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The Power of Meaning
The true route to happiness
Langbeschreibung
To do this she visits remarkable people and places, such as a tight-knit fishing village in the Chesapeake Bay, a dinner where young people gather to share their experiences of profound loss, and a drug kingpin who finds his purpose in helping people get fit.
Emily Esfahani Smith is a writer who draws on psychology, philosophy, and literature to write about the human experience¿why we are the way we are and how we can find grace and meaning in a world that is full of suffering. Her writing has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, The Atlantic, TIME, and other publications. She is also an instructor in positive psychology at the University of Pennsylvania, as well as an editor at the Stanford University Hoover Institution, where she manages the Ben Franklin Circles project which aims to build meaning in local communities. Born in Zurich, Emily grew up in Montreal and earned a masters degree in applied positive psychology from the University of Pennsylvania. She lives with her husband in Washington, DC.
ISBN-13:
9781846044656
Veröffentl:
2017
Erscheinungsdatum:
07.09.2017
Seiten:
304
Autor:
Emily Esfahani Smith
Gewicht:
214 g
Format:
198x126x25 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
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