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Lee’s Guided Nervous-System Reset
A 10-minute guided audio to help you pause, reset, and step into your next meeting, decision, or important moment with greater clarity.
- Calm your nervous system
- Clear the mental noise
- Return to what matters
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What Every Thriving Woman Leader Knows
Happiness Is How You Lead — With Purpose, Drive, and Joy.
Happiness isn’t about feeling good all the time — it’s about leading from a regulated nervous system, choosing gratitude over scarcity, and releasing whatever story has been keeping you small. Women who practice the RISE Method report 31% higher productivity and 3x stronger creative problem-solving — proof that your best work comes from your most grounded, joyful self.
Happiness is not separate from success. It is the foundation of it.
The Framework Behind Everything Here
The RISE Method
One practice. Four steps. Every dimension of your life.
This is the sequence Lee has used with women CEOs, founders, and leaders for over a decade — the same four moves, practiced daily, that turn a reactive morning into a grounded one, and a scattered decision into a clear one.
Recenter
Nervous system regulation first — because your clearest thinking, and your best decisions, come from a body that feels safe and settled.
Polyvagal theory, Dr. Stephen Porges
Invite Gratitude
Shift from scarcity to capacity. Not toxic positivity — a documented increase in wellbeing from an active gratitude practice.
Seligman’s PERMA research
Shift
Release the stories that have quietly been holding you back — not enough time, not enough support — and step into what’s actually possible for you.
Execute
Aligned momentum — taking inspired, energized action once you’ve recentered, so every step forward feels like drive, not depletion.
Wherever You Are, There’s a Way Back to Yourself
Start Small. Start Today.Start Where You Are.
Whether you have five minutes or a free weekend, there’s a place to start. Every path below runs on the same four steps: Recenter, Invite Gratitude, Shift, Execute.
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Build Your RISE Vision Board
Turn a Recenter-and-Gratitude practice into a visual map of where you’re headed — the milestone, the relationship, the version of leadership that doesn’t cost you your health.
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Coming SoonGo Deeper
The Happiness Blueprint
A 10-module, 90-day program built entirely on the RISE Method — the same sequence Lee used to build and sell 12+ companies, now built for you.
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Meet the Founder
Meet Lee Richter
Lee Richter is an award-winning entrepreneur who launched a dozen successful businesses over 25+ years.
Recognized by the SF Business Times as a Top 100 Women Business Leader, Lee introduced happiness science to her team in 2010 and saw the transformative impact it could have on business and life.
In 2015, she spoke at Harvard Business School. Today, she shares happiness science with leaders, entrepreneurs, and people seeking a more purposeful, joyful life.
Harvard Business School
Speaker
SF Business Times
Top 100 Women Business Leaders
25+ Years
Serial Entrepreneur
Since 2010
Happiness Science Pioneer
“I am passionate about bringing happiness science to business leaders, entrepreneurs, and anyone seeking a more purposeful, joyful life.”
Your Happiness Score
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- Recenter72%
- Invite Gratitude84%
- Shift65%
- Execute79%
Your RISE Profile
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Free RISE Self-Reflection
What’s YourHappiness Score?
Discover how you’re showing up across the four areas of the RISE Method — and uncover where your biggest opportunity for positive change may be.
- Personalized Score
- RISE Breakdown
- Your Next Step
Lee's Top 10 Book Picks
Books for a Happier,
More Purposeful Life.
A curated collection of books Lee recommends for exploring happiness, personal growth, focus, purpose, and living with greater intention.
Before Happiness
by Shawn Achor
Discover how changing the way you see possibility can help create positive change, strengthen motivation, and move you toward greater happiness and success.
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Flourish
by Martin E. P. Seligman
Explore a broader understanding of well-being that goes beyond simply feeling happy and considers what helps people build meaningful, fulfilling lives.
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The How of Happiness
by Sonja Lyubomirsky
A research-based guide to understanding happiness and the practical strategies we can intentionally incorporate into everyday life to support greater well-being.
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Happy Human
by Gopi Kallayil
An uplifting exploration of happiness through authenticity, encouraging us to embrace what makes us human and live more fully as ourselves.
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Deep Work
by Cal Newport
Learn how focused, distraction-free work can help you produce better results, develop valuable skills, and bring greater intention to how you use your attention.
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The Miracle Morning
by Hal Elrod
Explore a purposeful morning practice built around simple personal-growth habits designed to help you begin each day with greater intention.
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Buy Back Your Time
by Dan Martell
A practical approach to reclaiming your time, focusing on higher-value work, and creating more freedom for the parts of business and life that matter most.
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Be Your Future Self Now
by Dr. Benjamin Hardy
Learn to let the person you want to become guide the choices you make today, creating a more intentional path toward your future.
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Ego Is the Enemy
by Ryan Holiday
An exploration of how ego can interfere with learning, leadership, relationships, and long-term success — and how humility and self-awareness can help us move forward with greater clarity.
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Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action
by Simon Sinek
Explore why some leaders and organizations inspire people to take action by beginning with a clear sense of purpose — the “why” behind what they do.
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You Don’t Have to Do This Alone.
Inside The Happiness Movement, you get real access to mentors and educators who’ve walked this path before you, and a community that's as committed to your joy as it is to your success. Every woman who builds this practice makes it easier for the next one to find it.
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