Victor J. Strecher

Your life is a boat. You need a rudder. But it doesn?t matter how much wind is in your sails if you?re not steering toward a harbor-an ultimate purpose in your life. While the greatest philosophers have pondered purpose for centuries, today it has been shown to have a concrete impact on our health. Recent studies into Alzheimer?s, heart disease, stroke, depression, functional brain imaging, and measurement of DNA repair are shedding new light on how...