Hi! I’m Gabrielle and welcome to my diary

One thing I know without a shadow of a doubt is that part of my purpose here on earth is to express and share the deeper layers of humanity and the messier parts of life. I am designed to go deep, follow my curiosities, create something new from what I’ve learned and share from my depths.

I have journal entry after Word doc after Note of writing entries and thoughts that have never made it to the light of day and I want to change that. I have felt stifled in many ways, always feeling like I have to look perfect and be perfect to share, curate my words in just the right way, say things without really saying the things and it’s been more exhausting by trying to hold myself back.

I want to be open and share about my process and my wisdom, imperfectly. I crave more connection and intimate sharing.

Diary of a Recovering Nobody came to me one day because this is exactly what I’ve felt like my whole life…a nobody, unimportant, overlooked, invisible. Many facets of my life, I believed, had confirmed this to me. It’s brought up deep shame and deep pain that I’ve had to navigate through. As I look back over my healing process, I can see that at the root of it all, this is what I have been recovering from. And these are the deeper things I feel strongly called to express and connect on.

I have always thought, “who am I to share anything?” but a dear mentor questioned me right back with, “who are you to deny your magic?”

So that is what I am doing here, with every post, reclaiming all parts of me and breaking the chain that has held me down for too long while getting to be in deep, safe communion with my people (you!) who just freaking get it and maybe can relate in some way. Sharing helps us all feel less alone and it reminds us that we are important and unique and similar.

Through Substack, my hope is to share my interesting, inspiring and imaginative ways of thinking and being, imperfectly and in my way and timing, share my personal experiences in the manner of depth I crave, share my personal interests and musings, to ask questions and influence you to think about new potentials, possibilities, and thoughts, and to support you in reflecting on your own experiences through a deeper and more compassionate lens.

I am showing up here not as a coach or somatic trauma practitioner, but writer, seeker and human. My coach part may show up sometimes, and so will the parts of me that are in her own therapy still healing and unlearning and learning.

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