Monique's Story - Why I Built This
At 19, I was in the darkest place of my life — drowning in depression, anxiety, and thoughts of ending it all. I ended up in hospital after a suicide attempt, staring at the ceiling of a sterile room, convinced that happiness was something other people got to have. Not me.
That night became the turning point. I made a choice: figure out how happiness actually works, or give up trying.
That choice sent me on a 20-year journey. I studied mindfulness, neuroscience, cognitive-behavioral psychology, ancient philosophy, and modern positive psychology. I used myself as a living experiment. Slowly, and then suddenly, everything shifted. My thoughts got quieter. My emotions steadied. My life became — and I don't say this lightly — extraordinary.
The techniques I teach in The Happiness Baseline are the exact ones I used to rebuild my own life. Every single one of them. I didn't create a course. I distilled a rescue mission.
And now I watch thousands of people make the same journey — from stuck, overwhelmed, and quietly desperate, to genuinely, sustainably happy.
That's why I built the bond model. I wanted to remove every barrier — financial, psychological, and motivational — so that anyone who is ready can do this work and get results. Every time.