Meaning Conference 2021: President’s Welcome Message

Meaning Conference 2021: President’s Welcome Message

What a difference a year’s delay has made! The pandemic has achieved something I was not able to after 4 decades of research and publication on the positive psychology of suffering.   With daily exposure to images of death like the above, and the constant drumbeat of...
Song of life in the face of death

Song of life in the face of death

Don’t waste your time waiting for a break, Value your present and live fully right NOW; There are always exciting things to do, Whatever your present condition, everyday offers opportunities to: Be grateful for whatever you have, Appreciate life as it is, Do...
Positive Psychology Goes to Hell and Back

Positive Psychology Goes to Hell and Back

My friends in Taiwan call me a laughing Buddha. Most of my friends comment on my happy smile. An English as a second language (ESL) school even used my photo as an example of happy smile. Does anyone know that I live with pain day and night? Literally, I experience...
A Festival to Celebrate the Human Spirit

A Festival to Celebrate the Human Spirit

It is the worst of times; it is the best of times. But we cannot celebrate the best without overcoming and transcending the worst. This fundamental principle of flourishing is what we want to covey at our forthcoming Meaning Conference. By all accounts, it is the most...