BECOME A CERTIFIED IKIGAI COACH

If you are a coach, psychologist, or educator, ikigai offers a powerful methodology to help people live with greater fulfillment and meaning.

Closely aligned with positive psychology, ikigai can help clients reconnect with motivation, resilience, and a deeper sense that their life matters — even during times of uncertainty or hardship.

For coaches, ikigai provides practical tools to facilitate meaningful conversations around identity, contribution, relationships, growth, and everyday wellbeing. Rather than offering quick answers, it helps clients explore what gives their life significance in a way that is deeply personal and sustainable.

Unfortunately, there is a problem.

Over the past decade, ikigai has become one of Japan's most misunderstood and culturally misrepresented concepts.

• It is not a term from Okinawa.
• It is not the Japanese “secret” to longevity.
• It is not a Venn diagram to find your bliss.
• And it is not a formula for discovering a single life purpose.

You don’t want to be that coach who misinforms clients or leads them down the wrong path.

Become a certified Ikigai Coach and learn to guide others using Japan's most misunderstood—but most powerful—wellbeing concept

ABOUT NICK

Founder: Nicholas Kemp

Ikigai author and keynote speaker Nicholas Kemp, equips leaders, coaches, and entrepreneurs to guide others to live and work with purpose. His mission is simple: to make authentic ikigai accessible to everyone, everywhere.

Drawing on years of research into Japanese wellbeing, Nick combines cultural insight with evidence-based principles from positive psychology to bridge the gap between traditional Japanese perspectives and modern coaching practices.

Nick holds a Diploma of Positive Psychology and Wellbeing has just released his latest book, A Year of Ikigai.