More McGrady with Katie Find Your Meaning, Don't be Weird with Arthur Brooks
Apr 2, 2026
Arthur Brooks, behavioral scientist and writer at Harvard Business School and author of The Meaning of Your Life, joins to explore how to rebuild personal meaning. He mixes philosophy, neuroscience, and faith to offer practical habits. Conversations cover device boundaries for families, routines like daily Mass, boredom and phone distraction, and finding meaning tailored to your life.
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People Want The Meaning Of Your Life
- Modern seekers want personal meaning rather than abstract answers about life.
- Arthur Brooks framed his book The Meaning of Your Life as a practical, science-backed guide to help individuals build meaning.
Be Natural About Practicing Faith
- Make faith natural and unpretentious so others won't be put off by it.
- Brooks recommends integrating Catholic practice into ordinary work and life rather than making faith feel strange or heavy.
Limit Phone Checks To Protect Meaning
- Reduce left-brain overload caused by constant phone use to preserve right-brain capacity for asking why.
- Brooks cites the average 205 daily phone checks as driving analytic left-hemisphere activity and crowding out meaning-seeking.
