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.
Is Everyday Bliss Possible?
Life is full and sometimes exhausting, yet I am finding more than ever to savor the bliss of the everyday. I didn't think I'd get here. I remember recently a trusted person in my life said, "maybe you need to get comfortable with being a little bored and enjoying the normalcy of the everyday." And I can tell you my immediate response was HELL NO!!! Blech, B O R I N G! I mean, who the hell wants to live everyday in the same old, same old? NOT ME!
Yet here's the rub! We are conditioned to think that somehow living the ins and outs of the "everyday" is exactly the same when it's not. Perhaps it's in the everyday where the magic actually happens. If we really take the time to notice, we may find that each day is indeed markedly different. When we slow down enough to stay present to the newness of life, even when some tasks are repetitive, what is it that we might discover? What if we arrived to each day meeting ourselves exactly where we are? What if we started each day doing a proper check in, and taking inventory of our resources so we can calibrate for the day ahead?
These four questions can provide tremendous insight into how or why we may feel more powerful some days than others.
1. Do I feel rested today?
2. How am I feeling emotionally today?
3. Does my body need any attention today?
4. What's up with my headspace today?
Then, approach the day with deep consideration to how you answered. What if you honored the answers? What if you went into your day deciding to ask for the things that fuel you? What if you considered asking for help with the laundry when you're too tired? Picking up the phone and ordering in from four different spots because you don't want to cook or hear arguments over where to call? What about giving the kids more to do because they can and you deserve the help? What if you actually told your boss really how you feel about their ideas, management style and the way it may impact you at work? What if you were truly, fully self expressed? What if we approached each day as if we were actually the main priority?
What if the everyday bliss was in honoring ourselves? Ask the questions, give it some thought. Let me know what you discover.
I look forward to sharing more in the weeks to come.
Happy July. xo, Gabrielle
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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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