I met Bruce through my dear friend and fellow creative, Dennis Welch. Bruce had recently published a memoir and Dennis thought he’d be a good fit for the Third Way podcast. Wow, was he right!
The summary of Bruce’s incredible story is beautifully written in the overview of his new book “Many Paths”:
This is a story of a successful businessman, Bruce McEver, the founder of Berkshire Capital and a global pioneer of investment banking, who is devastated by the sudden and unexpected death of his wife of thirty years, a beautiful and talented opera singer who shared that life with him and gave it meaning. The day following her death, Christmas morning, in a barn yard on the farm where he and his wife lived together, Bruce experiences a hierophany-a physical manifestation of the holy and sacred. Unbelieving its veracity, the revealing of his vision to his minister sets Bruce off on a journey spanning the world, Harvard Divinity School, Joseph Campbell lectures, summer poetry workshops, professorships, new loves and loves lost, health crises and new business.
We both answered the following questions:
Life invites us, at times, to walk what I call the "long, dark valley." What have you learned about yourself in those times?
How do you navigate the frequent incompatibility between financial wealth and spiritual wealth?
Accomplished, driven people love plans and systems. How do you release those to make room for the unplanned?
Bruce’s book can be purchased on Amazon here.
Episode 52: Bruce McEver