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...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Jun 6, 2022 | Anxiety, Depression, Management, Meaning, Mental Health, Relationships, Spirituality, Wellness
This conversation with Rabbi B. started with me saying, “B., I’m getting calls to come talk about Mental Health & Meaning from places I never would’ve expected it – construction, manufacturing, business… People are struggling.”...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Jan 10, 2022 | Management, Marriage, Meaning, Mental Health, Parenting, Personal Growth, Relationships, Spirituality, Work / Career
A new year is often cause for resolutions and goal-setting. But instead, for this year, I am recommending choosing “words to live by”. As promised in a Monday Morning Update a few weeks ago, here is a discussion on the words I am choosing for 2022 –...