Table 2.

Meaning making coding framework.

Theme	Theme description
1. Reframing	Ways in which participants framed or constructed meaning making in relation to their spiritual beliefs and perspectives and how this functioned in relation to mental health and recovery.
1.1 Bigger picture	A form of reframing in which spirituality enabled a more effective broader perspective.
1.2 Evolving	The ways in which the process of reframing meaning was described to be fluid and evolving.
1.3 Validation	A function of reframing meaning in the context of spirituality and mental health as being validating.
2. Navigating mythos and logos	The interplay, integration and juxtaposition of spiritual ‘mythos’ frameworks with rational ‘logos’ frameworks of meaning making and their potential effects upon mental health and recovery.
3. Discerning spiritual guidance	The role of various forms of spiritual guidance (e.g., intuition, synchronicity, coincidence, signs and visions) and ways these are discerned in relation to functional meaning making, mental health and recovery.