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 | Feb 14, 2021 | Anxiety, Depression, Wellness
And let me tell you, it was a doozy! I think I can recall about a half dozen or so “panic attacks” throughout my life, the first one being in college, or shortly after graduation. I put quotations around “panic attack”, because once you...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Jan 24, 2021 | Anxiety, Depression, Management, Meaning, Mental Health, Work / Career
I was skimming through The Doctor and the Soul in preparation for an upcoming speech I’m giving at the 2021 Educating for Careers Conference, and remembered again how pertinent this information is right now – especially as many of us face frustrations and...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Jan 17, 2021 | Anxiety, Depression, Meaning, Mental Health, Parenting, Work / Career
What do golf, mental health, education, and work all have in common? (Other than being things I am very interested, and sometimes very active, in?) They are all institutions that once, or maybe still, believe that there is ONE WAY to do something right. But that is...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Dec 6, 2020 | Anxiety, Depression, Meaning, Mental Health, Personal Growth, Uncategorized
I’m sure I’ve shared this many times, but it strikes me as an obvious idea when it comes to having a “Happy” holiday season: “Happiness cannot be pursued, it must ensue. One must have a reason to ‘be happy’. Once the reason...
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. ...
