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June 26, 2025 14 mins

In this rapid-fire bonus episode, Jennie and Gabby dive into the daily practices and deep values that help Gabby stay grounded, resilient and joyful.
They explore her non-negotiable relationship with movement and breathing, the underestimated power of sunlight and how cultivating emotional steadiness fuels her success in business and life. 
With humor and honesty, Gabby reflects on the importance of advocating for your own health, creating rhythm instead of chaos and the unapologetic self-care moments that remind her to choose herself again and again.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
You're listening to I Choose Me with Jenny Garland. I
had such a great conversation with Gabby Reese and at
the end of it, I hit her with some rapid
fire questions. She drops so many nuggets of knowledge. This
woman has so much wisdom and I really felt like

(00:22):
I needed to share it with you. So enjoy this
bonus content of my interview with the incredible Gabby Reese. Okay,
you have your own podcasts all about health and nutrition
and fitness and all the things we all need to
know about. Yep, thank you for putting out content like that.
Oh thanks, because I don't feel like there's an ever,

(00:42):
there's ever enough because everybody hears things differently and wants
to hear it from different voices, you know.

Speaker 2 (00:48):
Yeah. My help with the conversations I'm having is I
always say sharp ended the stick information, so people that
I know are best in class, but really trying to
meet people where they're at and make that achievable because
the problem is is now we do have more information
than ever, too much. But my hope is that what
I'm also trying to encourage people to do is they

(01:09):
have to build a practice. Yeah, it doesn't matter how
much information that we all have if we don't have
a practice that makes sense to who we are and
where we're at in our life. If you and I
had newborns right now, our practice would look different, our
work practice or our physical fitness practice whatever. So that's
the hope for me is that I do the vetting,

(01:30):
I do the curating on like, I know these people
know what they're talking about to the best of my ability,
and then say cool, but what does that really mean
in like an everyday life? And if we want to
talk about high performance and optimizing, that's fine, But I
feel like those people are taken care of. It's really
the majority of the people who have made a myriad
of excuses. They never learned maybe they you know, didn't

(01:52):
grow up that way, and they're what they're going like,
I'm thirty, I'm forty, I'm supposed to go lift weights,
Like what are you talking about? And they're also told
to be skinny, skinny, skinny, and so the cardio, cardio, cardio,
whatever the things are. So my hope is just to
present information in a way where people go that sounds
good for me, I'll take that and just encourage them.

Speaker 1 (02:12):
Yeah, I mean that's the way to do it. Meet
them where they are.

Speaker 2 (02:15):
Well, it's the only realistic you know, any coach knows
you're not gonna take an athlete from here, you know,
up to the to the next to the next without
building a foundation. And so it's really giving people the
confidence to say I'm going to build a practice that
represents me, but then simultaneously not letting them off the
hook because don't talk to me about what goals you

(02:38):
want if you're not willing to do the practice. And
so you know, again there's always in life, right, it's
that constant yin and yang of hey, we're going to
be soft, let's cut the shit, you know, like we
got to go in and out of those right and
if people again going back to like not getting where
they want or victim mentality, it's like, okay, well I'll

(03:00):
be in charge of that one. But it's hard, Like
especially women, I've been learning this about middle age. There's
a lot of women doing a lot of the right things,
not getting the results they want. And it's like, okay,
how can we support you and get you some information
and maybe some new ideas that might support you because
you are doing all the right things.

Speaker 1 (03:19):
You are trying.

Speaker 2 (03:20):
Yes, so it's it's kind of going, well, this isn't working. Okay,
let's talk about that.

Speaker 1 (03:26):
Yeah, okay, I want to do a little quick fire
with you.

Speaker 2 (03:29):
Oh that's okay, I'm ready.

Speaker 1 (03:31):
What is one non negotiable in your morning routine?

Speaker 2 (03:35):
Oh? It's My training has been always, I mean even
if my kids were new, if it was twelve minutes, fine,
it's training. I don't mess around. I schedule my day,
my life, my work unless it's something I just can't change.
That block of time doesn't get moved for anyone or anything.

Speaker 1 (03:51):
I love that me too. Yeah, you do it every
day though, I mean.

Speaker 2 (03:56):
You know when I can, but it's you know, it's
five days, it's six weeks. I don't kill myself. I
mean I do, but not every day.

Speaker 1 (04:02):
What does your training look like?

Speaker 2 (04:04):
Well, Monday, Wednesday and Friday I do a land training,
so there's you know, there's lifting weights and preparer reception
and balance and working on one leg and doing all
these things. And then when I can Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday,
I like we do an underwater pool training where it
can work really hard but not crush my joints. And
there's also a type of training called hypoxic training, where

(04:25):
you're using you're becoming more efficient with using less oxygen.
And I'm outside, So that's the other thing. Is one
thing I've learned in this whole process of let's call
it wellness that means so many things now is so
you have your pillars, right, you have nutrition, which I

(04:46):
would have said was almost number one, before you have movement.
You have recovery, sleep and other things. People who meditate
that would go in there, breathing practices community. Okay, but actually,
and I've said that lately, being outside, being in the sunlight.
We've been made to be afraid of the sunlight. But

(05:07):
so many of our processes start and are initiated by
our eyes looking at light. And you know, I just
think it's more important than we realize. So my pool training,
I'm outside, I'm in the sun. And if I could
also encourage people, like if you go on a walk,
it's great, But if you could not wear sunglasses, that
would be even better, because your eyes are the you know,

(05:31):
they read for your brain, and then your brain is
the pharmacist and set your body accordingly, even your skin, right,
the melanin in your skin, well, if you have sunglasses on,
you're not getting a real clear communication about what's going on.
So your body's actually not as protected as it could be.
So I think there's things that we do now. If

(05:51):
you're on a mountain and it's snowy, or you're driving
and you see reflection, it bothers, you fine, wear sunglasses.
But if you could be outside sort of in your
raw self, not at high noon, right like go early,
go late, put a cap on if you want, but
let your eyes see the light. It's so important and
it's overlooked. We don't give any value to something that's

(06:13):
free and right outside. So true, we just.

Speaker 1 (06:16):
Don't let your eyes see the light. How do you
handle emotions in business?

Speaker 2 (06:23):
I just have cultivated mail energy, so I remember it's
not personal. I don't need to, you know, sort of
be like, well you can't talk to me like that,
or I'm going to show you. It's like, oh, okay,
what's happening? How do I solve this? That's it.

Speaker 1 (06:38):
You don't allow the emotions to take over.

Speaker 2 (06:41):
It's not the appropriate place. Occasionally it happens, not gonna lie.
I'm usually tired when that happens. I'm usually over inundated,
over detailed, over decision. I've made too many decisions for
the day. That's usually when it shows up. But generally
it's like, no, this is not personal, so let's figure
out how to solve it.

Speaker 1 (07:06):
What is one thing your husband does that surprises you
or makes you feel like you're falling in love with
him all over again?

Speaker 2 (07:14):
Such a good question. My husband does a couple of things.
One is every morning, hampty's the dishwasher before I get up. Yeah,
when we start having kids, you started doing that. So
when I came to make breakfast and all that, I
wasn't unloading and loading and cooking and all that. But
also what's been interesting for me to see my husband
is certain men will as they get older. They have

(07:37):
a wisdom that allows younger men to go first, like
they're like, oh they're going to learn that one or
if they're going to go on a bike ride or
they're go out, it's like, you know, the twenty something
year old is out front, like are you know? And
I've watched laird who's highly competitive, very physical, very capable,
be like oh we got a live one, watching him

(07:59):
develop his male wisdom, his acceptance that he'll never understand, right,
he has three daughters and a wife, and he just
sits there like, huh. It's something I've really learned to
appreciate because there's a stillness and a grace and a
dignity that I've watched him develop over the years where

(08:21):
the allowance of like it is what it is, and
he exercises it quite a lot. And you like that, yeah,
because it's a profound strength that he has developed. And
just really showing up for his family over and.

Speaker 1 (08:41):
Over every day that just makes you fall more and
more in love with them.

Speaker 2 (08:45):
Yeah, because it's hard and it's quiet, and sometimes we
take it for granted on both sides, right, So I
think it's you know, a thank you to a father
or to a partner goes far. I appreciate you.

Speaker 1 (09:05):
I've learned lately that my husband likes words of affirmation
and being who I the person that I am. I
don't spend a lot of time worrying about that, thinking
about that, or giving that, and so I've been making
such an effort to just say I love you, yeah,
anytime during the day, and he kind of stops him

(09:25):
in his tracks.

Speaker 2 (09:25):
He's like, thanks, Yeah, I think you know, listen, as females,
we've had our own things to deal with. And I
understand culturally how like men certainly have been in charge
of certain things for a really long time. But if
we just talk about like most men everyday, men that
are trying to do exactly what women are trying to do,

(09:46):
do their best, show up for the loved ones, work
hard that we have really forgotten them. And a slight
gesture like that, I think is not only really powerful,
but I also think it's really important. Mm hmm.

Speaker 1 (10:00):
It feels good when I do it, so I know
it's right.

Speaker 2 (10:03):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (10:04):
Yeah. Would you ever want to coach volleyball?

Speaker 2 (10:08):
I wouldn't. I like coaching athletes. I coach them in
more in the fitness side, in the pool and in training.
I think that I prefer kind of doing that over
because listen, when you coach volleyball, that's what you're doing,
that's your life. And and good coaches. I had a

(10:28):
good coach in college who changed my life who's still
my dear friend today. So they are gold. And it
is full on.

Speaker 1 (10:39):
What is your holy grail when it comes to health
and wellness? Like one thing, one thing, it's hard, it's
all things, all things no, no.

Speaker 2 (10:52):
No, listen, it's it's really it's simple, and it's hard.
We live in a world that's kicking our ass right
like blue light, the phones and MS over the routers. No,
all this stuff is silent, even like whenever goes Oh
they're spraying that. Yep, all of it. It's a toxic

(11:12):
load on us, like nobody's business to the airport. Everything.

Speaker 1 (11:17):
Yeah. Everything.

Speaker 2 (11:17):
So what you want to say, I always say to
people is yes, and you can't control it. So fortify
your immune system, do the best you can, and the
best thing you can do is not to worry. So
that means eat real food. Try to back it off
a little bit before dinner, like a few hours before
eating ways that makes sense for who you are, Moving

(11:40):
ways that make sense for who you are. Get outside
out in nature, make sure you have some people to
hug in love and hang out with and have a
laugh and get to bed and after that. I don't
know what else to tell you. The other thing, too, though,
is I remind people that go to their doctor, the
doctor works for you. If you don't like your doctor
or what they're telling you, it's all on you to

(12:01):
really be in charge of that and it's okay to
ask hard questions, and it's also okay to fire them
even though they're doing the best they can. So really,
to be an advocate for real.

Speaker 1 (12:11):
For your health yep, so important. Yeah, what is one
thing you do to reconnect when your life gets chaotic?

Speaker 2 (12:23):
I don't usually let it get that crazy, I've learned.
I didn't know this about myself until recently. I thought
I was like a goal setting, achieving, grinding kind of person.
I am. But what I didn't realize is that actually
the thing I've been working the hardest at was to
have a family and be connected to my family, and

(12:44):
that all this other stuff was actually on the side
because that was for me. That's what I wanted. I
just didn't know because the other seems so obvious, being
in sports, doing other things, But it was the other.
So those are the I take care of those pretty much.
But on days I feel overwhem by the way I've gone.
Twice a year or so, i'll come home, I'll be

(13:06):
like I'm done for the day. It could be six o'clock,
six thirty. I look at my family. Literally twice a
year I'm out. I just go to bed this or
I go to my room.

Speaker 1 (13:15):
I just go to my room.

Speaker 2 (13:16):
I'm done. I just need some I'm done. And so
I know. And I also schedule things in a way
that there's a rhythm. I say no all the time.
I make sure that there's flow. And yeah, certain days
you might be like today's crazy, but I don't make
my whole life like that.

Speaker 1 (13:34):
It's so important, it's.

Speaker 2 (13:36):
Not worth it.

Speaker 1 (13:37):
Perseverance, its preservation. Yeah, yeah, and.

Speaker 2 (13:43):
What do you want? And what is everything you're doing,
What is in your calendar, everything that reflects that, and
if they're mismatched, then you got to change it.

Speaker 1 (13:54):
Yep, so good, Okay, thanks Gabby Reese, thank you
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