by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Oct 24, 2022 | Anxiety, Depression, Meaning, Mental Health, Personal Growth, Wellness
What is the difference between Meaning and Purpose? Ever since The Purpose Driven Life, written by Rick Warren back in 2002, it feels like “Purpose” has taken the lead in pop culture and common language, while Meaning has been left in the ethereal or even...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Aug 15, 2022 | Anxiety, Meaning, Mental Health, Personal Growth, PTSD, Uncategorized, Wellness
That’s right, The Meaning Project Podcast is BACK!!! It seems like we have been an experiencing increasing rates of anxiety and trauma, post-COVID. A recent statistic I read suggests “90% of people will face some kind of trauma in their life.” In...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Jul 25, 2022 | Anxiety, Depression, Meaning, Mental Health, Wellness
Another one of my favorites, and one I talk about often, from The Will to Meaning: “Tension is not something to avoid unconditionally, and peace of mind, or peace of soul, is not anything to avow unconditionally. A sound amount of tension, such as that tension...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Jul 3, 2022 | Anxiety, Depression, MBTI Certified, Meaning, Mental Health, Personal Growth, Wellness
Happy Independence Day! “Freedom is in danger of degenerating into mere arbitrariness unless it is lived in terms of responsibleness. That is why I recommend that the Statue of Liberty on the East Coast be supplemented by a Statue of Responsibility on the West Coast.”...
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 | May 23, 2022 | Anxiety, Depression, Meaning, Personal Growth, Wellness, Work / Career
Money. Little green, or other-colored, pieces of paper. Numbers and decimals on a screen. Simple, as an object. But money has so much more emotional connotation – it represents work we’ve done, and opportunity ahead of us. It is ripe with the potential for...
