Ideas on Mental Health & Meaning
How to Live w/ Meaning, Purpose, & Resilience
We say it at the end of the Viktor Frankl Meaning Academy podcast every week, "now go live your life with Meaning, Purpose, & Resilience." But how do you do that? We've probably discussed it different ways at different times, in brief. So, in this episode, we...
Only Two Races: the Decent & the Indecent
In 'Man's Search for Meaning', Dr. Frankl writes; “There are two races of men in this world, but only these two -- the "race" of the decent man and the "race" of the indecent man. Both are found everywhere; they penetrate into all groups of society. No group consists...
To Be a Good Human
What does it mean to "be a good human"? I had the opportunity to take a good friend and business owner out to dinner recently. The hope, other than some good chicken wings, was in to pick his brain about his business success for a new project I am working on helping...
The Transition from Morning to Afternoon of Life
Life is full of transitions - and many of us struggle through them. Whether it is the struggle from one season to the next, from summer to fall to winter; or it is the struggle from youth to middle age, we all have our hiccups along the path of life. Psychologist Carl...
Coach Prime & The Compassion of Brutal Honesty
Go to your local bookstore - if you still have one within a hundred miles - or run a quick online search on the topic, and you can find endless information on parenting. How to raise the perfect child, or even simpler, how not to 'break' your child in the first 18...
Psychology of Men: The Transition from Prince to King
How do men grow from "Prince" to "King"? (And hopefully bypass "Toad") At one time, we lived in a culture full of male initiation rites. But that has changed in the past few decades. So how can men grow from adolescent to adult in a healthy and positive way? What does...
An Idea Whose Time Has Come
Take three Logotherapists and put them together in a room to discuss the importance and impact of logotherapy in modern times. That's what this podcast is all about - I welcome my peers from the Meaning Academy, Dr. Baruch "B" HaLevi and Dr. Alise Cortez to discuss...
Labor Day – The Meaning of Work
"The work in itself does not make the person indispensable and irreplaceable; it only gives him the chance to be so... ...the job at which one work is not what counts, but rather the manner in which one does the work." - Viktor Frankl As we take a break to enjoy this...
The Meaning of Compassion and Friendship
Remember, a few weeks ago, when I took a break from the podcast but said, "I'll always have a weekly email"? And then. last week, I didn't have a weekly email or a podcast? Very sorry about that. It was totally my fault, but then, maybe, a little outside my control...
To Be Worthy of Our Suffering
What does it mean "to be worthy of our suffering"? Dr. Viktor Frankl writes in 'Man's Search for Meaning': “Dostoevski said once, "There is only one thing I dread: not to be worthy of my sufferings." These words frequently came to my mind after I became acquainted...
What is a “Meaning Mastermind”?
You may have heard or read about the latest project I've been working on - The Meaning Academy. Our goal is to continue to share the ideas and applications of Dr. Frankl, logotherapy, and all the work that has gone into this field in the past 50+ years. So we have...
Finding Mental Health & Meaning in Vacation
What is meaningful about taking a vacation? Why is it important that we "vacate" our day-to-day lives on occasion to experience new things? How can we take what we learn on vacation, and incorporate it into everyday life? In this episode, B. and I discuss these ideas...