Thoughts from a Therapist

Helpful tips on How to Expand your Personal and Relational Wellness

Tag: creating meaning

  • Existential Recovery – Emotional freedom inherent in the choice of meaning

    Quick summary: Most of us believe that the outside world is responsible for our emotions, that our emotional dispositions are externally controlled (ex. he/she or this event etc made me feel this way). I am going to suggest that the meaning that you place onto an occurrence in often what you are emotionally reacting to……

  • Existentialism – meaning, meaninglessness and your life

    Quick summary: “It is not about finding the correct answer to questions pertaining to life, death, suffering, bliss, meaning, and meaninglessness… it is about creating a meaning which is most helpful, comforting, and peace provoking to you as an individual.” In this blog I will talk about some of the affects that existentialism (or the…