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SUMMARY
In part two of our conversation with filmmaker and logotherapist Alex Vesely, grandson of Viktor Frankl, we explore what it really means to live a life of meaning as an educator. Alex unpacks burnout through a logotherapy lens, shares powerful stories about suicide and hope, and invites us to ask a different question, not “What is in it for me?” but “Who am I still here for?” This one is a North Star episode for anyone feeling overwhelmed, misaligned, or called to pick up the “right letter” on the conveyor belt of their life.
CHAPTERS
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00:00 – What am I still here for?
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00:32 – Welcome back: Alex Vesely Part 2
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01:17 – Who is Alex? Grandson, filmmaker, logotherapist
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02:15 – More than mind and body: the noetic dimension
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06:21 – Self-transcendence, good teaching, and burnout
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15:02 – The “right seat” and picking up the right letter
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24:15 – Despair, suicide, and the question of meaning
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31:07 – The grandmother, two granddaughters, and a life-saving reframing
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39:18 – Making logotherapy accessible: Viktor Frankl Institute of the Americas
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43:26 – Educating toward responsibility and true conscience
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46:40 – Ellie Frankl’s “abnormal integrity” and partnership with Viktor
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50:56 – What Viktor Frankl modeled for his grandson
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54:09 – New baby, late-night recording, and gratitude
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55:37 – Debrief: pianist and piano, meaning as North Star for educators
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