by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Oct 23, 2023 | Anxiety, Depression, Logotherapy, Meaning, Mental Health, Spirituality
We say it at the end of the Viktor Frankl Meaning Academy podcast every week, “now go live your life with Meaning, Purpose, & Resilience.” But how do you do that? We’ve probably discussed it different ways at different times, in brief. So, in...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Oct 17, 2023 | Anxiety, Depression, Meaning, Mental Health, Relationships, Spirituality, Uncategorized
In ‘Man’s Search for Meaning’, Dr. Frankl writes; “There are two races of men in this world, but only these two — the “race” of the decent man and the “race” of the indecent man. Both are found everywhere; they penetrate...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Aug 7, 2023 | Anxiety, Depression, Grief, Meaning, Mental Health, Personal Growth, PTSD, Spirituality, Substance Abuse
You may have heard or read about the latest project I’ve been working on – The Meaning Academy. Our goal is to continue to share the ideas and applications of Dr. Frankl, logotherapy, and all the work that has gone into this field in the past 50+ years. So...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Apr 24, 2023 | Anxiety, Depression, Logotherapy, Meaning, Mental Health, Military Service, Spirituality
Rabbi B., Dr. Baruch HaLevi, logotherapist, former Rabbi (once a Rabbi always a Rabbi?), and all-around good man, is someone I have the honor to have become friends with through our mutual work to share the wisdom of Logotherapy and Existential Analysis, and the...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Mar 13, 2023 | Anxiety, Depression, Logotherapy, Meaning, Mental Health, Personal Growth, Spirituality
We talk quite a bit about the nöos, or the spirit or soul, in logotherapy. Dr. Frankl was the first theorist to suggest that humankind was more than just mind and body, but that we also had a “defiant human spirit”. In this chat with clinical social...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Jun 27, 2022 | Anxiety, Depression, Meaning, Mental Health, Personal Growth, Spirituality
I hope you were looking forward to this as much as I was. If you listened to Homo Noeticus 1, you know the author, Dr. Ann Graber, had a profound impact on my career and professional trajectory. I hope I honored her well with the recording of her speech from 2005...