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The Ripple Effect: Let's Change the World Together

• Bart and Sunny Miller • Season 1 • Episode 47

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Welcome to this week's episode of We Play Full Out with Bart and Sunny!

Scientists have discovered that one thing has the greatest correlation to wellbeing than any other “thing.” In fact, this one thing gives you more energy, higher emotional intelligence, a more forgiving attitude, less depression (it can boost happiness levels by at least 25%), less anxiousness, more feelings of being socially accepted, better sleep (up to 18%) and less headaches. 

What in the world could that be?

Well. It’s such a common “thing” (and a highly underrated one, we might add) that you may just skip right over the rest of this podcast when we tell you what it is… but there are a few mic drops here you won't want to miss if you do that! 

We're going to discuss the power of this energy: what it can do for you, but also the effect it has on others. We're all in this together! 

We're sharing some personal stories, and we are going to extend a personal invitation to you to help change the world for good, together! 

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Speaker 1:

Welcome to. We Play Full Out with Bart and Sunny Miller. Take it away, Sunny, Thanks.

Speaker 2:

Bart, did you know that scientists have found that one thing, just one thing, has the greatest correlation to well-being than any other thing?

Speaker 1:

Man, I think people would pay a lot to know that one thing. That's pretty amazing.

Speaker 2:

Don't you think it's like a magic pill and it gives you more energy, higher emotional intelligence? Lot to know that one thing. That's pretty amazing, don't you think it's like a magic pill and it gives you more energy, higher emotional intelligence, a more forgiving attitude, less depression, less anxiousness, more feelings of being socially accepted, better sleep and less headaches give me the pill. Well, the crazy thing is it's super common but, I think, highly underrated must be.

Speaker 1:

Is it like water?

Speaker 2:

yeah, air air yeah, going outside and standing barefoot on the grass totally they're free, so they must not be worth anything exactly totally underrated, but huge outcomes for them.

Speaker 2:

Well, this one thing is gratitude, oh man, and it might seem a little soft and squishy and, quite frankly, too easy to impact your life at that greater level, but it goes even further than that. Let's go. Gratitude does all of those things, but it also changes your entire energy field and increases your ability to hear and follow your intuition. Nice, I would say. That's a pretty big deal. It's really cool.

Speaker 2:

Joe Dispenza said the longer you rest in gratitude, the more you are a magnet to your new destiny. So cool. And so when you're in a state of genuine appreciation, then you're vibrating at a higher frequency. For those of you who believe we are energy and that we have a lot of vibration to us, right, that energy pulls in better opportunities, better relationships and, yes, better business. It has a way of turning you into a magnet of abundance. That's because I think when you feel grateful for all the things in your life, you already feel abundant, so it just brings in more. Yeah, and if you think about it, if you've ever noticed how, when you're in a good mood, good things just seem to come your way, it's not an accident, it's energetic alignment.

Speaker 1:

Gratitude primes you for those, quote lucky breaks and quote out of the blue phone calls that seem like magic but are really a reflection of the energy you're putting out so true, yeah, and uh, probably gonna say this wrong, but the last two weeks I've had a note downstairs by my computer and I've had it up in the in my room and uh, it's got a statement on there that I read every single night. It's the whole, whole, whole no po, no po, no prayer. And uh, I've really been focused on saying that at least 20 times when I go to bed and 20 times when I get up. Then I've been repeating it and I actually put it on my phone two days ago so that I have it there, so that every time it pops up or I see it. But I can just repeat that because I want to stay in a higher state of that gratitude.

Speaker 2:

That's awesome. I've heard a lot of people have pretty big life-changing experiences from using that.

Speaker 1:

Probably do. I can't see why they wouldn't, because you know it's. It's very powerful words that you're saying. It really is.

Speaker 2:

Okay, well, we're going to flip the script a little bit on gratitude, because gratitude, like I look at gratitude and I kind of think it's for me. But there's another version of it, and that's the gratitude that we share with others. And you and I are both passionate about helping others along this journey through life, and so I'd say gratitude isn't all the time just about making us feel good. It's a force that shifts the energy around you, and here's where things get interesting. It strengthens your intuition, because intuition thrives when you're in a state of alignment, and gratitude is the shortcut to getting there. So when you take a moment to pause, reflect and send out sincere thanks, you're not only tuning into the people around you, but you're also tapping into your deepest instincts. So some examples. Oh wait, first research. Talk about research, because we got to have the research to back it up, right? Or we're just saying it? There you go.

Speaker 2:

People who practice gratitude regularly are more in tune with their emotions and the world around them. That's because gratitude keeps our minds clear of negativity and distractions. It helps us focus on what's truly important, and when you're in that state, your intuitive senses naturally sharpen. So gratitude clears the static, so your inner guidance system can operate at full capacity. Now I know like for the longest time I would hear about intuition and it really is a sixth sense, but I'd be like I really don't have it. But you can't really not have it. Everybody is born with intuition and what I've learned is if you listen, even if you just grasp onto one little breadcrumb and follow it, then it grows. Well, I wouldn't say your intuition grows stronger, your ability to hear it grows stronger, yeah for sure. So gratitude kind of cuts to that static and helps you hear it, and then you're more able to follow it. And I do have a point with this, all of this. So, for example, have you ever had a gut feeling that you should reach out to someone?

Speaker 2:

And when you did, it was exactly what they needed to hear absolutely or maybe you send a gratitude text to someone randomly, only to find out they were going through a tough time and your message turned their day around. That is intuition at work guided by the energetic power of gratitude, and we've got two really cool stories to share about this, and they're your stories. So the first one is about shame, and I would love for you to tell that story.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, it's a beautiful story. I uh, I've always really, you know, like if I've had something that's I felt like I've had intuition on, I've really tried to act on it a lot in my life and uh, I'm just going to cut you off right there because you say you try to act on it, but I've never seen anybody take such quick action on all the intuition they receive.

Speaker 2:

It's very inspirational to see.

Speaker 1:

So yeah, one day I was driving down the road and it's probably been, I'm guessing, maybe seven years ago, maybe even longer than that now, but anyway, I was driving down the road and I had this just intuition, whatever you want to say it to text one of my really good friends and we rode bikes together for years. We rode hours and hours on bikes and we would never ride on Friday together because and we would literally say we were going to do a casual ride which always turned into who's the strongest, who's the fastest type of ride and it's just the way cycling works. And it was awesome and we loved our friendship. So on Saturdays we would beat each other up and on Fridays we would leave each other alone so that we were rested on Saturdays.

Speaker 2:

So it was kind of an unwritten law for the two of us and I would say Saturdays were like your long training days. They, saturdays, were like your long training days, that they were the days that mattered, which is why you did that Right.

Speaker 1:

Well, kind of. But all days matter, right, but like it was just those days that if we didn't have the energy to take, we were going to get dropped too, because we were so spent, both of us would have been together. But anyway, so yeah. So I was driving down the road, I had this feeling of texting it was a Friday and I'm like, no, not going to do that, and all of a sudden man.

Speaker 1:

It just hit me again like text, shane, right now. So I pulled over in the Austin Cade parking lot in Idaho Falls, idaho, and literally texted him and said hey, this was thinking about you, man, just want to make sure if you're around, I'd like to ride with you today. And I never received a text back from him, but I was just like send it anyway. And then that evening Sonny and I were going to a dinner with one of our other my other cycling friends, rob, and uh. So Rob shows up for dinner and we sit down and he goes. Did you hear about Shane today? And I said no, and he goes. Well, bart, he committed suicide.

Speaker 1:

And he goes. Well, bart, he committed suicide and I mean I'm like oh my gosh, are you kidding me? He's like no, but your text was the last text he received and that, right there, started something for me in my life. That changed my life, and from that day forward I swore that once a week and I made that as Sundays and now.

Speaker 1:

I've made that as Fridays because I have my I Do Epic group and every Friday I encourage every person, just like I would ask you, if you're listening to this on Fridays, to send out five gratitude texts. And I started that for me and I would just always think on Sundays, whoever popped in my mind, didn't matter who they were, didn't matter status, didn't matter anything about them. If they popped in my mind, I would send them a text and just say, hey, I was thinking about you today. I just want you to know I care, or hey, hope you're having a great day. Didn't matter what it was, but just something to show them that I was thinking about them and that just, I don't know.

Speaker 1:

For me it just changed my life. But through that process over the years it's been I mean absolutely. I can't even tell you how amazing it's been the responses I've got and I was going to commit suicide today and, oh my gosh, I just had no idea and I just didn't know anybody cared today to even one today that I texted out one of my real dear friends and literally said I was. I'm walking out of the hospital right now and this just means the world to me because I almost died, thank you, and so you know that literally happened this morning for me that was our second story.

Speaker 1:

Oh, second story.

Speaker 2:

Yep.

Speaker 1:

All right, so sending out that text. So I'll tell you a second story if it's not in here. But the same thing is is I had another friend that just ended up passing away just out of the blue here three or four weeks ago, and that was another friend that I would randomly always just text and check up on and make sure it was good. When he popped in my head and it's been I was going through my text. It was actually about a month before he texted me, but I actually texted him and said hey, hope you're doing good man, hope life's all right for you, and a long story short. He reached out here a few weeks ago and just said hey, when you go into Vegas, what's going on through a text?

Speaker 1:

And uh, he wanted to come to our daughter's reception he lives right here, close and I said we're going on this date. And he's like man, your voice just does something for me, thank you, and I just want to hear your voice. And that led to him meeting us in vegas, and in vegas we invited him to a few different things, spent time with his wife, we got together. Once we were together, I had this intuition too to get a photo with him and his wife and everything. Grab the photographer.

Speaker 1:

We did that and, uh, I just knew I needed to reach out to him in two weeks because, after a conversation we had, I knew that he was just in this state, but I really felt like two weeks was the right time and that I would see him or do something in two weeks. And we found out that he had passed away from a heart attack out of the blue. And, that being said, the day I was supposed to see him, I did see, but it wasn't how I wanted to see him and it was in his casket. And it's just funny that I had it on that date, that time, that I was going to spend time with him and I did, and at that funeral, I got to speak and say my last words. So when your intuition hits you and you have these things like dramatic, amazing things can happen, and so I'm so grateful for it.

Speaker 2:

It's beautiful. Thank you, I think that, man, first of all, what a couple of amazing stories. And, um, I would say this is not the exception in your life. Like it happens quite often, and as I've watched you implement this with our I Do Epic entrepreneurs, you know I hear some of the same things back, like they get responses with wow, I really needed this today. Thank you so much. So I think the point of this little segment today is just to encourage that, to pay it forward, to start this collective energy of gratitude and just letting people know that there's someone who cares, because there seems to be a lack of that in today's world.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, and I'll go a step further and I will tell you this if you feel like you have nobody that you can reach out to which I'm sure you don't. But where I would start, if you're not doing it is showing gratitude to your significant other, showing gratitude to your kids, showing gratitude all around, just the people that are the closest to you, because it will change your relationships with them. If you'll just say, hey, I noticed you did this today for me and it impacted me this way, thank you, end of story. Or hey, I saw you out doing this with your friends. I just want you to know. I noticed it and I was so grateful how you acted in this moment. That was incredible. You're amazing. So there's so many ways to show gratitude, but when we do that in our own ecosystem, it shows everybody around your ecosystem that you are a person that not only sees them, recognizes them, but appreciates them.

Speaker 2:

And I would say that changes the whole dynamic of your ecosystem For sure, 100%, okay. So once again, you've already said it, but I'm going to, I'm going to slap a name on it Five text Friday is an invitation. If you want to make a difference in the world, or even in just the lives that are surrounding you, as well as increase your intuition, impact, wellness and magnetic energy, we do invite you to join us and our I Do Epic entrepreneurs in sending out five gratitude texts every Friday. I think you did a great explanation of how to do that already. Pick five people, send them a text, or pick five people close to you, send them a text, or tell them face to face um can be as simple as hey. I just wanted to take a moment to let you know how much I appreciate insert. The thing you saw made a big difference and I'm grateful for you and anything else you'd like to say on that before we wrap that part up.

Speaker 1:

I think the biggest thing in business is when you show gratitude to the people who work with you and the people who are around you and the vendors that do business with you.

Speaker 1:

It really will make a huge difference. So I'll just say this at the very end, and I've said this story probably before my grandfather really really wanted a Cadillac before he died and as he was driving home, he only owned the Cadillac maybe for a few days and I saw one of his calves in the mire and he went and he stopped and he got that calf out and he was in his dress clothes and he threw that calf in the back of his brand new Cadillac and took it home. And when he got that cat, that that cow home and that calf home and got it warmed up and cleaned up, you know, his best friend came over and just said you know, louie, what in the world were you thinking by doing this? And he said I realized who bought that car and he was just so grateful for those animals and what they had done and how they, I don't know. They were just part of what he had and therefore they had every right in the world to ride in that car.

Speaker 2:

And.

Speaker 1:

I just you know, I remember that just because gratitude is in so many things that we don't even realize. I am grateful every time I get on a horse and it carries me and lets me have a joy and a fun pleasure in that. I have gratitude when I see an amazing tree that has just went through all these hard times yet provides oxygen for me, so that you know if you're having a hard time with gratitude with humans. There's so many other ways to express and to show gratitude.

Speaker 2:

There are so many, and I would even kind of, in a fun way, encourage you to find them, because there's so many that we just take for granted every single day.

Speaker 1:

There's a saying that you say, Sonny, every time you invest or spend money.

Speaker 2:

There is Go ahead. I'm abundant in every good thing. There's plenty there's. I can't think of it because I'm on the spot. Okay, I'm abundant in every good thing. There's always enough and plenty more, and I'm grateful for what I have. And I used to look at that kind of financially, but now I'm like that's sleep, that's energy, that's air, that's water. I am abundant in every good thing. There's always enough and plenty more, and I'm grateful for what I have and, honestly, I feel like that changed my life.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, that's one of those things that I honestly could see Sunny tattoo on herself. She said it that many times in her life. And she just kept it top of mind and I've been very proud of her and I'm super grateful that she does do that.

Speaker 2:

So anyway, I just wanted to show you gratitude for recognizing you with that and the abundance has brought us.

Speaker 2:

Well, gratitude back at you for being such an inspiration to me and to everybody. Okay, so just some life updates. I feel like we haven't had a crazy whirlwind week, like normal. We do have an official due date for our first granddaughter. She's going to be born on october 16th. That's the day. Oh yeah, that's an awesome day too, because I just realized that was our dog dozer's birthday, and then our daughter mercedes birthday is on august 16th. So august 16th, october 16th, dozer dozer day, dozer Dozer.

Speaker 1:

Day.

Speaker 2:

Dozer's coming back to life. He's coming back to life in the form of Lila Lynn. Don't tell Mercedes. Ben Zander's Allstate auditions on the saxophone are coming right up. He's planning on recording this Sunday. I have the privilege of helping him with that little task, but I would say, send him some good vibes. That audition material is tough. It is tough, so see how he gets through that. That's awesome. And then we played some pickleball. You've done a little roping and I've got some beautiful walking weather, so I've really enjoyed that too. Like you said, the early fall, the sun and the sunshine it's all just been really, really nice this week.

Speaker 1:

It's been great. Put new shoes on the horse, that's right. Got anything else? Yeah, that was Zander's band teacher, had a great conversation with him, which was awesome, and kind of know where Zander's headed for the future on his instruments. So that was a really cool experience and just all sorts of just really cool things.

Speaker 2:

Awesome that's a wrap for us today.

Speaker 1:

Awesome. Well, hope you guys will first and foremost send gratitude, but we want you to know we are so grateful that you take the time to listen and read the things that we put out there. We are so grateful for all the programs you've invested and spent time with us. We are grateful that you are our friends. We're grateful for everything about that the events you've invested and spent time with us. We are grateful that you are our friends. We're grateful for everything about that the events you've attended, all that kind of stuff.

Speaker 2:

And even the messages you send. Yeah, we get them all.

Speaker 1:

We get them all and we just want you to know how grateful we are for you and, uh, grateful to have you as part of our community and our culture. So, with that, this segment sponsored by I do epic.

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