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We've made it through our first 10 episodes on Lifesaving Gratitude! So we thought this would be a good time to take a look back at what we've learned from all of our guests stories. They were all so powerful and impactful that we had to split this up into two episodes. Please enjoy our recap of the first five episodes and look forward to part 2!

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Have you held yourself captive to the past? Are you trying to find a way to forgive someone or maybe even yourself? Our guest today has been through so much and through resilience, forgiveness and gratitude was able to find a way to a better life. 

Guest Bio
Istvan Zsako is an

• Author, Speaker, Business strategist and coach.
• licensed Residential and Commercial Contractor who is a Certified Home Inspector by ASHI(American Society of Home Inspectors) 
• Active Member of the Women’s Council of Realtors Active Member on the Santa Fe Association of Realtors Affiliates Committee, Affiliate Member of the Greater Albuquerque Association of Realtors, Home Inspecting for Real Estate Transactions over 11 years Inspecting Homes and a Licensed Contractor for over 20 years and have Over 4,000 Inspections Performed and Counting.

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Istvan's company website
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Bunny's Feature on Istvan's page
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Some people accuse our host, Bunny Terry of being "Pollyanna-ish"...  well, today's guest believes that there's nothing wrong with being Pollyanna-ish as long as "the audio matches the visual." Brindley Tucker does more than talk the talk, she walks the walk, and then some! This episode features a raw, emotional and extremely honest conversation about making the choice to change your life and knowing that the choice is always yours. Brindley's story is powerful, moving and beyond relatable. We hope you enjoy listening to this conversation as much as we loved having it!

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 Your Leverage Team: https://yourrealtyleverage.com/
Transaction Management Academy: https://www.transactionmanagementacademy.com/
Brindley's Email:  [email protected] 

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Brindley Tucker unifies teams and helps agents increase leverage in their businesses. She is a licensed Realtor® and the owner of Your Realty Leverage, Inc., a recruiting, training and coaching firm.
Brindley previously owned a successful real estate marketing and transaction management company where she closed over 2,000 real estate transactions.She is also the owner and developer of Transaction Management Academy, a full transaction management training program.

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Sometimes being grateful can be a thing of beauty and an art-form. Well, that comes pretty easy for today's guest, renowned ballet dancer - Jock Soto. Jock and Bunny talk about everything from his days dancing for the New York City Ballet, his youth in New Mexico, surviving cancer to of course, meeting Dolly Parton! You're not going to want to miss this one. 

Guest Bio:
Jock is known for his renowned work as a principle dancer with New York City Ballet for 24 years. He is the author of “Every Step You Take” his memoir published in 2011. He is the son of a Native American mother and a Puerto Rican father, and was born in Gallup, NM. At age 5, he began studying ballet in Phoenix, where his family lived.
He first studied at the School of American Ballet at 11 and he became the youngest principal dancer with the New York City Ballet. Jock now lives with his husband Luis in Eagles Nest, NM where he gives back to his community and enjoys a quiet, private life (away from the subway!).

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Are you a glass half full or half-empty kind of person? Well what you might learn from this episode is that what’s in the cup isn’t nearly as important has how we choose to view it. On this week’s episode, Bunny talks to Daphne Miller about the science behind gratitude and how being grateful and mindful can actually rewire our neuro-pathways and create new ways of thinking! It's all about choice v. circumstance and that through these practices, we have the power to change our circumstances. How cool is that?!

Resources Mentioned:

• The How of Happiness:  https://amzn.to/3nBVmsA
• Simple Abundance: https://amzn.to/32TzE9X
• Daphne's Website: DDMconsult.com 
• Daphne's Instagram: Daphnemiller617 
• Cold Coffee Life Podcast: https://linktr.ee/coldcoffeelifepod
• Center for Leadership and Wellbeing - George Mason University: https://wellbeing.gmu.edu/lead
• Katie Byron (expert on mindfulness): https://thework.com/2017/10/the-work-and-mindfulness/
• Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman: https://amzn.to/3fClGQR
• Donald Miller podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/business-made-simple-with-donald-miller/id1092751338
• Bunny's Website: http://bunnyterry.com/

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• Daphne Miller, PCC, DDM Consulting, a coaching a leadership development organization
• Daphne Miller is an Executive Coach and Facilitator who works with leaders and teams. Her expertise is in working with individuals and groups with an emphasis on leadership development and developing strong cross discipline partnerships.  She has more than thirty years of experience in sales, marketing and leadership positions with the past twenty focusing on executive coaching and leadership development.  
• Daphne has had a gratitude practice since the late 1990s.  At the time she was a stressed mom, working full time with two young children.  She stumbled upon the book Simple Abundance and started her gratitude journey and has never looked back. She and I share a love of that book, which I found at a similar stage in my life.
• In addition to her coaching practice, she is a Coach Fellow at George Mason University in Virginia as part of their Leadership Coaching for Organizational Well-Being Program. This coach training program is part of the University’s Center for Well Being.

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"Follow your heart, say yes to the things that lead you to your dreams, not the dream someone else tells you that you should." Those are just a few of the inspiring and insightful words shared by our guest on episode 6, Tiffany Dowell-Lashmet. Deciding to take your own path in life can be one of the most terrifying things. But when you make the decision to do something that truly lets you be who you are, there is no way that can be the wrong choice. On episode 6 of Lifesaving Gratitude, Bunny talks to Tiffany about how she said "no" to the path others might have chosen for her and was instead, able to create her dream life and find her dream job. Together, they discuss the beauty of writing your own story and going against the mold of what might be expected of you.

Guest bio:
Tiffany Dowell-Lashmet grew up on a family farm and ranch in Eastern New Mexico. She has a bachelor of science degree from Oklahoma State University in agribusiness farm and ranch management, and a law degree from the University of New Mexico. She authors the Texas Agricultural Law Blog and hosts her own podcast called Ag Law in the Field. She's also a contributor to Progressive Farmer with a column called Rural Roots. She lives in the Texas panhandle with her husband and two small children. 

Links discussed in episode: 
Tiffany's current blog: https://alwaysafarmkid.com
Tiffany's podcast: https://aglaw.libsyn.com/
Progressive Farmer Article: https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag/magazine/columns/article/2021/03/01/just-farmers

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Sometimes our lives need to take brave new directions and sometimes that means making choices we never imagined we would need to. In this episode, Bunny interviews Stephanie Richardson, a life-long friend and recent amputee. Stephanie shares her story about her medical journey, how she advocated for her choice to amputate her leg after several botched surgeries, and how she came out on the other end of a very painful experience with more gratitude and love for life than ever before. 

Guest Bio:
Stephanie is on the board of the San Antonio Amputee Foundation  and also creates and hand-paints crosses to raise money and awareness for amputees. Find her store at 1legsteph.com . 

Links Mentioned: 
San Antonio Amputee Foundation: www.saamputeefoundation.org
Stephanie's Website:  https://1legsteph.com/

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Do you ever feel like you are just getting stuck in "survival-mode" and forgetting to actually live your life? It can be hard between the hustle of work and every day life. In episode 4 Bunny interviews Cari Heibel-Briner - a realtor, entrepreneur and coach. Cari has been her own boss for 22-years and is a wealth of knowledge on how to "live you life, not your mind." Want to find out what that means? Check out this episode! Cari's insights will inspire you and give you a new perspective on living a life of gratitude.

Resources mentioned in this episode:
Website: businessandlifecoaching.com
Cari's email: [email protected]
Free Coaching Call: https://businessandlifecoaching.com/free-coaching-call/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cariheibel/
Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/joinbusinessandlifecoaching
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cariheibel/

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Guest Bio:
Cari Heibel-Briner, Holistic Business Coach and President at Freedom Coaching, started in the real estate industry in 2001. She has been an entrepreneur since age 22 and was a top producing real estate agent in Minnesota for 10 years. As the CEO of a Brokerage the following 5 years, Cari grew it to the number one real estate office in the state of MN in closed transactions. The agent count went from 80 to over 300 agents and there were over 40 real estate teams running their businesses under Cari’s leadership. This combined experience along with her leadership tenure as the previous Director of Expansion for Hergenrother Realty Group has resulted in Cari successfully recruiting over 800 people to the real estate industry and helping to build over 70 real estate teams nationally since 2012. As part of the Hergenrother Realty Group leadership team, she helped expand the team to its current 30 locations across the country with over 220 agents doing over $444M in sales volume annually. Her leadership, training and coaching drove the team’s success in addition to her unparalleled recruiting results. In the past 13 months, Cari and the team of Holistic Business Coaches at Freedom Coaching have helped over 300 clients nationally to build bigger and better businesses while improving their lives. 

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Can gratitude help you to become a . . . better marketer or realtor? It might sound like a strange pairing, but it’s worked wonders for Craig Cunningham, a Sante Fe-based realtor, 30-year veteran in the hotel business, and founder of the marketing firm Cunningham + Colleagues. In this interview, Craig shares what he’s learned about using the power of gratitude to build a successful career in marketing, customer service, and sales and get him through his own battle with cancer. 

Resources mentioned in the episode:

• Bunny’s Website
• Lifesaving Gratitude: How Gratitude Helped Me Beat Stage IV Cancer by Bunny Terry
• Cunningham + Colleagues marketing firm website
• Sante Fe Kitchen Angels 
• How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
• Craig’s Blog: Santa Fe Scenes

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Thanks to a career in the hotel business, Craig Cunningham, has traveled extensively throughout the world and now calls Santa Fe home. As an enthusiastic observer of cultures, traditions and history, Craig enjoys sharing all things Santa Fe and New Mexican. Bunny met Craig as a fellow realtor at Keller Williams in Santa Fe. Craig’s experience as a hotelier and his expertise in sales and marketing gives him a unique perspective on customer service. Craig knows just how valuable it is to show gratitude toward his clients and colleagues. 

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In this powerful interview, Amber Hale talks about how she and her family were able to find gratitude even in the midst of unimaginable grief and how that enabled them to get through one of the most devastating tragedies a family can face: the loss of a loved one to suicide.

Please be advised that this episode includes a serious discussion about suicide. If this topic is a trigger for you, you might consider skipping this episode. 

Resources mentioned in the episode:

• Bunny’s Website
• Lifesaving Gratitude: How Gratitude Helped Me Beat Stage IV Cancer by Bunny Terry
• New Mexico Crisis and Access Line (Toll Free)
• National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
• Brené Brown’s podcasts
• Desert View Family Counseling Services (Farmington, NM)
• Love for Thad Facebook page
• AmberIsReal.com (Amber’s blog)

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Bunny met Amber as a colleague where they immediately bonded and became friends. Amber Hale is a mom, wife, reiki practitioner and grief advocate. After Amber lost her son, Thad, to suicide she became determined to get involved and help other families with children suffering from depression. You can find more about Amber and her work as a grief advocate at her blog AmberIsReal.com. 

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