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Hearth to Heart: Sparks and Flavours of Meaningful Living employs a meaning-centered intervention to explore historical sources of meaning in a two-fold way: (1) what we received from life and (2) what we give to life. Eleven logotherapists contributed a short description of their experiences with their loved ones who gifted them with a meaningful legacy they cherish and chose to share. The narratives describe the values which their loved ones demonstrated and which continue to be inspirational. The accounts are accompanied by family recipes which aid the recollection of the significant lived experiences. Throughout the recording and sharing of these narratives, logotherapists illustrate the role of experiential, creative and attitudinal values in the search for and finding meaning. The narratives reach out to the reader by providing an example for the revival of a meaningful existential experience which can be replicated. The book has two parts. Part One details examples of meaning and purpose in life. Part Two contains a hermeneutic-phenomenological inquiry, based on eleven accounts, which is aimed at highlighting the role of flavor sensations in the context of meaning-centered interventions.

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Maria Marshall, completed her Bachelor's Degree in Psychology with Honours at the University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. She obtained her Master of Education Degree in Counselling and Human Development at Hardin-Simmons University, in Abilene, Texas, U.S.A. She completed her Doctoral Degree in Counselling Psychology at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. Her Doctoral Dissertation was entitled The Applications of Viktor E. Frankl's Logotherapy in Counselling Psychology. She studied Logotherapy and Existential Analysis with Elisabeth Lukas, PhD, one of the most know disciples of Viktor Frankl, MD, PhD, in Vienna, Austria. She is Registered Psychotherapist with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario. Edward Marshall, completed his Medical Degree at the University of Navarra, Spain. His Doctor in Medicine and Surgery Degree (Ph.D. in Neuroscience) is from the University of La Laguna, Spain. His dissertation included the study of neuro-cognitive aspects of the human visual perception and consciousness. He completed a post-graduate program with a core psychotherapy component in Psychodynamic and Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy at the University of Leeds, UK, and subsequently he specialized in Viktor Frankl's Logotherapy and Existential Analysis. He is Associate Certified Coach with the International Coach Federation and Registered Psychotherapist with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario.

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