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Gabriella is a Keynote speaker and the creator & host of Gabriella Rebranded, a podcast about trauma, spirituality, brain injury, mental disability advocacy, fitness, and resilience. A University of Southern California graduate, Gabriella majored in theatre (acting) & cinema studies. While pursuing professional acting, just a year out of school, Gabriella was hit by a car as a pedestrian and sustained a severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). Throughout her recovery, Gabriella was inspired to redirect her focus to help trauma survivors, just like her. Noticing a lack in understanding surrounding brain injury, Gabriella has dedicated herself to drawing attention to the issue. Her recovery also included a new dedication to fitness, training at an athlete level, which has played a key aid in her mental health. Gabriella uses her story of resilience to inspire others.
I am obsessed with various healing modalities. My entire purpose is to help people heal. Iants to be the voice for others that I needed when I was going through the worst. Everything I do is to help others and myself heal. My podcast is healing to myself and my audience. My speaking provides healing to myself and my audience. The book I’m writing is going to heal so many readers and my social media presence invites others to heal. Whether it’s teaching spiritual lessons, preaching the importance of fitness, or simply discussing and bringing attention to often ignored different types of trauma, everyday I help others heal. That is the gift of a lifetime and I am so blessed and grateful to be in this position.
When I was 24, I attended a brain injury retreat hosted by the organization LoveYourBrain. There was a talent show and my talent was stand up comedy - specifically about brain injury. To say my set killed would be the understatement of the year. Laughter is so important to healing. Often, during my recovery, my options were either laugh or cry, which is the instigator for a lot of humor (Gallow’s humor, specifically). Everything can be funny. Brain injury is funny, disability is funny, medical trauma is funny. It all just depends how you look at it and what perspective you take. Your perspective is your reality. I choose to laugh, instead of cry. Oh, and the Founder of Love Your Brain, Kevin Pearce, was just a guest on my podcast, so anything is possible.
Gabriella 2.0 was born after a car at 50 mph hit her as a pedestrian. I sustained a severe TBI (traumatic brain injury) that included both a brain surgery and a 3.5 week coma. Over the following 2.5 years, I would go on to have fifteen more surgeries on various parts of my body - (I has 9 metal bones, she’s 5% metal!). To say my recovery was difficult would be the understatement of the century. For the next few years, I spent her days in and out of various therapies, being objectified by the medical system, losing friends & her career, and almost all hope. There was a time where I said ”It would have been easier if I had just died on October 17, 2021 and gone out on a high note, rather than being sentenced to struggle through the rest of my life.” But I only almost lost all hope, a shred was still alive. One day, I decided to stop wallowing and miserating. I had no other choice, it was either that or die. I stopped focusing on all that I had lost and started focusing on all that I still had. I gradually realized that I was surrounded by so much love, support, resources, and she still had her resilience, determination, and drive. Out of that, my podcast ‘Gabriella Rebranded’ was born. The goal was to help people just like my, give a voice to trauma survivors, teach spiritual lessons, and raise awareness about brain injury and mental disability. Soon, that snowballed into a speaking career and an eventual book publication. All acts of service will be supported by the Universe. I am beyond grateful that I am blessed to devote my life to helping heal humanity.
When I was 24, I attended a brain injury retreat hosted by the organization LoveYourBrain. There was a talent show and my talent was stand up comedy - specifically about brain injury. To say my set killed would be the understatement of the year. Laughter is so important to healing. Often, during my recovery, my options were either laugh or cry, which is the instigator for a lot of humor (Gallow’s humor, specifically). Everything can be funny. Brain injury is funny, disability is funny, medical trauma is funny. It all just depends how you look at it and what perspective you take. Your perspective is your reality. I choose to laugh, instead of cry. Oh, and the Founder of Love Your Brain, Kevin Pearce, was just a guest on my podcast, so anything is possible.
Gabriella 2.0 was born after a car at 50 mph hit her as a pedestrian. I sustained a severe TBI (traumatic brain injury) that included both a brain surgery and a 3.5 week coma. Over the following 2.5 years, I would go on to have fifteen more surgeries on various parts of my body - (I has 9 metal bones, she’s 5% metal!). To say my recovery was difficult would be the understatement of the century. For the next few years, I spent her days in and out of various therapies, being objectified by the medical system, losing friends & her career, and almost all hope. There was a time where I said ”It would have been easier if I had just died on October 17, 2021 and gone out on a high note, rather than being sentenced to struggle through the rest of my life.” But I only almost lost all hope, a shred was still alive. One day, I decided to stop wallowing and miserating. I had no other choice, it was either that or die. I stopped focusing on all that I had lost and started focusing on all that I still had. I gradually realized that I was surrounded by so much love, support, resources, and she still had her resilience, determination, and drive. Out of that, my podcast ‘Gabriella Rebranded’ was born. The goal was to help people just like my, give a voice to trauma survivors, teach spiritual lessons, and raise awareness about brain injury and mental disability. Soon, that snowballed into a speaking career and an eventual book publication. All acts of service will be supported by the Universe. I am beyond grateful that I am blessed to devote my life to helping heal humanity.
