The New Year is starting with gusto. And we anticipate more opportunities to serve couples, families and individuals than ever before. Dasi-Ziyad Family Institute now provides Marriage education services by phone through Skype as well as direct services at our home office. Check out our latest posting online at the Coalition for Divorce Reform website [...]
There are two things we need to talk about that are obstacles to having healthier families: Divorce and cohabitation. When families are weak; society is weak. Unhealthy families mean unhealthy society. Please see our blog at www.divorcereform.info and read the comments below for more discussion. Co-Directors Krsnanandini and Tariq have presented several workshops over the [...]
Become a Certified Mentor Couple/ Marriage Educator! Dasi-Ziyad Family Institute is holding its From Couple To Couple Certified Marriage Educator Training on Saturdays, June 11, 18, and July 19, 2011 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. If you and your spouse: Are in a healthy marriage Have been married at least 8 years (some exceptions) [...]
Overcoming pornography: Hope for those who want it By Krsnanandini Devi Dasi and Tariq Saleem Ziyad Co-Directors, Dasi-Ziyad Family Institute We’ve been providing marriage and relationship education for over fifteen years. Through our Dasi-Ziyad Family Institute and our work as part of an international Family Vision Team, we help couples handle a variety of situations [...]
You can become a Premium Parent™ Or Teach Others to do so Recently the Co-directors of Dasi-Ziyad Family Institute traveled to Guyana, South America, Toronto, Canada and Pennsylvania to conduct workshops or seminars on Parenting and/or provide marriage and family education to couples and individuals. At each of these places, we were beseeched with requests [...]
Is Wedded Bliss an oxymoron? A few days ago, I officiated at a wedding where the couple had different religious practices. In my marriage talk, I spoke about the pitfalls and promises inherent in any marriage and I addressed some of the things people can do to shore up or save their marriage. I talked [...]
This past weekend, we were invited to Columbus, OH to present a talk on Women who are Spiritual leaders and the role of spiritually conscious women in upgrading society. While in Columbus, the two Co-directors, Tariq and Krsnanandini had two sessions with couples where we provided marriage education. One couple is receiving premarital classes and [...]
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, [...]
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 examine the honeybees to see [...]
