JUST BE: March 2023

“Just like people have basic physical needs, like to sleep and eat and drink, they have basic psychological needs,” Alan Rozanski, Professor of Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, told NPR. “The need for meaning and purpose is No. 1. It’s the deepest driver of well-being there is.” – Fraser-Thill, Rebecca. “Want to Stay Healthy? Having Purpose Is an Ideal Starting Point.” Forbes, Forbes Magazine, 5 June 2020.

General: 

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

    • All About Purpose: What It Means and Why It’s So Good for You, Everyday Health

    • The Power of Purpose, Psychology Today

Research:

• • • Purpose in Life Predicts Better Emotional Recovery from Negative Stimuli, National Library of Medicine

    • Purpose in Life as a System that Creates and Sustains Health and Well-Being: An Integrative, Testable Theory, Review of General Psychology