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GIVE YOUR CHILD THE ONE ADVANTAGE THAT LASTS A LIFETIME: EMOTIONAL STRENGTH
Today’s world is changing fast — with AI, social media, and rising uncertainty. Because of that, what helps children thrive isn’t more knowledge, but a strong emotional foundation.
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Please be happy is a grounded, science-based family program for parents who want to raise emotionally intelligent, confident and resilient children – by leading with self-awareness, not perfection.
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It’s more than a program.
It's a movement for conscious parents who want to give their children the one thing that lasts:
emotional strength for life.
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Success doesn’t start in school.
It starts in the nervous system.
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Please be happy
Emotionally intelligent. Neuroscience-based. Beautifully human.
Building the Emotional Blueprint for a Lifetime
​​The early years of a child are the foundation for everything that follows.
By age six, 90% of the brain is already developed. During this critical window, they don’t just grow physically — they begin to learn how to handle stress, emotions, setbacks, and relationships. It’s when the core architecture for emotional intelligence, self-regulation, confidence, and mental health is built.
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But children don’t learn from what we say. They learn from who we are.
They absorb how we feel.
How we respond.
How we connect.
Secure attachment begins with co-regulation — when your calm helps your child’s nervous system settle.
That’s how emotional resilience is wired into your child's brain.
In those early years, we quietly become the role model they grow into.
The way we handle tension, chaos, or everyday stress shapes the emotional atmosphere they grow up in — and becomes their childhood.
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The way we manage emotions is how they learn to manage theirs.
When we shift inside, something shifts outside.
Connection flows more easily.
And parenting starts to feel like developing an unbreakable bond — not a battlefield.
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Please be happy helps you build exactly that. Not through guilt or pressure — but through clarity, calm, and science-based tools that truly work.
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Because happy parents raise happy children.
It’s about planting what matters — while it matters most.
And that is the most powerful legacy we can leave.
Where it all began — a moment, a song,
and a promise.
When I was pregnant with my first child, there was one song I couldn’t stop listening to: “Musketiere” (eng: "Musketeers")
by Mark Forster — a love letter to his unborn baby. One line stayed with me more than any other:
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"Please be happy."
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That simple sentence became my deepest wish — and the beginning of my journey.
Like many new parents, I read the books, followed the advice, and tried to “get it right.”
But what no one really tells you:
True happiness isn’t something we can give, buy or organise for our children.
It’s something we have to grow within ourselves.
The real work wasn’t about learning how to raise a child — but about becoming the kind of person I wanted my child to grow beside.
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As an executive coach, I already had all the powerful tools: mindset work, emotional intelligence, leadership, self-awareness. But becoming a mother gave all of it deeper purpose.
I began to see how my understanding of emotions, needs, and psychology helped me truly connect with my children — and how that inner clarity brought more peace into our family, including the relationship with my husband.
Not because the struggles disappeared — but because something stronger took root:
Real connection.​​
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And that’s why I created Please be happy as an invitation to strengthen ourselves, so our children can grow strong too.
At Please be happy we don't wait for problems to arise, we help to build the emotional foundation before it's ever shaken.
To become the kind of parent we once needed — and the one our children will always remember.
The Parenting Journey your children will thank you for.
A premium, personal experience to shape the emotional future of your family — and the most beautiful proof of love you can give your child.​​​
Through 8 private, guided sessions, you’ll experience the Please be happy Method: a signature approach rooted in neuroscience, emotional intelligence, and the real-life challenges of modern family life.
You’ll notice the shift in how you speak, how you hold space, how you show up.
And your child will feel it — long before they can name it. They’ll feel safer. And naturally cooperate more.
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A focused path to lead with intention and heart:
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Strengthen your emotional balance and resilience
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Break reactive patterns — and replace them with conscious leadership
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Clarify the values and vision you want to live and pass on to your child
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Create a home where trust, connection, and joy become the foundation for growth
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It’s the clearest investment in your child’s future — and in your own inner peace.
It’s an investment in who you become — and in who your child is allowed to become because of it.
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The Please be happy Method
8 private sessions · Quiet. Discreet. Transformational.
Available by application · limited number of 1:1 journeys each month.
Apply now to receive full program details.
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Coming Autumn 2025: Digital Edition
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The self-paced video version of our original Method —featuring 8 immersive, beautifully
crafted modules to support your emotional clarity and inner leadership, at your own pace.
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About the founder
Mareile Menninger is a German Entrepreneur and Emotional Intelligence Advisor based in Dubai.
With over 15 years as a senior executive in international media — and more than a decade of experience coaching leaders across business, politics, media, and elite sports — she bridges real-world leadership with deep psychological insight.
A two-time founder and certified expert in mindset and emotional intelligence, Mareile now supports parents who want to raise emotionally strong, confident children — by strengthening themselves first.
As a mother of two, her work is deeply personal.
Rooted in neuroscience, connection, and clarity — always with heart.
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Education & Credentials
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M.A. in Media Studies · Certified Executive & Family Coach
Specialist in Developmental Neuroscience & Emotional Resilience
15+ years in Leadership · 10+ years in Transformational Coaching
Trained in Self-Leadership, Vision Work & Parent-Child Psychology
Certified under international coaching standards (ICF aligned)
