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 26, 2020 | Anxiety, Depression, Grief, Meaning, Mental Health, Personal Growth
Many times in my reading, I find an author who expands on my thoughts or ideas in a much more powerful way than I ever could. That happened this morning, so I thought I would share it with you – it’s similar to what I have been writing about throughout...
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 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 9, 2020 | Affair Recovery, Anxiety, Depression, Management, Marriage, Meaning, Mental Health, Personal Growth, Relationships, Substance Abuse, Wellness
“Man is a being in search of Meaning.” – Viktor Frankl So how do we find meaning in our lives? The simple “How To Guide”: We can discover this meaning in life in three different ways: (1) by creating a work or doing a deed; (2) by...
