Finding Meaning

Finding meaning in life isn’t just about a configuration of job, situation, status…you know that. It’s about a feeling of purpose. Let’s get there.

Where does meaning come from? Where do we find it? How do we get there?

This probably sounds like the province of religion. and it is. these are deep questions that we can ask in therapy and help answer.

My view is based on my experience, not something I read. Meaning is a feeling of connection. It’s not as lofty as we think it is. We don’t have to find meaning on a grand scale, we can find it in our every day experience.

And the path to getting there is the same for all of us. It’s to discharge our problems and anxieties and what philosopher Alan Watts called “our hang-ups.” The things that occupy our mind and stop it from being open, flowing, and in it’s natural meaning state.

Natural. We don’t have to get anything to find meaning. It’s already in us. This is what Zen Buddhism teaches. We just have to expose it. And the process is letting go and finding a way to deeply relax. Not just superficially. But really. Genuinely.

And then, we move our life in line with that authentic, open, centered-ness. this isn’t just BS jargon to sell a self-help book. These are real experiences we can have and inhabit. We’re talking about a shift in priorities, activities, and orientations towards the world that becomes a life mission, not because I’ve convinced you (that would be awful) but because you can feel it in your gut.

The program consists of:

• Practicing our Meditation Together in Sessions (Meditation Coaching available)

• Experimenting with Mindfulness in Daily Life

• Defining and Discovering Meaning and it’s Relationship to Thinking

I promise it’s interesting. I promise it’s fruitful. I promise it’s fun.

Message me to schedule a free consultation. (Yes, really. Free.)