Gabriella Rebranded | Healing After Trauma, Spiritual Growth, Brain Injury Recovery & Dark Humor

Send Gabriella a Text Message.exercise, neuroplasticity, neurotransmitters, neurosciencePlot twist: exercise changes your brain perhaps even more than it does your body!To close out the season, I’m breaking down the actual neuroscience behind why movement helps mood, motivation, focus, recovery, brain fog, stress, and mental health—and how I experienced it rebuilding my life after being my accident - surgeries & come & all - and training my way back into myself.We get into neuroplasticity, BDNF (basically brain fertilizer), neurotransmitters like dopamine and serotonin, nervous system regulation, inflammation, sleep, and why exercise can make your brain feel online again when it’s been stuck in survival mode.This episode isn’t fitness hype. It’s brain chemistry, biology, scientific evidence, and lived experience.I'm standing ten toes down: work out for the brain, the body will follow.Win most, lose someDONATE TO MENTAL HEALTH & SPONSOR ME IN HYROX!https://www.raceforimpact.com/en/gabriella-tranchina@‌GabriellaRebranded on Instagram: Gabriella Rebranded (@gabriellarebranded) • Instagram profile@‌GabriellaRebranded on TikTok: gabriellarebranded on TikTok@gabriellarebranded on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDNWOqOEBzoNvE_TfkQqzDwSign up for my newsletter!Website: Gabriella Rebranded | spiritual podcastSupport the show

Send Gabriella a Text Message.healthy boundaries, medical trauma, invisible disabilityA long recovery can change far more than your physical body—it can completely alter how safe you feel in relationships, and suddenly something as simple as saying “no” can feel threatening. I’m joined by Jessica Miller of Mind Your Boundaries to get very practical about what it actually looks like to set boundaries after medical trauma—especially when your symptoms are invisible and everyone assumes you’re fine because you “look normal.”Listen, boundary setting since getting hurt has been a double black diamond treacherous slope, but Jess gets right to it with her simple tools & education.We talk about why trauma can keep your nervous system stuck in fight-or-flight, how to regulate before hard conversations, and simple tools you can use in real time when you feel yourself spiraling.We dive into the raw, messy reality: family members who don’t understand your limitations, people pushing back when you finally start saying no, over-explaining yourself, people-pleasing, guilt, resentment, and what happens when protecting your peace costs you certain relationships.If you’re navigating recovery from medical trauma, brain injury, chronic pain, or any life-altering health event, this episode will give you practical tools, actual scripts, and a reminder that protecting yourself is not selfish—it’s necessary.Win most, lose someDONATE TO MENTAL HEALTH & SPONSOR ME IN HYROX!https://www.raceforimpact.com/en/gabriella-tranchina@‌GabriellaRebranded on Instagram: Gabriella Rebranded (@gabriellarebranded) • Instagram profile@‌GabriellaRebranded on TikTok: gabriellarebranded on TikTok@gabriellarebranded on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDNWOqOEBzoNvE_TfkQqzDwSign up for my newsletter!Website: Gabriella Rebranded | spiritual podcast@MindYourBoundaries on InstagramMind Your Boundaries Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpFOiBujrj00OAxWnCpsX_gApollo Neuro Website: https://apolloneuro.com/Code: GREBRANDED for $99 off Apollo Neuro Wearable Support the showSupport the show

Send Gabriella a Text Message.trauma-informed care, recovery, boundaries, emotional healing“Just get over it” sounds like typical advice from the outside, but to someone living through trauma, it sounds dismissive and cheapens their experience.Let's unpack why that mindset fails—and what survivors actually need: patience, consent, compassion, and support that doesn’t turn into an interrogation or Barbara Walters interview (have sat for many of those). You rarely know the full story behind someone’s pain and even survivors can still be uncovering the ripple effects years later. I also share what it feels like to be judged by people who know an itty bitty titty fraction of what happened—and why “mind your damn business” can be a very healthy boundary.We break down the difference between checking in with care versus pushing for details, how to encourage support without trying to control someone’s healing. (I make it really easy for you, I literally I give you a sample script for how to ask someone about their recovery respectfully.)Let's all show up for people better.Win most, lose someDONATE TO MENTAL HEALTH & SPONSOR ME IN HYROX!https://www.raceforimpact.com/en/gabriella-tranchina@‌GabriellaRebranded on Instagram: Gabriella Rebranded (@gabriellarebranded) • Instagram profile@‌GabriellaRebranded on TikTok: gabriellarebranded on TikTok@gabriellarebranded on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDNWOqOEBzoNvE_TfkQqzDwSign up for my newsletter!Website: Gabriella Rebranded | spiritual podcastApollo Neuro Website: https://apolloneuro.com/Code: GREBRANDED for $99 off Apollo Neuro Wearable Support the show

Send Gabriella a Text Message.Trauma can erase the version of you that felt familiar. Then, you’re left figuring out who tf you are now. And that figuring out period, girrrrlllllll......In part 3 of the Identity After Trauma Series, we're talking that fun lil Identity CRISIS aspect that gets violently pelted in. Trying to “go back to normal” can make recovery feel so damn much worse. And why??? Isn't the point of healing to get back to feeling like your old self?? - Not exactly, but I promise, it's ok!When your old life doesn't hit the same, that's not failure - that's change.We get into why forcing the “old you” leads to burnout—and how to sit in the in-between, get comfortable being uncomfortable, and define alignment in a way that actually feels good.I share what that looked like for me—letting go of a dream career, finding a new pace, and realizing I didn’t actually want everything I used to have.To all those in a season of recovery or major change, you’re not behind. You’re becoming.Win most, lose some DONATE TO MENTAL HEALTH & SPONSOR ME IN HYROX!https://www.raceforimpact.com/en/gabriella-tranchina@‌GabriellaRebranded on Instagram: Gabriella Rebranded (@gabriellarebranded) • Instagram profile@‌GabriellaRebranded on TikTok: gabriellarebranded on TikTok@gabriellarebranded on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDNWOqOEBzoNvE_TfkQqzDwSign up for my newsletter!Website: Gabriella Rebranded | spiritual podcastApollo Neuro Website: https://apolloneuro.com/Code: GREBRANDED for $99 off Apollo Neuro Wearable Support the show