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...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Jan 20, 2020 | Affair Recovery, Anxiety, Depression, Marriage, Meaning, Mental Health, Personal Growth
Anxiety, Depression, Bi-polar Disorder, Schizophrenia, Eating Disorders, Attention Deficit Disorder, Autism, Dementia, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. All very different mental illnesses with one thing in common: they have defined...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Dec 29, 2019 | Meaning, Mental Health, Personal Growth
With only a few days left in 2019, many of us begin to look at goals for the new year, we talk of “resolutions”. Any day is a good day to set a new goal, to look to achieve something, to grow beyond what we once were. But the beginning of a new year seems...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Dec 22, 2019 | Meaning, Mental Health, Personal Growth, Relationships
My hope for you this week is that you enjoy a meaningful, blessed, and possibly even happy, holiday. This week marks the culmination of several weeks of “preparation” for my faiths and religions. It has been a time to remember the difficulties and...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Dec 15, 2019 | Affair Recovery, Anxiety, Depression, Marriage, Meaning, Mental Health, Parenting, Personal Growth
“The ought is the ethical directive, how our personal conscience tells us to act in response to the meaning of the moment, to make us aware that what we feel deep within us is most meaningful. If the “want” is the result of our will to meaning, it...