Tag: future

Many mind and body teachers will urge you to live in the moment: "The past is over and done with. The present is a present." Of course, it is great to fully experience the present and not dilute it with invasive thoughts of the past or even future worries—the way animals live moment to moment. However, humans are far more complex; and when someone tells you not to think about something or do something, that’s all you think about. Ask any unsuccessful dieter!

Falling in love is easy… Staying in love takes effort, compassion and forgiveness.

In the beginning of most relationships there’s this honeymoon phase, if you will—where you’re learning about each other, asking lots of questions, everything is new and exciting and the butterflies are flying. This is what researchers would call the dopamine phase. But as time goes on, we enter into the gentler more nurturing stage of oxytocin or partner bonding.

The 21st century is marked by complexity and rapid change, but have you and your spouse’s parenting responded? Probably not enough given that many of us have learned largely from our own parents who are products of 19th century thinking. But here’s something that definitely hasn’t changed: You and your spouse as parents are your child’s first and most important teacher. Your child needs each of you to be wise and to give them the thinking skills they need to progress for now and into the future.

To meet their visions of success as adults in the twenty-first century, your child is going to need some pretty sophisticated skills.

If you're like most people, you have big hopes for the coming year. In fact, you're probably hoping that 2014 will be better in lots of ways than last year was—even if 2013 was an amazing year for you. Whether you'd like to advance your career, improve your personal health, or improve some other area of your life, the New Year is a great time to establish new habits and commit to improving, changing, and growing.

One area that we always want to be going well is our marriage. Here are three key strategies that will make 2014 a great year for you and your spouse to remember.