by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Jan 29, 2024 | Anxiety, Depression, Grief, Logotherapy, Meaning, Mental Health
What do you do when you don’t know what to do? How do you keep going, when you don’t feel like going on? How do you pick yourself up after you fall down? What happens when you feel like giving up? I. Don’t. Know. At least, I sure didn’t feel...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Aug 7, 2023 | Anxiety, Depression, Grief, Meaning, Mental Health, Personal Growth, PTSD, Spirituality, Substance Abuse
You may have heard or read about the latest project I’ve been working on – The Meaning Academy. Our goal is to continue to share the ideas and applications of Dr. Frankl, logotherapy, and all the work that has gone into this field in the past 50+ years. So...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Oct 10, 2022 | ADHD, Depression, Grief, Logotherapy, Meaning, Mental Health, Personal Growth, Uncategorized, Work / Career
Rayna Steigman is, quite possibly, THE MOST energetic and enthusiastic person I know. And definitely one of the hardest working. Not only is she a training manager and professional speaker by day, but she is also studying for her doctorate in organizational leadership...
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...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Mar 14, 2021 | Anxiety, Depression, Grief, Meaning, Mental Health, Personal Growth, Wellness, Work / Career
I was recommended to read Humankind: A Hopeful History by Pam Roy, co-founder of the Viktor Frankl Institute of America. The book takes a positive, and sometimes meaningful, approach to the question of human nature, and whether humankind is inherently good or evil. ...
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. ...
