In grammar, we learn about the past, present, and future tenses from an early age. This shapes our understanding of time as a one-way arrow. Eggs break, but don’t un-break; we grow older, but never ...

Every organization's strategic planning involves its desired future, present situation and unique history. Some planning strategies called “future-back” envision the longer-term, broad landscape and ...

A man is stuck in his memories. His wife left him ten years ago, yet he repeatedly ruminates on his loss. A teenager does not want to study for the upcoming final exam. Instead, she hangs out with her ...

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 ...

The work-from-home (WFH) model dates back nearly three decades but was popularized and normalized by the pandemic just a few years ago. Since then, the WFH model has become standard operating ...

Nostalgia—the desire to turn back the clock and return to a seemingly superior past—can be healthy and even therapeutic, but it’s often a trap, a pathology and a temptation that must be resisted. In ...