Jan 19, 2026 | Essential Learning Center, Monthly Musings
“Still, life has some possibility left. Perhaps this is its way of fighting back, that sometimes something happens better than all the riches or power in the world.” -Mary Oliver Greetings! 2025 served as a constant reminder of my Ikigai, my...
Jan 19, 2026 | Essential Learning Center, Monthly Musings
“A family is like a jigsaw puzzle. Each piece corresponds to a family member and the strengths he or she possesses. Not everyone is going to share the same strengths. Not everyone is going to be prone to the same weaknesses. However, when all the pieces come...
Nov 10, 2025 | Monthly Musings
“Your visions will become clear only when you look into your own heart.” — Carl Jung I’ve been thinking a lot lately about our internal compass, the one that guides our decisions, shapes our priorities, and ultimately determines how we show up...
Oct 28, 2025 | Monthly Musings
“Abundance is not something we acquire. It is something we tune into.” — Wayne Dyer When I returned to Philadelphia in 1992 after graduating college and traveling internationally, I knew I wanted to come home to “make a difference.” My first...
Oct 28, 2025 | Monthly Musings
“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.” — Lao Tzu This year, August played a different role in my life. For more than 30 years, after I graduated college, entered the workforce, and the natural rhythm of school-to-summer was no longer in...
Aug 18, 2025 | Monthly Musings
“The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware.” — Henry Miller This month, I found myself embarking on a cross-country road trip as I accompanied my oldest son, Greg, and his dog, Bodie, on their...
