by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Sep 8, 2019 | Anxiety, Depression, Grief, Marriage, Meaning, Mental Health, Parenting, Spirituality, Wellness
To move the family or stick it out where you are? Take the new job or keep plugging away? Fight THIS battle, or let it go? Go back to school or stay in your current role? Work on the relationship, or end it? Discipline the child, or talk it out? We are faced with...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Jun 9, 2019 | Affair Recovery, Anxiety, Depression, Management, Marriage, Meaning, Mental Health, Parenting, Personal Growth, Spirituality, Wellness
“Happiness can not be pursued, it must ensue.” – Viktor Frankl We cannot find true happiness looking for it, we have to do things, create things, engage in things that bring happiness. The Happiness Hypothesis, by Jonathan Haidt, has about 250 pages...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Apr 7, 2019 | Anxiety, Depression, Meaning, Mental Health, Personal Growth, Spirituality, Wellness
Last week, I had the distinct honor to spend a day with film maker and Logotherapist, Alex Vesely – the grandson of Viktor Frankl. He screened his movie, Viktor and I, for us. It was Amazing. Inspiring. Tearful. Meaningful. Wise. Insightful. More than a...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Dec 9, 2018 | Meaning, Mental Health, Spirituality
Viktor Frankl famously wrote that part of the modern “existential vacuum” was due to the decline of traditions and values – that in the absence of guiding principles, humankind was left adrift as to how to behave or think in a moral and meaningful...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Oct 21, 2018 | Meaning, Mental Health, Parenting, Personal Growth, Relationships, Spirituality
This article could just as easily be titled, “Honor Thy Father and Mother,” – you’ll see why as you read on. As I write this, I am preparing to embark on a brief road trip with my Dad tomorrow. I’m sure it will be a bittersweet adventure...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Oct 7, 2018 | Meaning, Mental Health, Parenting, Personal Growth, Relationships, Spirituality, Substance Abuse, Uncategorized
“There is no enlightened one. There is only the one who is seeking further enlightenment. Proper Being is process, not a state; a journey, not a destination. It’s the continual transformation of what you know, through encounter with what you don’t...
