In Conversation: Counsellors-in-Residence Freeman Woolnough & Karen Moss 

Conversation on meaning in life, narrative identity, motivation, and little things we can do during a difficult time in the world. Recorded on Zoom, with Freeman Woolnough, Karen Moss, and Michael Griffin.
00:00 Introduction
02:10 Welcome Freeman Woolnough
03:52 Welcome Karen Moss
05:10 Context as we record
05:25 Meaning in life
11:02 Meaning in the little things!
11:50 Motivations in Plato: Thought, feeling, impulse in harmony
16:55 Natural give and take: where do I sit naturally? How do I evolve?
17:47 Well-being in a difficult time in the world
19:50 Balancing emotional acceptance and action in the world
21:08 "Acceptance doesn't mean the absence of change", personal or collective
25:35 Go outside! :)
25:56 Setting achievable goals amid the unknown
26:47 Mastery and performance goals
Learn more about Freeman, Karen, and UBC's Counsellors in Residence Program: vancouver.housing.ubc.ca/coun...
This dialogue is part of the Eudaimonia series on Greek philosophy and modern life.