by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Aug 9, 2020 | Anxiety, Depression, Marriage, Meaning, Mental Health, Parenting, Relationships
“The beginning of love is the will to let those we love be perfectly themselves, the resolution not to twist them to fit our own image. If in loving them we do not love what they are, but only their potential likeness to ourselves, then we do not love them: we only...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Jul 19, 2020 | Anxiety, Depression, Grief, Marriage, Meaning, Mental Health, Parenting, Personal Growth, Relationships, Spirituality
I’m sure you’ve been feeling it. Something hasn’t been “right” for a quite a while. It get’s a little better. Then it gets a lot worse. Then maybe it gets better again. Part of it is just life. Part of it is some seriously...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Jul 5, 2020 | Affair Recovery, Marriage, MBTI Certified, Meaning, Mental Health, Personal Growth, Relationships, Uncategorized
An integral component to any successful, healthy relationship is choice. Relationships are ripe with opportunities to choose meaningfully, or otherwise. In any marriage (relationship, partnership, etc.), a type difference (On the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator or...
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 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 | Feb 16, 2020 | Affair Recovery, Marriage, Meaning, Mental Health, Relationships
Hopefully your Valentine’s Day last week was an enjoyable one – maybe you enjoyed a nice dinner out and some connecting conversation, or perhaps a quiet evening and home and some closeness. But if not, if Valentine’s Day was a source of relationship...
