Speaking truth to power has to be one of the most difficult of ethical challenges, yet essential to who we are and hope to be. Jan shares his personal story when his livelihood was threatened for speaking out and those who've inspired him with their "culture of candor."

Everyday we perform rituals, large and small, that beg the question-why? Our lives may answer, as does the famous milkman from the hit musical, "it's a tradition!" Traditions of all kinds are they so important to us, in small and larger ways. Jan shares a bit of his own Tevye as he celebrates the rituals of our lives.

Jan shares memories of his boyhood tailor and his parents' local business friends as he commemorates the anniversary of his Dad's passing. We recognize that the good stuff from our past, and the people who touch us, are course corrections for negativity. You deserve the positive.

Remember it!

What is the most unusual place you have ever met someone? And what gift, unseen at the time, unfolded in the future from that meeting? Jan shares the personal story of two men who met on a frozen lake long in the past, men he would never meet himself but men who would, without knowing, change his life forever.

How can a soapdish enable us, the latch of our window awaken us to freedom? Jan shares the magical words of the Anglo-Irish poet, David Whyte, who urges us to consider the familiar and the fortuitous nature of our lives.

Trees can inspire us. Especially the redwood that teaches us about support and interconnection. Jan shares a bit of the tree magic that can remind each of us how best to grow and thrive!

Sometimes you end up in a place you didn't expect to be, having an experience that changes you somehow. Jan shares the day he was cast on a national TV drama, the wonderful actress opposite him and the Basketball All-Star boyfriend who made the change uncommonly human. And yes, that's the correct spelling of his name!

What gift have you received that you consider most precious? What gifts have you given that meant the most?

Jan shares the exciting chapter from his novel ALL That Matters (following the 2 chapters from last week), a scene where an opening to life and hope begins.

What do the young and the elderly have to teach one another? Jan shares an excerpt from his novel, ALL THAT MATTERS, featuring a young woman ready to give up and her grandmother's desperate magical race against time to help her fall in love with life.

A player falls and the world holds its collective breath. We make a wish. Jan shares the impact of one of his heroes, Dr. Rachel Naomi Remen, and a lesson in wishes that has changed lives, one that could lift us all.