by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Jan 10, 2021 | Management, Meaning, Mental Health, Personal Growth, Substance Abuse, Wellness, Work / Career
We are all unique and special individuals, with a specific task, or tasks, we are born to accomplish, ideally for the benefit of others and the transcendence of ourselves. We can begin that task by asking what life is asking of us, rather than what we should get from...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Jan 3, 2021 | Meaning, Mental Health, Personal Growth, Spirituality, Work / Career
We are four days in to the new year. Is it as different from the old year as you had hoped? If not. What are you doing about it? We can discover new meaning in our lives in a variety of ways – through engaging in creative acts of work or beauty; through...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Dec 27, 2020 | Marriage, Meaning, Mental Health, Parenting, Personal Growth, Wellness
Usually, around this time of year, I write about resolutions, SMART goals (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-Based), or Meaningful ideas for the New Year. Sometimes I discuss taking the “suffering” of the previous year and using it to...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Dec 20, 2020 | Meaning, Mental Health, Parenting, Personal Growth
I hope you and your family have an “unprecedented” Christmas, and a “new normal” New Year! I can’t believe, just a few years ago, I thought those were some really smart words or phrases. Using “unprecedented” in a sentence...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Dec 13, 2020 | Marriage, Meaning, Mental Health, Parenting
Now, if you grew up in the 1990’s, that question may have brought a vision of two sharply dressed gentlemen bobbing their heads, and you answered the question with, “Baby, don’t hurt me…” And if you didn’t grow up in the...
