocking international transactions. Please contact your bank to clear the transaction. Please note, we do not accept AMEX as a form of credit card payment. If you still need assistance, please contact support@michellemcquaid.com.

The primary teacher in the Northern hemisphere is Kathy Snyder and in the Southern hempisphere is Anna Glynn.

The full list of class dates is available in the syllabus which can be dowloaded here.

Absolutely. We’ll cover enough of the research and applied strategies so you have just what you need.

We will be running the certificate at a later date, if you’d like to join the waiting list, please email support@michellemcquaid.com and we’ll be in touch with future options.