Shining Brightly

ARE YOU THE LEADER OF THE PACK? Teamwork, timing, conditioning, chemistry, conditions and skill get you across the finish line. I am talking about business and life but in Episode 48 of the Shining Brightly Podcast Show (links in the comments), my special guest Tanya McCready takes us behind the scenes in breeding Siberian Huskies that become a pack to lead a sled across the Alaskan tundra in the Iditarod Dog Sled Race. Winter-dance is based in Ontario, Canada and the home and business of breeding, training, touring dogs, family and maple syrup. Tanya is the pit crew chief, author and TEDx speaker, Hank is the trainer and drives the sled and all the McCready kids pitched-in along the way. Come learn what it takes to be like Maverick, a lead dog on a sled and a lead dog in business. Please check out this fun and interesting show. Please listen, download, share and review.

Mentioned Resources

Speaker Website - https://tanyamccready.com

Dogsled + company website - https://www.winterdance.com/

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/tanya-mccready-winterdance/

Facebook – https://facebook.com/tanya.mccready.3

Amazon - https://tinyurl.com/tanya-books

Iditarod Dreaming

Journey of 1000 Miles

About the guest –  Tanya McCready along with her husband Hank DeBruin, fell in love with a husky puppy in a pet store almost 30 years ago. Adopting that puppy ended up changing the entire trajectory of their lives. After reading books and watching movies to better understand this pup, they decided to try dogsledding. A passion was found and their husky family quickly grew to 7. In 1999 Tanya quit her job as an Environmental Engineer, gave up her plans to go to law school. Hank quit his job as a millwright, they rented out their house and moved to the wilderness of Haliburton, Ontario, to chase a dream of starting a business, a lifestyle and a family around their beloved dogs. Winter-dance was born. Winter-dance now welcomes over 2000 guests from around the globe every winter to experience travelling through the Winter-dance with their beloved huskies. Hank and their huskies have had many adventures from Maine to Alaska including competing in six 1000-mile races in Alaska and the Yukon. The lessons and stories that have come from these races have created 2 best-selling books. The latest Journey of 1000 Miles has become an international best seller. Tanya, Hank and their huskies have been featured in some of the biggest media outlets in the world including CNN and New York Times to name a few. Their huskies have been featuredin dozens of TV shows, movies, commercials and music videos. Tanya and Hank also have a 2500 tree maple syrup farm on their 2,000-acre property. They share their lives with their 4 children, 150 huskies and 3 cats.

About the Host:

Howard Brown is a best-selling author, award-winning international speaker, Silicon Valley entrepreneur, interfaith peacemaker, and a two-time stage IV cancer survivor. He is also a sought-after speaker and consultant for corporate businesses, nonprofits, congregations, and community groups. Howard has co-founded two social networks that were the first to connect religious communities around the world. He is a nationally known patient advocate and “cancer whisperer” to many families. Howard, his wife Lisa, and daughter Emily currently reside in Michigan, and his happy place is on the basketball court.

Website

Http://www.shiningbrightly.com

Social Media

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/howard.brown.36

LinkedIn - https://wwwlinkedin.com/in/howardsbrown

Instagram - @howard.brown.36

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