I am terrified to share this episode.

For the first time, I’m not speaking from a scar, I’m speaking from the wound. In this raw and deeply vulnerable conversation, I open up about what it feels like to be in the messy middle of life: when your business isn’t producing the outcomes you hoped for, when your bank account feels tight, when your marriage feels tender, and when joy feels quieter than usual.

I’ve always declared that I am the happiest woman on earth. And I still believe that. But this week? I’ve been sad. And that doesn’t make me a sad person, it makes me someone walking through the middle of the journey.

In this episode, I share what it really looks like to navigate the tension between success and fulfillment. The difference between checking off boxes and actually feeling aligned. The reality of launching a faith-based business, pouring your heart into serving others, having $34 in your account after a $250 flat tire, and still choosing to praise God. The vulnerability of conflict in marriage. The frustration of effort not matching outcomes. The temptation to quit… and the faith to stay.

This episode is about faith, resilience, surrender, discernment, gratitude, abundance, and trusting God in uncertainty. It’s about staying obedient even when you’re uncomfortable. It’s about choosing fulfillment over metrics. It’s about believing that your story ends in resurrection, even if today feels like Good Friday.

If you’re in the messy middle of your business, your marriage, your finances, your health, or your purpose, this conversation is for you.

Keep on keeping on. Focus on fulfillment. Trust the process. The ending is joy.

Resources & Links:

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There comes a moment in life when pushing harder stops working.

When the strategies that once got results start feeling heavy. When decisions that look “right” on paper don’t bring peace. When success exists, but alignment doesn’t.

This conversation with Alex Pardo is for anyone who has ever wondered whether they’re building something with God… or just asking Him to bless what they’ve already decided to do.

Alex Pardo is a self-storage investor, operator, and coach who helps everyday people buy their first cash-flowing self-storage facility within 6–12 months (often without using their own money or prior experience).

After leaving behind a high-stress real estate business, Alex found a simpler path to wealth and freedom through self-storage. Today, he teaches others how to create cash flow, time freedom, and long-term wealth without tenants, toilets, or trading time for money.

He’s the founder of the Storage Wins Coaching Community and host of the Storage Wins Podcast, where faith, family, and principled action are at the center of building a business that supports life—not competes with it.

In this episode, we talk about what happens when peace becomes the strategy, not the reward. About slowing down in a world that celebrates urgency. About learning to tell the difference between ambition and obedience, between ego-driven momentum and Spirit-led direction.

We explore what it really means to invite God into everyday decisions, not just in life and family, but in work, leadership, money, and calling. What it looks like to surrender control without losing drive. To trust guidance without abandoning responsibility. To recognize that feeling resistance doesn’t always mean you should push harder, sometimes it means you should listen.

We talk about business, purpose, stewardship, silence, obedience, identity, and the subtle ways fear can disguise itself as logic. About how slowing down doesn’t make you less effective, it often allows clarity to catch up. And about why the bravest thing you can do sometimes is create space instead of taking action.

If you’re building something. Leading others. Navigating faith and ambition. Questioning whether the path you’re on is still aligned, this episode was made for you.

Sometimes, the shift begins the moment you stop rushing… and start paying attention.

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Hay historias que no empiezan con privilegios, ni con caminos fáciles. Empiezan con disciplina, con silencio, con carácter… y con una fe que se va formando poco a poco.

En esta conversación conocemos el corazón detrás de Verlaine Gonzalez, más allá del personaje de las redes redes… desde el niño que empezó a entrenar a los ocho años en Cuba, al adolescente que aprendió constancia sin distracciones, al hombre que tuvo que emigrar y empezar de cero en un país donde nadie lo conocía. Un hombre que tuvo que aprender paciencia, dominar su carácter y confiar en los tiempos de Dios cuando la vida no se dio como él la imaginaba.

Este episodio trata sobre mucho más que ejercicio o nutrición. Es una conversación sobre identidad, disciplina, espiritualidad y propósito. Sobre lo que significa cuidar el cuerpo como un templo, pero también cuidar el alma y el carácter. Sobre cómo la verdadera fuerza no siempre es explosiva, sino mansa, firme y constante. Sobre aprender a escuchar las señales, soltar el control, dejar de forzar caminos que no fluyen y confiar cuando Dios dice “por aquí no es”.

Hablamos de emigrar, de reinventarse, de trabajar en lo que no amas mientras no pierdes de vista quién eres. De la gratitud como estilo de vida. De vivir con lo simple sin resentimiento. De elegir lo natural en un mundo que quiere atajos. De la diferencia entre buscar fama y usar un don para servir. De por qué el amor no se persigue, sino que se recibe cuando estás completo contigo mismo.

Si alguna vez te has sentido perdido, impaciente, frustrado porque las cosas no avanzan al ritmo que esperabas, o cansado de compararte con otros, este episodio es para ti. Es un recordatorio de que todo empieza pequeño, de que la disciplina diaria transforma, y de que cuando pones a Dios en el centro, lo ordinario se vuelve extraordinario.

Que esta conversación te inspire a cuidar tu cuerpo, tu fe y tu carácter. A ser constante. A ser agradecido. A confiar. Y a recordar que el verdadero éxito no es lo que acumulas, sino la paz con la que caminas.

Recursos y enlaces:

Puedes encontrar a Verlaine en Instagram y seguirlo en YouTube:https://www.instagram.com/verlainefit/?hl=en

https://www.youtube.com/@Verlainefit

Consigue mi libro, Del Dolor a la Esperanza aquí:http://deldoloralaesperanza.com/

Explora mi Academia de Coaching Basado en la Fe y los próximos programas:https://faithandgrowth.com

Regístrate para recibir los podcasts cada semana:https://faithandgrowthpodcast.com/

Chapters:

00:00 – Cómo el deporte forma el carácter desde la infancia

01:46 – Quién es Verlaine González y por qué tanta gente lo sigue

03:55 – De entrenador callado a figura viral en redes sociales

07:46 – Crear un gimnasio en casa sin recursos en Cuba

12:54 – Soñar con emigrar a Estados Unidos desde Cuba

19:55 – Cuidar el cuerpo como templo: el punto de inflexión

23:45 – De entrenador privado a presencia global

28:55 – Alcanzar millones de vistas siendo 100% natural

33:20 – Seguir a Jesucristo sin religión impuesta

37:55 – Amor, relaciones y no forzar lo que no fluye

40:10 – La importancia del cuerpo, el ejercicio y la disciplina

42:45 – Cómo manejar el odio y los ataques en redes sociales