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Twenty-five years ago, my wife and I were riding our mountain bikes in the country when we stumbled across a gorgeous log building tucked away in a corner of the Niagara Escarpment – the world’s first United Nations Biosphere. It sat perched like an eagle’s nest on the lip of a 400-foot cliff which dropped [...]
Every now and then, a unique opportunity occurs and I want to tell you about one. There is a very special place, unlike any other in North America called Hollyhock. It is a not-for-profit retreat center located on Cortes, a small island off the west coast of British Columbia. The minute you step off the [...]
It is humbling to witness a savant – because to do so can fill many of us with wonder and mystery. If you met 26 year-old Derek Paravicini in the street, you might be drawn to judgment. He is blind, has the intelligence of a three-year old, and cannot dress or feed himself. But if [...]
My good friend Catherine Ryan Hyde, bestselling author of Pay It Forward, inspired our very popular “Inspire Change” coins. Now she has written another tour de force, this time about first love, a modern-day rendering of West Side Story born on a New York City subway car and nurtured under the windmills of the Mojave [...]
Window In The Skies Video Clip Those familiar with the work of the Secretan Center will know we are passionate about many things, two of which are: Mastery – Undertaking whatever you do to the highest standards of which you are capable; and Inspiration, and, I have argued, models that set the standard may be [...]