All That Matters

Jan shares a personal story of his mentor and mother-in-law Marion Solomon who has just died. She lives on in the example of her life, as all we love do.

She taught him and teaches all of us, to swim in the waters of possibility.

There are walls we construct that block hearts and minds from seeing the world, and keep us from being seen in return.

Jan shares words from the Anglo-Irish poet David Whyte, challenging us to be vulnerable enough to walk through the door of life, not stand on the outside looking in.

Many of us meet a moment where it seems our lives and our ability to navigate them hang in the balance.

Jan shares the true story of being at the end of his rope in the midst of two heart-thumping losses, and how the songs of a rocker helped save his soul.

We can be many things in our lifetimes. Sometimes we discover passion at a later age. Jan shares the story of one such woman who was dripping canvases before Jackson Pollock and who is now being rediscovered.

The story of artist Janet Sobol is one that will empower the possibilities in each of us.

There are people we come across, some often, some not, who make human connection an unexpected gift.

Jan shares the story of a wondrous woman and an everyday diner who serves up a positive spin on the mundane, turning it into magic to live by.

Good advice. It comes in many forms. Friends. Strangers. Life events.

Jan shares advice, from Sandra Bullock to Charles Schultz to his own mom, advice that has made a difference. Pointers, humorous and healing, that can take us to the high road of life's journey.

How do we move from complacency to change? To locate the 'daring' within us to grow?

Jan shares some poetic roadmaps that take us inside the important questions and help us find the power to wrap our hands and hearts around radical 'possibility.'

Poets and artists of all stripes remind us that hope is essential to a life of purpose, empowering courage and connection.

Jan shares the true calling card of growing our future by locating the crack created by heartbreak that lets the light in.

Each of us has someone, or ones, who have taught us lessons that last a lifetime, continuing to guide us. Giving thanks annually, if not more often, treasuring their example, lifts us as well.

Jan shares the lessons his own dad taught him by word and example that continue to stand the test of time.

We invest in ourselves when we discover purpose, that each of us has a voice only we can share. Jan celebrates playwright Wendy Wasserstein, who painted worlds with her words that made us laugh, cry, and helped illuminate the power and complexity of modern day women.