Angela Caputo
Happiness Scientist
Angela Caputo is an Emotional Educator, specializing in Positive Psychology, Neuroscience of Happiness, and People Management, with a focus on promoting emotional health and well-being. She is the Founder and Coordinator of the Instituto Felicidade Existe, dedicating her work to emotional education, human development, and social impact projects.
I believe that, despite being a complex topic—full of taboos and therefore often made invisible, especially in the workplace—addressing Worker Suicide and presenting possibilities for its prevention can save lives.
This was my motivation for writing about it, introducing Positive Psychology with a preventive approach, alerting leaders to focus on valuing personal strengths, encouraging engagement, building positive internal relationships, giving meaning to work, and ultimately fostering fulfillment that leads to the much-desired happiness.
Healthy organizational environments can reduce psychosocial risks and promote life and mental well-being.
Angela Caputo
About Angela Caputo
Angela Caputo is an Emotional Educator who has dedicated her career to spreading knowledge that contributes to building a more emotionally healthy world. Her work is guided by the understanding that health, as defined by the World Health Organization (WHO), is “a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.”
Graduated in Business Administration, Angela has extensive experience in People Management. She is a specialist in Relationship Marketing and Positive Psychology, and holds certifications in Behavioral Neuroscience and the Neuroscience of Happiness. She serves as a Licensed Facilitator of the Positive Emotional Education Program, designed by psychologist Miriam Rodrigues.
She is a member of the Brazilian Association of Positive Psychology, certified by the Brazilian Center for Cognitive-Behavioral Coaching, and a practitioner in Character Strengths (Personal Strengths).
Driven by a deep passion for knowledge, Angela believes in education as a source of light and transformation. From a young age, she has been involved in social initiatives and has extensive experience in the Third Sector, working as a Social Educator in various human development projects.
This experience was pivotal for the creation, in March 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, of the “Felicidade Existe” Project, an Emotional Health initiative aimed at providing knowledge and entertainment to help people face fears and challenges during that period.
From the Felicidade Existe Project emerged the Felicidade Existe Institute (IFE), of which Angela is the founder and coordinator, also integrating the team of specialists who lead its workshops.
Her mission is for everyone to benefit from the knowledge shared by the Institute, always developed with dedication and deep care. For Angela, cultivating emotional health is essential: one should not allow the absence of well-being; it is necessary to actively care for oneself.
Chapter Theme
When Happiness Becomes Protection: Positive Psychology as Suicide Prevention for Workers
This chapter addresses suicide among workers from a preventive perspective, linking mental health, leadership, and happiness in the corporate environment. Grounded in Positive Psychology and the updated NR-1 regulation, it discusses how psychosocial factors, organizational culture, and management practices can either increase or reduce risks.
The author shares personal and professional experiences to reflect on psychological safety, the humanization of workplace relationships, and the responsibility of leaders in creating healthier environments.
The purpose is to demonstrate that promoting well-being at work is an ethical and human-centered strategy—one that has the power to save lives.