A nonprofit on a mission

We are changing the trajectory of mental health through the power of play.

Youth happiness has been falling since 2012. We train teachers, transform workplaces, and give kids the skills for real, lasting joy. It begins with play.

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100% of our service profit funds a happier classroom that needs it.

Photography

Hero imageJared and a roomful of kids, mid-play.

2012

the year youth happiness began to fall

74%

of deaths worldwide are lifestyle related (World Health Organization)

DOSE

the four happy chemicals we teach kids to earn

100%

of service profit funds happier classrooms

01 / The shift

Something shifted in 2012. We know how to shift it back.

2012The year smartphones passed half the population, and the lines began to move.

When smartphones passed half the population, in-person time with friends, sleep, exercise, self-esteem, and well-being all began to fall. At the same time, anxiety, depression, and loneliness climbed sharply, in some cases quadrupling between 2012 and 2019.

The hopeful part: happiness is a set of skills and habits, and skills can be taught. We make that teaching joyful, so it actually lasts.

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02 / The science, made simple

Meet the four happy chemicals.

Screens hand these out cheaply and leave the brain drained. We teach kids and teams to earn them naturally.

Motivation

Dopamine

Earned by pursuing goals, big and small.

Connection

Oxytocin

Earned through trust and real friendship.

Mood

Serotonin

Earned in sunlight, gratitude, and purpose.

Reward

Endorphins

Earned by moving the body and laughing.

03 / Work with us

Hire the experience. Fund the mission.

Engage us for your team, school, or stage. The profit does not pad a bottom line, it sponsors teachers in classrooms that cannot afford one.

Team-Bonding Play-Shop

From $5,000Companies & teams

A high-craft experience that turns colleagues into a genuine team through play, movement, and connection.

Happier Schools Teacher Training

From $10,000Schools & districts

We train your teachers to run a classroom kids love, and to teach happiness, mental health, and screen literacy.

Keynotes & Talks

TailoredConferences & events

Book Jared to wake up your room with a talk on play, happiness, and escaping the screen-time trap.

Self-Paced Happiness Course

$297Lifetime access

The 10 Habits of a Joyful Life, on demand. Every purchase sponsors a teacher.

Primal Play Workshops

$297Per workshop

Primal Movement and Primal Combatives. Get out of your head and back into your body.

1:1 Life Coaching with Jared

Free introLimited spots

Build the habits of a joyful life with a coach in your corner. Includes the full course.

04 / The model

Your fun becomes their future.

You play

A company books a play-shop. A leader hires a keynote. Someone enrolls in the course or coaching.

We fund a teacher

The profit sponsors a teacher in an under-resourced school or orphanage, here and abroad. $297 sponsors one.

Kids thrive

That teacher runs a classroom kids love and teaches the habits of a joyful life. The trajectory bends upward.

Your habits determine your success, your health, and your happiness. What you do consistently, you become.

Jared Hippler · Founder & Chief Fun Officer

05 / Three ways in

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