Ideas on Mental Health & Meaning
“Weltanschauung” – Logotherapy Lecture 2
Just the heck was a “Weltanschauung” and how do you cure it? It’s really not that bad - it’s German for “World View” - this lecture goes a bit into it, and the early findings in Frankl's Logotherapy, including a primer on the Three Pillars of Logotherapy and The...
Introduction to the Logotherapy Lectures
Really excited to share with you some ideas that are quite nostalgic for me. I hope you find them as meaningful as I do! - Dan [video width="640" height="360"...
The Six Pillars of Health
Some days if feels more like six spinning plates in the air... How are you doing in these areas of overall health & wellness?
Mentors, Tribes, and Therapists Doing Therapy on Each Other
That's right, we do therapy on each other - we just call it "supervision".
There is Enough of You
"The right attitude to the horror of existence—the alternative to resentment, deceit, and arrogance—is the assumption that there is enough of you, society, and the world to justify existence. That is faith in yourself, your fellow man, and the structure of existence...
On Labor Day
As long as creative values are in the forefront of the life task, their actualization generally coincides with a person's work. Work usually represents the area in which a the individual's uniqueness stands in relation to society and thus acquires meaning and value. ...
Rules for Fair Fighting #42
I don't really think this is the 42nd time I've written about this, but it does seem like I've written about it quite a few times. If it is redundant, I apologize - but I hope you still find it meaningful. And besides, we all know, or at least should know, "42" is...
Discover Meaning in the Experience of Travel
I filmed this video outside intentionally - to share a different perspective, but also to encourage YOU to GET OUTSIDE and GET AWAY. There is Meaning to be discovered there! [video width="640" height="360"...
Just One More
This struck me as a such a powerful and concise statement on life, that I had to share. (I have to admit, I pieced this together from highlights over several pages, these are Peterson's thoughts, edited through my perspective.) Take care, Dan. "Aim at something. Pick...
My JBP Collection
As I mentioned last week, I appreciate the recent work of Dr. Jordan B. Peterson in bringing some difficult topics to the forefront of current conversation - both psychologically and culturally. I'm not sure if he realizes it or not, but he is quite the Logotherapist...
Relationship Rescue w/ Dr. Jordan B. Peterson
Over the next few weeks, I will sharing some of the insights and highlights I've found in Dr. Jordan B. Peterson's newest book, Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life. I hope you find it as meaningful as I did. [video width="640" height="360"...
Living a Meaningful Life – “Memento Mori”
Many ancient philosophies and religions encourage us to "remember death" in order to live a more meaningful life. Are the existential questions related to your own mortality something that scares or motivates you? [video width="640" height="360"...