{"id":6231,"date":"2015-02-02T04:45:00","date_gmt":"2015-02-02T09:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newvinegrowing.wordpress.com\/?p=6231"},"modified":"2019-06-07T13:38:45","modified_gmt":"2019-06-07T17:38:45","slug":"vic-strecher-studies-what-gives-life-purpose-after-he-loses-his-own","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/vic-strecher-studies-what-gives-life-purpose-after-he-loses-his-own\/","title":{"rendered":"Vic Strecher studies what gives life purpose after he loses his own"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Vic Strecher<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nVic Strecher has spent his career researching how to help people improve their lives, whether by eating better, exercising more or quitting smoking.
\nStrecher, a professor at University of Michigan School of Public Health,\u00a0founded a company called HealthMedia Inc<\/a>\u00a0to help people make behavioral changes to boost their health.
\nSo when Strecher’s daughter, Julia, died at 19<\/a>\u00a0in 2010, he engaged in some “me-search” to figure out how to cope with the loss, looking for ways to improve his own troubled life.
\n“As a behavioral scientist, I thought if I can’t help myself, who can I help?”
\nStrecher immersed himself in everything from hundreds of scientific papers to the writings of ancient philosophers, then crafted what he learned into a graphic novel called “On Purpose<\/a>.”
\nThe title comes from Strecher’s own search for purpose. Julia received a heart transplant when she was a baby, then a second transplant when she was 9, and Strecher had committed himself to giving her a rich, full life. When she died, he not only felt grief but loss of\u00a0his life’s purpose<\/a>.
\n“Having a purpose in life is a pillar of core values,” Strecher said, explaining the importance of self transcendence, of having a reason to live that’s bigger than yourself. You focus on love, kindness, gratitude, generosity, those feelings and actions that get you focused on the world around you and those who inhabit it.
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Vic Strecher’s graphic novel “On Purpose” illustrates your life’s values as the roots that help anchor your life. Your purpose is why you do what you do.<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nIn\u00a0“On Purpose” and in Strecher’s free\u00a0iOS app<\/a>, he recommends:<\/p>\n
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  1. Identifying your core values and rating how important each value is<\/li>\n
  2. Writing a purpose statement for your life, with an emphasis on serving others<\/li>\n
  3. Aligning your life behaviors with your purpose and goals, so you’re living your life intentionally<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    He also simmered down some essential behaviors that his research said would lead to increased energy and willpower, which then benefit relationships. He makes them easier to remember using the acronym SPACE.<\/p>\n