Emotional Endurance for Real Estate Professionals

Real estate pros - agents, loan officers, title, and escrow - are under pressure on all fronts:

• Mortgage rates hovering above 6% are squeezing affordability and causing buyers to hesitate. Some are pausing searches entirely, fearing market volatility.
• Home sales are at near 30-year lows, and inventories aren’t matching desire - leaving agents scrambling to coach sellers on pricing and staging or chase terminated contracts.
• Burnout has become a silent epidemic. Agents report working 50+ hour weeks, more than half consider time off due to stress - and many are just spinning in overwhelm.
• Between alarming commission changes, shrinking client trust, outdated tech, and fractured listings systems, the landscape feels darker than ever.
• The emotional toll is real. High churn, feast-or-famine income, and isolation have left many professionals questioning their path - even wondering if the hustle is worth it.

You know the facts. The deeper question is: How do you stay human and effective in this chaos?

This is your space to reset. You’ll gain real tools to:

• Recognize what your nervous system is reacting to - and learn how to rewire it
• Make decisions with clarity, not cortisol
• Actually show up to clients grounded, instead of fragmented

• Take inventory of the real estate stressors grounded in Arizona contracts, negotiations, and real-world breakdowns
• Mine your own brain’s wiring - see how fight-flight-freeze-fawn looks in your work (with DISC insight) and how to shift to presence
• Practical anchors: breathwork, visualizations, quick resets to use between listings, inspections, or calls
• Connection with other real pros who get it - who’ve felt the grind, the burnout, the doubts

• Agents negotiating homes, staging deals, pushing through stalling markets
• Loan officers balancing underwriting deadlines, client pressure, and market instability
• Title & escrow teams managing compliance, closings gone sideways, and transaction chaos

• Wednesday, November 5, 2025
• 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM
• Rivulon - Empire Title Agency - 275 E Rivulon Blvd #211, Gilbert, AZ 85297

Sponsored by:

Josh Peacock (Empire Title Agency, Business Development)

Stephen Royal (Gooshead Insurance)

I’m Ilona Poka, broker-owner of Living Easy Arizona and founder of Truth Be Told. I’ve navigated two decades of Arizona’s market - from boom to foreclosure and back. I’ve been there physically and emotionally. And I’ve built a toolkit to help you lead from clarity, not collapse.

Register now. This is your moment to stop carrying stress and start leading with presence, purpose, and grounded strength.

Host or Publisher ILONA POKA, Truth Be Told