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”? ...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Feb 23, 2020 | Affair Recovery, Marriage, Meaning, Mental Health, Parenting
Men, we’ve got a problem – many of us don’t know what it means to be a man. We know it. Our wives, girlfriends, co-workers, daughters, and female friends know it. We’ve been getting some mixed messages for a while, and it hasn’t been...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Feb 2, 2020 | Affair Recovery, Anxiety, Depression, Marriage, Meaning, Mental Health, Parenting, Personal Growth, Relationships
“But I just want to be happy – why can’t that just be easier?” That was the statement from my teenage daughter during one of “those” discussions about life, the future, responsibility, success, etc. I feel for her. It can’t...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Jan 26, 2020 | Anxiety, Depression, Grief, Marriage, Meaning, Mental Health, Parenting, Personal Growth, Relationships, Spirituality, Substance Abuse, Wellness
In our stressed-out, 80-hour work week, 5-hours of sleep per night, skip meals, work smarter not harder, hyper-connected, teched out world, we’ve recently started to hear more about “self-care” – the idea of taking time for yourself. As a...
