mattering

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Mattering is the sense that we are valued by others and that we have value to add to the world.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 17, 2026

Rebecca Newberger Goldstein’s “The Mattering Instinct” is an attempt to place human self-understanding on a new footing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

Zach Mercurio, author of an upcoming book called "The Power of Mattering" and a senior honorary fellow at the Center for Meaning and Purpose at Colorado State University, echoed this.

From Salon • Feb. 27, 2025

“In health care, it seems to be more about the interpersonal than the organizational. Mattering occurs in the small moments,” Haizlip says.

From Scientific American • Oct. 6, 2022

Mattering is the through-line between the diverse episodes in Louie’s fifth season, especially in those like “A La Carte.”

From Newsweek • Apr. 11, 2015