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Tag Archives: bonding
Sandwich Days
I love the few days between the Jewish holidays of Yom Kippur and Succot. I hesitate writing this because I want this blog to be for readers of all kinds but whenever I speak personally Judaism is my “meaning” frame … Continue reading
Posted in logotherapy
Tagged bonding, choices, logotherapy, meaning, responsibility, Rosh Hashana, sovereignty, Succot, Yom Kippuer
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Be engaged
Logotherapy is focused on accessing the individual’s natural goodness and will to meaning. This can be translated in Jewish terms in one of the messages in the recitation of the Shema where we say “Hear O Israel the Lord our … Continue reading
Posted in Healing process, logotherapy
Tagged bonding, engagement, instinct, logotherapy, love, passion, will-to-meaning
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Bonding in a tumultuous world
There is a lot of upheaval going on in the world. There has been great agitation and turmoil in Egypt, Libya and other countries. There was an earthquake in New Zealand. With this latest earthquake and tsunami in Japan there … Continue reading
Posted in logotherapy, World events
Tagged bonding, earthquakes, God, Japan, logotherapy, terror
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Happiness is passion
One of the questions we ask the students to answer in our logotherapy course is: “Is man basically good or evil?” This is an old philosophical question but we are asking them to answer it based on their impressions after … Continue reading
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Tagged bonding, destructive force, Frankl, logotherapy, passion, psychoanalysis, relationships
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Big ideas
First a word about the photo. I’ve changed the picture in the blog heading and I wanted you to see the picture in its entirety before it was cropped. We took this picture by the lake at St. Moritz in … Continue reading
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Tagged bonding, happiness, logotherapy, loving, obligation, relationships, transcendence
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Happiness
Frankl would often say that happiness cannot be pursued. When a person finds meaning happiness ensues. Together with my chevruta (study partner) I have been studying the topic of happiness from the book Alei Shur. This and several upcoming blog … Continue reading
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Tagged bonding, happiness, logotherapy, merging, opposition, receiving, relationships
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Viktor Frankl's Logotherapy 