by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Jun 20, 2022 | Anxiety, Depression, Meaning, Mental Health, Personal Growth
I’ve been meaning to share this with you for quite a while – probably since I started The Meaning Project Podcast. “Homo Noeticus” is the name Dr. Ann V. Graber gives to the potential evolution of humankind in her 2005 speech at the World...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Jun 6, 2022 | Anxiety, Depression, Management, Meaning, Mental Health, Relationships, Spirituality, Wellness
This conversation with Rabbi B. started with me saying, “B., I’m getting calls to come talk about Mental Health & Meaning from places I never would’ve expected it – construction, manufacturing, business… People are struggling.”...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | May 30, 2022 | Anxiety, Depression, Meaning, Mental Health, Military Service, Personal Growth
Today we celebrate Memorial Day in the US – the unofficial start to summer – more importantly, the day we remember those who sacrificed their lives in military service. My good friend, Chief (retired) Paul shares his experience in the military – what...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | May 23, 2022 | Anxiety, Depression, Meaning, Personal Growth, Wellness, Work / Career
Money. Little green, or other-colored, pieces of paper. Numbers and decimals on a screen. Simple, as an object. But money has so much more emotional connotation – it represents work we’ve done, and opportunity ahead of us. It is ripe with the potential for...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | May 16, 2022 | Anxiety, Depression, Meaning, Mental Health, Personal Growth, PTSD, Wellness
Manya Chylinski was at the finish line of the Boston Marathon in 2013 when the bombs went off. She was fortunate to suffer minimal physical damage. But the mental/emotional trauma she suffered last far longer than she expected. Fortunately, even though she...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | May 9, 2022 | Affair Recovery, Anxiety, Depression, Grief, Meaning, Mental Health, Military Service, PTSD
I often speak of turning suffering into achievement in my logotherapy work – one way to do this is by becoming more RESILIENT. Training to be more resilient will actually help you to ‘bounce back’ from difficult times, and to weather traumatic...