by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Feb 9, 2020 | Affair Recovery, Anxiety, Depression, Management, Marriage, Meaning, Mental Health, Personal Growth, Relationships, Substance Abuse, Wellness
“Man is a being in search of Meaning.” – Viktor Frankl So how do we find meaning in our lives? The simple “How To Guide”: We can discover this meaning in life in three different ways: (1) by creating a work or doing a deed; (2) by...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Aug 25, 2019 | Anxiety, Depression, Management, Work / Career
I recently heard that the area I live in is a top 10 manufacturing location in the country. That would seem to suggest there is a lot of money coming in to the area. In the same breath, I heard that this area rates highly in the nation in substance abuse, infant and...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Aug 11, 2019 | Anxiety, Depression, Management, Meaning, Mental Health, Work / Career
“The meaning of life, we have said, is not to be questioned but to be responded to, for we are responsible to life. It follows from this that the response should be given not in words, but in acting, by doing. Moreover, the correct response depends upon the...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Jun 30, 2019 | Anxiety, Depression, Management, Meaning, Personal Growth
“We live in a society in which we are terrified to fail… and it is killing us.” – Dr. Leonard Wisneski, Interim Director of the Integrative Health Policy Consortium. Our fear of failure is harmful. Even deadly. We are stressing ourselves to the point of...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Jun 9, 2019 | Affair Recovery, Anxiety, Depression, Management, Marriage, Meaning, Mental Health, Parenting, Personal Growth, Spirituality, Wellness
“Happiness can not be pursued, it must ensue.” – Viktor Frankl We cannot find true happiness looking for it, we have to do things, create things, engage in things that bring happiness. The Happiness Hypothesis, by Jonathan Haidt, has about 250 pages...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Apr 15, 2019 | Anxiety, Depression, Management, Marriage, Mental Health, Parenting, Personal Growth, Relationships
This could also be called “what to say when you don’t know what to say”. Often, I find it is the most to know what to say when the stakes are highest, the most meaningful. It’s often hard to know what to say to encourage or console someone who...
