There is a growing consensus among social scientists and philosophers alike that a sense of life’s meaning and purpose is a key aspect of flourishing, and one that is not reducible either to happiness ...

Presaging Frankl’s emphasis on the congenital need for some sense of meaning and purpose in life, Carl Jung states, “I have observed that a life directed to an aim is in general better, richer, and ...

This is FRESH AIR. Next Monday and Tuesday, HBO presents a two-part biography of comedian Garry Shandling that covers his life and career but sometimes is much more serious than you might expect. It's ...

The construct of meaning in life is increasingly recognised as a central pillar of psychological well‐being. It encompasses not only a clear sense of purpose, coherence and existential mattering but ...

When the meaning of life is brought up, the usual attitude towards it is mystification. Few people in modern times take the meaning of life for granted. They assume that it is the same as the mystery ...

Man’s Search for Meaning is Viktor Frankl’s profound account of surviving Nazi concentration camps and his psychological insights drawn from that experience. Rather than focusing on suffering alone, ...