Relationships | Dr Daniel A Franz

Redefining Healthy Masculinity: Lessons from the Huberman Lab Podcast with Terry Real

by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Jan 19, 2026 | Logotherapy, Meaning, Mental Health, Relationships, Uncategorized, Wellness

“Masculinity”… I don’t even know what to write about it, what I am allowed to write, or what I shouldn’t write that might be controversial. It’s a hard enough concept to define in the past few decades, but now it seems culturally...

When Resentment Turns into Contempt: How Marriages Break—and Heal

by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Jan 11, 2026 | Affair Recovery, Logotherapy, Marriage, Meaning, Mental Health, Personal Growth, Relationships

Contempt. It’s a hard word to accept – it has such a strong negative connotation. It’s even harder to accept or understand when it is found in your most important and most intimate relationship. Sadly, I see it all too often in my office. ...

A Story About Men

by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Oct 19, 2025 | Logotherapy, Meaning, Mental Health, Relationships, Wellness

I am just now descending back into “the real world” after what seems like decades away from the office. In reality, it was only two weeks – several days on a Men’s Peer Group Retreat working with plant-based medicine in the mountains of...

The Difference Between Selfish and Self-Care

by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Oct 12, 2025 | Anxiety, Depression, Logotherapy, Marriage, Mental Health, Parenting, Personal Growth, Relationships

This was an important discussion last week at my men’s retreat – what is “selfish” and what is “self-care”. From my experience, those of us who tend to ask that question may find ourselves on either end of an extreme. Some people...

When You Don’t Feel Like A Priority

by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Oct 5, 2025 | Logotherapy, Meaning, Mental Health, Parenting, Relationships

Sadly, it’s been an all-too-common theme, not feeling like #1 in your own marriage or relationship – and I hear it from both sides, both men and women, husbands and wives. That’s a tough and painful place to be, and it makes sense you’d be searching for...

Comparing Frankl’s View of Love

by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Aug 24, 2025 | Affair Recovery, Meaning, Mental Health, Relationships, Wellness

I’ve shared dozens of times the differences between VIktor Frankl’s most famous book, Man’s Search for Meaning, a book I believe everyone should read, and the book that is considered to be his magnum opus, The Doctor and the Soul. Man’s Search...