by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Apr 4, 2021 | Affair Recovery, Anxiety, Depression, Meaning, Mental Health, Personal Growth, Uncategorized
https://danielafranz.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Suffering-April-5-2021.mp4...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Mar 7, 2021 | Affair Recovery, Marriage, Meaning, Mental Health, Relationships
Look, I didn’t name it, but I am using it. Relish is a new – or at least new to me – “Relationship Coaching and Self-Care App”, recommended to me by someone in my office. So far, I kind of like it. It’s got quite a few of the tools...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Feb 21, 2021 | Affair Recovery, Anxiety, Depression, Marriage, Meaning, Mental Health, Personal Growth
I never really liked that word in my counseling practice, “broken”. It would seem to indicate that we all need to be “fixed” – or, worse, maybe that we can’t be “fixed”. Perhaps “damaged” fits better in my...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Nov 8, 2020 | Affair Recovery, Anxiety, Depression, Grief, Meaning, Mental Health, Spirituality, Substance Abuse
Pain, Guilt, & Death – Frankl’s Tragic Triad – three factors in life we can’t escape, but we can choose how we deal with them. Fr. Richard Rohr, in Adam’s Return, writes, It is the great teacher, although none of us want to admit it. ...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Sep 27, 2020 | Affair Recovery, Depression, Grief, Marriage, Meaning, Mental Health, Personal Growth, Uncategorized
In last week’s podcast, I talked about Viktor Frankl’s idea of “Tragic Optimism” – that is, optimism “in spite of” the suffering in the world, the suffering brought on by pain, guilt, and death. We don’t have to look too...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Sep 20, 2020 | Affair Recovery, Anxiety, Depression, Grief, Marriage, Meaning, Mental Health, Parenting, Personal Growth, Podcast, PTSD, Relationships
I fell on this while research a speech I am preparing – I forgot how profound the work of my dear Professor, Dr. Ann V. Graber, can be. You can here Alex Vesely and I swoon over her work a bit in last week’s podcast. Alex is the grandson of Viktor...
