How to make your life feel more meaningful
Existential psychology offers specific ways to find meaning, giving you a buffer against despair in these anxious times
by Steven Heine
Steven Heine is Distinguished University Scholar and professor of social and cultural psychology at the University of British Columbia in Canada. His latest book is Start Making Sense: How Existential Psychology Can Help Us Build Meaningful Lives in Absurd Times (2025). He is also the author of DNA Is Not Destiny (2017) and Cultural Psychology (4th ed, 2020).
Written by Steven Heine