Mariah & Byron Edgington – When You Face Challenges, Reach Out

BIO: Mariah Edgington BSN, RN is a retired critical care nurse who integrated holistic practices into her practice. Byron Edgington ATP, CRMI is retired military and commercial helicopter pilot, Vietnam veteran, award-winning author, speaker, and contributor.

STORY: Byron lost his pilot job in Kauai due to a minor medical difficulty. This brought the couple’s dream life on the island to an end. Desperate and lost, Byron invested blindly into real estate and made no money. He didn’t know that he’d have benefitted from disability insurance had he claimed it.

LEARNING: Don’t make decisions when you’re at your lowest point. Seek help from people you trust.

“Seeking a community that can help you is by far the best thing you can do for yourself.”

Mariah & Byron Edgington

Guest profile

Mariah Edgington BSN, RN is a retired critical care nurse who integrated holistic practices into her practice. Mariah found these tools so effective that after retirement, she integrated them into a mindset coaching practice. She is a soon-to-be New Your Times Best Selling author, speaker, and contributor to BizCatalyst360.

Byron Edgington ATP, CRMI is a retired military and commercial helicopter pilot, Vietnam veteran, award-winning author, speaker, and contributor to BizCatalyst360, and TravelAwaits Magazine.

Mariah and Byron co-authored the first in a series of books, Journey Well, You Are More Than Enough: (Re)Discover Your Passion, Purpose, & Love of Yourself & Life. Their book, guidebook, and online course will be available will be soon.

Worst investment ever

Byron and Mariah lived on the island of Kauai, where Byron worked as a nurse while flying tourists around the island all day long. The couple loved everything about living in this piece of heaven. Their life in paradise was short-lived. Byron lost his clearance to fly because he couldn’t get medical approval because of some minor medical difficulty.

Byron and Mariah were devastated. They packed their bags and left Kauai. Lost in the unfortunate turn of events, Byron forgot to follow up on disability insurance. His only concern was to move forward. In the process, Byron took the first way out he came across. He went into real estate because somebody suggested it. Byron put a lot of money into real estate, and it didn’t go well. Within a year or two, Byron was out of real estate without making anything out of the investment.

Lessons learned

• Whenever you’re feeling lost, don’t do anything for a while until you have a better idea of who you are, what you’ve lost, and what you would like to do going forward.
• Join mastermind groups with people who can help expand your thought.

Andrew’s takeaways

• Be aware of what’s going on in your life and what’s available to you. Don’t be afraid to take benefit of what’s available to you.
• When you’re struggling with an issue, one of the best solutions is to talk to people you trust about it.

Actionable advice

Wait and seek help.

No.1 goal for the next 12 months

Mariah & Byron’s goal for the next 12 months is to publish their book Journey Well, You Are More Than Enough: (Re)Discover Your Passion, Purpose, & Love of Yourself & Life. Following that, the couple will publish a book for mothers and daughters to rediscover that relationship and then for couples as well.

[spp-transcript]