Recommended Article: What Existentialists Can Teach Us About COVID-19

Existential thinkers have a long history of thriving in the face of crisis.

Dr Kirk Schneider has just written a new article, What Existentialists Can Teach Us About COVID-19, on his blog. In this article he cites May Angelou, Rollo May, Albert Camus, Viktor Frankel, and Ernest Becker as existentialists who overcame personal traumas, ordeals and illnesses and found hope in times of adversity. Their teachings can give us some take aways that we can apply to ourselves in this time of COVID-19. Read the full article here on Awakening to Awe.

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Becker, Rank, and Existential Psychotherapy

By Kirk Schneider, PhD

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We must understand our relationship to existence, not only to our parents, culture, cognition, or physiology.

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A key result of life-enhancing anxiety is awe-based consciousness—a sense of adventure toward all living.

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