The Unheard Cry for Meaning: Psychotherapy and Humanism
Better living through logotherapy: A few key ideas We don’t create the meaning of our life, as Sartre claimed—we discover it. We each have a unique reason for being, which can be adjusted or transformed many times over the years. Just as worry often brings about precisely the thing that was feared, excessive attention to a desire (or “hyper-intenti
... See moreFrancesc Miralles • Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life
Frankl states that life involves three inevitable kinds of tragedy, the ‘tragic triad’:
He says that it is hard to find meaning in the face of such tragedy, but that if we d... See more
- Pain and suffering,
- Guilt, because we are free to make choices in our lives, and are responsible for the impact of those choices, and
- Death, and knowing that our life is transient.
He says that it is hard to find meaning in the face of such tragedy, but that if we d... See more
Tragic Optimism - Rewriting The Rules
Logotherapy regards its assignment as that of assisting the patient to find meaning in his life.
Viktor E. Frankl • Man's Search for Meaning
