Not only objects, but also human beings can be studies in regard to their aim and purpose. This is what neurologist Viktor Frankl, famous for his concentration camp account Man’s Search for Meaning, did and why he founded logotherapy, a school of psychotherapy which claims that human well-being is intrinsically connected to living a responsible and purposeful life.
Life today seems ruled to a troubling degree by impulse; a flood of ads drives us, bottom-up, to desire a sea of goods and spend today without regard to how we will pay tomorrow. The reign of impulse for many goes beyond overspending and overborrowing to overeating and other addictive habits, from bingeing on Twizzlers to spending countless hours staring at one or another variety of digital screen. Researchers find that the prevalence of obesity in the US over the last thirty years tracks the explosion of computers and tech gadgets in people’s lives – and suspect this is no accidental correlation. Life immersed in digital distractions creates a near constant cognitive overload. And that overload wears out self-control.
The question is thus how we can regain self-control. Neuroscience has confirmed that our brain works like a muscle and can be trained. It continually reorganizes itself by forming new neural connections throughout life. This phenomenon is known as neuroplasticity. Our brain can not only recover after e.g. a stroke, but it can also adapt substantially either because our environment requests us to OR because we request it to adapt to avoid changes in the environment. It is in this purpose that bonding and nature merge; it is in this purpose that the human resource and the natural resource crisis experience a resolution.
If you join us on the Parrot Tree you will be part of purposeful and enjoyable activities for all ages, which aim at securing the survival of the next generation.
Life today seems ruled to a troubling degree by impulse; a flood of ads drives us, bottom-up, to desire a sea of goods and spend today without regard to how we will pay tomorrow. The reign of impulse for many goes beyond overspending and overborrowing to overeating and other addictive habits, from bingeing on Twizzlers to spending countless hours staring at one or another variety of digital screen. Researchers find that the prevalence of obesity in the US over the last thirty years tracks the explosion of computers and tech gadgets in people’s lives – and suspect this is no accidental correlation. Life immersed in digital distractions creates a near constant cognitive overload. And that overload wears out self-control.
The question is thus how we can regain self-control. Neuroscience has confirmed that our brain works like a muscle and can be trained. It continually reorganizes itself by forming new neural connections throughout life. This phenomenon is known as neuroplasticity. Our brain can not only recover after e.g. a stroke, but it can also adapt substantially either because our environment requests us to OR because we request it to adapt to avoid changes in the environment. It is in this purpose that bonding and nature merge; it is in this purpose that the human resource and the natural resource crisis experience a resolution.
If you join us on the Parrot Tree you will be part of purposeful and enjoyable activities for all ages, which aim at securing the survival of the next generation.