by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Jan 26, 2020 | Anxiety, Depression, Grief, Marriage, Meaning, Mental Health, Parenting, Personal Growth, Relationships, Spirituality, Substance Abuse, Wellness
In our stressed-out, 80-hour work week, 5-hours of sleep per night, skip meals, work smarter not harder, hyper-connected, teched out world, we’ve recently started to hear more about “self-care” – the idea of taking time for yourself. As a...
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 | Jan 27, 2019 | Meaning, Mental Health, Personal Growth, Wellness
Apparently many of us have a pretty rough week ahead of us. “Historic lows” they say. I read something about -39 to -49 degree windchill at some point during the week. That’s inhuman, and inhumane, for anyone who has to be out in it. After...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Jan 14, 2019 | Meaning, Mental Health, Personal Growth, Relationships, Wellness
We are nearly two weeks into the new year. If you are like many people, this is about the time motivation and practice drop off for those resolutions we set a few weeks ago. But if you are still at it – still exercising, still changing your diet, still...
