In today’s episode, I spoke with Dr. Joel Vos, who is, amongst other things, a psychologist, a philosopher, and an existential therapist. We spoke about some of his research that has looked at what components go into living a meaningful life, we talk about the dimensionality of meaning, and we wrap up with some of Joel’s work in the last year looking at meaning during a global pandemic. 

We also got into phenomenology a bit, which is a school of philosophy exploring consciousness and the structure of experience. Joel also laid out a few different ways to start the process of thinking about meaning in/of life. The way that he talks about the sailboat metaphor for thinking about life really stressed how much of the exploration of leading a meaningful life is a journey and not a destination. 

You can learn more about Joel’s work on his website: https://joelvos.com/