The Meaning Project

Artificial Intelligence - AI - was once just a thing of movies and fiction. But, even then, I think we knew it was coming, and now it is here in a variety of forms. In this episode, Rabbi B. and Dr. D. from The Meaning Academy discuss the meaning potential of AI, while also trying to assess it's positive and negative consequences.

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Once again, this week, The Meaning Project Podcast is being taken over by The Meaning Academy Podcast. In this episode, Rabbi B. and I discuss the intricacies of Your Search for Meaning, and what you can do to live a meaningful, purposeful, and resilient life.

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President Theodore Roosevelt's "Man in the Arena" speech is often used as motivational material - as an admonition to get out and "just do it", or to "dare greatly". In this episode of the podcast, Rabbi B. and I discuss this idea from a different perspective. Maybe we don't need to "dare greatly", but perhaps "choose meaningfully"? We will let you decide. Enjoy!

“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”

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Dr. Viktor Frankl was known to be quite direct in his approach to helping people. Perhaps, some might even call his questioning to be a bit "harsh" at times. However, his results were unquestionably successful. In one of the darkest times in his country's history, he was able to decrease suicide rates significantly in the clinics where he was employed. And, as you know, his teachings have grown in the past 100 years to help many logotherapists help more people.

In this episode - the very first episode of The Meaning Academy podcast - Rabbi B. and I discuss this difficult question, how it applies humankind, and how you can use it in your day. WIth that, we also share upcoming programs and events from The Meaning Academy. Enjoy!

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I don't know about you, but some days I feel like STRESS should be added to the Tragic Triad to make a Tragic Square - Pain, Guilt, Suffering, and STRESS. The 4 things we will all have to deal with in our lives. This past week was particularly stressful for me - I'll tell you all about it in the podcast. And, rather than deal with it in the ways I encourage others to do so - in a healthy way, I resorted to less than healthy coping. So, I turned to some of my favorite resources, including Man's Search for Meaning, and corrected course. I'll tell you all about in the podcast - enjoy!

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Rabbi B., Dr. Baruch HaLevi, logotherapist, former Rabbi (once a Rabbi always a Rabbi?), and all-around good man, is someone I have the honor to have become friends with through our mutual work to share the wisdom of Logotherapy and Existential Analysis, and the teachings of Dr. Viktor Frankl.

As you may heard, "B." and I have been working together quite a bit lately - hours each week - to formulate, design, and bring to life, The Viktor Frankl Meaning Academy, a place where we will continue to share these ideas, and more, in new and innovative ways. In all that time together, our ability to riff on current events as related to the Psychology of Meaning, hopefully has grown. I guess I will let you be the judge here.

In this episode, we discuss Walter Reed Veteran's Hospital "dismissing" Catholic priests from Chaplain positions in the hospital. Admittedly, you can find variety of politcal and news perspectives on this event if you would like - but we focus more on the Logotherapeutic ideas of spirituality, religion, and what that means for humankind today. Enjoy!

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From what I've read, most podcasts don't make it past 10 episodes. And a large percentage aren't sharing weekly content. Thank you for giving me this opportunity - and the motivation and encouragement to go with it - in order to continue sharing these ideas on mental health and meaning. I hope you find it as meaningful as I do!

In this episode, I review the 3 triads of logotherapy that help can help us discover meaning in every day.

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What better way to celebrate 99 episodes of The Meaning Project Podcast than with a chat with our friend, Rabbi B. But this isn't any chat. We been talking for a long time about doing "something big" - and now it's time to take action. So, in this episode, we start planning and sharing - under the guise of a normal B & D chat about Logotherapy. Part logotherapeutic goodness, part hints and teases about things to come, I hope you enjoy!

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Terry Fossum lives a truly meaningful life. He's creative - you can see that in his storytelling and ideas in the book The Oxcart Technique and his audio course, Blow the Bolts. His experiences are inspiring - Commissioned Officer in the US Air Force with multiple awards, black belt in Tae Kwon Do, and reality tv survival show winner, just to name a few. Most importantly, he spends his days serving others in his work. He's got a lot to share, and it was an honor to have him on the show to talk about The Oxcart Technique and how he helps others. I hope you find this as meaningful as I did. Enjoy!

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To find out more about Terry and his work, go to www.TerryLFossum.com

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Former guest of The Meaning Project Podcast, Matthew Lostaglia, issued a public challenge on social media - he threw down the gauntlet straight '30's style boxing... He came at me and said something like this, "I don't believe in 'personality', and I think people who do are dumb..."

OK, it wasn't quite like that, but the original comment is so buried in social media history, that can't even find it. Part of the reason is that we recorded this once over a month ago - but you didn't get to listen to that version (I'll tell you why in the podcast). But what he did say is that a psychology course he was taking brought up some similarities between "horoscopes" and "personality assessment" for him, and he was wondering what the different was. So, off we went - discussing personality, the science of assessment, and the differences between science and pseudoscience. - Enjoy!

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