The Meaning Project

The Meaning Project

Hosted by: Dr. Daniel A. Franz

The Meaning Project - the intersection of Mental Health and Meaning. In this podcast, Dr. Daniel A Franz, speaker, consultant, and psychotherapist, discusses the art and science behind forms of organizational health,...

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TMP-Ep138 - What Do You Do When You Don't Know What to Do?

What do you do when you don't know what to do? How do you keep going, when you don't feel like going on? How do you pick yourself up after you fall down? What happens when you feel like giving up?I. Don't. Know.At...
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TMP-Ep137 - Shiraz Siddique & The Passionate Pursuit of Purpose

Shiraz Siddique is the author of Well Done: A Passionate Pursuit of Purpose and the founder of CBHN - the Christian Business Harvest Network - but he's also just a fun man to chat with. And with you chat with you, you...
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TMP-Ep136 - "Wolverine Spirituality" in a World of "Toxic Masculinity"

The University of Michigan just won the National Championship in football behind their start quarterback, JJ McCarthy. JJ is a great football player in a world of great football players - 100's of them playing in the...
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TMP-Ep135 - The Meaning in Alcohol, Cannabis, Psylocibin, Substance Use & Abuse

I've been reading a lot lately about the history of alcohol, cannabis, and other drugs - like the psychedelics ergot, psylocibin, & LSD - and their impact on the formation of modern civilization and the religions...
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TMP-Ep134 - Happy New Year; Now What Will You Do With It?

Happy New Year!!New Year, NEW YOU, Right?!?!WRONG!!! You know we don't subscribe to that nonsense here at The Meaning Project or at The Viktor Frankl Meaning Academy.What about, new year, TRUE YOU? Or, there are a...
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TMP-Ep133 - Merry Christmas!!

I was thinking about this the other day - what if we took "Merry Christmas" with us into the new year? What if we saw people's genuine kindness and well-wishing in those words, rather than being offended they did not...
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TMP-Ep132 - The Meaning in Holiday Traditions

Why do we do what we do during the holiday season? How do we choose where to spend our time and energy - what do we do with the resources we are given? Dr. Frankl wrote on the idea of 'traditions' - suggesting that...
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TMP-Ep131 - The Meaning of The Season

What is the Meaning behind different celebrations during this time of year? Why do we celebrate different Christmas or Chanukkah traditions? What about other spiritual or cultural traditions today, or throughout...
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TMP-Ep130 - Your Search for Meaning

Your Search for Meaning is the flagship course from The Viktor Frankl Meaning Academy scheduled to start in January 2024. This will be a 6-month program, working with the team of logo-philosophers from The Meaning...
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TMP-Ep129 - Meaningful Holiday Gift Giving

For the past 10-15 years, every year that I have been in private practice; I have written or recorded a "Holiday Gift Guide" on the Monday after Thanksgiving. Back when I started, I don't even think it was called...
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TMP-Ep128 - Mental Health & Gun Violence

This was definitely not a topic I ever intended to cover. However, when a good friend calls and says he needs your opinion for a paper he is writing - well, I decided to hit the record button to see where it went....
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TMP-Ep127 - "Thank" Your Fear & Anxiety

The 12-Step industry says FEAR is "False Emotion Appearing Real". However, for many of us FEAR, and the related emotion ANXIETY, can feel VERY REAL. Sometimes, they can be debilitating. In this episode of the podacst,...
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