Where does happiness live?

A practical book for parents and children aged 2–6 about more balanced, happier everyday life. It has two parts: the first strengthens the parent's own balance, the second connects with the child through shared, playful exercises.

Not a classic collection of tips. Rather, it shows what happiness is, what it's made of, and how it can become part of everyday life – first for the parent, then together with the child.

It speaks to parent and child alike: instead of separating family members, it creates a shared, joyful ritual where both of you recharge equally. It genuinely fits into a day (10–20 minutes): it doesn't demand extra hours from your crowded calendar, it works with tiny micro-practices. And it is a practical guide, not theory: instead of dry professional text it hands you tools you can try right away, proven in practice.

Part 2 of the book (the stories and games) is tailored to the developmental needs of 2–6-year-olds. At the same time, Part 1 (the parent's inner balance) and the 7-area rainbow approach are a huge help for the parent of a child of any age. The children's part can also be stretched to ages 7–8.

Yes, and then some! Every practice also has a “minimum version” of just a few minutes. The goal isn't to squeeze another programme into the calendar, but to fill the evening or daytime minutes you already have with real presence.

The stories and playful practices work wonderfully with several children at once; in fact they also strengthen the sibling bond and the shared experience.

We never force it. The method builds on the parent's example and on playfulness. If you start the practice or the story, your child will join in out of curiosity. If not today, then tomorrow or next week, just don't give up. Consistency and the parent's example matter.

You don't have to “work on yourself” in the classic sense: Part 1 isn't about burdensome tasks but about 10-minute, instantly calming micro-rituals (a single conscious breath, or a pause in the middle of the day). You can also skip straight to the shared part: the book's structure is flexible, and if right now you only have capacity for the stories, the games and calming your child, you can dive straight into the shared experiences and the “lifebuoy” exercises. And playing with your child recharges you too: the parent's own recharge often happens unnoticed during shared storytelling and play – it doesn't take extra energy, it makes the minutes you already share lighter and more joyful for both of you.

The book is a complete experience on its own. The app is a convenient digital support (for tracking progress and the rainbow wheel, for example), but it isn't required for doing the practices.

Linda Mühl-Kovács is a communications professional, wellbeing ambassador, trained yoga, children's yoga and meditation teacher and, most importantly, a mother. The methodology wasn't born behind a desk but in the everyday life of her own family (and those around her). Linda combined her own parenting experience with recognised research foundations (the theories of Diener, Seligman, Csíkszentmihályi and the Blue Zones). Her credo: happiness is a consciously learnable way of functioning, acquired most effectively in shared parent-child connection.

Directly on the happinest.club site, for 6390 HUF.