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The Resilient Heart Podcast

The Resilient Heart Podcast

By: Gabi Garland
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 One thing each of us can not avoid is a lifetime full of heartache. While the world we live in has taught us to prepare for unforeseen events, they’ve done little in teaching us how to cope. They also don’t tell you this…….Adversity is where the true YOU emerges if you let it. Whether it is the beginning of the end or you choose to find the silver lining, it’s ALL up to you. This podcast is about owning our ability to be resilient as it is our super power. The way we choose to persevere is our opportunity to not be reduced by our circumstance. That’s been my entire life and probably most of yours! Welcome To The Resilient Heart Podcast. This podcast is for powerful women just like you that don’t deserve to deal with this alone! Each week we’re going to uncover how each of us have the unique ability to maintain our core integrity and strength in the face of dramatic circumstance. I am her, and so are you!2020 Hygiene & Healthy Living Personal Development Personal Success Psychology Psychology & Mental Health
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  • Building Wealth and Finding Purpose: A Conversation with Cathy Guzzo

    Building Wealth and Finding Purpose: A Conversation with Cathy Guzzo
    May 15 2025
    In this powerful episode of the Resilient Heart Podcast, host Gabi Garland interviews Cathy Guzzo, known as "The Fairy Gold Mother." Cathy shares her journey from owning three successful brick-and-mortar jewelry stores to transitioning to an online business model that helps people build wealth through gold and silver investments. With candid vulnerability, they discuss the challenges of balancing entrepreneurship with single motherhood, navigating devastating loss, and finding purpose through faith. Cathy offers valuable business insights from her five decades of entrepreneurial experience and shares how her personal tragedy shaped her perspective on life, legacy, and helping others build financial security. Cathy Guzzo, known as "The Fairy Gold Mother," is a 70-year-old entrepreneur with half a century of business experience. She founded and operated three successful Michael Anthony Jewelers stores (named after her son) in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, before transitioning to an online business model. A pioneer in her field, Cathy completed the first-ever jewelry internship at the University of Alabama in the 1970s. As a single mother for 17 years, she balanced the demands of running a retail business while raising her son. Today, she helps people globally with asset protection and accumulation through gold and silver investments, teaching them how to transition from being employed to building wealth through strategic investments and business systems. Key Topics Discussed: Entrepreneurial Transitions: How Cathy evolved from brick-and-mortar retail to an online business modelWork-Life Balance: Navigating the challenges of entrepreneurship while being a single motherFinding Purpose After Loss: Cathy's journey after losing her son in a motorcycle accidentFaith as Foundation: How spiritual connection provided strength through life's challenges Decision-Making Process: The "legal pad method" for making business decisions when you're at the topWealth Building Strategies: Democratizing access to precious metals investments for everyday peopleBusiness Wisdom: Key insights from five decades of entrepreneurial experienceLegacy Building: Creating meaning and purpose by helping others achieve financial freedom Powerful Quotes from the Episode "In the meantime, you have to go to the council of asking the Lord what to do, doing something like that brain dump, finding the pros and cons and just take decisive action. That would be my number one thing to do is to take action, whatever you think." "Don't beat yourself up for the things you didn't do right. You just pivot and you tweak it and you do it again because there's not one business owner that doesn't make mistakes, but they make decisions. And if you don't, then you stagnate." "I looked at him and I said, look, I thought I was building a legacy for you, but I'm doing you a favor because the business owns me. And I don't want you to be ball and chain to this store. I want you to have a life." "Never let the competition make you obsolete... So always be working on how you can be the better version of you, how you can take your podcast to the next level, how I can take my marketing to the next level." "For a lot of women, money and earning wealth has been intimidating. I'm going to tell you right now, don't let the process intimidate you. You've got what it takes." "I had a mentor that told me imperfectly done beats perfectly undone." "I think for you to just have the discernment to know what lines up and what doesn't... That's a process in and of itself. We're all in this on the same journey and we're all just in different places, but we're all just seeking the truth." "I wish I could go pick up my son again. You get to and it just kind of set them back... Oh I have to? No, you don't have to, you get to. It's an honor to do these things for our kids and our family. It's a blessing." Resources Connect With The Guest Cathy Guzzo Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/catguzzo/ Fairy Gold Mother Connect With Me: Gabi Garland Website: https://www.resilientvoicemedia.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gabi.garland/ Join my Healing Subscription: https://square.link/u/D4TDefZr FOLLOW THE PODCAST: Resilient Heart Podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify Loved this episode? Follow Cathy for more insights on precious metals investing, wealth building strategies, and personal development. Visit her website to schedule a consultation and learn more about transitioning to the right side of the cash flow quadrant. Don't forget to subscribe, rate, and leave a review for the Resilient Heart Podcast on Apple and Spotify!
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    45 mins
  • Five Lessons of Season 45: Reflections on Growth, Boundaries, and Purpose

    Five Lessons of Season 45: Reflections on Growth, Boundaries, and Purpose
    May 8 2025
    In this deeply personal birthday episode of the Resilient Heart Podcast, host Gabi returns after a four-month hiatus to share the profound lessons she learned during her 45th year. After facing a debilitating neurological illness that brought her to dark places she never expected to experience, Gabi vulnerably shares how this season of struggle became a catalyst for tremendous growth, clarity, and unexpected opportunity. From establishing healthier boundaries to creating intentional stillness, recognizing safe spaces, and discovering her role as a stage-builder for others, this episode offers powerful insights about resilience, purpose, and the courage to shed what no longer serves us. Gabi's journey demonstrates that sometimes our greatest challenges prepare us for opportunities we couldn't have imagined. Gabi is the founder of Resilient Voice Media, a podcast production company, and host of the Resilient Heart Podcast. After navigating significant health challenges including a neurological illness that led to suicidal thoughts, Gabi has emerged with greater clarity about her purpose and mission. A passionate advocate for women healing from trauma, she has recently been granted a license to host TEDx Fredericksburg and is expanding her business to include a podcast studio in downtown Fredericksburg. Gabi combines her personal experiences with professional expertise to create spaces where others can share their stories and heal, firmly believing that vulnerability and resilience can coexist. Key Topics Discussed: Setting Boundaries: How illness revealed where boundaries were needed and the process of implementing themThe Shedding Season: Learning to evaluate relationships and move chess pieces based on reciprocity and safetyCreating Stillness: Practical strategies for managing social media and content consumption for better mental healthSafe Spaces: The importance of identifying who truly deserves proximity to your story and vulnerabilitiesPurpose Beyond Self: Discovering that sometimes our greatest purpose is building stages for others to shinePersonal Transformation: How crisis became catalyst for clarity and new opportunities (TEDx, studio space) Self-Acceptance: Finding the balance between embracing change and honoring personal preferencesThe Power of Storytelling: How sharing your authentic story can literally save lives Powerful Quotes from the Episode "My boundaries being put into place... did not sit well with some people, and I had to be okay with that. And you have to be okay with that. You can't just let people bust through your shit." "The shedding season is really figuring out who's worth the pouring. That's what it is. It's who is worth the pouring. Who deserves it. Who needs more space in my life." "As you evolve and grow, shedding has to happen because if you are not shedding and growing and shedding and growing, then you're going to get really stagnant." "I realized... people got real comfortable with the way that I was and overstepping boundaries that I didn't set properly. And that kind of sucks to figure out." "Who is going to give me grace? Who's going to be mean to me or rude or read me to filth because I didn't show up the way they anticipated that I would? Those people move." "Are you a topic of conversation when you get up from the table? Are you allowing yourself to be disrespected in the name of wanting to be loved, searching for love, looking for worthiness?" "Sometimes we think the word we choose or the path we choose or the thing that we think is the thing. Sometimes it's for others and it's not for us." "What if your story is the one that saved somebody's life and you're sitting on it? Because you're in your ego... That person doesn't get saved." Resources Connect With Me: Gabi Garland Resilient Voice Media: Gabi's podcast production company Website: https://www.resilientvoicemedia.com/ TEDx Fredericksburg: Coming soon, hosted by GabiThree-Part Domestic Violence Series: Referenced in the episode as life-changing for listenersCONNECT WITH Gabi: Tag her on social media to share your thoughts on this episode Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gabi.garland/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gabrielle.anaya.5 FOLLOW THE PODCAST: Resilient Heart Podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify Loved this episode? If it resonated with you, please share with your friends and tag Gabi on your favorite social media platform. Remember, you're not alone on this journey of growth and resilience. Keep being badass together!
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    40 mins
  • From Darkness to Light: Overcoming Neurological Illness and Suicidal Ideation in 2024

    From Darkness to Light: Overcoming Neurological Illness and Suicidal Ideation in 2024
    Jan 2 2025

    In this deeply personal and inspiring episode, the host shares her powerful journey through the darkest moments of their life, battling suicidal ideations brought on by a debilitating neurological illness. With unflinching honesty, they recount the challenges of navigating their mental and physical health, the tools and support that brought them through, and the transformative insights they gained along the way.

    Now on the other side of that pain, they reflect on the resilience of the human spirit, the importance of community, and how mindfulness practices became a cornerstone of their healing journey.

    This episode offers hope to anyone struggling with mental health, chronic illness, or the weight of their circumstances. You are not alone, and there is a path forward.

    Timestamps

    [01:40] The San Diego retreat experience

    [03:26] Debilitating pain and looking for answers

    [09:04] How the work I do with women is very powerful

    [11:24] A diagnosis

    [14:52] The piece I held onto that saved my life

    [17:28] Building momentum without feeding the machine

    [20:51] Ways to move away from things we need to

    [25:11] About the inventory assessment class in January

    [25:54] Intentional impact in 2025

    [28:00] Lessons I learned during my darkest seasons

    [30:43] Lessons you must take from 2024 moving to 2025

    Notable Quotes
    • “You never know what storm someone’s walking through.”
    • “I knew it wasn’t going to last forever.”
    • “There are so many layers of the way we show up in the world.”
    • “The people that love you don’t need to be right all the time to love you.”

    Connect With Me: Gabi Garland

    Website: https://www.resilientvoicemedia.com/

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gabi.garland/

    Join my Healing Subscription https://square.link/u/D4TDefZr
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    33 mins

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