Finding Meaning in Life

The Matt Townsend Show • Season 5, Episode 100, Segment 2

Apr 26, 2016 • 47m

Dr. Frank Ninivaggi is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Child Psychiatry at the Yale University School of Medicine Child Study Center in New Haven, Connecticut, member of the Yale-New Haven Community Medical Group, and the Medical Director of the Devereux Glenholme School in Washington, Connecticut. He has many publications including his most recent books, Biomental Child Development: Perspectives on Psychology and Parenting, and Envy Theory. Dr. Ninivaggi talks about how we find meaning and make sense of life.

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Finding Meaning in Life

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