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About James and Lauren

James McMahon and Lauren Rosenfeld first met while mingling at the birthday party of a mutual friend in January 1993. At the time, they were both were grad-school students in Boston (James was studying Atmospheric Chemistry at MIT in Cambridge, Mass., while Lauren was studying Jewish Mysticism in nearby Brookline). Despite their broadly diverse backgrounds, within moments of meeting, each of them instinctively knew that they had found a kindred spirit in the other. So the scientist and the mystic tucked themselves away in a quiet spot on the floor, away from the music and reveling. They sat together and talked privately for the rest of the evening. Their discussion quickly and naturally transitioned from basic introductions to a deep conversation about the directions of their personal paths in life.

Those paths, it turns out, would soon merge and become one.

A week after the party Lauren and James went out on their first date. Four weeks after their first date, they became engaged. Four months after the engagement, they were married. And fourteen years and four children later, they moved to Asheville, North Carolina, where together they launched Wisdomology.com, an online community that is a meeting place for seekers and sages from diverse spiritual traditions, all hoping to bring more peace and understanding to the world.

And four years after their move to Asheville, they co-authored Your To Be List, a book that reflects their deep belief that every moment in life is meaningful, and that everything we do in life presents us with a grand opportunity to practice at being the person we deeply aspire to be.

About Your To Be List

All moments matter. Every moment counts.

Don’t push another moment aside. Don’t throw another moment away.

We’ll show you how to make every moment of life a meaningful adventure.

Watch these videos and find out more!

If this video moved you, you are very likely to resonate with the messages in our book.

We invite you to look it over on Amazon and see for yourself.

Most of us get up in the morning, look at our calendars, our planners, or our to-do lists and ask ourselves:

“What do I need to do today?”

We propose you ask yourself a different question. A more meaningful question. And that question is:

“What do I want TO BE today?”

So what do you want to be? Do you want to be happy? Do you want to be relaxed? Strong? Courageous? Loving? Healing?

We not only believe you can be those things . . . we believe you can be those things many times a day. Every day. Because life gives us infinite opportunities to practice at being those things. Whether you are washing dishes, standing in line at the bank, on the phone with a client, or helping a child with homework — you are always being presented with opportunities to be loving, peaceful, strong, courageous.

And like any skill. the more you practice at something, the better you get at it!

It’s time to start looking at your to-do’s in a different light. Yes, your to-do list can be transformed into the roadmap for your spiritual journey!

Get started being the person you’ve always wanted to be. We’ll show you how!