This legendary Buddhist bon vivant, restauranteur, hotelier and serial entrepreneur’s only conscious memory of his mother is watching her grab her head and die of a brain aneurysm when he was five. Nevertheless, nearly 50 years later, Tracey Ryans' wondrous self-made empire of business, personal and spiritual success, has transformed this gregarious seeker into an arbiter of “cool” at the forefront of branding and creative activism. His wife calls him as a “pathological optimist” and his billion dollar smile fills any room he enters with hope (even virtually). The fifth guest in Swan Dive's Wide Awakes activation, Tracey's palpable hunger for human connection and civic joy is exactly what society needs to prioritize right now. Tracey shares how, not long ago, while he sat cross-legged for 14 days in an excruciatingly painful silent meditation, his mother visited him. Plain as day, Tracey watched her, as she sponged his aching shoulder (an old sports injury) with a cool cloth. What she said to him in that tender moment affirmed for Tracey that none of us are ever alone. And the time that we do spend alone can be the richest of all. Listen now on Swan Dive!
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