Dr Paul T. P. Wong

Positive psychology has come full circle to its existential roots. PP is intrinsically existential, because it is concerned with such fundamental questions about human existence as: What is the good life? What makes life worth living? How can one find happiness? However, these existential questions cannot be fully addressed through a positivistic approach, because human life cannot be reduced to a set of test scores. A maturing PP, secure in its place in the chronicles of mainstream psychology, can now return to its existential-humanistic roots to rediscover the richness of lived experience (Schneider, Bugental, & Pierson, 2001) and the many pathways to meaning in life (Wong & Fry, 1998).

The International Network on Personal Meaning (INPM) is pleased to announce the 6th Biennial International Meaning Conference to be held August 5-8, 2010 in Vancouver, Canada. The main conference theme this year is:

When one considers the amount of time that most people spend "at work" during their lifetime, it is no wonder that the search for meaning in a work context is so vitally important. However, when the question of personal meaning arises-and it seems to do so more and more in the so-called post-modern era-work and the workplace still are viewed only infrequently as legitimate sources of reply. For many people, it is as if authentic meaning only happens outside of the so-called work environment!