Discover and Create Meaning in Your Life: Creating and Utilizing Hope for Healing

About this workbook:

Discover and Create Meaning in Your Life is a complete curriculum empowering professionals to guide participants in discovering their sense of meaning, purpose, and the knowledge that life is worth more than the sum of its parts. Each chapter includes a therapeutic plan with goals, actions, demonstrations of learning, and tips for an effective therapeutic environment for individuals and groups. The chapters are:

• Chapter 1: Meaning in Ten Minutes
• Chapter 2: Make Meaning by Taking Action
• Chapter 3: Discover Meaning Through Mental Health Fitness
• Chapter 4: Meaning Through Establishing Self-Worth
• Chapter 5: Make Meaning by Doing Things for Others

When life is characterized by a deep sense of meaning, people find greater meaning by using their strengths to belong to and be of service to something larger than themselves. This workbook empowers participants to make their lives more meaningful and enjoy the following benefits:

• They will live healthier lives.
• They will exhibit energy and vitality.
• They will be better able to cope with adversity.
• They will be more productive.
• They will experience increased life satisfaction.
• They will be more self-confident and feel better about who they are.
• They will be able to achieve the flow state and feel “at one” with what they are doing.
• They will be able to satisfy their human need for value.

This workbook is part of Positive Psychology – The Hope Series, a five-book series created by Dr. Michelle Scallon, PhD., and John J. Liptak, EdD. Their Hierarchy of Hope model helps people generate hope and create a new purpose after experiencing significant or traumatic changes. This workbook provides a method to help facilitators explore and answer these questions with their participants:

• How can people live a good life filled with hope?
• How can people stay resilient amidst challenges and change?
• How can people improve their lives?
• How can people find joy?
• How can people capitalize on their strengths?

Grounded in the principles of positive psychology, Discover and Create Meaning in Your Life provides practical, therapeutic exercises and insights to help participants navigate life’s challenges and uncover their unique paths to meaning. From understanding the essence of personal meaning to cultivating resilience in the face of adversity, each chapter is designed to empower participants on their journey toward a more fulfilling life.

This workbook is also available in PDF eBook format, making it simple to store on your computer or mobile device and access with a PDF viewer. The PDF format allows you to easily print copies of the activities and worksheets during therapy and counseling sessions.

Discover and Create Meaning Card Deck

Using the Discussion Starter Card Deck will break the ice, encourage openness, and help introduce a specific subject. Activity handouts included in these workbooks are reflective, easy-to-use exercises, presented in a variety of formats to accommodate multiple intelligences and different learning styles. Each question corresponds to a page in the workbook.