by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Feb 21, 2021 | Affair Recovery, Anxiety, Depression, Marriage, Meaning, Mental Health, Personal Growth
I never really liked that word in my counseling practice, “broken”. It would seem to indicate that we all need to be “fixed” – or, worse, maybe that we can’t be “fixed”. Perhaps “damaged” fits better in my...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Feb 7, 2021 | Meaning, Mental Health, Personal Growth, Uncategorized
Did you catch “The Big Game” this weekend? Full disclosure, I’m writing this article well in advance of the game, so I don’t know what’s going to happen, or what DID happen, by the time you read this. But I am looking forward to...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Jan 31, 2021 | Management, Marriage, Meaning, Mental Health, Parenting, Personal Growth, Wellness, Work / Career
Are you possessed by your work? Or, another way I’ve heard this asked lately – “are you a slave to your own internal Pharaoh (or master)?” Obviously taken from a bit of Biblical reading. But the question seems to come from a lot of different...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Jan 24, 2021 | Anxiety, Depression, Management, Meaning, Mental Health, Work / Career
I was skimming through The Doctor and the Soul in preparation for an upcoming speech I’m giving at the 2021 Educating for Careers Conference, and remembered again how pertinent this information is right now – especially as many of us face frustrations and...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Jan 17, 2021 | Anxiety, Depression, Meaning, Mental Health, Parenting, Work / Career
What do golf, mental health, education, and work all have in common? (Other than being things I am very interested, and sometimes very active, in?) They are all institutions that once, or maybe still, believe that there is ONE WAY to do something right. But that is...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Jan 10, 2021 | Management, Meaning, Mental Health, Personal Growth, Substance Abuse, Wellness, Work / Career
We are all unique and special individuals, with a specific task, or tasks, we are born to accomplish, ideally for the benefit of others and the transcendence of ourselves. We can begin that task by asking what life is asking of us, rather than what we should get from...
