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Send us Fan Mail Kendra Loring is the owner of Enchanted Equine Adventures, a south valley small business. Enchanted Equine Adventures, LLC was founded in 2012 by Kendra with the support of her family. Kendra utilized all the ABQ small business resources available to find a way to start EEA. We hope her story will inspire you and motivate you to take a chance on your next venture. New Mexico small...

Send us Fan Mail Anne Hillerman is an American journalist from New Mexico, and a New York Times best-selling author. The daughter of novelist Tony Hillerman , she continued her father's series of Joe Leaphorn-Jim Chee novels following his death, adding officer Bernadette Manuelito as a full partner in solving the crimes. Anne Hillerman is a guest Bunny has been so excited to have on the show....

Send us Fan Mail We almost called this one "I Love New Mexico beer" because we talk about a lot of great NM breweries with our guest. But Patrick is really taking in ALL that New Mexico has to offer as a recent transplant (or TX as he taught us), including beer, food, hikes and learning to make ristras! How cool is that? Learn more about why you should love Albuquerque (including all the...

Send us Fan Mail Get a snack before you listen to this one! We talk to the amazing, James Beard Award winning Cheryl Jamison about New Mexico food and restaurants. If you're not a green chile lover yet, you will be after this! Links: Links and Resources: Cheryl’s Website Excited About Food (Books) Heating it Up Bunny’s Website Bunny’s Instagram Buy Lifesaving Gratitude the book Podcast music...

Send us Fan Mail We couldn't think of anyone better to share their love for New Mexico arts and culture than the amazing Tania Katan. Although Tania is a newer New Mexico resident (sharing her time between Santa Fe and Phoenix). She already has a great sense about what make this state so wonderful. Tania is an author, playwright and constantly creative person. Her fresh look at what makes New...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to our new podcast, "I Love New Mexico." Bunny has been writing a blog called I Love New Mexico for over 13 years but now she wants to bring it to you via audio medium through this new fun podcast!  We’ll talk with all sorts of New Mexicans – maybe a celebrity, author, and public figure or two, but mostly just locals from your hometown and Bunny's, people wh...

Send us Fan Mail Lori Saitz is the CEO of Zen Rabbit , an award-winning writer, speaker, and broadcaster, and a nationally recognized expert in using gratitude and meditation to manifest goals faster. The most difficult thing she’s ever done is leave a 22-year marriage, that experience inspired her transformation. She’s now on a mission to guide Gen-Xers to a place of unprecedented passion, clarit...

Send us Fan Mail Hue-Chan Karels is Chef-Owner of Open Kitchen, a unique culinary concept that celebrates the kitchen as the center of sensory pleasure, healthy living, community, learning and creativity. Hue-Chan’s passion for the culinary arts is only surpassed by her desire to bring people together through shared food experiences and share her knowledge and recipes for people to enjoy cooking a...

Send us Fan Mail Julianne is a “MOM CEO” and life and career coach. As CEO of her family, as well as her coaching practice; she has moved her family 13 times across four continents. Back in the United States, with an empty nest, Julianne decided to embark on a career and became a Professional Career Life Coach. Julianne developed this keepsake journal to draw on her own personal experiences to hel...

Send us Fan Mail We welcome Tiffany Dowell Lashmet back to the podcast as a great friend and a fan favorite. It's great to catch up with Tiffany, so see how she and her family are doing and what she is grateful for lately.  Bunny and Tiffany continue to discuss the beauty of writing your own story and going against the mold of what might be expected of you. Thanks for checking in! Links: Tiff...

Send us Fan Mail For the 60th episode of Lifesaving Gratitude, Bunny takes over on her own to talk honestly about where she is now and how she is working to prioritize joy and gratitude in her life. If you're at a place where you're feeling a bit stuck or like you just don't know what your are feeling most excited about right now, you're going to love this episode. Get to know...

Send us Fan Mail Michael’s Harris' quick wit, deep insights and a bit of dry humor will have your listeners wanting more.  One of Michael’s many passions is to help as many people as possible get their message, story and voice out to the world. On this episode Michael shares his passion of helping others with Bunny along with his thoughts on and definition of "micro-gratitude." Link...

Send us Fan Mail After the death of her husband, Kim, an HR leader, noticed how little guidance leaders received when navigating cancer, health crisis, or death on their team. She knew their lack of knowledge negatively affected morale, employee engagement, and productivity. She set out to change that. Combining her personal experience with her professional knowledge and leadership skills, Kim lau...

Send us Fan Mail "Helping leaders maximize their potential, advance toward their goals, and reach important ‘Aha Moments’ is an incredibly fulfilling experience for Emily Sander. She wakes up every day excited to work with fun, interesting, dynamic people, helping them write the current page of their story or craft an entire chapter. Helping clients succeed in whatever they’re doing is a priv...

Send us Fan Mail "We can think that we know someone well, and then we sit down and have a very thoughtful, very intentional conversation with them. And we learn a lot of things about them, but I think we also learn about ourselves. " Sandra Claymore is a long-time friend of Bunny's, but somehow, even after nearly a decade of friendship there are still some amazing stories Sandra sha...

Send us Fan Mail “Chronic illness is a full time job. It is a community action, a way of life. It is carrying on. It is enduring. It is unendurable.” Our guest on this episode, Natalee Young, was diagnosed with the chronic illness of MS at a young age, but she doesn't let that define her. Between her support system,  a great self-care routine, a wonderful sense of humor and of course modern m...

Send us Fan Mail For over a decade, Tania’s been successfully sneaking creativity into Fortune 500 companies, leading tech companies, TED Talks, arts organizations, universities, marketing conventions and innovation summits to teach people and companies the skill of generating creative breakthroughs. She even helped create the internationally viral women’s empowerment campaign #ItWasNeverADress fo...

Send us Fan Mail Today's guest  lives by the motto: "Stop dreaming, start being." It's something that has inspired Bunny and will definitely inspire you too! Links:  Don's email: donaldrich@kw.com Call Don: (602)410-4366 Bunny’s Website Bunny’s Instagram Buy Lifesaving Gratitude the book  Bunny Terry's website Bunny Terry Instagram Bunny Terry Facebook Original Music...

Send us Fan Mail Our lives truly can be a work of art, and no one knows that better than our guest on this episode, Mary Mirabal. Mary took the brave and inspiring step to become an artist in her 50's after a long career in a completely different field. By following her passion, Mary has found joy and excitement (and a new favorite city!) that she might never have known before. With the suppo...

Send us Fan Mail We talk a lot on this podcast about gratitude and using that to survive and even thrive after trauma. Today’s guest is passionate about doing this. David Richman's tale (and new book) is really the story of how he spoke to other cancer patients and survivors and then shared their stories. He does an amazing job of understanding the cycles of life through experience and storie...

Send us Fan Mail Can you believe we've made it to 50 episodes of the Lifesaving Gratitude podcast! In this 50th episode special, Bunny takes some time to open up a little more with her audience (you!), be real, raw and vulnerable about what creativity means to her and how that definition has change in the past 60(ish) years. Bunny hopes this episode helps you feel inspired to follow your drea...

Send us Fan Mail Who would have thought a tech professional with over 13 years at Apple would decide to shift gears and become a life coach? Well, for our latest guest, Rusty Gaillard, it was a shift that made the most sense and truly helped to save his life. Through this conversation, Rusty taught Bunny and Johanna a few useful techniques on how to imagine and create the life of your dreams, and...

Send us Fan Mail Wow! What a story. We are convinced that Emily Johnson's life could easily become a movie someday. Emily is a fellow author, but she came to writing in a much less conventional way than Bunny did. After the death of her mother, Emily discovered a half-written novel she had been working on for years. With some help from her mom through a letter and her own conversations, Emily...

Send us Fan Mail One of our favorite quotes from this episode was when the guest mentioned that she was able to find "purpose in the pain," so of course we had to name the episode after it. We felt that this phrase really applied to most of our guest, but it especially applies to Tricia Roos. Tricia is a brave and inspiring mom, coach, speaker, author and advocate. Take a listen to her s...

Send us Fan Mail If headings like: "Turning Your Baggage Into Luggage,"  "I Choose Joy," "LIFE BY DESIGN not By Default," or "From Frazzled to Freedom" sound interesting to you, you're going to love this episode of the Lifesaving Gratitude podcast. Bunny and Johanna talk to Donna Tashjian about her inspiring life story and how she's been able to tu...