All That Matters

Jan takes us inside James Taylor's actual reason for writing his first hit song and the power and importance of reaching out today to those important to us, rediscovering you've got a friend by being one.

A new year calls for a poet and a poem to remind us of how to use our time, how to breathe more deeply. Come with Jan as he shares the uplifting message of Mary Oliver.

Our emotional wounds can be painful yet also powerfully illuminating. Jan shares the experience of one of his lowest moments and how a weathered rock taught him about the resilience and rebirth of his own heart.

We can take ourselves so seriously at times. Even the advice we live by is innately funny. Jan shares advice and observations that remind us we human beings are both funny and "such stuff as dreams are made on."

We often yearn these days for a world that once was. Meet a boy from Siberia and the Lower East Side who gave hope and connection to millions during a time of devastation, planting seeds of comfort, longing, and belonging.

Are we true to ourselves? Can we choose again in life? Jan shares the true story of Yvette, a woman who became a nun only to discover she needed to leave her vows for a higher purpose.

A folktale leads to deeper understanding of how pain we've experienced can lead to wisdom. Jan shares with you a meditation of light for fostering a season of hope.

Embracing the artist within each of us means welcoming the healing power produced by art. Join Jan in witnessing the magic of a live performance by Sir Ian McKellen, and explore what the ancient Greeks knew about catharsis as a means of tending inner wounds.

Jan shares the power of Olympia Dukakis' words in a 1987 film that reverberate for each of us and create a path to having more patience and more self-love.

How do we use giving thanks to become more fully human and how gratitude ushers purpose into our lives? Jan introduces you to the grandmother who accidentally invited a complete stranger to her Thanksgiving meal and created true gratitude.