Gabby Bernstein

And I said to her, this is my greatest experience of my life. What I'm most proud of is my commitment to overcoming these adverse experiences and beliefs and traumas. And I'm grateful. For me, a lot of it was something I was not aware of for many, many years. I lived for so many years in this place of hypervigilance and extreme anxiety.

And I said to her, this is my greatest experience of my life. What I'm most proud of is my commitment to overcoming these adverse experiences and beliefs and traumas. And I'm grateful. For me, a lot of it was something I was not aware of for many, many years. I lived for so many years in this place of hypervigilance and extreme anxiety.

And I didn't know for so many years why I had this anxiety or why I was so controlling or why I had to manage every area of my life. And that controlling and that managing became so extreme for me that ultimately, by the time I was in my early 20s, I started my first business. I was running a PR event company. It was mostly PR for nightclubs.

And I didn't know for so many years why I had this anxiety or why I was so controlling or why I had to manage every area of my life. And that controlling and that managing became so extreme for me that ultimately, by the time I was in my early 20s, I started my first business. I was running a PR event company. It was mostly PR for nightclubs.

And I was really fast-tracking my life to be seen, to be heard, to get past the velvet ropes, you know, say Gabby at the door. And really, I was just empty on the inside, totally spiritually bankrupt. And that running and searching and searching led me down a road of very severe addiction and I became a cocaine addict in my early 20s.

And I was really fast-tracking my life to be seen, to be heard, to get past the velvet ropes, you know, say Gabby at the door. And really, I was just empty on the inside, totally spiritually bankrupt. And that running and searching and searching led me down a road of very severe addiction and I became a cocaine addict in my early 20s.

By the time I was 24, I had such a severe addiction and I just had no other choice but to start to open my heart to something new and to the possibilities for healing. And I had these stacks of self-help books next to my bed, Jamie. They were like Louise Hay and Marianne Williamson and Wayne Dyer. And they were all next to my bed. And I would read them at night when I was coming down from drugs.

By the time I was 24, I had such a severe addiction and I just had no other choice but to start to open my heart to something new and to the possibilities for healing. And I had these stacks of self-help books next to my bed, Jamie. They were like Louise Hay and Marianne Williamson and Wayne Dyer. And they were all next to my bed. And I would read them at night when I was coming down from drugs.

And I would journal feverishly into my journal. And I was just wanting so badly to be something different, to have something more and have a life that was real. And finally, on October 2nd, 2005, so just about 19 years ago, so just a little over 19 years ago now, I had my bottom. I hit my knees.

And I would journal feverishly into my journal. And I was just wanting so badly to be something different, to have something more and have a life that was real. And finally, on October 2nd, 2005, so just about 19 years ago, so just a little over 19 years ago now, I had my bottom. I hit my knees.

I was coming down from the night before, and I said a prayer, and I said, God, universe, who's ever out there, I need a miracle. And I heard an inner dialogue, an inner voice, an inner guidance say, get clean, and you will live a life beyond your wildest dreams. And that was the day that I entered a recovery program. I went into 12-step program that day. And I made a commitment to change my life.

I was coming down from the night before, and I said a prayer, and I said, God, universe, who's ever out there, I need a miracle. And I heard an inner dialogue, an inner voice, an inner guidance say, get clean, and you will live a life beyond your wildest dreams. And that was the day that I entered a recovery program. I went into 12-step program that day. And I made a commitment to change my life.

I made a commitment to stay clean and sober. I've been clean and sober since that time. And my spiritual faith skyrocketed. Within months, I was leading spiritual talks. Yeah. bringing people into my apartment to do little group workshops and doing live talks in New York City. And it was just like this, you know, what was like, you know, 50 women became 300 women. It was mainly women at the time.

I made a commitment to stay clean and sober. I've been clean and sober since that time. And my spiritual faith skyrocketed. Within months, I was leading spiritual talks. Yeah. bringing people into my apartment to do little group workshops and doing live talks in New York City. And it was just like this, you know, what was like, you know, 50 women became 300 women. It was mainly women at the time.

It was like these audiences just kept growing and growing and growing. And it was way before wellness was a topic. And it was way before anyone was gluten free. And it was way before anyone really even had much spiritual faith of our generation, right?

It was like these audiences just kept growing and growing and growing. And it was way before wellness was a topic. And it was way before anyone was gluten free. And it was way before anyone really even had much spiritual faith of our generation, right?

So there was, of course, generations before us that had been transformational teachers like Louise Hay, but this was this new generation of spiritual beliefs and spiritual thinking. And I'm so proud to have been at the forefront of that for our generation and have been able to be a thought leader and a guide and a teacher.

So there was, of course, generations before us that had been transformational teachers like Louise Hay, but this was this new generation of spiritual beliefs and spiritual thinking. And I'm so proud to have been at the forefront of that for our generation and have been able to be a thought leader and a guide and a teacher.

And truly the only way I've been able to continue to teach is by continuing to grow and learn. And that moment wasn't the last, right? There was a decade into my sobriety, I remembered the reason why I used in the first place.

And truly the only way I've been able to continue to teach is by continuing to grow and learn. And that moment wasn't the last, right? There was a decade into my sobriety, I remembered the reason why I used in the first place.