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 ...

A rapid review of 18 publications examines how artificial intelligence, immersive technologies, and other digital tools influence identity, existential inquiry, and the search for meaning. The ...

Could pursuing meaning be the path to true happiness? We at Greater Good have written often about the differences between a happy life and a meaningful life and found that the two are closely related.

The pursuit of happiness and health is a popular endeavour, as the preponderance of self-help books would attest. Yet it is also fraught. Despite ample advice from experts, individuals regularly ...

Meaning in life: the holy grail for ultimate personal well-being. It can feel like a weighty topic—too heavy, hard to grasp—or something for the philosophers and spiritual gurus to handle. But there ...

I recently re-read Viktor Frankl’s Man’s Search for Meaning and it prompted me to share his vision for what logotherapy is, and how it can help one to not just endure life’s struggles and challenges ...

We are, by nature, creatures of habit. Searching for a life that is both predictable and within our comfort zone, we rely on routine, and for the most part, learned thinking patterns. In effect, we ...

I asked some well-known names for their thoughts on the ultimate existential question. Their answers were fascinating, funny – and could help us frame our days on Earth In September 2015, I was ...