All That Matters

Jan celebrates our roots, the meaning of childhood experiences, and the way your own story can propel your imagination.

Retelling a story of his dad and late brother, Mark, Jan celebrates the incomparable love and gifts that they gave him, and calls on all of us to cherish the possibility of discovering light in the darkness.

Sometimes it is the wisdom of our wounds in life that provides us with a new lens on how to deepen our purpose and passion in living.

Jan shares the parable of the miller and the farmer, and the power of paying it forward.

Sometimes forgiveness can be found in the most unpredictable of place and one is transformed.

Jan shares the incandescent moment when he was wrapped in the wings of an angel, bridging years of injustice.

Many of us witness injustice in the world. Our pain can be real.How do we honor it?

Jan shares his personal encounter with the world famous Nazi hunter, Simon Wiesenthal, when he interviewed him in Vienna years ago and how he taught him it's possible for each of us to bring a bit more justice into the world by 'being the light.'

It's the little things sometimes. Small, seemingly pieces of trivia, that allow us to understand and see things in a richer way.

Jan shares several odd and fascinating facts we might never know about the world, along with a true story of how, with a scratch of a pen, a last minute change of name altered the course of history.

Life brings with it grief and loss that lead us to deepening our purpose and love.

Jan shares the story of a hit musical recently featured on PBS in a new London production that reminds us how essential feeling "all the feels" of life can be to our health and to our hope.

Jan shares with us a recent visit to a dying woman and his interaction with her daughter and how, together, they discovered the best gift each of us has to give another at all times.

Witty, incandescent art that shakes the way you look at the world, that was the gift of composer, theatre artist, William Finn who died recently. Never heard of him? You have now.

Jan celebrates the ways Finn's music and truth lifted his spirit and helped him reframe family, life, and love.

Our days can become so hectic and tension-filled, we need a shot of positivity.

Besides this podcast, Jan shares suggestions from a variety of artists, designers, and writers, small ways we can each find an oasis of uplift in our daily lives.