by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Aug 8, 2022 | Anxiety, Depression, Meaning, Mental Health, Personal Growth, Uncategorized
We live in an age of affluence in many respects. The mass media bombard us with stimuli and we have to protect ourselves against them by filtering them, as it were. We are offered a lot of possibilities and have to make our choice among them. In short, we have to make...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Aug 1, 2022 | Anxiety, Depression, Meaning, Mental Health, Personal Growth
Again, Frankl said this in The Will to Meaning in 1969 – over 50 years ago!! Today we live in an age of crumbling and vanishing traditions. Thus, instead of new values being created by finding unique meanings, the reverse happens. Universal values are on the...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Jul 25, 2022 | Anxiety, Depression, Meaning, Mental Health, Wellness
Another one of my favorites, and one I talk about often, from The Will to Meaning: “Tension is not something to avoid unconditionally, and peace of mind, or peace of soul, is not anything to avow unconditionally. A sound amount of tension, such as that tension...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Jul 18, 2022 | Depression, Meaning, Mental Health, Personal Growth, Uncategorized
In the 1969 book The Will to Meaning, Dr. Frankl discusses his views on using medication to treat “endogenous”, or physically manifested, depression, suggesting that in some situations, medication or even ECT, electroconvulsive therapy, might be warranted....
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Jul 11, 2022 | Anxiety, Depression, Meaning, Mental Health
Narcissism, Narcissist, and “gaslighting” have gained an unwarranted amount of attention in the past few years – in this episode, I’ll share my candid opinion about that, as well as “Bad Therapists” and other clinical pet peeves...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Jul 3, 2022 | Anxiety, Depression, MBTI Certified, Meaning, Mental Health, Personal Growth, Wellness
Happy Independence Day! “Freedom is in danger of degenerating into mere arbitrariness unless it is lived in terms of responsibleness. That is why I recommend that the Statue of Liberty on the East Coast be supplemented by a Statue of Responsibility on the West Coast.”...
