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Repair and Regenerate: The Leadership the Living World Is Asking For

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Repair and Regenerate: The Leadership the Living World Is Asking For

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Repair and Regenerate: The Leadership the Living World Is Asking For

Why the most advanced leadership is not measured by what we build, but by what we heal — and by what we leave more alive than we found it. By Luis Miguel Gallardo Founder & President, World Happiness Foundation — There is a logic running quietly beneath most of how we lead, and it is […]

May 30, 2026

Before the First Breath

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Before the First Breath

A reflection from the EUROTAS Symposium in Portugal — on regression, the Integrative Transformation Model, and the path to ten billion free, conscious and happy by 2050. By Prof. Luis Miguel Gallardo · World Happiness Foundation · Shoolini University A lecture, and a longer arc There are talks one g

May 27, 2026

The Inner Revolution Leadership Has Been Waiting For

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The Inner Revolution Leadership Has Been Waiting For

Why The Transpersonal Leader and the Integrated Consciousness Evolution Framework Together Mark a New Era of Conscious Leadership By Luis Miguel Gallardo Founder & President, World Happiness Foundation We are living through a paradox. Humanity has never had more information, more technology, more so

May 25, 2026

When Transpersonal Becomes Transformational

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When Transpersonal Becomes Transformational

Reflections from the EUROTAS Symposium in Portugal on the ITM, the Meta Pets Model, Transpersonal Leadership — and the two billion souls who will arrive before 2050. By Luis Miguel Gallardo · Founder & President, World Happiness Foundation The Atlantic light over Portugal carries something the rest

May 24, 2026

Our Habits Matter More Than We Think They Do.

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Our Habits Matter More Than We Think They Do.

By Skye McKenzie “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” This timeless insight from Aristotle reminds us that our daily actions shape the quality of our lives. Long before modern science understood the power of our habits, Buddha spoke of “habit energies”—patter

May 23, 2026

The Witness Within

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The Witness Within

A Comprehensive Guide to the Awareness That Frees Us — and the Vocation of Those Who Cultivate It by Luis Miguel Gallardo Founder & President, World Happiness Foundation The Capacity Beneath All Capacities There is one capacity that quietly underwrites every meaningful change a human being has ever

May 13, 2026

25+ Pathways to Healing

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25+ Pathways to Healing

Evidence-Based Altered States of Consciousness Modalities Mapped to All 7 Domains of Human Suffering Prof. Luis Miguel Gallardo | World Happiness Foundation | April 2026 PhD Scholar, Shoolini University | Clinical & Transpersonal Hypnotherapist | ICF PCC Coach Introduction Traditional mental health

May 13, 2026

Beyond The Present Moment.

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Beyond The Present Moment.

There are moments when life can feel deeply discouraging. So discouraging, in fact, that the mind begins to believe this is where we will remain forever. The present moment feels so heavy, so limiting, that imagining a different reality becomes almost impossible. Our ability to envision the future g

May 12, 2026

The Mothers Who Hold the World

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The Mothers Who Hold the World

A Celebration in Sixty-Four Voices From the Nine Paths to One / Nueve Caminos Hacia Uno project — Luis Miguel Gallardo, World Happiness Foundation In every village, on every continent, in every century the human story has been told and untold, a mother has been keeping the lights on. She has been ho

May 11, 2026

Siwa: The First Oasis of Happiness

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Siwa: The First Oasis of Happiness

Why the World Happiness Foundation has named this ancient Berber sanctuary the inaugural Oasis in our Cities of Happiness program There are places that offer an answer, and places that return you to your question. Siwa, deep in Egypt's Western Desert — a hundred kilometres from the Libyan border and

May 9, 2026

The Year After the Embrace with the Dalai Lama

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The Year After the Embrace with the Dalai Lama

The Year After the Embrace · One Year From Dharamshala · Luis Miguel Gallardo Luis Miguel GallardoLuis Miguel Gallardo EN ES A Reflection · May 2025 — May 2026 The YearAfter the Embrace One year ago in Dharamshala, His Holiness the Dalai Lama placed his forehead on mine and offered a letter. What th

May 3, 2026

An Idea That Became More Than We Imagined

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An Idea That Became More Than We Imagined

A Soul-Full Journey of Teachers of Happiness in Bhutan Sometimes, the most meaningful projects do not begin with a structured plan. They begin with a simple intention. This one started within the Soul-Full Method program, where participants were invited to take everything they had learned about happ

May 2, 2026

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