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The book can be conceptualized as consisting of four parts:

1. Foundational knowledge about meaningfulness/meaninglessness;

2. The role of occupations in meaning-making;

3. Guidelines for action to facilitate meaning-making through occupational performance; and

4. Thoughts about the future of occupational therapy and occupational science in helping people construct meaningful lives by contributing to the solution of pressing global issues through occupation-based initiatives.

To navigate towards a solution of meaninglessness in peoples’ lives, occupational therapists must also develop a useful framework that they can use to guide their clients in meaning-making through occupational performance. This book is designed to contribute towards meeting these objectives. Its purpose is to help occupational therapists and occupational scientists think of new ways of applying their knowledge of the nature, form, and function of occupation to help all people, not only the sick and disabled, develop strategies to overcome their existential vacuum and in the process, resolve either the problem of meaninglessness in their lives or recognize and begin to address the social origins of the experience of meaninglessness. It is hoped that this book will offer occupational therapists and occupational scientists useful guidelines that they can use to be effective consultants in helping people orchestrate daily occupations in such a way that their work, self-care, and leisure occupations contribute towards an experience of positive emotions, creation of positive identities, connection to something larger than themselves, and ultimately towards experiences of life as optimally meaningful.