I met Larry at a National Speakers Conference. His business card says that he is an author and speaker, businessman and minister, and yoga and meditation teacher. That’s a lot for one person, but Larry is familiar with unusual paths. He was born Methodist, adopted and raised by a Jewish family, then found his birth mother and learned he was part Scotch Irish and part Cherokee Indian.

After graduation from Cornell University in 1970, where Larry earned a B.S. and an M.B.A., he and his new wife, Susan, traveled for one year and studied Hinduism, Buddhism, and yoga in India. When they returned to the United States, Larry earned an M.A. in philosophy and comparative religion from Kent State University. In 1995 he served as CEO of a public company and in 1996 founded Global Health Care, Inc., a distributor of rapid biomedical diagnostics with offices in the USA and Mexico.

In 1978, Larry and Susan bought an old church on the town square of Hudson, Ohio. They founded the Spiritual Life Society, an interdenominational center for spiritual and holistic studies. As its licensed minister, Larry has officiated at over 2,000 weddings for couples of all faiths. Larry is also the co-author of Small Change: It’s the LITTLE Things in Life That Make a BIG Difference! (Tarcher, 2004) which was a finalist for the 2004 National Books for a Better Life Award.