A man comes to therapy in his forties and feels like he's missed out on life. A woman is successful in her chosen career, yet feels an emptiness she doesn't understand why. A man, years after a painful breakup, discovers that he continues to live by rules he inherited from his father—rules he never chose. What motivates us, and what stops us?

The book Walking the Path of Meaning - From Wound to Healing was born from years of clinical work and from a true intergenerational journey: Dr. Orania Yaffe-Yanai, a senior clinical and occupational psychologist, a pioneer in the field of conceptualizing the connections between identity, meaning, and career, wrote it in dialogue with her daughter and partner Goni Yanai-Yitzhaky, a clinical social worker. The book places the questions of fulfillment, loss, and meaning on the therapeutic couch, and leads the reader from childhood frameworks and family legacies - through the wound - to a real possibility of healing and choice.

How do childhood wounds, setbacks, and family "emotional legacies" shape our careers, our choices, our loves—sometimes without us knowing it? What is the difference between a path we chose and a path that was forced upon us? And how, once we recognize the difference, is it even possible to change?

The book corresponds with Dr. Ornia Yanai Yaffe's groundbreaking bestseller "Every Person Has a Path," published in 2000, and deals with the connection between action, love, career, and personal destiny through the personal stories of patients.

In a conversation with the authors of the book, we will address the following questions:

• What is the place of "emotional inheritance" in career and life choices — and when is it a gift and when is it a burden?

• How do you distinguish between a wound that is moving and a wound that is gnawing?

• What does intergenerational psychogenetics do in the treatment room—and what are its limits?

• What does "fulfillment" mean when the outside world is filled with pain, confusion, and uncertainty?

• What happens when a mother and daughter work together — what is possible in this collaboration and what challenges does it pose?

• How do professionals teach themselves to sit with their patients' questions of meaning without forcing a path on them?

Alongside the discussion, Dr. Yaffe-Yanai and Goni Yanai-Yitzhaky will share patient stories and their own paths - separate and shared.

Dr. Ornia Yaffe-Yanai is a senior clinical and occupational psychologist, a mentor for the Pathfinder program in Israel and internationally. She has developed unique tools and methods for diagnosing and treating individuals and families in their journeys to realize a vision and find meaning and love. Founder of the "Adam Mila" Institute and the "Every Person Has a Path" Center, which she founded with her daughter. Her first book, Every Person Has a Path , sold approximately 100,000 copies and was translated into several languages. This is her third book.

Goni Yanai-Yitzhaky is a clinical social worker, director and partner at the "Every Person Has a Path" center, and accompanies people and families through career processes, fulfillment and meaning.