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Beyond the Quick Fix: Sadness as a Rational Response to a Broken World
In a culture obsessed with "happiness hacks" and immediate emotional relief, what if our sadness isn't a glitch, but a proper response to reality?
In this follow-up episode of Thinking Christian, Dr. James Spencer and Dr. Ben Mathew (Professor of Counselor Education at CIU) tackle the heart of the existential crisis. They move beyond the "social leg" of mental health to explore the "existential leg"—the shared process of meaning-making in a world that often feels like running into the wind.
In this episode, we discuss:
The Rationality of Sadness: Why feeling existential dread and deep…
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