All That Matters

We are each shaped by the roots of our lives-our families, surroundings, our life experiences.

Jan shares a look back at the roots that have shaped him and challenges us all to do the same, suggesting how, even now, we can learn from them and create new roots that can elevate our lives.

At times, incredible true-lifestories can transform the way we look at ordinary events. Also, extraordianry ones.

Jan shares the true story of an incredible WW 2 British mansion that served one purpose upstairs and quite another down below, all in the name of winning a war.

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Jan retells the true personal story of a group of school kids challenging the moral integrity and leadership of a large American city, and the only remarkable historical figure who showed up to see it.

A story to lift us all!

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Discover the myth of the little people of Kauai and what they can teach us about liberating ourselves and unleashing our greatest lives.

Jan shares the incredible true story of Team Hoyt and how two legs and a wheelchair taught the world about love, life, and our ability to succeed!

Sometimes we can find ourselves in a world of negativity. IT is time to claim our YES.

Jan shares with you the personal story of Debra Constance, the miracle of life she created in a gang-filled LA neighborhood, and how new CEO, Norayma Cabot, helps continue that dream of making a difference in children's lives, passing on the ability to each claim their own YES.

Sometimes we are caught up in our light and ability to shine, and we forget to make room for others. Jan shares the teaching of TzimTzum, of retracting light, that fulfills the purpose of allowing others to be seen. And in doing so, making all the difference for those we love.

We often feel incomplete, as if something in us is missing. It can be true of others in our circle.

Jan speaks of a chance encounter he had with the great late playwright August Wilson as well as two monologues, one from Wilson, the other from Tony Kushner, that speak to what might be missing and the power of recovering it.

Part of life is love, and part of it is loss. Grief is a process we all encounter, a loss of the physical presence of a loved one due to death, dementia, the end of a relationship, or to an illness that has stripped away health.

Jan shares his own losses and imparts the wisdom of poet Mary Oliver on how to find the gift in grief and a pathway to hope.

This week, Jan is on Nantucket, that island thirty miles out to sea off the coast of Massachusetts.

One of his fondest memories from years back on another visit to the island is his chance encounter with one of the greatest film composers of all time, John Williams; a heart-touching connection that was both personal and truly inspiring. Enjoy!