As a war baby growing up in war-torn China, Paul T. P. Wong learned even as a child that life was a constant battle. His parents believed that endurance of suffering and higher education were essential to living a good life. It is not surprising that Paul Wong’s...
From a hill far far awayOver the valley of tearsAcross the blood-tainted fieldI send you my love and prayers. Even in my darkest hour,With my soul sorrowing unto death,I still thought of you with tendernessAnd prayed for your forgiveness. You may never comprehendHow I...
Employee engagement (Harter, 2021) and wellbeing (Bersin, 2022) remain the hottest topics during the post-pandemic era. The great resignation, “quiet quitting” (Harter, 2022), and the resistance to return to the office (Cutter & Bindley, 2022; Guilford &...
Abstract More than a decade has passed since major concerns emerged about the WEIRD-centric focus of mainstream psychological science. Since then, many calls have been made for the discipline of psychology (and other disciplines within the social sciences) to become...
Abstract In this chapter, we propose that suffering is a fertile ground for existentialism and the human quest for meaning, and the suffering hypothesis based on Viktor Frankl’s logotherapy. We also propose that Wong’s existential positive psychology is a promising...
