Colleen Sosinski is poised to have her best year yet! She’s been married to Bob for 27 wonderful years, is mother is Nick, has worked as a medical assistant at ENT Specialists of Wisconsin for almost 20 years, and is a survivor of multiple PEs with DVTs (pulmonary emboli/deep vein thrombosis) in 2019 and Necrotizing Fasciitis in 2020.  

Care warning: Life-threatening illness is discussed in this episode.  

Facebook: Colleen Sosinski  

[email protected] or 920-410-7538

My website, email address, and handle: chrisdtgordon.com [email protected] @chrisdtgordon  

Post-production and theme music: @nateberan

Spoiler alert: Bad things happen, often when it’s inconvenient for us.  

How we respond to the event, though, really determines the level of positivity or negativity we glean from the experience.  

In this episode I will discuss how a recent event in my family helped me use optimistic realism, and how it can help you, too!  

My website, email, and handle: 

chrisdtgordon.com 

[email protected] 

@chrisdtgordon  

Please reach out so we can start a conversation that will benefit our young adults and help them overcome their “personal bacteria”.  

Normal post-production and theme music: @nateberan

Lois Wagner is a coach, author, speaker, and conqueror of life-threatening and changing events. She demonstrates firsthand how you can use forgiveness and a growth mindset as tools to move forward in life. She's your friend for forgiveness and freedom.   

Care warning: Physical and emotional trauma are discussed in this episode.  

https://linktr.ee/LoisWagner  

Web:  (get a free forgiveness checklist and mojo ebook)                  

http://walkingwithoutskin.com/ 

Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/c/LoisWagnerCoachingConversationsforChange  

My website, email address, and handle: 

chrisdtgordon.com 

[email protected] 

@ChrisdtGordon 

Post-production and theme music: @NateBeran

Frank King is an acclaimed and award-winning comedian, speaker, writer, and coach. 

He's also someone who's struggled with depression and suicidal thoughts for many years and uses that experience to fuel his passion to help others with their own battles. 

Care warning: Depression and suicidal thoughts will be discussed in this episode.

Frank's phone number (if you want to talk to a "crazy guy"...his words): 858-405-5653 

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255 or call 911 

Crisis Text Line: Text HOME to 741741 

https:/thementalhealthcomedian.com @mentalhealthcomedian  

My website: https://chrisdtgordon.com

@chrisdtgordon 

[email protected]  

Post-production and theme music: @nateberan

Michael Weitzman is a professional mental health speaker, performer, advocate, certified peer support specialist, care coordinator, and stand-up comedian who shares his struggles with depression and suicidal thoughts to inspire those with mental health issues, addictions, suicidal thoughts, disabilities, and so much more!  

Care warning: Depression, mental health issues, and suicidal thoughts will be discussed in this episode.  

Michael's handle and websites: @weitzmanmichael 

[email protected] 

linkedin.com/in/michaelweitzman1  

My website and handle: 

https://chrisdtgordon.com 

@Chris Gordon   

Theme music and post-production: @Nate Beran

We all have “personal bacteria” (potentially negative thoughts) that come from issues in our lives, but how do we deal with it?  

By playing TAG (The Attitude of Gratitude)!  

Let’s talk about how we can help you and others deal with that personal bacteria, increase positivity and gratitude, and make the world a better place.  

Care warning: Physical and mental trauma are discussed in this episode.

[email protected] 

chrisdtgordon.com

Michael M. Cohen is a small business owner, entrepreneur, investor, work-in-process improv artist, speaker and (as always) very, very neurotic. 

We discuss a tragic family event that still affects him today.  

Care warning: Tragic family loss is discussed in this episode.  

https://secondscenepodcast.com 

https://justmichael.com 

https://dweebsglobal.org

@secondscenepodcast  

My (new) website: chrisdtgordon.com 

@chrisdtgordon  

Theme music and post-production: @nateberan

Whenever we start something, we want things to go well...perfectly, in fact. We want to be seen as a success. More specifically, we don't want to be seen as small.   

Unfortunately, it's that mindset that keeps us from starting things at all. In this episode I demonstrate how I am passing on perfection.  

My new website: chrisdtgordon.com 

My handle: @chrisdtgordon  

My usual post-production and theme music team: @nateberan

A repeat guest, David is an award-winning speaker, storyteller and author of the best-selling book, “Get Out the Door!”  

As a spinal injury survivor, David came back from a devastating motorcycle accident to running the Marine Corps Marathon. 

He will be featured in the National Storytelling Conference show, "OK, Boomer!" on July 22nd.  

David’s website: https://www.holliworks.com 

His handle: @holliworks  My website: chrisdtgordon.com, though you can still use linktr.ee/chrisdtgordon for now  

My email: [email protected]  

My handle: @chrisdtgordon  

Theme music and post-production: @nateberan

Not only do we finish our three-part series on the health benefits of gratitude (courtesy of the Greater Good Science Center of the University of California-Berkeley), we also discuss my new website (yay), things I could've done better the first half of the year (still yay...?), and my feelings about birthday wishes (DEFINITELY YAY!!!).  

How Gratitude Supports Health graphic: https://ggsc.berkeley.edu/images/uploads/How_Gratitude_Supports_Health_11x17print_bleed.pdf  

My website: chrisdtgordon.com 

My email: [email protected] 

My handle: @chrisdtgordon  

Theme music and post-production: @nateberan