The Meaning Project

By Dr. Daniel A. Franz

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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, counseling and psychotherapy, psychological theory, and tons of other ideas related to Mental Health and Meaning; all through the lens of Logotherapy & Existential Analysis - the psychology of Meaning. Brief, so that you can get a helpful dose of mental health on your way to work. Unedited, because neither life nor psychotherapy are edited, and action-oriented, because we could talk about your childhood all day long, but that isn’t going to help you discover meaning in your day, or help you address the tension between who you are now, and who you want to become. It's my hope that this podcast will.

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Episode Date
TMP-Ep197 - Vulnerability: The Key to Authentic Male Relationships w/ Dr. B.
Jun 30, 2025
TMP-Ep196 - Love & Respect
Jun 23, 2025
TMP-Ep195 - Understanding Addiction Medicine Today w/ Dr. Mark Hrymoc
Jun 09, 2025
TMP-Ep194 - The Enneagram and Psychedelic Therapy: A Healing Connection w/ Lynn McCracken
Jun 02, 2025
TMP-Ep193 - Memorial Day 2025: Men's Health - A Conversation on Wellness with Retired CPO Joseph Paul
May 26, 2025
TMP-Ep192.2 - On the Nature of Addiction - Updated!
May 19, 2025
TMP-Ep192 - On the Nature of Addiction
May 12, 2025
TMP-Ep191 - Transformative Healing: Commitment to the Journey w/ Julian Bermudez
May 04, 2025
TMP-Ep190 - Transforming Parenting and other Relationships with the Nurtured Heart Approach
Apr 28, 2025
TMP-Ep189 - Whole You: Mapping Wellness Inside & Out
Apr 21, 2025
TMP-Ep188 - The Meaning of Mature Masculinity w/ Greg Liotta
Apr 14, 2025
TMP-Ep187 - Psychological Potpourri: Amends, Meaning, Community Engagement, and of course, Ketamine
Apr 07, 2025
TMP-186 - The Healing Power of Ketamine Therapy w/ Julie Addis
Mar 31, 2025
TMP-Ep185 - Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy: In My Office for the 1st Time
Mar 24, 2025
TMP-Ep184 - Discovering Meaning in Awakening
Mar 17, 2025
TMP-183 - My Journey into Psilocybin: Integrating a Large Dose of Psychedelic Mushrooms
Mar 10, 2025
TMP-Ep182 - Psychedelic Therapy: Transformative Experiences Explored w/ Lance David
Mar 03, 2025
TMP-Ep181 - Finding Meaning in "Net-Offering" w/ Renee Hensley
Feb 24, 2025
TMP-Ep180 - Transforming Workplace Wellness w/ Jasmin Dennis
Feb 17, 2025
TMP-Ep179 - Return of The Rabbi: The Man UPrising Journey
Feb 10, 2025
TMP-Ep178 - Digital Nomadism & Psychedelic Journeys w/ Rob Romano
Feb 03, 2025
TMP-Ep177 - The Happiness Hypothesis
Jan 27, 2025
TMP-Ep176 - Manifest One: A New Approach to Leadership
Jan 20, 2025
TMP-Ep175 - Misguided Acts of Love w/ Debra Borzellino
Jan 13, 2025
TMP-Ep174 - Disrupting Modern Mental Health in 2025
Jan 06, 2025
TMP-Ep173 - Farewell 2024! Here's to a Meaningful 2025!
Dec 23, 2024
TMP-Ep172 - Meaningful Tattoo Pathways
Dec 16, 2024
TMP-Ep171 - Your Winter Mental Health & Meaning Toolbox
Dec 09, 2024
TMP-Ep170 - Meaning & Empathy in "The Death Care Industry"
Dec 02, 2024
TMP-Ep169 - Personal Insights from My Ketamine Practicum
Nov 25, 2024
TMP-Ep168 - Dream Builder Coaching w/ Diana Lippert
Nov 18, 2024
TMP-Ep167 - Veterans Day 2024: Meaning in Military Service
Nov 11, 2024
TMP-Ep166 - My Experiences with Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy
Nov 04, 2024
TMP-Ep165 - The Meaning of Mystical Experiences and Psychedelic Medicine
Oct 28, 2024
TMP-Ep164 - Exploring the Healing Power of Ketamine
Oct 07, 2024
TMP-Ep163 - When Life Seems Out of Control - Tragic Optimism in the Face of the Tragic Triad
Sep 23, 2024
TMP-Ep162 - The Meaning of Work; Labor Day 2024
Sep 02, 2024
TMP-161 - Leaving the Prison of Our Own Thinking
Aug 26, 2024
TMP-Ep160 - The Existential Question: What Do I Do Now?
Aug 19, 2024
TMP-Ep159 - Auf Wiedersehen for Now
Jun 24, 2024
TMP-Ep158 - Man's Search for Meaning - Summer Reading
Jun 17, 2024
TMP-Ep157 - The 8 Dimensions of Wellness
Jun 10, 2024
TMP-Ep156 - Existential Tension; When Everything is Taken Away
Jun 03, 2024
TMP-Ep155 - Memorial Day 2024: The Power of Leadership - Knowing & Motivating Your Team
May 27, 2024
TMP-Ep154 - The Antidote to Suffering
May 20, 2024
TMP-Ep153 - The Meaning of Humor & Comedy: Addressing Difficult Topics
May 13, 2024
TMP-Ep152 - Finding Meaning, Purpose, and Community to Combat Anxiety
May 06, 2024
TMP-Ep151 - Discernment and Decision Making: The Road Not Taken
Apr 29, 2024
TMP-Ep150 - Holding Space: Being Fully Seen and Heard
Apr 22, 2024
TMP-Ep149 - Seeking Meaning and Purpose: Embracing Growth and Resilience
Apr 15, 2024
TMP-Ep148 - You Need a "Bigger Why" to Fight Anxiety, Depression, and Existential Dread
Apr 08, 2024
TMP-Ep147 - More Meaning from The Doctor and the Soul
Apr 01, 2024
TMP-Ep146 - Meaningful Parenting
Mar 25, 2024
TMP-Ep145 - Psychological Anxiety or Spiritual Distress? A Return to Self
Mar 18, 2024
TMP-Ep144 - Have We Just Given Up on Prevention?
Mar 11, 2024
TMP-Ep143 - Beyond the Mind-Body Connection; "Be a Spiritual Mutt"
Mar 04, 2024
TMP-Ep142 - How I Use the Psychology of "Meaning" in My Life
Feb 26, 2024
TMP-Ep141 - Solutions to Nihilism & The End of the World
Feb 19, 2024
TMP-Ep140 - Notes from the Clinical Week
Feb 12, 2024
TMP-Ep139 - What's Up with Travis Kelce & Taylor Swift?
Feb 05, 2024
TMP-Ep138 - What Do You Do When You Don't Know What to Do?
Jan 29, 2024
TMP-Ep137 - Shiraz Siddique & The Passionate Pursuit of Purpose
Jan 22, 2024
TMP-Ep136 - "Wolverine Spirituality" in a World of "Toxic Masculinity"
Jan 15, 2024
TMP-Ep135 - The Meaning in Alcohol, Cannabis, Psylocibin, Substance Use & Abuse
Jan 08, 2024
TMP-Ep134 - Happy New Year; Now What Will You Do With It?
Jan 01, 2024
TMP-Ep133 - Merry Christmas!!
Dec 25, 2023
TMP-Ep132 - The Meaning in Holiday Traditions
Dec 18, 2023
TMP-Ep131 - The Meaning of The Season
Dec 11, 2023
TMP-Ep130 - Your Search for Meaning
Dec 04, 2023
TMP-Ep129 - Meaningful Holiday Gift Giving
Nov 27, 2023
TMP-Ep128 - Mental Health & Gun Violence
Nov 20, 2023
TMP-Ep127 - "Thank" Your Fear & Anxiety
Nov 13, 2023
TMP-Ep126 - Cold & Flu, Seasonal Affect Disorder, & Holiday Season
Nov 06, 2023
TMP-Ep125 - So Many Forms of "Addiction" & How the Three Pillars of Logotherapy Can Help
Oct 30, 2023
TMP-Ep124 - How to Live w/ Meaning, Purpose, & Resilience
Oct 23, 2023
TMP-Ep123 - Only Two Races; the Decent and the Indecent
Oct 16, 2023
TMP-Ep122 - To Be a Good Human
Oct 09, 2023
TMP-Ep121 - The Transition from the Morning to the Afternoon of Life
Oct 02, 2023
TMP-Ep120 - Coach Prime & The Compassion of Brutal Honesty
Sep 25, 2023
TMP-Ep119 - Psychology of Men; the Transition from Prince to King
Sep 18, 2023
TMP-Ep118 - An Idea Whose Time Has Come
Sep 11, 2023
TMP-Ep117 - The Meaning of Compassion and Friendship
Aug 28, 2023
TMP-Ep 116 - To Be Worthy of Our Suffering
Aug 14, 2023
TMP-Ep115 - What is a "Meaning Mastermind"?
Aug 07, 2023
TMP-Ep114 - Finding Mental Health & Meaning in Vacation
Jul 31, 2023
TMP-Ep113 - Living the Best Ideas in Logotherapy
Jul 17, 2023
TMP-Ep112 - Resilience in times of Cannabis, COVID, and Consolation Prizes w/ Dr. Sarah Musavi
Jul 10, 2023
TMP-Ep111 - Billionaires, Submarines, & Human Reductionism
Jul 03, 2023
TMP-Ep110 - Radical Honesty or Radical Responsibility w/ The Meaning Academy
Jun 26, 2023
TMP-Ep108 - Self-Awareness and Resiliency w/ Michael Laidler
Jun 12, 2023
TMP-Ep107 - Meaningful Summer Reading
Jun 05, 2023
TMP-Ep106- Artificial Intelligence (AI), Menacing or Meaningful?
May 29, 2023
TMP-Ep105 - Your Search for Meaning
May 22, 2023
TMP-Ep104 - The Man in the Arena
May 15, 2023
TMP-Ep103 - Viktor Frankl's Toughest Question
May 08, 2023
TMP-Ep102 - Stress and Existential Dynamics
May 01, 2023
TMP-Ep101 - Logotherapy & Spirituality w/ Rabbi B.
Apr 24, 2023
TMP - Ep100 - Find Meaning in Life Every Day
Apr 17, 2023
TMP-Ep99- Why We Need a Meaning Academy w/ RabbiB
Apr 10, 2023
TMP-Ep98- Living a Truly Meaningful Life w/Terry Fossum
Apr 03, 2023
TMP-Ep97 - The Meaning of Personality w/ Matthew Lostaglia
Mar 27, 2023
TMP-Ep96- Mental Health, Meaning, and Corrections w/ David Dawdy
Mar 20, 2023
TMP-Ep95- Connecting with your Soul w/ Debbie Gottlieb, LCSW
Mar 13, 2023
TMP-Ep94 - Surviving Epstein: How a Safety Plan Can Prevent Sexual Assault w/ Jess Michaels
Mar 06, 2023
TMP-Ep93 - Depression or "Just Not Feeling It"?
Feb 20, 2023
TMP-Ep92 - The Meaning of Military Retirement & Corporate Leadership with CPO Joe Paul
Feb 13, 2023
TMP-Ep91 - Narcissists, My Issues w/ DSM-V-TR, & MORE Narcissism!!!
Feb 06, 2023
TMP-Ep90 - Hacking Your Potential with Cyber Security specialist Heuric Rako
Jan 30, 2023
TMP-Ep89 - The Tao of Ted & Logos of Lasso - Why Logotherapy Hasn't Scaled Like Ted Lasso w/ Rabbi B.
Jan 23, 2023
TMP-Ep88 - Humor Strategy & Bad Therapy with Prickly Fireman Mikalee Byerman
Jan 16, 2023
TMP-Ep87 - Work at Your Resonant Frequency w/ Dr. Xu Simon
Jan 09, 2023
TMP-Ep 86 - Existential Dynamics, MEPSRV, Move & Create in 2023
Jan 02, 2023
TMP-Ep85 - Finding Your "Golden Thread" w/ Dr. Holly Woods
Dec 26, 2022
TMP-Ep84 - Experience Over Material & other ideas to fight the existential vacuum
Dec 19, 2022
TMP-Ep83 - Empowering Leadership with Sheree Cain-Jones
Dec 12, 2022
TMP-Ep82 - Functional Medicine and Meaning in Dating w/ Dr. Kris Sargent
Dec 05, 2022
TMP-Ep81 - Discovering Meaning on the Appalachian Trail w/ Jay Thompson
Nov 28, 2022
TMP-Ep80 - How to Find Meaning in Times of Stress: Focus on Youth and Parents
Nov 21, 2022
TMP-Ep79 - Own Your Destiny w/ Tom DuBos
Nov 14, 2022
TMP-Ep78 - Demystifying Diagnostics and the Psychotherapeutic Process
Nov 07, 2022
TMP-Ep77 - Masterful Storytelling & Healing Hypnotherapy w/ Steve Cohen
Oct 31, 2022
TMP-Ep76 - The Difference Between Meaning and Purpose w/ Rabbi B.
Oct 24, 2022
TMP-Ep75 - The 3 Pillars of Planning for the Future w/ Michael Butera
Oct 17, 2022
TMP-Ep74 - Self-Transcendence & Self-Love w/ Rayna Steigman
Oct 10, 2022
TMP-Ep73 - Preventing Burnout & Compassion Fatigue w/ Kyla Cofer
Oct 03, 2022
TMP-Ep72 - "Discovering" vs. "Making" Meaning w/ Rabbi B.
Sep 26, 2022
TMP-Ep71 - Resiliency in the Military and at Work w/ Matt Lostaglia
Sep 19, 2022
TMP-Ep70 - Corporate Culture & Hiking the Mountain with Jay Thompson
Sep 12, 2022
TMP-Ep69 - Substance Abuse, Suffering, & Meaning
Sep 05, 2022
TMP-Ep68 - The Future of the Frankl Archives w/ Alex Vesely
Aug 29, 2022
TMP-Ep67 - Desperation, Redemption, & Recovery
Aug 22, 2022
TMP-Ep66 - Anxiety, EMDR, and "Big T" & "Little t" Trauma
Aug 15, 2022
TMP-Ep65 - Narcissism, Gaslighting, Bad Therapy, and other Meaningful Pet Peeves
Jul 11, 2022
TMP-Ep64 - The Meaning of Freedom w/ Rabbi B.
Jul 03, 2022
TMP-Ep63 - Homo Noeticus 2
Jun 27, 2022
TMP-Ep62 - Homo Noeticus 1
Jun 20, 2022
TMP-Ep61 - The Purpose Summit 2022 Recap
Jun 13, 2022
TMP-Ep60 - Mental Health & Meaning in a Messy World
Jun 06, 2022
TMP-Ep59 - The Meaning in Military Service w/ Chief (retired) Joe Paul
May 30, 2022
TMP-Ep58 - The Meaning of Money
May 23, 2022
TMP-Ep57 - Trauma & Resilience w/ Boston Marathon Bombing Survivor, Manya Chylinski
May 16, 2022
TMP-Ep56 - Resilience, the work of Dr. Steven Southwick
May 09, 2022
TMP-Ep55 - Existential Dynamics & Therapist Breakdowns
May 02, 2022
TMP-Ep54 - Leadership and Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Apr 18, 2022
TMP-Ep53 - Mental Health and the Psychology of Meaning on "Normalize It!"
Apr 12, 2022
TMP-Ep52 - Gottman's 10 Ways to Betray a Lover (w/ Rabbi B.!)
Apr 04, 2022
TMP-EP51 - 10 Theses w/ Alex Vesely & Pam Roy
Mar 28, 2022
TMP-Ep50 - Frankl's 10 Theses About the Person
Mar 21, 2022
TMP-Ep49 - On Stolen Focus
Mar 14, 2022
TMP-Ep48 - The Great Resignation & The Meaning of Work
Mar 07, 2022
TMP-Ep47 - Blessings in the Pocket - turning tragedy into triumph
Feb 28, 2022
TMP-Ep46 - Finding Meaning Amidst Modern Suffering
Feb 21, 2022
TMP-Ep45 - The Meaning of Love
Feb 14, 2022
TMP-Ep44 - Deep dive into the Enneagram & MBTI w/ Rabbi B.
Feb 07, 2022
TMP-Ep43 - Enneagram, MBTI, and Reductionism w/ Rabbi B.
Jan 31, 2022
TMP-Ep42 - The Return of Rabbi B. & our plans for 2022
Jan 24, 2022
TMP-Ep41 - Meaning Based Happiness
Jan 17, 2022
TMP-Ep40 - My Words to Live By for 2022
Jan 10, 2022
TMP-Ep39 - Logotherapy Lecture 2.5 - Some More Techniques Before Next Year!
Dec 31, 2021
TMP-Ep38 - Logotherapy Lecture 2.4 - Maieutic Questions; the Secret of Socrates
Dec 31, 2021
TMP-Ep37 - Logotherapy Lecture 2.3 - Looking in the Mirror
Dec 27, 2021
TMP-Ep36 - Logotherapy Lecture 2.2 - Self-Transcendence
Dec 17, 2021
TMP-Ep35 - Logotherapy Lecture 2.1 - An Adjunct to Any Issue
Dec 13, 2021
TMP-Ep34 - Intro to Logotherapy Lectures Set II
Dec 13, 2021
TMP-Ep33 - The Holidays; a Light in the Darkness
Dec 06, 2021
TMP-Ep32 - The Meaning of Meaning
Nov 29, 2021
TMP-Ep31 - The Rabbi and The Psychotherapist
Nov 22, 2021
TMP-Ep30 - Logotherapy Lecture 5 - On Tragic Optimism
Nov 01, 2021
TMP-Ep29 - Logotherapy Lecture 4 - Is it "Religious" or "Spiritual"?
Oct 25, 2021
TMP-Ep28 - Logotherapy Lecture 3 - Almost "Ultimate Meaning"
Oct 18, 2021
TMP-Ep27 - Logotherapy Lecture 2 - "Weltanschauung"
Oct 11, 2021
TMP-Ep26 - Logotherapy Lecture 1
Oct 04, 2021
TMP-Ep 25 - Introduction to the Logotherapy Lectures
Oct 04, 2021
MMMU-Meaning, JBP2, CtA2, Politics and Religion from March 28, 2021
Jul 07, 2021
MMMU-Relationships Without Regret from April 12, 2021
Jun 30, 2021
MMMU-The Nature of Substance Use from June 6, 2021
Jun 24, 2021
MMMU-We Could All Use a Little Grace from May 23, 2021
Jun 22, 2021
MMMU-Embrace Suffering from April 5, 2021
Jun 18, 2021
MMMU-Relationship Rescue from June 13, 2021
Jun 18, 2021
TMP-Ep24 - Farewell (for now) & My Stories of Meaning
Oct 09, 2020
TMP-Ep23 - Parenting for Meaning & Healthy Family Dynamics
Oct 02, 2020
TMP-Ep22 - Tragic Optimism in Today's World
Sep 25, 2020
TMP-Ep21 - Alex Vesely: Logotherapist, Director, & Grandson of Viktor Frankl
Sep 18, 2020
TMP-Ep20 - Uriah Guilford: On Productivity and Working with Adolescents & Families
Sep 11, 2020
TMP-Ep19 - Crystal Whitlow: Helping Anxiety and Trauma with EMDR
Sep 04, 2020
TMP-Ep18 - Dan Hostetler: Logotherapy at Above and Beyond Family Recovery Center
Aug 28, 2020
TMP-Ep17 - Discussion w/ Linda Esposito: Anxiety Saboteur & Toxic Co-Parent Wrangler
Aug 21, 2020
TMP-Ep16 - Logotherapy in a Nutshell part 3: On Suffering
Aug 13, 2020
TMP-Ep15 - Logotherapy in a Nutshell part 2: The Meaning of Life
Aug 07, 2020
TMP-Ep14 - Logotherapy in a Nutshell part 1: Noö-dynamics
Jul 31, 2020
TMP-Ep13 - The Myers Briggs Type Indicator Global Complete
Jul 24, 2020
TMP-Ep12 - Desperation, Redemption, & Recovery with Chad P.
Jul 17, 2020
TMP-Ep11 - Discussion on Suffering, Substance Abuse, & Meaning w/ Sarah D.
Jul 10, 2020
TMP-Ep10 - Substance Use & Abuse
Jul 03, 2020
TMP-Ep9 - Curahee & So Live Your Life
Jun 26, 2020
TMP-Ep8 - MBTI I/E & J/P
Jun 19, 2020
TMP-Ep7 - Work & Meaning
Jun 12, 2020
TMP-Ep6 - Relationships, Marriage, & Meaning
May 08, 2020
TMP-Ep5 - Discussion on Anxiety & Depression
May 08, 2020
TMP-Ep4 - A Brief History of Logotherapy
May 08, 2020
TMP-Ep3 - 10 Theses of Logotherapy
May 08, 2020
TMP-Ep2 - What is Logotherapy?
May 07, 2020
TMP-Ep1 - Introduction to the Meaning Project
May 04, 2020