Discover Meaning, Clarity & Purpose — Every Day
Explore therapist-created tools, exercises and guided reflections to help you understand yourself, navigate life's challenges and live with greater meaning and purpose.
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Path Search
Explore guided activities around meaning, values, purpose, relationships and the questions on your mind.
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Learn & Reflect
Explore free guided courses designed to help you reflect on meaning, purpose and different areas of your life.
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Go Deeper
Take your exploration further with guided reading, reflections and exercises you can work through at your own pace.
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The Mountain Framework
Discover the framework behind Meaningful Paths and a visual way of exploring where you are, what matters and what may help you move forward.
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Coaching
When you would value another perspective, explore personal guidance from the founders of Meaningful Paths.
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Our Framework
My Motivation. My Journey. My Decisions.
Rooted in the therapeutic tradition of Existential Analysis and Logotherapy, founded by Viktor Frankl and developed further by Alfried Längle. Our framework and digestible content, co-created by Meaningful Paths Founder David Chorlton and Therapist Sandy ElChaar, can be used for individual reflection and can also help practitioners support their own wellbeing and their clients.
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Meet The Founders
Behind Meaningful Paths is a shared vision: making existential psychology practical, accessible and meaningful for everyday life. Learn more about the founders who continue to shape the Mountain Framework and the resources designed to help people navigate life with greater clarity, purpose and meaning.
Sandy ElChaar
Psychologist, Psychotherapist and Co-Founder of Meaningful Paths
Sandy ElChaar is a psychologist and trained psychotherapist specialising in Existential Analysis and Logotherapy. She is completing her PhD and works as a researcher and trainer with experience in mental health and evidence-based interventions.
As Co-Founder of Meaningful Paths, Sandy leads the clinical direction and development of the Mountain Framework, translating existential psychological principles into accessible tools for everyday life. She is also the author of Quest for Meaning: 10 Exercises on Purpose.
David Chorlton
Founder of Meaningful Paths and Co-Founder of the Mountain Framework
David Chorlton is the Founder of Meaningful Paths and Co-Founder of the Mountain Framework. He leads the strategic development of the platform, combining digital innovation, wellbeing and existential psychology to create practical tools that help people navigate life’s challenges with greater clarity and purpose.
Drawing on experience across mental health services, coaching and digital wellbeing, David focuses on making evidence-informed psychology accessible for everyday life. Together with Sandy ElChaar, he continues to develop the Mountain Framework and Path Search to help people reflect, grow and live with greater meaning.
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Dave’s eBook on purposeful living is a truly insightful read. It’s packed with useful tips and highly recommended for anyone looking to support their wellbeing.
Andreanna Vasiliou
I have the paid subscription and I am very happy with it, I can get the help I need quickly, and that’s important to me. I have applied some of the tips and it has really improved my life.
Andra Dorolti
Such a thoughtful app! Every course has been structured with great care and compassion. There’s support available for a smorgasbord of personal wellness issues.
Mahima Poddar