EXCERPT: Meaning Therapy for the Rich But Miserable People

I have worked with several rich, successful, but unhappy clients. They include CEOs, medical doctors, lawyers, movie stars, and consultants. My meaning-focused therapy has worked well with them because it is based on the new science of finding happiness through suffering.

Yes, this new science is not a typo or misstatement–you can find true happiness only through embracing and transforming suffering. Without suffering, your life will be shallow, meaningless and unhappy.

Yes, this is contrary to all the teachings of mainstream positive psychology. That is why I call my approach the positive psychology of suffering or second wave positive psychology (PP2.0).

Here are the main points of meaning therapy…