Some experiences near the edge of life resist easy explanation and expose the limits of our current psychological categories.

“Ever more people today have the means to live, but no meaning to live for.” —Viktor Frankl Creating meaning is a learnable skill that depends on the objects of our focus. Focusing on unimportant ...

We have a meaning crisis in our society that is particularly acute for people younger than 35. Below, Arthur Brooks shares five key insights from his new book, The Meaning of Your Life: Finding ...

Arthur Brooks’s new book is enjoyable, smart, and often wise, but a search for true meaning must bring us to Christ. Sometimes this looks like basic fidelity to Scripture, which depicts Christ as the ...

Our product picks are editor-tested, expert-approved. We may earn a commission through links on our site. Why Trust Us? When social scientist and happiness expert Arthur C. Brooks, PhD, started ...

The bromide has it that a liberal is a person who won’t take his own side in an argument. To this we might add a corollary: there is a certain kind of conservative pundit who has never really had a ...