Caleb Althorpe receives funding from the Irish Research Council. Work is an inescapable feature of the modern world. Most of us, except for a lucky few, spend a significant portion of our lives ...

Meaning comes and goes. That’s its nature. Or rather, that’s our nature. Sometimes we experience life as meaningful. Sometimes we don’t. Just as sometimes we experience life as joyful and sometimes we ...

If we stay in the day-to-day grind without making space to reflect on what we're experiencing, meaning passes us by. Most of us want more from work than just a paycheck. We want a sense of belonging, ...

The idea that work should be meaningful is incredibly popular. In fact, many companies are striving to attract and retain employees, by creating more meaning in the work people do. With greater ...

Quality of life, or how satisfied a person feels about their life overall, can diminish when living with chronic pain or a chronic health condition. Perhaps your health has made it impossible to do ...

How often do we stop to think about the meaning of life? If you’re like me, probably not much. Even though I may feel a vague sense of anxiety around how my life is unfolding and the inevitability of ...