This episode: From Adversity to Entrepreneurship: Rick's Journey of Personal Growth and Connection.

Here’s what you’ll learn about:

Overcoming adversity with Rick Gabrielly, who shares his personal growth journey. (0:08)

• Rick shares a defining moment from his life where he was hit upside the head with a 2x4, leading to a moment of growth and change.

Father's death, addiction, and recovery, with a focus on the power of connection. (2:00)

• Rick describes his father's death and his subsequent struggles with depression and self-destructive behavior.
• Rick's friend, and former school teacher, has a near-death experience while body surfing, leaving him paralyzed from the neck down.
• Rick held hands with the man after a near-death experience and never talked about it.
• Rick and his wife met a year after his recovery through a chance encounter at a bar.

Career journey from welding to sales to entrepreneurship. (6:13)

• Rick met Carol in 1987 and they're still dating today.
• Rick’s father wanted him to be a lawyer, and he begged his mother to ignore his father's wishes.
• Rick was running a body shop when he met Carol, who was a banker.
• He describes his entrepreneurial journey, from sales to recruiting, and eventually starting his own company.
• Rick left his job in 1997 to pursue his own entrepreneurial venture, after feeling constrained by the corporate culture.

Entrepreneurship, wellness, and personal growth. (11:20)

• Rick's journey from a dentistry spa to wellness coaching was driven by his desire for creativity and recognition.
• Despite facing challenges and underappreciation, Rick persevered and built a successful consulting firm, Rainmaker Consulting.
• Rick shares his passion for wellness and recreation, and how he’s used his inner compass to guide his decisions.
• Rick became a distributor and management level leader with Bemer and won an award for his work.

Personal growth, entrepreneurship, and mentorship. (16:22)

• At a virtual conference in The Netherlands, speaker Frank van den Horst shares stories about his father's magic career, and Rick connected with Frank afterwards and chatted over shared interests.
• Rick, Frank and Peter created online community for self-