Your Best Friend On Your Worst Day with Abigail Rich

Send us Fan MailA flight paramedic sees the “master warning” light in a helicopter and knows exactly what it means: life is about to change, or end. Our guest Abigail Rich has lived that moment and somehow lived through what followed, including a crash that left her with multiple surgeries, hundreds of stitches, plates in her body, and a long fight back to the work she loves. If you’re searching for a story about resilience that doesn’t sugarcoat pain, this conversation goes there. We trace Abigail’s full against-all-odds journey, starting with the earliest trauma of surviving an attempted murder as a two-month-old baby and moving through foster care, abuse, and the moment EMS became her purpose. She shares what it means to be someone’s “best friend on their worst day” in critical care flight medicine, and why service still matters when you can’t save everyone. We also talk about the unexpected turns people love to judge from the outside: her international modeling career, Victoria’s Secret, Playboy, and the steady presence of her “mama,” the candy striper who held her in the hospital as a baby and later adopted her. Then the conversation gets even more raw: surviving sexual assault, mental health struggles, and the refusal to accept the phrase “everything happens for a reason.” Abigail explains how she chooses meaning instead, through community, honesty, and giving back. Her book Invisibly Broken became a bestseller, and she donates proceeds to the Red Nose Foundation to help feed hungry children. Finally, we confront the COVID era head-on: ventilators, coma, hospice, and the loss of both of her brothers, and how she’s now turning grief into music while staying committed to EMS. If this story moves you, subscribe, share it with someone who needs hope, and leave a review so more listeners can find it. What part of Abigail’s journey stayed with you most?Connect with Abigail:Facebook: Abigail Rich, Model, Actress, Author & Singer SongwriterInstagram: @glammodelabbyIMDB: Abigail RichBook: Invisibly BrokenNational EMS Memorial Bike Ride: https://nemsmbr.org/Support the showLove Your LifeFollow Maria on Facebook HERE Follow Maria on Instagram HEREFollow Maria on YouTube HERE