Meet the founder
🎀 TEDx Speaker πŸ“š Amazon bestselling co-author πŸ† Laughter Professor 🌍 17 years Β· 500+ organisations

Shareen Richter

Laughter & Happiness Professor, TEDx speaker and Amazon bestselling co-author of Expert Mavericks. Bringing people together through practical wellbeing experiences since 2009.

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WhatsApp: +27 82 337 3777

Shareen Richter, Founder of HappiSpace
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"Laughter Professor" Named by Dr Madan Kataria, founder of Laughter Yoga
17 years in practice
500+ companies served
1 Amazon bestselling book
2009 facilitating since
What Shareen offers

However you found her, there's a door for you.

Shareen works with corporate teams, individuals and schools, the same science, shaped to who's in the room.

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For your team
A facilitated reset your people can feel in the room and practise afterwards, The Human Reset Experience™.
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For you
Join an open class or become a member. The same reset, for one person carrying too much.
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For your school
A warm, opt-in, non-clinical reset for learners and the staff who hold them.
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Her story

Practical wellbeing for real working days

Shareen Richter has facilitated laughter coaching and workplace wellbeing experiences since 2009. Her work brings people together through laughter, movement, breathing and practical tools they can use in everyday life.

Armed with an Industrial Psychology Honours degree, she developed a professionally facilitated approach to helping people notice and practise simple resets that could speak the language of HR directors and CFOs.

The laughter makes room for people to notice what feels different, and to practise a simple reset they can use again.

The result? A 17-year body of work spanning 500+ organisations, a TEDx talk, the Amazon bestselling book Expert Mavericks, a Fairmount venue for small groups and facilitated wellbeing experiences, and a title, Laughter Professor, given to her personally by Dr Madan Kataria, the founder of Laughter Yoga, in recognition of her mastery of the field.

Today HappiSpace is the home of The Human Reset and Laughter Coaching. It is a place for small teams, private groups and facilitated experiences, with the option to bring a reset to your workplace.

Shareen Richter facilitating a laughter coaching session

"Dr Madan Kataria personally named Shareen the 'Laughter Professor', a title given to her by the founder of Laughter Yoga."

Credentials & recognition

The science behind the smile

These reflect 17 years of facilitating groups, alongside formal study in Industrial Psychology and a TEDx talk.

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TEDx Speaker

Delivered a TEDx talk on happiness, resilience, and the science of human wellbeing, putting laughter coaching on the global stage.

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Amazon bestselling co-author

Co-author of Expert Mavericks, an Amazon bestselling book.

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"Laughter Professor"

Title bestowed by Dr Madan Kataria, founder of Laughter Yoga, the highest recognition in the global laughter coaching field.

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Industrial Psychology

Honours degree in Industrial Psychology plus two additional business qualifications, the academic rigour behind the joyful practice.

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Media & press

Featured on ETV South Africa and in major SA business publications. A recognised voice on workplace wellbeing and resilience.

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500+ organisations

17 years of corporate facilitation across South Africa's biggest brands, from Eskom to Pfizer, Momentum to UNISA.

Her approach

The Human Reset

The Human Reset brings together laughter, breathing, movement and sound to help people notice a change they can feel. Shareen helps them choose a simple way to reset again in an ordinary working day.

Research on laughter offers useful context, but every group is different. In a session, participants can notice and describe their own immediate experience. Any optional feedback or reporting is agreed with the client beforehand.

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What makes it different
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Grounded in experience

Laughter, movement and sound learned through years of live facilitation and professional study.

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Practical takeaways

Simple reset techniques participants can practise again in ordinary working moments.

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Built for corporates

No fluff, no candles, no trust falls. Designed for South Africa's most demanding boardrooms and HR teams.

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Meet Mr Frazzle

The world's most relatable stress character, and Shareen's co-host

Mr Frazzle is HappiSpace's signature character: a sweet-but-grumpy worry-bundle who represents everyday pressure. Rainbow mohawk (calm), full red (frazzled). His on-screen Frazzle Meter ticks down in real time as Shareen guides him, and the audience, through a playful reset.

He stars in the HappiSpace podcast, lives on this website as an interactive helper, and is built from scratch with AI production tools that Shareen's team develops in-house at The HappiSpace Studio.

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As seen & heard

In the media

Shareen's work on laughter, resilience and corporate wellbeing has been featured across South Africa's leading platforms.

πŸ“Ί ETV South Africa πŸ“° SA Business Publications πŸŽ™οΈ Keynote speaker circuit πŸ“» Radio interviews πŸ† Small Business Awards SA finalist

"When last did your team have a chance to let go for a moment and simply enjoy being together?"

, Shareen Richter, on what she learned after 17 years in the field

Ready?

Work with Shareen

Whether it's a keynote, a team reset, a venue hire, or something you haven't seen on any other wellness brief, start here.

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shareen@happispace.co.za Β· +27 82 337 3777 Β· Fairmount, Johannesburg