Gabrielle Garofalo is a seasoned professional with over 25 years of experience in advertising, branding, high-profile media, events, and personal development. Gabrielle has produced events such as Oprah LIVE!, the New Yorker Festival, and the Billboard Music Awards. She launched the branded content division as the Global Director of Branded Content for the Wall Street Journal and managed offices in New York, London, and Beijing. She also co-owned and operated a local food festival in Portland, ME, while writing a food blog for Jerseybites.com.In 2018, she shifted her focus and added a coaching certification to her expertise, integrating multiple modalities inspired in part by Abraham Hicks, James Clear, Gabby Bernstein, and others, Gabrielle's coaching approach is comprehensive and effective. Passionate about helping individuals, founders, leaders, and Fortune 500s imbue joy into their daily lives to overcome challenges, Gabrielle has developed The Sustaining Joy Initiative aimed at helping learn how to overcome daily stress, anxiety and overwhelm by prioritizing joy as a daily practice. Gabrielle continues to run her strategic marketing consultancy, serves on the Advisory Board for Marketing at We Global Studios, and finds time to speak at events and collaborate with individuals and organizations committed to mental wellness in the workplace and beyond.
Can the Bad Bunny Effect Last?
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How's everyone doing? Seems the weeks are speeding up. I was hoping to have this out to all of you early last week, and alas...here I am at 9:30 on another Sunday evening and still writing. Did you get to see the big game last week? If you got the chance to witness the half time show at Super Bowl LX you likely got to experience the pure joy that is Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio - Bad Bunny. The performance was many things, but one thing for sure, it was loaded with joy. You could feel it and it made us feel it too. This got me thinking about my obsession with joy and how to help you all spend more time experiencing it. So let me take a page out of my new book, JOYHeals, and ask you... WHAT'S YOUR JOY STORY? It's a tough time and the weeks don't seem to be getting any better. We continue to see some the worst and best of humanity which so often reminds of our own. We are much more powerful than we think. We are so much more alike than we recognize. And, we can control so much more in our lives than we admit. So why aren't we choosing to have more fun? Why do we choose to mindlessly scroll over more connection? Why don't we choose joy? Part of it is our brain's chemistry and a lot of it is education and choice. The book gets into the details and neuroscience behind it and in practical terms it's simple. Throughout my life that when things get tough...managing a crisis with one of my kids, moving through debilitating loss, or suffering a heavy bout of depression...I reach for small joys to help buoy the pain. It's not always easy. Some days I just can't. And we all need to honor those days. And when can come back and have the tiniest window to let in joy, we must. It's a game changer. WHAT FEELS LIKE JOY FOR YOU? Here's a few that may resonate...
I believe wholly that for us to manage the pain, we must find ways to welcome the joy. Maybe you can try it? This week when things get tense, maybe take a moment for some joy. Take inspiration from the list above or better yet? Find your own ways to experience joy and let me know what you find. More joy = More presence. More presence = More Calm. When we are present we have no propensity to be dwelling on our past or worrying about the future. So why do we spend some much time avoiding it? Here are a few updates on upcoming things that bring me joy! THIS WEEK - FAMILY WEEKEND AT SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY It's Mica's first family weekend so we're off to California ...will report back on all the joy I find along the way. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28th - Long Branch NJ I am proud to be performing in this powerful piece of art. If you are not familiar, look it up. Eve Ensler's, the Vagina Monologues, is poignant and deeply personal. Please come on down to check it out, here's the link for tickets. Proceeds benefit Garden State Equality. THURSDAY, APRIL 30th - (also) Long Branch NJ Grab your copy here. The next pop up - JOY as FUEL - will be a very cool, all-new format event at the end of April. Stay tuned for ticket information coming soon. The event will include: *A signed copy of JOYHeals *Bites & Sips I'm working on a mid-week overnight retreat with DayDreamer Domes - it's going to be epic and all about leading with joy. Stay tuned for more details soon. If you can do one thing this week, commit to more joy. In the end, we cherish the people in our lives and the time we spend enjoying life...don't wait. Now is all we got. Happy Monday to all, |
Gabrielle Garofalo
Gabrielle Garofalo is a seasoned professional with over 25 years of experience in advertising, branding, high-profile media, events, and personal development. Gabrielle has produced events such as Oprah LIVE!, the New Yorker Festival, and the Billboard Music Awards. She launched the branded content division as the Global Director of Branded Content for the Wall Street Journal and managed offices in New York, London, and Beijing. She also co-owned and operated a local food festival in Portland, ME, while writing a food blog for Jerseybites.com.In 2018, she shifted her focus and added a coaching certification to her expertise, integrating multiple modalities inspired in part by Abraham Hicks, James Clear, Gabby Bernstein, and others, Gabrielle's coaching approach is comprehensive and effective. Passionate about helping individuals, founders, leaders, and Fortune 500s imbue joy into their daily lives to overcome challenges, Gabrielle has developed The Sustaining Joy Initiative aimed at helping learn how to overcome daily stress, anxiety and overwhelm by prioritizing joy as a daily practice. Gabrielle continues to run her strategic marketing consultancy, serves on the Advisory Board for Marketing at We Global Studios, and finds time to speak at events and collaborate with individuals and organizations committed to mental wellness in the workplace and beyond.
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