Meaning & Values
Here you will find articles about meaning and values as well as important research findings and useful and interesting insights on what makes life most worth living.
Positive Aging: Redefining What Aging Successfully Means
Having spent a large part of my career working with aging communities of one sort or another, I have had the privilege to witness all [...]
Introvert vs Extrovert: Understanding the Spectrum
By nature, I’ve always sought out quiet places where I can experience the joy of deep conversation or academic study and focus. I’ve also benefited [...]
How to Keep a Healthy Mind While Aging: 8 Easy Strategies
With 1 in 5 people likely to be over 60 by 2050 (Ballesteros, 2022), it is becoming increasingly essential to understand why our cognitive powers [...]
Existential Crisis: How to Cope With Meaninglessness
Recent statistics suggest that over a quarter of UK nationals feel a deep sense of meaninglessness (Dinic, 2021). In the wake of multiple global economic, [...]
9 Powerful Existential Therapy Techniques for Your Sessions
While not easily defined, existential therapy builds on ideas taken from philosophy, helping clients to understand and clarify the life they would like to lead [...]
15 Values Worksheets to Enrich Clients’ Lives (+ Inventory)
It’s not always easy to align our actions with our values. And yet, by identifying and exploring what we find meaningful, we can learn to [...]
6 Worksheets & Templates to Find Your Ikigai
What was your reason for getting up this morning? Often, we pass through life unclear of the meaning, motivation, or values behind what we do [...]
How to Find Your Ikigai: 8 Best Ikigai Tests
The Japanese art of kintsugi involves repairing broken pottery with gold leaf to produce something more valuable and beautiful than the original. Imperfections form part of [...]
32 Ikigai Quotes That Will Inspire You and Make You Reflect
Ikigai (ee-key-guy) is a small word with a profound meaning. Translated from Japanese, ikigai means “reason to live.” It is often associated with the prefecture of [...]
5 Best Ikigai Books to Live a Meaningful Life [+ Summaries]
Ikigai is as much a way of life as an idea. While the Japanese approach to finding and living in a meaningful way is ultimately a [...]
