Interests: The new book Courageous Souls: Do We Plan Our Life Challenges Before Birth? by Robert Schwartz explores the premise that we are all eternal souls who plan our lives, including our greatest challenges, before we’re born for purposes of spiritual growth. The book contains ten stories of people who planned physical illness
Inspiration: Nature, hiking, learning

Interests: ending human suffering through cultivating compassion and kindness, peace and justice, progressive thinking
Inspiration: the love of my family, meditat...