Not every success is worth buying.
Achievement always has a price. A well-designed life asks whether that price fits your health, relationships, values and happiness.
Design Happy Life by NarenBook a free conversationLife coaching across India
Life coaching for experienced professionalsand adults 45+.
I help experienced professionals and adults 45+ across India consciously design a happier, healthier and more meaningful life—and build the habits that help them live it.
No lectures. No hollow motivation. A practical path designed with you.
Online coachingEnglish · हिन्दी · मराठीAcross India
Our point of view
“Happiness is more than a mood. It is a set of skills—and a way of designing everyday life.”
A personal philosophy for real life
Happiness needs reflection. It also needs action.
These ideas have grown through Naren's own work, relationships, setbacks, meditation practice, running and continued attempts to learn something new.
We become what we practise.
Insight matters, but daily behaviour shapes life. Lasting change comes from turning intention into small, repeatable action.
You can improve at any stage.
Age and experience need not make life smaller. A beginner’s mind keeps learning, purpose and possibility alive.
When experience asks for a reset
You do not need a perfect life. You need a clearer way to live yours.
Work is going well, but stress follows you home.
Exercise, sleep or relationships keep slipping down the list.
You know what should change, yet consistency remains difficult.
A transition has raised bigger questions about purpose and what comes next.
Coaching gives you a calm, non-judgemental space to step back, decide what really matters and turn insight into actions you can sustain.
The Design Happy Life approach
From personal philosophy to everyday action.
We connect mindset, goals and behaviour. Reflection, mindfulness and meditation may support awareness, but they are tools—not dogma or a one-size-fits-all answer. The path is shaped around your circumstances, personality and priorities.
See clearly
Notice the beliefs, emotions and automatic patterns shaping your days.
Choose intentionally
Create a personal philosophy and define the priorities that fit this stage of life.
Design the path
Translate what matters into meaningful goals, practical actions and supportive environments.
Build the habits
Make healthy action easier, move through procrastination and create steady momentum.
Make it your own
Use reflection and accountability to adapt the system until change feels sustainable.
Ways to work together
Practical coaching for the season of life you are in.
One-to-one coaching
Life Design Conversations
For managers, senior leaders and people in transition
Clarify the life you want to create, then develop the mindset, boundaries and habits to move towards it with confidence.
- Understand what feels out of balance
- Connect priorities with values and purpose
- Design practical actions for everyday life
- Build reflection, accountability and momentum
Focused five-part track
Habit Mastery
For professionals who want sustainable consistency
A five-part programme to change, build or stop a habit—and replace stop-start effort with a system that fits real working life.
Work stressHealth habitsBoundariesTransitionsRelationshipsPurpose
Explore Habit Mastery Life after 50
Healthy longevity & purposeful living
For adults 50+ who want to rebuild energy, prepare for change and create healthier routines for a meaningful next chapter.
An active life
Consistency for recreational runners
Habit and life coaching for runners balancing work, recovery and training—especially beginners and active adults 50+. This is not running instruction or a training plan.
Meet Naren
Life experience, professional depth and a belief in possibility.
Naren is a Happiness and Well-being Coach who combines 32+ years of corporate leadership with psychology, coaching and his own lived experience of health, relationships and life transitions.
After a long corporate career, he chose to study the human mind and turn that learning into practical building blocks for a happier life. More than a decade of distance running—and the humility of becoming a beginner again while learning skills such as swimming—continue to remind him that progress is rarely neat, instant or effortless.
His style is warm, thoughtful and down to earth. He will listen without judgement, challenge assumptions with care and help you create a practical path forward—without preaching or pretending that change is always easy.
Certified Life CoachCertified Executive & Business CoachBA Psychology · MBA HRNLP & Emotional Intelligence coaching32+ years corporate leadership40+ people coached or mentored
View Naren's professional background Questions before you begin
Clear answers for a thoughtful first step.
Who is this life coaching for?
Design Happy Life is for experienced professionals and adults 45+ across India who want clearer priorities, healthier habits, a more meaningful next chapter or practical support through a life transition.
What can we work on in coaching?
Sessions may explore life design, work stress, boundaries, health habits, procrastination, purpose, relationships, transitions and the everyday systems that make change easier to sustain.
Is life coaching therapy or medical treatment?
No. Coaching supports personal development and habit change; it is not medical advice and is not a substitute for medical or mental-health treatment. If a concern needs clinical care, that is the appropriate next step.
How does the first conversation work?
The first conversation is an approximately 45-minute, confidential and exploratory discussion. You can share what feels out of balance, ask questions and decide whether this coaching approach feels useful—without pressure.
Is coaching available online across India?
Yes. Coaching is offered online for people across India, in English, Hindi or Marathi. The practical details are agreed after the introductory conversation.
Explore Design Happy Life
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What would a well-designed life look like for you now?
Start with a free introductory conversation. Tell Naren what feels out of balance and what you hope to change. There is no pressure—just a useful first conversation.
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