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...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Jul 7, 2019 | Anxiety, Depression, Meaning, Mental Health, Personal Growth
A few weeks ago, I wrote about the Logotherapy concept “noö-dynamics” – the idea that the human spirit calls us to grow and evolve, to become more than we are; even though there are times that our minds, our bodies, maybe even modern society, tells us to seek...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Jun 23, 2019 | Anxiety, Depression, Meaning, Mental Health, Personal Growth, PTSD
Resilience is the ability to “bounce back” after a difficult life event – whether it is the death of a loved one, job loss, natural disaster, or mental, emotional, physical, or sexual trauma. We will all face difficulties in life, many of us will...
