Living in the moment can have a wide range of benefits, from reducing anxiety and stress to increasing social relationships. Here’s how to get started. Do your thoughts accompany you from task to task ...

Life is full of distractions. Today’s technological advances have created a sometimes unnecessary sense of instant gratification. In fact, the term “multitasking” has never been more prominent.

Presentism holds that only the present is real (so the past and future are not) The growing block theory holds that the past and the present are real (but the future is not) Eternalism holds that the ...

Most of us feel that life rushes forward at light speed, leaving us distracted and hurried as we attend to never-ending to-do lists. To counteract the sensation of time racing by, we try to seek ways ...

Fear keeps us focused on the past or worried about the future. If we can acknowledge our fear, we can realize that right now we are okay. Right now, today, we are still alive, and our bodies are ...

If you meet someone at a cocktail party whose eyes are constantly flitting around the room, do they make a good impression? Do they appear magnetic or charming? Probably not. Their mind is clearly ...

Just about every self-help movement from spirituality to leadership to parenting extols the virtue of being more present. We're told to cultivate being introspective, still, and to pay attention to ...