What if wealth isn’t about money at all? In this reflective episode, Sandy Kusano explores a different definition of wealth—rooted in connection, presence, legacy, and lived experience—drawing inspiration from philosopher, Alan Watts and life’s pivotal transitions.

What if wealth isn’t something you accumulate—but something you experience?

In this episode of The Joyful Optimist, Sandy Kusano offers a different definition of wealth, one that goes far beyond money, status, or achievement. Recorded from the Pennsylvania home she bought with her mother nearly twenty years ago—now in the process of being sold—this episode weaves together reflections on loss, legacy, travel, identity, and letting go.

Sandy shares how years of life pivots, career changes, and extended travel through Asia reshaped her understanding of what it truly means to live a wealthy life. Drawing inspiration from Alan Watts and Eastern philosophies such as Buddhism, Taoism, and Vedanta, she explores the idea that money is a tool—an accounting system—but not the substance of life itself.

Instead, True Wealth is found in:

• Connection and meaningful relationships
• Presence and nervous system safety
• Experience over accumulation
• Freedom, intuition, and alignment
• Legacy beyond material things

This episode is an invitation for anyone who feels disillusioned by the life they were told to want—and is quietly longing for a more connected, intentional, and joyful way of living.

✨ Don’t wait for the magic… be the magic.

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