by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Nov 29, 2021 | Meaning, Mental Health, Personal Growth, Uncategorized
In a world where “meta” represents an altered reality aimed at re-inventing or perhaps evening replacing our current reality, somewhat like that in “Ready Player One” (GREAT book, terrifying reality), Rabbi B. and get a little meta-physical and...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Nov 22, 2021 | Meaning, Mental Health, Personal Growth
Last week I was telling you about my recent rejection, and the doors it opened. This new podcast episode is an example of that door. “Rabbi B” approached me during that time of rejection suggesting we chat about logotherapy. Here is the start of that...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Nov 1, 2021 | Meaning, Mental Health, Personal Growth, Uncategorized
My first foray into Tragic Optimism, and the story of Dr. Long. You’ll probably hear a lot of Dr. Long’s story, and others like it, in The Meaning Project, but this was my first taste of it. On Tragic Optimism – Logotherapy Lecture 5
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Oct 25, 2021 | Meaning, Mental Health, Personal Growth
One of the first papers where I start to divine out (get it?) the academic differences between religious and spiritual. You might be able to tell that prior to this work, I instinctively knew there was a difference, but I didn’t quite have the vocabulary or...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Oct 18, 2021 | Meaning, Mental Health, Personal Growth
I was supposed to write about “Ultimate Meaning” here, but continued my assessment from the previous discussion and shared a little bit more of my amazement for these “wonderful tools” that I was learning to use to help people. I believe this is the first...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Oct 11, 2021 | Mental Health, Personal Growth, Podcast
Just the heck was a “Weltanschauung” and how do you cure it? It’s really not that bad – it’s German for “World View” – this lecture goes a bit into it, and the early findings in Frankl’s Logotherapy, including a primer on the Three Pillars of...
