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This is a picture of my daughter’s 14th birthday party. It’s a far cry from the year before, when I hired a driver and van and with Drake blaring, took 15 girls singing at the top of their lungs, to an overpriced and underwhelming hibachi dinner. In this picture, we are 2 months into lockdown, […]
We are saddened by Irmeli’s passing on November 27, 2021. For almost a decade, she supported and contributed to the mission of the International Network on Personal Meaning (INPM). In 2004, she conducted a workshop at 3rd Meaning Conference: Transforming Suffering, Loss and Death through Meaning, Hope & Faith. In 2006, INPM presented her with […]
“Survival had to start with me. In my experience, a castaway’s worst mistake is to hope too much and do too little. Survival starts by paying attention to what is close at hand and immediate.” Piscine Molitor Patel (Pi) Covid-19 changed the world seeing many, and differing, degrees of suffering that continued into […]
When I first encountered INPM’s website, I was enthralled by the expansive depth of material offered. I was captivated by the inclusion of Dr. Wong’s own vulnerability, along with his deep spirituality and faith. which attracted me to his Meaning-Centered Therapy model. I appreciate his passion incorporating suffering and resilience as critical components to finding […]
2021 has been a difficult year. Countless lives have been lost due to COVID-19, and it is safe to say that nearly everyone has experienced some form of suffering related to the pandemic. Nevertheless, this year has also been a year of great scientific progress. Not only have the development of vaccines saved many people, […]
For 2021, I can present several achievements. From a research-based perspective, the year 2021 was highly successful: I published four co-edited books with international publishers, published one authored book, 24 authored and co-authored chapters in books with editors from Germany, the US, the UK, Japan and South Africa. Additionally, I co-edited two special issues: one […]
Working with an international team of experts—Dr. Christina Downey (USA), Dr. Hongfei Yang (China), Dr. Ingo Zettler (Denmark), and Dr. Mine Muyan-Yılık (Turkey)—I am proud to announce the forthcoming of our edited volume by Springer entitled, The International Handbook of Positive Psychology: A Global Perspective on the Science of Positive Human Existence. This work is the culmination […]
Nothing exemplifies the INPM’s mission better than the INPM’s International Meaning Conferences. This year, the conference discussions focused on the need for Existential Positive Psychology (PP2.0) during these dark times. It is still surprising to me how so many individuals from such diverse backgrounds have pondered on the conference themes, such as how to flourish […]
The year of 2020 has taught us that the world we know can suddenly become unpredictable and foreign (Proudfoot, 2020, November 17). Many of us waited in anticipation for the arrival of 2021 only to discover shortly that the world did not return to “normal,” as we had hoped. The year of 2020 and its […]
The year 2021 will go down in history as an unprecedented year with most challenges and transformations. This also applies to INPM. From my personal perspective, there are a few milestones in INPM’s development as follows. In the beginning of this year, I was elected by the Board as the new Chair for the official […]