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This day and age gives us a lot to think about. We have our jobs and assignments, our mortgages, the future of our kids...All of these things lead us to live more in our thoughts about the past and in planning for the future than in the present. We become so torn between our mind and our emotions that we often end up trying to dissociate from the one thing that can lead us back to ourselves.

We like to believe that success in life is the result of hard work and talent alone, and that is simply not true. There is one much more important quality that we can all develop, and that is the ability to put your focus where you want it - and, even more importantly, to develop a system of putting it back where it belongs whenever needed.

Some of the most important life changes require more than just a realization. They call for the ability to move past our excuses and rationalizations and to do the work that will bear the fruit we want.

In sex and relationships, many of us didn't exactly get the best start, and we feel the effect throughout our lives. Let's take a look at one of the areas where openness and growth can help make all the difference in the world.

Growing up, many of us have been taught to be more cautious and serious and to downplay our curiosity. And for sure, there are times when being cautious is the right approach; but apart from the rare situations that warrant it, cultivating healthy curiosity brings much more benefits than anything else.

Most of us don't understand what good sleep does for us and just how important it is for our health and well being. Let's take a deeper dive into why your tonight's good sleep is one of the best gifts you can give yourself today and for many years to come. 

Sleep takes up about a third of our lives - or at least it should. Why? Because good sleep, just like good nourishment, is a pre-requisite for us to be at our best; to be healthier, happier and to live longer.

The 200th episode is a re-visit of some of the most important topics discussed on the podcast. While some of these concepts and tips may seem basic, this is exactly where the biggest long-term benefits come from.

Relationships can be hard work, especially when we don't have enough experience and don't know exactly what we are doing. While there are tons of tips and ideas on how to make a relationship strong, these ideas can be broken down to several key principles that, when maintained, will keep your relationship strong and healthy for life.

Intelligence is not just being smart. It is one of the most important and most transferable life skills that will help you do better in life and work alike.

Becoming your best self doesn't necessarily require studying a ton of books or going to fancy self-improvement workshops (or listening to sophisticated podcasts). It really is about going back to the basics - and making sure every part of your life and personality aligns with your life vision and purpose.

There is a key quality that leads to us being attractive and welcome in any crowd; one that we have access to as children and that we tend to lose when growing up, hopefully picking it up later at some point. It is indeed true that honesty is the greatest aphrodisiac.

We all want that special someone waiting - we think - for us somewhere out there. You know, the One. The good news is, he or she really is there for us. The even better news is they're more than one. And best of all, we will attract them to our lives when we make ourselves ready for the relationship, and not a moment sooner.

Most of us grow up thinking we are not good enough being ourselves, that we don't measure up. This can be a healthy thing that drives us to be more active and achieve great things, up to a point. In excess, the same drive is exactly the thing that will limit us the most. Until, that is, we learn to balance the learned drive to always judge and criticize what we do and who we are with allowing ourselves to be at our best.

There are specific qualities that make a man desirable to women. That, in fact, can make any man as attractive - if not more - as the most beautiful woman is to a man. And it's not fame, looks or how much the man has on his bank account.

A broken heart is one of the most painful things and stages in life we can experience - no matter how many people will tell us that it will pass or that there are "many other fish in the sea." The true lesson and relief from heartbreak ultimately is not just time. It is the realization of why we couldn't really be with the person we originally fell in love with, what is valuable about the lesson, and how we can create meaning out of it that will make us a better, stronger and more evolved version of ourselves. There is no insight without any pain. The trick, in the words of T.E. Lawrence of Arabia, is not minding that it hurts.

Being strong and dominant (especially in men) is increasingly seen as a decidedly bad, even dangerous quality. Yet, contrary to what many of us would believe, dominance is not aggression - it is a healthy, natural trait that, when used well, can bring out the best in all of us.

We all like to increase the highs and diminish the lows in how we feel, but at times we may feel like the pendulum swings almost too far in both directions. It's okay to feel strong emotions, but sometimes we need to equalize them and find some equilibrium.

Each one of us has core beliefs that we've formed mostly in our childhood that affect everything we do - mostly without us knowing it. These will lead to situations we don't seem to know how to resolve or how we got there. Until, that is, we resolve to dive deep, shine light on our needs and core beliefs, and transform and fulfill them. When we make sure we truly take care of ourselves first, we can do our part in transforming the world for the better.

We often think we remember events exactly the way they happened, but that is not true. We generally only recall a tiny slice of our past, tailored by our unconscious mind to help us move towards something or away from something. This served us when were younger, especially to avoid danger, but now the ability to change your perception of what happened in your past - and focus on what is the most useful in it - can literally transform your life.