by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | May 3, 2020 | Anxiety, Depression, Grief, Marriage, Mental Health, Parenting, Personal Growth, Relationships
You may have heard me say this before, but “normal” is not a point along a spectrum with a defined set of criteria. No, “normal” is the spectrum itself. There is a wide range of “normal” that is considered to be within acceptable...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Apr 19, 2020 | Anxiety, Depression, Marriage, Meaning, Mental Health, Parenting
I don’t know about you, but it’s hard to be the most loving husband and father after being in the same house nearly 24-hours a day for the past several weeks. This is a trying time – a fascinating one if you let it be – but a difficult one for...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Apr 12, 2020 | Anxiety, Depression, Marriage, Meaning, Mental Health, Parenting, Personal Growth, Relationships, Wellness
When this is all over – when the world returns to “normal”, or the new normal it will be, Who will you be? Many of you may have just celebrated the holiday of Easter, a holiday of rebirth and resurrection – with a season of preparation and...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Apr 5, 2020 | Anxiety, Depression, Grief, Meaning, Mental Health, Parenting, Personal Growth
If you read my Monday morning email last week, you know that this site was hacked, and I almost lost the whole thing – several years of articles and blog posts and all the related information that promotes my practice. Obviously, I didn’t lose it,...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Mar 8, 2020 | Marriage, Meaning, Mental Health, Parenting
I read a lot to stay on top of the latest developments in my field, as well as to grow personally. Usually I have stack of books next to my “reading chair”, a stack up on my desk, a few downstairs in the basement, and my ever-present Kindle in my...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Mar 1, 2020 | Marriage, Meaning, Mental Health, Parenting, Personal Growth
Last week, I discussed the idea of “what makes a man”, or even “a good man”. The final idea was that a good man “loves defiantly”, or loves better than what our current culture expects of him. But, what is “love”? ...
