by anewdirection | May 27, 2018 | Uncategorized
“What you have experienced, no power on earth can take from you..” Not only our experiences, but all we have done, whatever great thoughts we may have had, and all we have suffered, all this is not lost, though it is past; we have brought it into being....
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Mar 18, 2018 | Meaning, Mental Health, Uncategorized
Maybe it is. I’m honestly not sure anymore. And really, that’s not my role. Whether it is or isn’t about gun control is not my area of expertise. What I do know is that we face an existential vacuum as traditional morals and values continue to...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Feb 10, 2018 | Uncategorized
I hope not. It’s not likely. But it is possible. This is a phrase I had to share with far too many families at the start of my career as the director of an adolescent treatment program. I had to tell parents that their sons were drinking more alcohol on a...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Feb 4, 2018 | Affair Recovery, Marriage, Uncategorized
Criticism | Contempt | Defensiveness | Stonewalling I truly appreciate the work of Dr. John Gottman and the Gottman Institute. They’ve been studying relationships for decades and have an exceptional research model they use in their “Love Lab” in...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Jan 28, 2018 | Uncategorized
“Life holds a potential for meaning under any conditions, even the most miserable ones.” Viktor Frankl, Man’s Search for Meaning. Life has a funny way of teaching us lessons and encouraging growth – a funny way of helping us discover meaning. ...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Jan 21, 2018 | Uncategorized
“The more one forgets himself—by giving himself to a cause to serve or another person to love—the more human he is and the more he actualizes himself. What is called self-actualization is not an attainable aim at all, for the simple reason that the more one...
