by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Aug 18, 2019 | Meaning, Mental Health
Although not everyone operates on this schedule, my life is often dictated by an academic calendar – with kids in high school, a wife that teaches, and my own undergraduate and graduate teaching courses, the new academic year is as impactful as the changing of...
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 | Aug 4, 2019 | ADHD, Anxiety, Depression, Meaning, Mental Health, Parenting, Personal Growth
Recently, a young man won over $3,000,000 in a video game competition – that is incredible, life-changing money for him and his family. His mother credits his success to the 8 hours each day he spent playing the game over the past two years. 8 hours… Each...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Jul 28, 2019 | Meaning, Mental Health, Personal Growth
Youth has many advantages over old age: It contains the seed of it’s own future. But one thing youth never has: the collected harvest of a mature life. Elisabeth Lukas People may be forsaken, lonely, the loneliness depresses them, and yet there is a...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Jul 21, 2019 | Meaning, Mental Health
If you believe you always have to still your hunger before you can think of the meaning of life, you are mistaken. Because without knowing about the deeper meaning of life you can bear neither hunger nor full satiation. Elisabeth Lukas Dr. Elisabeth...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Jul 14, 2019 | Anxiety, Depression, Meaning, Mental Health, Parenting
If you’ve been reading the past few weeks, you may have read about The Happiness Hypothesis, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt’s collection of ancient wisdom and modern science on happiness. It’s a fascinating read that has more to do with...
