Create a compelling self-narrative based on the five pillars that influence the way we experience meaning. Working countless hours trying to get his latest start-up up and running, Ted was at rock ...

Many people want to experience a sense of meaning as part of living a fulfilling life. But what brings us meaning, as opposed to just happiness? A new study aimed to help answer this question. In the ...

Many people have told me that that they consider their lives, or life in general, to be meaningless or not meaningful enough. Many of their explanations appear weak, and, at times, based on mistakes.

Arthur Brooks’s new book is enjoyable, smart, and often wise, but a search for true meaning must bring us to Christ. Sometimes this looks like basic fidelity to Scripture, which depicts Christ as the ...

In the 1991 film Defending Your Life, director/writer Albert Brooks plays Dan Miller, a successful business executive who delights in taking delivery of a brand-new BMW automobile. Just as he is ...

From work to travel to personal hobbies, people across the 17 publics surveyed draw meaning and fulfillment from the activities that make up their daily lives. This is particularly the case when it ...

What do people value in life? How much of what gives people satisfaction in their lives is fundamental and shared across cultures, and how much is unique to a given society? To understand these and ...

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, ...