Dr. David F. Carreno on meaning in life, death awareness, coping with distress during life and during terminal cancer and Existential Positive Psychology.

 0:00 Show Intro 0:57 Dr. Carreno’s journey 4:33 Coping with distress 7:25 Meaning-centred coping 10:30 Getting support when distressed 12:10 Why we avoid negative emotions  16:28 What is Existential Positive Psychology?  18:38 The value of adversity  22:28 Meaning-centred coping with grief 25:40 Spirituality in meaning in life 30:30 Importance of connection with others 34:50 Death awareness  38:02 Meaning in life when facing death 41:58 Further readings

 Further readings mentioned in this episode: “An international study on psychological coping during COVID-19: Towards a meaningful-centred coping style” by Eisenbeck et. al. (2022) “Man’s Search for Meaning” by Viktor Frankl  “Experiential appreciation as a pathway to meaning in life” by Kim et. al. (2022) “Meaning in life and psychological well-being in addiction, cancer and university students” by Carreno (2020) “Editorial: COVID-19 and Existential Positive Psychology (PP2.0): The New Science of Self-Transcendence” by Wong et. al. (2021)