Video and Multimedia
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Video Links
1. Choice, Happiness, and Spaghetti Sauce
In this TedTalk (17:30 minutes), Malcolm Gladwell discusses the relationship between choice and happiness.
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2. The Dream we Haven’t Dared to Dream
This TedTalk (11:56) focuses upon living boldly in the face of our mortality – clearly within an existential perspective.
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Audio Links
In this NPR podcast (13:46 minutes), a graduate student discusses his research on measuring happiness and preliminary findings that people are not living in the moment.
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2. Does Being ‘Spiritual but not Religious’ Really Mean Anything
This NPR podcast (3:07 minutes) discusses how around 20% of Americans identify as not religious, but still spiritual, and the importance of finding meaning in personal spirituality.
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Websites
1. American Psychological Association and the Search for Meaning
This brief American Psychological Association article explains how a search for meaning can improve lives.
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This website is devoted to describing the life and works of Viktor Frankl.
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