Secrets To Abundant Living

What if the life you've worked so hard to build is the very thing that's wearing you down? Keith Cole spent much of his life believing that abundance meant pushing harder, achieving more, and filling the bank account. A Vietnam combat veteran, CPA, author, and workshop facilitator, he built his career on perseverance and discipline. But after years of carrying grief, trauma, and relentless respons...

Does the Federal Reserve holding interest rates steady actually change the outlook for your investments? In this solo episode, Amy Sylvis breaks down one of the biggest questions investors are asking after the Federal Reserve's latest decision to hold interest rates steady. While headlines often focus on whether the Fed raises or cuts rates, Amy explains why those decisions don't always have the i...

What if hope isn't something you find, but something you remember? Dr. Parastoo Rezai has spent her career in science and healthcare, but her passion for storytelling led her to write Remembering Hope, a novel inspired by a true story of illness, resilience, family, and transformation. In this conversation, she shares her journey from immigrating to the United States from Iran as a child to buildi...

What if the hardest chapter of your life ended up changing what abundance means to you? Tara Akins spent more than two decades caring for others as a nurse practitioner, helping patients navigate some of the most challenging moments of their lives. But at age 39, her world changed dramatically when unexplained back pain led to a shocking diagnosis of multiple myeloma. Overnight, Tara went from bei...

If your income disappeared tomorrow, how prepared would you be to replace it? In this solo episode, Amy Sylvis explores one of the biggest questions facing today's workforce: what happens if artificial intelligence significantly changes the employment landscape? Using recent layoffs from major companies as a starting point, Amy examines the risks facing mid-career and late-career professionals and...

What happens when people believe in your future before you can fully see it yourself? In this personal solo episode, Amy Sylvis shares a video series filmed in 2009 during her MBA graduation from the University of Southern California while living with cystic fibrosis. What begins as a reflection on graduation season becomes a conversation about resilience, support systems, family, faith, and the p...

What happens when the thing you thought would define your future no longer feels aligned with who you're becoming? Former USC quarterback Brandon Hance joins Amy Sylvis to talk about identity, entrepreneurship, leadership, and redefining what abundance actually means. From competing during one of the most iconic eras in USC football history to building and selling companies, Brandon shares how set...

What if the way most people are taught to invest keeps them from true diversification? In this episode, Amy Sylvis challenges the idea that automatically investing in stocks, bonds, and mutual funds is enough to create true diversification and financial independence. She breaks down what she calls "Wall Street hypnosis" and explains how many Americans are conditioned to believe they're diversified...

What if the odds against you were never the final word? JWalk, also known as John Walker, was born three and a half months premature at just three pounds, one ounce. Doctors told his mother he likely wouldn't live long and would face serious lifelong challenges. But his mother chose to fight for him, and what followed became a story of faith, prayer, resilience, and a declaration spoken over his l...

If your income disappeared tomorrow, how much of your life would actually stay the same? In this episode, Amy Sylvis challenges one of the most accepted ideas in modern work culture: that building wealth means earning more. She breaks down why income alone isn't a useful metric if it still requires you to trade most of your time to maintain it. She introduces the concept of your "freedom number" a...

What happens when the one thing you've built your life around suddenly ends? Travon Patterson went from USC football to the NFL, only to have injuries cut his career short. What followed wasn't a straight path. It was a series of pivots through social work, probation, real estate, and eventually back to football as a head coach. This conversation is about what it really looks like to rebuild when...

What actually separates those who build wealth from those who stay stuck trying to do everything on their own? In this solo episode, Amy Sylvis breaks down a powerful shift that changed everything for her: leverage. Drawing from her journey living with cystic fibrosis and years of struggling to gain traction in business, Amy shares how a deeply ingrained self-reliant mindset, while necessary for s...

What if the life you're chasing isn't built through more effort, but through who you become? In this conversation, Amy Sylvis sits down with Justin Michael, bestselling author and former sales leader at Salesforce and LinkedIn, to challenge the idea that success comes from hustle and control. After helping generate over $1 billion in pipeline, Justin shares a different perspective on abundance roo...

With headlines pointing to rising inflation, increasing unemployment, and growing global instability, many investors are left asking the same question: What should I actually do right now? In this solo episode, Amy Sylvis walks through a powerful thought experiment grounded in history, specifically the stagflation era of the 1970s, to help you think more clearly about today's economic environment....

The way you've been taught to invest may not be the way wealth is actually built. In this solo episode, Amy breaks down insights from the Tiger 21 asset allocation report and highlights how ultra-high-net-worth individuals approach investing differently. While most people are guided toward traditional paths like 401(k)s, stocks, and homeownership, the wealthy allocate a significant portion of thei...

This episode continues the podcast webinar originally hosted inside Amy Sylvis' investor club. In Part 2, Amy speaks with macroeconomic strategist Bruce Fraser of Elkhorn Capital Partners about interest rates, inflation, and the possibility of a future monetary reset. They also discuss how these macroeconomic forces influence investment strategy, including why Bruce focuses on workforce housing an...

What happens when the global financial system begins to strain under the weight of debt, inflation, and geopolitical shifts? In this special episode of the Secrets to Abundant Living Podcast, Amy Sylvis shares a powerful investor-club webinar with macroeconomic strategist Bruce Fraser of Elkhorn Capital Partners. In Part 1 of this two-part series, Bruce breaks down the macroeconomic forces shaping...

What happens when passion meets purpose? In this powerful and deeply moving conversation, Amy sits down with Jarvis Terry, known to many as USCJ, the voice behind the popular USC football platform Lost in the Sauce Podcast. While thousands know him for his football insight and Trojan loyalty, this episode reveals the heart behind the platform. Jarvis shares his journey from growing up in Los Angel...

Season 3 is here, and this episode is a heartfelt reflection on the journey so far and an invitation into what comes next. After two powerful seasons filled with incredible guests and solo episodes packed with financial education, this moment marks both celebration and intention. From conversations about building abundance without trading time for money to exploring new income streams and asset cl...

What does abundance look like when you work with people in the most fragile moments of their lives? In this deeply moving episode, Amy Sylvis sits down with her former cystic fibrosis physician, Dr. Kamyar Afshar, now Medical Director of the Lung Transplant Program at UC San Diego. Together, they explore what it means to practice medicine with dignity, compassion, and cultural awareness, and how l...

In this timely solo episode, Amy Sylvis breaks down what a potential shift in Federal Reserve leadership could mean for the economy, interest rates, and commercial real estate investors. With speculation swirling around a possible nomination of Kevin Warsh as the next Federal Reserve Chair, Amy walks listeners through how a more forward-looking, deregulation-friendly Fed might change monetary poli...

In this powerful and deeply human conversation, Amy Sylvis sits down with gratitude expert, entrepreneur, and author Kim Angeli to explore what it truly means to choose abundance - even when life feels chaotic, uncertain, or painful. Kim shares her personal journey from building and selling a successful insurance agency to answering a calling to teach Grateful Living as a daily practice.  Together...

In this solo episode, Amy kicks off 2026 by calling out the five most common mistakes she sees investors making and why those mistakes quietly hold people back from true financial abundance. Drawing from years of experience evaluating real estate deals and working with investors, she breaks down where people get stuck, how fear and misinformation creep in, and what it actually takes to build hands...

As California tightens regulations for landlords in 2026, many property owners are asking a hard question: Does it still make sense to invest where you live? In this episode, Amy Sylvis shares real conversations she's having with California landlords who feel squeezed by rent control, eviction restrictions, and mounting uncertainty.  She walks through the practical options investors have, from man...

Silver is up more than 175% year over year, and that kind of move doesn't happen in a vacuum. In this timely solo episode, Amy Sylvis breaks down what's really driving silver's surge and why precious metals are once again flashing warning signals across the global financial system. From the true definition of money to ballooning national debt, interest-rate manipulation, and inflationary pressures...