her mom, and the poor thing couldn't avoid being steeped in music, science, and spirituality.

Irish music sessions had begun while she was still in the womb, so there was no escaping musical assimilation. Her singing voice hushed parent audiences in her first years of school. Violin lessons started at age 5, and guitar has become a thing for her in recent years.

Service has always been a family value, so at age six, she and I became Volunteer Park Aides at Missouri's Rockbridge Memorial State Park. She was the youngest-ever trained Volunteer Park Aide. Other service opportunities also came, and of course she took on nearly all.

Her education has been practical and unconventional:

She grew up surrounded by an international community of interpreters and translators from the language services company I ran for nearly two decades. She's currently improving her fluency in Spanish, using an app and her in-house Spanish teacher (yes, that would be me).

People have always been among her favorite interests and she especially loves the shiny, big-hearted ones most. (No surprise there.) She has always drawn the support of many "adopted aunts and uncles" who helped her develop knowledge and skill in their fields and helped her keep her innate sense of curiosity and love of learning.

As Xochitl entered her teen years, the two of us, mother and daughter, began training together in personal growth and development, first in business ventures (yes, again she was always the youngest) and then additional courses such as Landmark Education (now Landmark Worldwide) and many other learning experiences.

At age 18, Xochitl earned her Girl Scout Gold Award, an honor achieved by only 5% of young women in Girl Scouts USA.

In 2013, she became one of the youngest Prayer Chaplains trained and licensed by Rev. Lei Lanni Burt's Light and Love Ministries, Inc. Prayer Chaplain Program. (As her Prayer Chaplain Coordinator/Trainer, it was a joy for me to watch her blossom in this spiritual role!)

When we're not on the road RVing, Xochitl often uses principles of joy to de-clutter and organize clients' homes, some as large as 6,000 square feet. (Now *that's* a lot of stuff.)

And that's how our family business of transformation was founded.

All that self development work has paid off, not just for ourselves but also for the world—because now we've digested it, honed it through lots of practice, and put it all together for you—tied up with a bow, so to speak.