Our story

greetings, I'm Hassan!

Hello! Born in Japan. Originally from Pakistan. Married to ...


I'm an experienced coach in the areas of interpersonal communication, confidence development, and spiritual actualization. I've overcome stuttering, got me interested in public speaking. For over 10 years, he’s been helping people unlock the power of language so they can connect more deeply with themselves and others and step into the meaningful conversations they want to have.

He’s offered workshops multiple international institutions including the Showa Boston Institute for Language and Culture and Ammon College of Hospitality and Tourism through the U.S. Fulbright Program. Hassan holds an MA in Religion from the University of Chicago and a BA in International Relations from Boston University. He’s also a polyglot, speaking Arabic, Russian, Spanish, and Urdu-Hindi and studying Hebrew and Persian.

what's a "language corner"?

Inspired by the Sa'ib Tabrizi

نیست غیر از گوشۂ دل در جهانِ آب و گل 
گوشۂ امنی کہ یک ساعت بیاساید کسی


(Iranian/Afghan Persian)


нест ғайр аз гӯшаи дил дар ҷаҳони обу гил

гӯшаи амне ки як соъат биёсояд касе

(Tajik Persian)

nīst gheyr az gūshe-ye del dar jahān-e āb o gel

gūshe-ye amnī ke yek sā‘at biyāsāyad kasī

(English transliteration)

what does our logo mean?

Our logo contains two speech bubbles symbolizing the promise of building bridges of understanding between people of different languages and cultures. On the right, the Hebrew letter L and on the left, the Arabic letter B. Together, they stand for the cognate word for "heart" - lev in Hebrew and lubb in Arabic. Lubb also means "intellect," an indication that the work of developing empathy is as much about loving as it is about learning about others.