The Eyres recently opened the closet where all of their memories lie in the form of journals, scrapbooks, photos, school papers, and all kinds of other memorabilia resides. On today's episode they talk about how relevant and vital the past is to the present and the future and how possible it is to live in all three at once.

In today's episode, Linda and Richard review a webinar they did this week for CEOs and company presidents across the country on HOW TO LIVE The Second Half of Life. It is largely a matter of shifting from an achievement focus to a relationship focus, and you can find further details (and sign up for free) at https://valuesparenting.com/how-to-live/.

The Eyres have just returned from Palm Springs where they spent a week watching the Indian Wells Tennis tournament, so today they reflect on the week and on the game and on the many parallels between the game of tennis (this applies to pickle ball too) and the game of life. Enjoy a lighter episode of Eyres on the Road.

Today the Eyres come to us from Palm Springs and are talking about what these three 11 letter S-words have in common. Richard and Linda feel that hey are the true alternatives to the false paradigms of Control, Ownership, and Independence. They discuss the book "The Happiness Paradox" and apply the three alternatives to real life situations.

In this episode, the Eyres explore questions about movies (on the eve of the Academy Awards) and discuss the role entertainment plays in our families. They also mention their new online course https://valuesparenting.com/how-to-live/ and talk about three generation connections in the modern world.

Unofficially, the full name of this podcast, now in its 16th year, is Eyres on the Road with the subtitle HOW TO LIVE The Second Half of Life. The Eyres, and most of their listeners are in that second half, that Autumn, (or if not, their parents are) and Richard and Linda are focusing more and more on the How-Tos of Autumn, focusing on relationships and the things that really matter, and how to do them better.

For Valentines Weekend, the Eyres are thinking about love--the love of friends. They discuss long term friendship, sibling friendship, group friendships and more, and they get into a discussion group called Inklings that they have maintained for nearly 60 years. They end with a discussion of beauty, and how we can find more of it in our lives.

Today the Eyres take us on a quick overview of their main website and review it as a "toolbox" for parents, grandparents, and families. This is the website where Joy School, Alexanders Adventures (responsibility stories) and "Eyres Free Books" can be found, along with new material on parent/grandparent teamwork.

In this episode, the Eyres discuss an online course they will be teaching about the changes and the differences between the first and second half of life. The emphasis and priority shifts from achievements to relationships and from doing to being. Then they explore the webpage https://valuesparenting.com/how-to-live/

The word that has been the overall title for the last few episodes (and for the accompanying articles at https://latterdaysaintmag.com/living-a-familycentric-life/) suggests that if we can put our families at the center of our lives and view both our circumstances and our opportunities through a familycentric lens...we will begin to find more meaning and more fulfillment in everything we do. Hear the Eyres conclusion to this series in this episode.