Social capital, Developmental Assets, Things that make you feel good and give you hope. Support systems. People you can depend on and trust and who reciprocally depend on and trust in you. These are the intangibles, the things that you cannot buy or sell that make for a healthy and productive society. These are the [...]
We begin the New Year, 2010, with an attitude of Gratitude
We have so much to be thankful for…………..
As some of our readers know, the two Co-directors of the Dasi-Ziyad Family Institute are husband and wife team who have a total of 19 children and several grandchildren. Every year, for the past several years, roughly half [...]
In today’s world, people all over the globe are experiencing tremendous stress and pressure from a variety of challenges in their relationships and in their economic, moral, spiritual, and environmental arenas. This rise in stresses has produced a concomitant rise in depression and mental illnesses. In this month’s newsletter, we [...]
We are quite busy at Dasi-Ziyad Family Institute this coming August, 2009. In addition to our usual working with couples, we facilitate workshops, host a dynamic Youth Occasion and speak at a wedding in Columbus:
Monday-Thursday, August 10-13, 2009 — Dasi-Ziyad Family Institute’s Co-Directors will present a two day training in Healthy Relationships in Washington D.C. [...]
Dear Friends and Readers,
Before we get into some exciting news, we’d like to tell you about an upcoming event. Co-directors Krsnanandini and Tariq will be featured guests on the monthly Parents Tool Talk Internet radio show on Friday, July 10, 2009 at Noon EST. You can listen to the show LIVE on the Internet [...]
What’s Happening at Dasi-Ziyad Family Institute?
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We are at the halfway mark (5th class) of presenting [...]
Even in ordinary dealings, business people share exchanges such as eating meals together, having discussions and giving gifts. In healthy relationships, loving exchanges are the essence of connectivity. Over 500 hundred years ago, a wonderful saintly and scholarly gentleman, Srila Rupa Goswami, in his book, The Nectar of Devotion, delineated the following six primary [...]
Sometimes, despite our best efforts, good intentions and positive relationship skills, we will experience sadness.
This is such a time for many in our circle and we are sharing the following with the express hope that our readers may be touched and encouraged.
One of the most painful circumstances is observing the deterioration of a beloved [...]
Commitment. Cooperation. Conflict Resolution. Communication. Appreciation. Goal-setting. Values Clarification. Financial Planning. Forgiveness. Patience. Turning Complaints Into Requests. Reflective Listening.
These invaluable skills and relationship tools go with healthy relationships like the sunshine with the sun. All relationships, between parent and child, between friend and friend, between husband and wife and others, require these skills for [...]
How do you know it’s love? As parents of a combined total of 19 children (varying in age from 9 to 47) — and even more grandchildren, we, the co-directors of Dasi–Ziyad Family Institute are bound to get questions from all categories from our children. The older ones and the younger ones approach us for [...]
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