Meaning of Your Life – Arthur C Brooks (2026)

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of From Strength to Strength comes a definitive account of how the modern world makes meaning difficult to find, along with a plan for discovering your life's deepest purpose. If you struggle to discern life's meaning, you are not alone: millions of people describe a growing sense of emptiness and a lack of purpose and significance. Arthur C. Brooks, a social scientist and happiness expert, explains how rapid cultural, economic and technological changes have rewired our brains, reducing their ability to perceive depth and purpose. Drawing on cutting-edge science, great philosophers and the world's faith traditions, he offers practical, evidence-based strategies for overcoming the trends and personal habits that dull our focus on the why of life. This handbook shows how everyone can approach life's most important and mysterious questions and find a life of spiritual transcendence, passionate love and true calling. The question “What is the meaning of my life?” is not unanswerable, but the beginning of a journey into unexplored corners of your consciousness.