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| International Network on Personal Meaning |
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| Meaning Conference 2012 - Toronto, Ontario |
The International Network on Personal Meaning (INPM) is pleased to announce the 7th Biennial International Meaning Conference to be held July 26-29, 2012 in Toronto, Canada. The main conference theme is: A Positive Global Vision of Healing and Flourishing through Meaning.
In today’s climate of global economic uncertainty, geopolitical conflicts, ecological crisis, and the widening gap between haves and have-nots, the meaning perspective offers a promising vision to resolve these challenging global issues and achieve sustainable growth for both individuals and society.
- Read the full announcement and call for papers here -
Confirmed keynote speakers:
- 1. Christopher Peterson, PhD – Meaning and Mattering: Perspectives from Positive Psychology
- Laura King, PhD – Noticing Meaning in Everyday Life: Pleasure, Intuition, and Magic
- Robert Neimeyer, PhD – Mourning and Meaning: The Narrative Arc of Traumatic Loss
- Jordan Peterson, PhD – Redemption and Psychology in Christianity
- Mark Kingwell, PhD – Happiness and the Art of Play
- Todd Kashdan, PhD – The Science of Spirituality: Essential and Impossible
- Salvatore Maddi, PhD – Hardiness Protects Against Internet Addiction and Excessive
Consumer Spending
- Emmy van Deurzen, PhD – The Meaning of Suffering: Emotional Life and our Reasons for Being
- George Bonanno, PhD – Trauma, Flexibility, and Meaning
- Alan Waterman, PhD – Identity and Meaning: Contrasts of Existentialist and Essentialist Perspectives
- Richard Ryan, PhD – Self-determination Theory and Eudaimonic Living: Research on Basic Psychological Needs for Wellness and Meaning
- Paul T.P. Wong, PhD – The Meaning-Mindset as the Foundation for Healing and Flourishing
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| INPM President's Annual Report for 2011 |
We are on the cusp of something greater than our expectations; the time for the idea of meaning has arrived. Ultimately, all the scientific progress and personal successes in the world will not result in global flourishing until people and decision makers grasp the significant role of meaningful living in achieving sustainable growth for individuals and society.
INPM is the only international non-profit organization dedicated to research, application and education around the vital role of meaning in well-being. I believe that the most urgent need for people, from all walks of life and countries across the globe, is to discover an answer to the most important question: “What makes life worth living?”
Read the full report |
| A Less Traveled Road to Healing and Flourishing |
Something unusual and significant is happening in Toronto, quietly and under the radar, but it won’t be for long, until this heart-warming story catches national attention.
Every other Sunday afternoon and Tuesday evening, people from all walks of life gather at the residence of Dr. Paul T. P. Wong for regular Meaningful Living Group Meetup.
Participants come from all ethnic backgrounds and different walks of life: Graduate students, retirees, mental health professionals, entrepreneurs, accountants, engineers, and stay-home moms.
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| Toronto Meaningful Living Meetup |
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Meaningful Living Group Information |
According to Wong's meaning-centered approach, a comprehensive resileince program contains at least the following ten lessons: 1) Purposes & life goals, 2) Understanding the self and one's place in the world, 3) Freedom & responsibility in the face of many opitions but a finite life, 4) The right & wrong pathways to happiness, 5) Courage to accept internal and external constraints, 6) Faith & belief in a better future, 7) Commitment to growth, 8) Discovering the hidden dimensions of self and new frontiers of life, 9) The power of self-transcendence, empathy, compassion, & altruism, 10) Positive thinking, attribution and meaning-management.
You are invited to join the Toronto Meetup Group www.meetup.com/Toronto-meaningful-living-group/. and learn about these important life skills. For additional questions, email ptpwong@rogers.com
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Lesson 2 - What Really Matters
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Lesson 1 - Know Yourself
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2011
Lesson 10 - Pathways to Happiness and Flourishing
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Lesson 9 - Responsibility: Do the Right Thing or Face the Consequences
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More Meaningful Living Group information here.
All resources are ©2011 Paul T. P. Wong and cannot be republished without permission
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The Meaningful Living Project
 What is the greatest need in these uncertain times? What are people’s deepest yearnings? What is your most cherished dream?
Yes, I know the popular answers: Good economy, good paying jobs, happiness, success and all things that people typically strive for.
But have you considered the unlikely answer that meaningful living might be what people really need?
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Control Attribution Scale (CAS): This brief scale is intended to measure your belief in personal autonomy and external control. This exercise is part of our Meaningful Living Project. For those of you interested in this project, please visit http://www.inpm.org, http://www.meetup.com/Toronto-Meaningful-Living-Group/, or http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Meaningful-Living-Project/162677933792689.
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The Good Life is a Meaningful Life
Paul T. P. Wong
 Everyone without exception yearns for a good life, but people have very different ideas about what makes life worth living.
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