“Logotherapy, both a life philosophy and a psychological method, centers on healing and flourishing through the discovery of meaning. Dr. Viktor Frankl, its founder, recounts in his book ‘Man’s Search for Meaning’ how the prospect of a brighter future was the single most important predictor of whether his fellow prisoners survived the Nazi concentration camps during World War II. He realized that a person who has a “why to live for” can bear almost any situation.

When we feel a lack of meaning in life, it often leads to frustration, dis-ease, and depression.

Logotherapy is THE life philosophy and psychological method that has most profoundly changed my perspective and transformed my life. Understanding that each of us seeks a unique meaning, which can be discovered in any moment or situation, transformed my thinking in a myriad ways. Focusing on personal response-ability (the ability to choose my response instead of reacting impulsively) is one example of the many empowering concepts and techniques I studied. In fact, learning how to widen that space between stimulus and response is why I studied logotherapy in the first place.