Programme · The Book of Life
Life has questions. We might have answers.
A groundbreaking Happy Kids Academy initiative for older teens and young adults — designing a fulfilling life on purpose, not by accident.
Not traditional career guidance. A transformative journey where students don't just learn — they become.
Six chapters of a life
From who am I? to what will I build?
The Book of Life is structured as six reflective chapters. Each one combines psychology-based tools, creativity, guided reflection and life-design prototypes.
Identity
Values, strengths, the story I tell about myself.
Resilience
Cognitive skills for navigating setbacks and uncertainty.
Relationships
The people, communities and circles that hold me.
Purpose
What I want my life to mean — to me and to others.
Happiness
The science of flourishing, applied to my own week.
Future
Prototyping the life I want to design, one decision at a time.
Engage to support us in the pilot phase.
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Meaning and reflection, mapped to the curriculum.
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- What it is
- The Book of Life is a well-being and life-design programme inspired by Stanford's Designing Your Life approach and the science of human flourishing. Students create their own personal 'Book of Life' — a reflective and creative roadmap exploring identity, resilience, relationships, purpose, happiness and the future they want to build.
- Learning objectives
- Understand themselves — values, strengths, and what they want their life to mean.
- Recognise that the future is designed, not just inherited.
- Apply life-design prototypes to navigate uncertainty and make intentional choices.
- Explain the science of flourishing and how it applies to their own choices.
- Domain
- Core EntrepreneurshipCareer & study orientationSustainability (sustainable life choices)
- UN SDGs
- SDG 3Good Health & Well-beingSDG 4Quality EducationSDG 8Decent Work & Economic Growth
- YouthStart Challenges
- Perspective Challenge (A2–B1)Extreme Challenge (A1–B2)Buddy ChallengeBe A YES Challenge
- CASEL SEL Competencies
- Responsible Decision-MakingSelf-AwarenessRelationship Skills
- OECD Learning Compass 2030
- Creating New ValueStudent AgencyCo-AgencyFuture Readiness
- Luxembourg Education Priorities
- OrientationFuture CompetenciesCitizenshipPersonal DevelopmentSocial Cohesion
- 21st-century skills
- #Critical thinking#Creativity#Initiative#Adaptability#Curiosity#Leadership#Persistence
- Location
- In schoolOn site (Happy Kids Academy)Online
- Partners & funding
Co-organised with: School orientation services (SePAS / SPOS), Career-guidance partners
Funded with: Happy Kids Academy SIS, Foundation partners
Evidence & framework
Stanford's Designing Your Life × positive psychology.
The Book of Life blends Bill Burnett and Dave Evans' life-design method with the Harvard Flourishing Measure, PERMA and the GFS protective-factor framework — turning abstract well-being into concrete prototypes.
- Personalised Flourishing Score, with student-owned data
- Maps directly to career-orientation outcomes (SCRIPT Q11)
- Bridges secondary education and early adult life choices
- Designed for SePAS, SPOS and orientation services to co-deliver
Open the Book at your school.
We're partnering with upper-secondary schools in Luxembourg to bring The Book of Life into orientation and well-being curricula.
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