About the wellbeing advantage
At The Wellbeing Advantage, we believe that lasting performance starts with understanding yourself. We help individuals, leaders and organisations better understand the factors influencing their energy, resilience and performance, so they can make meaningful changes that last.
Founded by Drs Janine and Ken van Someren, and supported by a team with expertise spanning behavioural science, sport science, leadership development and organisational performance, we combine evidence based coaching with practical, real-world solutions. Our approach brings together behavioural science, positive psychology and, where appropriate, objective physiological insights to help people perform well, lead well and live well.
Our Core Principles
Understanding Before Action
Lasting change doesn't come from trying harder. It comes from understanding yourself better. By helping people recognise the patterns influencing their wellbeing and performance, we create the foundation for meaningful, sustainable change.
Small Changes. Lasting Impact.
Sustainable performance is built through consistent habits, not quick fixes. We help individuals and organisations identify practical changes that strengthen resilience, improve decision making and support long-term wellbeing and performance.
Evidence Based. People First.
Every organisation is different. That's why we tailor every programme to your people, culture and goals, combining behavioural science with practical coaching to create healthier leaders, stronger teams and lasting behaviour change.
Client feedback
Ken & Janine are clearly extremely knowledgeable in their field with a huge amount of experience which they condense into clear, simple, actionable strategies to cultivate behaviours to improve wellbeing & high performance behaviours.
Sarah Mayes, UNILEVER Foods & Refreshment Science & Tech
ABOUT US
Dr Janine van Someren
Dr Janine van Someren is a behaviour change specialist, leadership coach and wellbeing consultant specialising in sustainable high performance. With over 20 years' experience across sport, leadership and corporate environments, Janine combines deep academic expertise, including a PhD in life story research of Wimbledon tennis players and a Master's in Applied Human Science, with practical insights from behavioural science, positive psychology and performance.
Janine helps individuals, leaders and organisations understand the patterns influencing their energy, resilience and performance. Her evidence-based approach combines personalised coaching with behavioural science and, where appropriate, objective physiological insights to create meaningful, sustainable behaviour change.
Whether delivering keynote presentations, leadership programmes or executive coaching, Janine brings a calm, practical and engaging approach, helping people understand themselves better so they can perform well, lead well and live well.
Her bestselling book, The Wellbeing Advantage: 7 Transformative Habits to Thrive in Work and Life, shares seven practical habits that help people build resilience, protect their energy and create lasting wellbeing.
Dr Ken van Someren
Dr Ken van Someren is an internationally recognised expert in human performance, health and resilience. With over 30 years' experience spanning elite sport, scientific research and organisational performance, he has helped shape the way athletes, leaders and organisations understand and optimise sustainable performance.
Following his role leading the scientific support programme for Team GB athletes in the lead up to the London 2012 Olympic Games, Ken established and directed the GlaxoSmithKline Human Performance Lab, translating world-class performance science into consumer health innovation. Today, his work focuses on the relationship between wellbeing, leadership and performance, including research into remote and hybrid working and the factors that influence long-term health and resilience.
As co-founder of The Wellbeing Advantage, Ken brings a unique research-led perspective to our programmes, ensuring every approach is grounded in the latest scientific evidence while remaining practical and relevant for today's workplaces. His expertise helps organisations better understand the science behind performance, creating healthier leaders, stronger teams and more sustainable ways of working.
hear and read about our work: podcast/radio/news
RTE Radio 1 Interview with Aine Kerr
RTE Radio 1 Interview with Aine Kerr
Janine and Ken chatted with Aine Kerr on her RTE Radio1 show Reignite about all things workplace wellbeing. They discuss their backgrounds in high performance sport and how it led to the founding of The Wellbeing Advantage. Additional topics include why they include wearable technology in their corporate wellbeing programmes and the experience of clients on their Energising Leaders programme.
The Business Post Article
RTE Radio 1 Interview with Aine Kerr
Article Extract:
"Couple who worked with Olympic athletes take corporate wellbeing service to the Irish Market. The Wellbeing Advantage, a Sligo-based healthtech founded by Janine and Ken van Someren, uses sports monitoring technology to improve wellbeing in business environments. Originally based in the UK, the business relocated to Ireland during the pandemic."
Online Interview with Think Business
Online Interview with Think Business
In-depth article exploring our background & the importance of workplace wellbeing provision for staff health & wellbeing.
Alive And Kicking With Clare McKenna
The Self Health Podcast with Sinead Kelly
Online Interview with Think Business
Newstalk radio host Clare McKenna looks at ‘health’ in the widest sense of the word. From mindfulness to skin problems, from personal health journeys to tips for better exercise, Here she chats with Janine van Someren, founder of The Wellbeing Advantage who turned her PHD and coaching into wearable tech.
The Self Health Podcast with Sinead Kelly
The Self Health Podcast with Sinead Kelly
The Self Health Podcast with Sinead Kelly
Join Janine as she joins Sinead Kelly on the Self Health Podcast. In this episode, Janine explains explains how sleeping for longer periods does not necessarily translate into quality recovery, highlighting the importance of measuring sleep quality. Janine also discusses how sleep improves your overall health.
The Sharon Fitzmaurice Podcast
The Self Health Podcast with Sinead Kelly
The Self Health Podcast with Sinead Kelly
On The Sharon Fitzmaurice podcast Janine discusses how small changes create huge impact to our health & wellbeing. Topics include what activities allow you to rest, focus and thrive. Understand how the quality of your sleep has the biggest impact on you physically, mentally and emotionally.
Our Clients
