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TMP-Ep41 - Meaning Based Happiness
We live in a world that is often trying to sell us happiness. But, as Viktor Frankl writes, we cannot pursue happiness, but it must ensue from meaning based activities. Here is a list of sources of meaning based...
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TMP-Ep40 - My Words to Live By for 2022
A new year is often cause for resolutions and goal-setting. But instead, for this year, I am recommending choosing "words to live by". As promised in a Monday Morning Update a few weeks ago, here is a discussion on...
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TMP-Ep39 - Logotherapy Lecture 2.5 - Some More Techniques Before Next Year!
One last set of logotherapy techniques before the new year - kind of a "bonus" podcast, or, really, more of an info dump so that I can share this last logotherapy lecture with you before re-assessing and refocusing...
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TMP-Ep38 - Logotherapy Lecture 2.4 - Maieutic Questions; the Secret of Socrates
This is one the logotherapy techniques I love to use most! Maieutic questioning, or Socratic Dialogue, is the art of guiding yourself, or someone else, usually clients in my case, sometimes my kids, down a path of...
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TMP-Ep37 - Logotherapy Lecture 2.3 - Looking in the Mirror
This discussion is all about “reflection” - not sitting and thinking about yourself kind of reflection, but the technique of “dereflection” and the dangers of hyper-reflection. Reflect for a moment, if you like. But...
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TMP-Ep36 - Logotherapy Lecture 2.2 - Self-Transcendence
I was pretty passionate about the idea of self-transcendence when I first wrote this several years ago. It's safe to say I'm even more passionate about it now - in the 5-6 years since I wrote this, I think the idea...
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TMP-Ep35 - Logotherapy Lecture 2.1 - An Adjunct to Any Issue
Dr. Frankl did intend for logotherapy to be a treatment within itself, but considered it to be a helpful addition to any form of treatment. However, this was in the consideration of true mental illness. In our times...
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TMP-Ep34 - Intro to Logotherapy Lectures Set II
Just quick update on what's coming up next - the second set of Logotherapy Lectures focused on tools and techniques you can use everyday in your life. The "secret sauce" of logotherapy bottled up for you to take...
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TMP-Ep33 - The Holidays; a Light in the Darkness
Rabbi B. and I got together for one more discussion before taking a break before the holiday season. Through this discussion, we address the historic and current meaning of the holiday season. Although the holidays...
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TMP-Ep32 - The Meaning of Meaning
In a world where "meta" represents an altered reality aimed at re-inventing or perhaps evening replacing our current reality, somewhat like that in "Ready Player 1", Rabbi B. and get a little meta-physical and maybe...
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TMP-Ep31 - The Rabbi and The Psychotherapist
The first discussion on logotherapy between Rabbi Baruch HaLevi and I. A fun discussion about our path to logotherapy, and the ideas we plan to discuss in the future. Enjoy!
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TMP-Ep30 - Logotherapy Lecture 5 - On Tragic Optimism
My first foray into Tragic Optimism, and the story of Dr. Long. You’ll probably hear a lot of Dr. Long’s story, and others like it, in The Meaning Project, but this was my first taste of it.
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