Me with a cohort of the Saudi Electricity Company in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (Sept 2019).
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I love teachingI have a variety of teaching experience that I will review below. I have taught cohorts from around the world using in-person and virtual environments.
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In person teaching experience
- I presented positive psychological principles at the North Star Conference to a classroom of around 80. (2018).
- I presented my research at the International Positive Psychology Association's Fifth World Congress on Positive Psychology in Montreal, Canada. (2017).
- I delivered a one-week positive leadership training for two cohorts of corporate executives of the Saudi Electricity Company in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (2019).
- I have coached speakers for TEDxBYU and the 1000 Words speaker series, mentoring them on how to deliver phenomenal speeches. My speakers' talks have received over 350,000 views since 2018.
- I taught a guest lecture on SWOT analysis of social media platforms at LDS Business College (Ensign College) (2015).
- I presented at Utah Valley University on emerging social platforms (2016).
- I was a volunteer inspirational speaker for at risk high school students (2014-2018).
- I was a Spanish teacher at global religious missionary training center. I taught cohorts of 10-20 students for 8 week periods training them to speak beginning Spanish before sending them to Spanish-speaking regions.
virtual teaching experience
- I created an online school where I have fully planned the curriculum, written the lectures, recorded the videos and published the content to virtual students. See lectures at morehappylife.teachable.com. (2016 - present).
- I taught virtual cohorts of 200+ live viewers on the Periscope.tv app receiving over 760,000 likes for my presentations on positive psychology, life-hacks and other live streams (2016 - 2018).
- I published mini-lessons and inspiring quotes on a positive-psychology related Instagram account (@morehappylife) with over 18,000 followers (2016-present).
- I have written over a hundred blog post articles that have been published and re-shared. The combined viewership of my published articles is over 1,000,000 page views and over 25,000 social media shares across Facebook, Pinterest and Twitter. (2012 - present).
- My podcast, More Happy Life, has over 150 episodes and 77,000 downloads and has been mentioned nationally across the USA in The New York Times, ABC News, Fox Business and many other media outlets. His science-based interviews showcase thought leaders such as Positive Psychology founders Martin Seligman and David Cooperrider, Olympians, Principal Dancer of NYC Ballet, Megan Fairchild, NYT Bestselling Authors, TEDx speakers and other thought leaders, viral bloggers and social media influencers.
- I have been a podcast guest for many well-known podcasts where I have taught about positive psychology principles. Downloads for these episodes exceeds 20,000.
- I have been a professional coach and mentor for clients seeking help during life transitions. I created a flexible and agile curriculum for these clients to cater to their needs as needed (2020).
- Delivered virtual trainings on Qualtrics.com software to teach corporate and academic clients. Clients included: SONY, Verizon, Weather.com, Stanford University, Duke University, Florida State University and dozens of others.
Awards & milestones
- 5 STAR: Apple podcasts rating perfect score after over 77,000 downloads
- 760,000 likes/hearts for virtual presentations
- Podcast mentioned in New York Times, ABC News, Fox News
- Speakers talks have reached over 350,000 viewers
- Chosen as special guest for nationally broadcasted TV show
- Articles written have been viewed over 1,000,000 times
- Posted articles have been shared on social media over 25,000 times
student ratings / Testimonials about my podcast
PODCAST REVIEWS
ONLINE COURSE REVIEWS
"I love that is a course that can actually change your life!! I love the practical applications. I love that it's a course about what really matters and what we ALL are trying to achieve. And I love that all these practical applications are backed by science. My favorite parts are the morning and evening routines. I do some of these things already and sometimes I feel so rigid for doing them, but I was so glad to see that they are backed by science! Maybe I'm not crazy!"
- Jessie
"I think the practicality of everything in the course was its greatest feature."
- McKinley
"I love that is a course that can actually change your life!! I love the practical applications. I love that it's a course about what really matters and what we ALL are trying to achieve. And I love that all these practical applications are backed by science. My favorite parts are the morning and evening routines. I do some of these things already and sometimes I feel so rigid for doing them, but I was so glad to see that they are backed by science! Maybe I'm not crazy!"
- Jessie
"I think the practicality of everything in the course was its greatest feature."
- McKinley
certifications and training
- Bachelors of Science in Psychology (2009)
- Doctor of Philosophy (expected 2025)
- Certification in Applied Positive Psychology (2019)
- Certified Professional Life Coach (2020)
- Psychology 693 - completed graduate-level course on teaching psychology
other related experience
- I self-published a book teaching positive psychology related principles. Hundreds of paperback and kindle copies sold (2015).
- I completed a voluntary teaching and service mission experience where I created hundreds of religious lesson plans to teach from approved curriculum in the Spanish language. (2003-2005)
- Local minister: taught 100+ religious lessons and speeches for local congregation (2000 - 2022). Comfortable speaking and teaching in front of large groups of people.
