Many abuse and trauma experts report that finding meaning from your experience is an essential part of the healing process, as it helps you understand how and where to heal. We talk about making ...

After studying Isaac Newton, the 20th-century economist John Maynard Keynes once claimed: “Newton was not the first of the age of reason, he was the last of the magicians.” This reference has to do ...

The word “relevant,” I was recently surprised to discover, shares an etymology with the word “relieve.” This seems obvious enough once you know it—only a few letters separate the words—but their ...

In the first half of 2021, the Pew Research Center surveyed almost 20,000 people in 17 countries. Their question was simple: “What aspects of your life do you currently find meaningful, fulfilling, or ...

Feeling that your life has meaning is fundamental to the experience of being human, and people who feel this way tend to be healthier and happier. Given the importance that most people place on ...

Darby Saxbe receives funding from the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation. USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences and University of Southern California ...

That’s a sentiment I hear every single day in my career coaching practice. Many clients talk about their jobs as “fine enough” but say that they end work days feeling flat and empty. They describe ...

It’s no secret that we all need to earn a living. No matter who you are or where you come from, you need money to survive. And not only that, you might seriously need or want more money than you’re ...

The Making+Meaning summer studio program exposes participants to a wide range of techniques within a conceptual design framework, pitting the everyday against the unusual to create exploratory content ...

I have spent most of my undergraduate career at Cornell thinking. The rest of the time was spent complaining. What better way to combine all these things together than right here? As a student here, I ...