In this episode, Amy Sylvis welcomes Sharon Gleason, a former corporate professional turned successful entrepreneur and advocate for healthy living. Sharon shares her empowering journey of transitioning from a demanding corporate career to building a business and lifestyle that prioritizes health and balance. We take a hard look at the truth around setting health goals, the significance of small, sustainable changes, and the holistic approach to wellness–not just what you read on the scale. 

Join us as Sharon shares insights on how to effectively prioritize health and celebrate progress along the way as she inspires others to live abundantly in every aspect of their lives.

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Sharon Gleeson is a former corporate professional turned successful entrepreneur and advocate for healthy living. After 25 years in HR/Change Management, Sharon faced the challenges of juggling career aspirations with motherhood. Against her hesitations, she took a leap of faith, and now, almost 9 years later, she shares her empowering story of building a business and lifestyle that allows her to 'have it all.' 

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On today’s solo episode, Amy Sylvis, founder of Sylvis Capital, dives into an often overlooked aspect of financial abundance: expenses and taxes. She challenges the conventional view that increasing income is the only path to financial freedom and explores how reducing expenses, particularly taxes, can be equally impactful. Drawing from her own experience, Amy shares strategies to minimize tax liabilities, emphasizing the importance of understanding how different types of income are taxed and exploring investment opportunities that offer tax advantages. 

Stay tuned to learn about this path to abundance that most people miss!

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In this episode, we’re joined by author and keynote speaker Andy Storch, along with his daughter Lucy, to discuss living with intention and finding abundance in life's challenges. Andy shares insights from his book “Own Your Career Own Your Life”, emphasizing the importance of mindset, continuous learning, building a network, and taking ownership of one's life. Lucy adds her perspective on positivity, highlighting the opportunities that come with change.

Despite facing setbacks like the pandemic and a cancer diagnosis, Andy shares how he reframed these challenges as opportunities for growth, learning, and empathy.

Andy also gives us a sneak peak into his upcoming book projects.

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Andy Storch is an author, speaker, facilitator, and connector on a mission to teach and inspire more people to own their careers and be more intentional with life. Andy is the author of Own Your Career Own Your Life, which is designed to help corporate professionals stop drifting and take control of their futures. In addition to his work in the career space, Andy is also the founder and host of the Talent Development Think Tank podcast, conference, and membership community, where he provides education and connections for ambitious talent development professionals. Most importantly, Andy is a husband, father and friend who is on a mission to get the absolute most out of life and inspire others to do the same.

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Today we’re flipping the script so instead of our usual solo episode, we’re introducing Jerome Myers as a guest host to interview Amy about not only financial abundance, but health abundance and giving back! 

Before recounting her struggles with cystic fibrosis and how she bounced back from the adversity of medical retirement, Amy talks about why she started this podcast and the perspective on abundance that’s missing from the space. 

Amy also shares a few stories from her childhood and personal journey that have shaped her abundance mindset and gave her the strength to achieve big and empower others to do the same.

Tune in and discover why abundance is more all-encompassing than you may have thought.

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An award-winning engineer turned business strategist, Jerome uses his rich experience and innate understanding of human emotions to ensure that your journey from the corporate world to entrepreneurship is a fulfilling one. At the helm of a division of a multibillion-dollar Fortune 550 company, Jerome created a thriving $20M operation with 175 dedicated team members. Now, he employs that expertise to advise leaders across diverse industries, from real estate to healthcare, guiding them to double their revenue, harmony in their work-life integration, and ramp up their charitable contributions.

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In this episode, Amy Sylvis sits down with Gunnar Esiason, a prominent figure in the cystic fibrosis (CF) community. Gunnar delves into his remarkable journey, recounting his diagnosis at a young age and his family's commitment to raising awareness and funds for CF research through the Boomer Esiason Foundation. Despite facing challenges, Gunnar's passion for patient empowerment and early-stage drug development led him to pivotal roles in healthcare and advocacy. 

Despite facing challenges with CF, Gunnar's resilience and determination led him to pursue higher education, ultimately earning an MBA and MPH. Throughout the conversation, Gunnar reflects on his life before and after receiving the breakthrough drug TRIKAFTA, describing what it was like taking his first dose. He shares personal insights into balancing work, family, and supporting the CF community, acknowledging the interconnectedness of these aspects in shaping his abundant life. 

His story serves as an inspiration for all – showcasing the power of perseverance and advocacy in the face of adversity.

More about Gunnar:

Gunnar Esiason is a cystic fibrosis and rare disease patient leader, who is passionate about early-stage drug development, patient empowerment and health policy. He is the head of patient engagement at RA Capital's venture group, RA Ventures.

Professionally, he developed a patient engagement platform for a medical nutrition company, built a venture philanthropy practice at the Boomer Esiason Foundation which has yielded more than $160 million raised for the fight against cystic fibrosis since he was diagnosed with the disease in 1993. He has consulted on clinical trial development, a real-world evidence population health study, and a cystic fibrosis-specific mental health and wellness screening tool. His blog has amassed nearly 1 million page views since 2015. His podcast, the State of Health, is available on all streaming platforms.

Gunnar holds an M.B.A. from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, where he was a Wilson Scholar and received the Julia Stell Award, an M.P.H. from the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice, and a B.A. from Boston College.

His health policy opinions have been featured in the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, The Hill, and STAT News.

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Your host, Amy Sylvis, Founder and Principal of Sylvis Capital, dives into the often misunderstood yet crucial topic of inflation. There is no doubt that inflation has a regressive nature. By that logic, without appropriately taking it into account, your investment and other financial decisions could be stifling your wealth-building potential. Today, Amy shares insights into her portfolio and investment strategies which have enabled her to combat and even benefit from inflation, emphasizing the significance of considering inflation-adjusted returns to accurately assess investment performance.

This episode will help you better understand the true nature of inflation, its regressive effects, and strategies Amy uses to mitigate its negative impact on building personal wealth.

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Your host, Amy Sylvis, is joined by Trevor McGregor, an esteemed real estate investor and high-performance coach who’s worked closely with Tony Robbins, to talk about the transformative power of the Five Freedoms Framework. Both Amy and Coach T share personal anecdotes and insights into designing an abundant life, navigating pitfalls, and taking inspired action. 

This episode offers a roadmap for listeners to reflect on their goals, challenge limiting beliefs, and take steps towards living an abundant life.

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Trevor McGregor has been a Real Estate Investor for over 2 decades now and is also a High Performance - Master Coach with over 40,000 one-to-one Coaching Sessions under his belt. He has worked with clients from around the world, including Fortune 500 Executives, Doctors, Attorneys, High-Level Real Estate Investors, Entrepreneurs and even Olympic Athletes. They all come to Trevor for one thing: Life Changing Transformation both personally and professionally, so that they can achieveMore Success, More Wealth and More Freedom, faster than they ever thought possible.

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In this episode, Amy dives into the world of financial abundance, sharing the biggest paradigm shift she learned from conversations with successful investors. She discusses how passive income can be a game-changer, freeing individuals from the cycle of trading time for money. Amy gives examples of how this "mailbox money" works in real life along with some hidden benefits of passive income.

Then, she lays out three simple steps to help you find a path towards a life of financial freedom that suits you best. By challenging traditional retirement ideas and offering practical options, Amy shares the many ways possible to live life on your own terms by earning passive income. Tune in for valuable insights and steps you can take to find your path to financial abundance!

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In this enlightening episode, your host Amy Sylvis welcomes her dear friend, Maurice Philogene, to share his journey of multifaceted success. From real estate investor to philanthropist, restaurant owner to federal agent, he opens up about the abundance mindset that allowed him to break the mold from societal norms. He emphasizes the importance of living with purpose while working towards an abundant future. He delves into transformative moments from a trip to France at age 15 to his deliberate pursuit of financial independence through real estate investment. 

Maurice encourages individuals to design their perfect day and create a life they don't need a vacation from. With humility and wisdom, he encourages listeners to redefine success and seek inspiration from ordinary people achieving extraordinary feats. Maurice's story reminds us all to embrace intentionality, follow our dreams, and leave a legacy of impact.

More about Maurice:

Maurice Philogene is a Real Estate Investor & Entrepreneur, Restaurant Owner, Explorer of 100 Countries, Public Servant (Federal Agent & Police Officer), Philanthropist and Lifestyle Design/Wealth Coach based in Washington DC and the Mediterranean Region. A Founding Managing Partner of Quattro Capital with a passion for living life leveraging freedom principles - financial freedom, time freedom, geographic freedom, freedom of purpose and freedom of relationships. Maurice used real estate and professional careers to generate passive income and build legacy all while empowering communities and helping others live their best life now through lifestyle design.

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Welcome to the very first episode of the Secrets To Abundant Living podcast! 

Your host Amy Sylvis, founder and CEO of Sylvis Capital, extends a warm welcome as she shares her perspective on the multifaceted concept of abundance – from relationships to freedom of time, finances, family, and giving back. 

Amy shares her powerful story of battling cystic fibrosis and how it led her to discovering the transformative power of passive income. She’s defied the odds and it’s her mission to help as many people as possible discover what she’s learned about achieving abundance on their own terms.

On the Secrets To Abundant Living, you can expect weekly episodes alternating between Expert Interviews on abundance topics and solo episodes with personal reflections from Amy on financial abundance. Join us on a weekly basis as we explore mindset shifts, strategies, and tools for increasing abundance in all areas of life.

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