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EXISTENTIAL PSYCHOLOGY COLLABORATORY

In the Media

Video Presentations

Why Your True Self Matters | Rebecca Schlegel | TEDxTAMU
A scientific approach to a meaningful life | Joshua Hicks | TEDxTAMU

Interviews

Is Anything Worth Dying For? Sean McDowell & Matthew Vess at Texas A&M University
The Humane Space with Dr. Rebecca Schlegel
The Humane Space with Professor Joshua Hicks

Podcasts

Joshua Hicks: Discovering Meaning in Life | Sero Boost #15
https://www.kera.org/think_new/stopping-to-smell-the-roses-can-give-your-life-meaning
Stopping to smell the roses can give your life meaning | Think.KERA.org | Dr. Hicks

Written Media Coverage

You Don’t Know Yourself as Well as You Think You Do, The Atlantic

How and why finding meaning in life can improve well-being, Medical News Today

A New Dimension to a Meaningful Life, Scientific American

Why Your ‘True Self’ Is An Illusion, Vice

What Does It All Mean?, Mindful.org

Using Meaning as an Antidote to Languishing, SPSP

The true self: a most convenient fiction, iai news

Three Ways to See Meaning in Your Life, Greater Good Magazine

Your Brain Can be Tricked Into Thinking an Experience Is Meaningful, Vice

95-year-old might have found the key to longevity: A purposeful life, Washington Post

The Role of the True Self in the Search for Meaning, ISSEP

Joseph Maffly-Kipp on depression, anxiety, and authenticity, ISSEP

Natural remedies might not be better – so why do we still prefer them?, The Guardian

Authenticity can protect mental health. Here’s how to be authentic., The Washington Post

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