Integrative Meaning Therapy: From Logotherapy to Existential Positive Interventions
Abstract This chapter first argues the need for second wave positive psychology (PP2.0), which is informed by Frankl’s logotherapy as well as existential psychology. The main thesis of PP2.0 is that in order to attain healing and authentic happiness, one needs to...INPM: An Inclusive and Interdisciplinary Tent
Editorial Luis A. Marrero, MA, RODP, LLP I am pleased to write my first contribution as Editor for The Positive Living Newsletter; and grateful for the vote of confidence that Dr. Paul Wong and the new International Network for Personal Meaning (INPM) Board of...Suffering in Meaningful Purpose Psychology
LUIS A. MARRERO, MA, RODP, LLP CEO, Boston Institute for Meaningful Purpose Abstract Viktor Frankl (2006)[i] shared that “we can discover this meaning in life in three different ways: (1) by creating a work or doing a deed; (2) by experiencing something or...
INPM Personal Article
Introducing Gordon Medlock, New INPM Board Member It’s a pleasure and an honor to be elected to the new INPM Board of Directors. I’ve been asked to share a bit about my role on the Board and relevant experiences related to the work of INPM. As some of you know, I have...
INPM Starts a New Chapter
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The Meaning Hypothesis of Living a Good Life: Virtue, Happiness, and Meaning
Abstract My long-term research interest has revolved around the central theme of the vital role of meaning in living the good life individually and collectively. The meaning hypothesis (MH) introduced here represents an overarching framework for my meaning-centered...
Second Wave Positive Psychology: Existential Positive Psychology (University of East London, England)
Watch Dr. Paul’s invited lecture for the UEL Psychology Seminar Series at the University of East London (London, England) in May 2015....What is Meaning and Meaningful: And Why it Matters, by Luis A. Marrero, M.A, RODP, LLP
Author. The Path to a Meaningful Purpose: Foundations of Logoteleology Viktor Frankl stated that “the future of logotherapy is dependent on all logotherapists.” Further, he stated that he wished “that the cause of logotherapy be taken over and carried out by...
Meaning Conference 2025 will be the INPM’s first in-person conference with a virtual option after the pandemic.