Session 2: The Meaning of Suffering

Session 2: The Meaning of Suffering

What is suffering? Why do terrible things happen to good people? How can we make sense of suffering? What can we do about it? In this session, we will introduce a new approach that can help people transcend and transform suffering during the pandemic.  Abstract What...
A Brief Overview of the Meaning of Love (Part 1)

A Brief Overview of the Meaning of Love (Part 1)

Love can be either the most powerful motivation for growth or the most destructive force in your life — it all depends on the kind of love you have embraced. According to Rubin (1970), love has three components: (1) an affiliative and dependent need, (2) a...
Foreword: The Spiritual Journey of Healing from the Bottom of hell

Foreword: The Spiritual Journey of Healing from the Bottom of hell

Abstract This Foreword is for Lorraine Taylor’s book Hope Rises from a Shattered Innocence. Click here for the PDF of the Foreword. It was an unusually warm Sunday afternoon. As I savored the sunshine and reflected on Lorraine Taylor’s book Hope Rises from A...
Foreword to Piers Worth’s Positive Psychology Textbook

Foreword to Piers Worth’s Positive Psychology Textbook

Piers Worth’s textbook on positive psychology represents a landmark publication, because it heals the unfortunate divide between humanistic and positive psychology and demonstrates that an integration between these two schools can be done to advance the science of...