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...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Aug 26, 2018 | Uncategorized
Pet the dog and scratch his ears or push him away so I can get back to work? Put money in the kids lunch account or lecture them about the folly of irresponsibility? Check my email, social media, text messages or anything else or get back to work writing? Go to my...
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...
