EPISODE 369 How Your Brain Creates a Meaningful Life

Published: March 1, 2021, 10:30 a.m.

What makes your life meaningful? The answer to this question has strong implications to both your physical and mental health. Recent studies have highlighted some of the mechanisms that create meaning in your life and Dr. Bray shares them in this week’s podcast. Discussing research from the University of Sussex Dr. Bray highlights three important factors to a meaningful life, at what age individuals find most meaning and how ordinary, everyday experiences and routines may be the place to look for meaning. Dr. Bray also discusses the blockers to a meaningful life and how he was reprimanded by his 7-11 convenience store friend for what he said in a recent podcast. You don’t want to miss this episode!