Surviving Chaos and Trauma-Gabrielle 

I've been fortunate enough to find Gabrielle when I moved to Texas when looking for a yoga studio. The energy of the studio is a direct reflection of her. Some people who have experienced trauma let it consume them like its a part of who they are. Others, like Gabrielle, use it as something to learn from and become healers of trauma. Such a peaceful studio! Highly recommend

The way she said she’s always been intuitive is a beautiful gift being a traumatised child gives you because you’re always having to read people and read situations so that you can behave in a way that keeps you safe 😢

“Tornatic” best description. She’s wonderful. I hope her life is filled with joy. ❤

To Gabrielle and whomever is reading this who is recovering from this kind of childhood trauma: I want you to know that you ARE a GOOD PERSON. And you know what? It’s your time on earth as much as anyone else’s.

I've had a vasectomy to protect my unborne children from my parenting. More people should be responcible, and know the limits of their sanity.

Same. One person in my family said, "Why do you keep thinking about the past?" I don't! Bad memories hit me at the damndest times & it's the oddest things I'll remember. My parents were alcoholics & I grew up in a domestic violence home.

Gabrielle seems to be a very nice person with a beautiful soul.. i hope she finds happiness and a way to deal with all her past traumas.

What a beautiful person. Such self awareness. Thank you for sharing your story

Growing up in the chaos of having no adults that you could trust, the notion of control becomes a mechanism for survival. Trauma helps to double down on this notion. As we become adults, it is incredibly hard to define that control, and even harder to put any of it to the side for someone else. Great interview. Thanks for this.

I really appreciated your interview Gabrielle. I loved your approach to not only being real on the pain, but sharing your journey into healing trauma. We think in pretty similar ways, I wish you all the best and all success!!

Move through life seeking and being in peace. At 67, I have learned when I am not feeling at peace, it is not where I should be. Spend time in the creation of nature. Keep sharing as well. You will go through many changes in your life, some good, some bad, it is that way with everything, and how we grow. ❤

Wow, she is very intuitive and self-aware for a 25 year old who suffered so much childhood trauma. I think she will have a very good future ahead of her. It took me 50 years to come to some of the realizations she has already figured out. She would make an excellent therapist. The best thing that ever happened to me was meeting my husband, who is a very calming presence in my life. It sounds like her partner is similar. After failed marriages and relationships I learned that if you lived a childhood of chaos and abuse the best thing for you is a partner who had a stable, happy childhood. Children born of chaos need to avoid an adulthood of chaos if they are to heal.

When the woman told her that her sexual abuse was karma coming back to her from somehow being an abuser in a past life, what would have been BEAUTIFUL would be if Gabrielle had responded by saying “interesting.. well, do you remember ever knocking someone’s teeth out in a past life?” ..give her a couple seconds to think about it, & then: 🤜🏼 💥 Victim blaming comes in many different forms, whether it’s southern Baptist or a hippie yoga cult. Most people lack critical thinking skills and choose to have their ideas/beliefs issued to them.

I hope you get a chance to read this, Gabrielle. I can relate, hear, and see you. I just turned 26 a couple weeks ago and the feeling you described after you turned 20 is exactly how I explain it to others. The way you look at life is refreshing to hear and gives me hope that there are more people like us. People who knows it'll work out. Even if it feels like the worst thing ever, it will work out. Allow yourself the grace to forgive and learn. Thank you again, I really needed the reminder. ❤

Definitely awesome to see someone grow up in a traumatic family and have physical trauma and use emotional intelligence to calmy understand her trauma and upbringing. That sometimes can be rare, a lot of people continuously dwell on their problems.

Gabrielle, I have a saying I’d like to share with you: “A child will grow up to be who they are either BECAUSE of how they were raised….or IN SPITE OF.” You are an amazing young lady. I’m proud of you.

Gabrielle, what a beautiful soul you are. I hope you go on living a life of joy & happiness. You've turned out brilliantly despite the traumas you've faced.

She’s beautiful

SWU interviews inspire me to be a better father and to live my best life. Thank you Mark and Thank you Jesus

As a mom, turning into a mom will unveil past trauma of the parenting you received. I would say the best gift you can give your child is to do inner work. Children are also a catalyst for change I find. My son has made me a better person. But also the the most important job in the world. You are just a wonderful soul. ❤

What a gift of you sharing your story and writing a book. It is helping in healing others and a reminder that we are not alone. Thank you so very much 💖✨

Sounds like she definitely had gastroperisis for sure, I’m so sorry she must have been so sick. I wonder about kids with sick moms mainly because I am a sick mom but I was well until they were teenagers thank god!!!! I love hearing these real stories it helps me be better and know I’m not so alone. What an incredible survivor she is 🌹❤️✌️

I appreciate Gabrielle sharing her story about her childhood. Seeing more of this will bring out awareness and it's ok to share and let out feelings that are bottled up. As a single father who raised my kids pretty much full time, priority was making sure my kids are doing great and communicating with them regularly. thanks for sharing.

She’s someone I’d want to be friends with! Very insightful person

It sounds as if Gabrielle had an NDE (Near Death Experience) from her brain injury accident. Such a beautiful soul , thank you for sharing your story. ❤

She has a good head on her shoulders, she’s articulate, smart and very pretty. I wish her nothing but the VERY BEST! 💕

She is so so beautiful and smart. Obviously she has done some work and is on hopefully on a good path.

She reminds me of someone I knew a long time ago. One of the kindest people Ive ever known.

Thank you for sharing your story Gabrielle. I am glad you found a supportive partner. I wish you the best.

May you have all the love and peace your heart can hold Gabrielle

What you said about the grey area. Man. I resonated so much with that. I literally have random poetry in my journal titled the grey area, and have written those exact thoughts. And how important balance is. And calm. I hope you continue to have all the peace you so deserve. Thank you for sharing your story.

I feel so blessed to have been able to hear you share this Gabrielle 🙏 I cannot thank you enough. I wrote down some things you said that will guide me and stick with me forever. Someone else here recently said something like we can think of the ‘end’ of healing as being able to work through ‘things’ to the point where we are able to then help others going through the same things. You are loved and appreciated and yes, this good stuff will stick- you’ll still have some not as good days or even maybe extended periods but you now know it won’t last forever and you’ll live more in the ‘good’ days than the ‘bad’ 🙏 😊 Thank you again so much.

"You've been wanting to do better your whole life." I ❤❤❤ that. Yes! To me that's what's important- just being a better person every day. ✌✌

You are an amazing person. Something knew I needed to watch your interview this morning. Thank you so much for sharing your journey. 💜

What a sensitive sweetheart! I think she would be a great mum. She could could then have the family and share the love she missed as a child.

You are so beautiful….. I lost my dad when I was 15. We were on vacation and on the last day at the beach he went out on a kayak and got trapped by a rip current and my brother and I helplessly watched from shore as he drowned. the current was so bad that we would of been dead too if we went out and try to get him. I sometimes feel guilt that I could of done more to save him. That incident significantly. Changed the trajectory of my life. I sometimes wonder how things would of been if he didn’t go out on the water that day. It messed me up for many years after. Luckily there was a light at the end of the tunnel. things are good now. Every now and then I think of that day. I surly miss my dad. I know he is watching over my family. Thank you for your story Gabrielle.

Gabrielle- I CAN RELATE so much to you, similair to my story & I've been thru. I am recovering from Post childhood Trauma. This is one brave and strong women, as I. Bless you. I also have found Yoga, thou disabled physically from my abuse.....I knew always, that you "modify" WHAT I didn't know is the other benefits felt immediately in Yoga, which I learn daily and it's benefits. YOU ARE SO STRONG. Sometimes, it takes narrow-minded people who've never gone thru it..when it happens to them...then they finally get it and understand. Until then, these people remain ignorant to other's suffering. You are a SURVIVOR

Blessings to her and her journey

Gabrielle is clearly still trying to figure things out in her head. Can tell she has an old head on young shoulders. I’m 56yrs old and still struggle with negative thoughts anxiety and feelings of inadequacy on a daily basis due to past trauma. Being highly intuitive hyper sensitive and anxious to other people’s feelings and thoughts can sometimes hinder our growth. It can send us on a cycle of people pleasing and continually trying to seek validation from the wrong people to prove our worth. Shes a beautiful soul. ❤

I've had 4 TBI's to the frontal lobe and am in a situation you wouldn't believe where every day I'm constantly traumatized that it might be my last. Gabrielle gives me strength that I am not alone and people are out there who are struggling like me. We have remarkably similar upbringings too. Thank you for this video SWU!

That was amazing, Gabrielle. Thank you so much for sharing ❤

Incredible and inspirational interpretation of your life’s trauma. Listening to you, I thought you were much older. Wise beyond your years for sure. Many thanks to you for sharing your experience.

Thank you so very much for the stories you’ve given us. It’s shown me how small and big this world really is and we just don’t know the stories of the other souls we walk beside daily. 🙏♥️

Great interview. So glad she's living a better life. Wishing her all the best. Thank you for sharing this video with us. 👍🇨🇦😊

Really well spoken! Complete authenticity! Excellent ability to analyze and process all of it. Thank you for sharing! You’re truly an amazing and inspiring human!

What a lovely person you are Gabrielle and what a wonderful message you send out whether consciously or not. Keep going on this path and continue to be true and above all kind to yourself. Finally, I do hope that you are blessed with children as I think you'll be a wonderful mother, remember are not your parents so why should you become them just because you become one. Take care and thank you for sharing your story.

Like a Lotus flower. Your preserverance is admirable. One who can recognize that pain patterns are passed on, has the power to change their path. I wish you continued peace and healing in your upcoming journeys. ✨️

Wishing all the best for Gabrielle!! You have such a light in your eyes. Your life story touches my soul. Thank you Mark.

What a LOVELY lady. Sending blessings to her. 😊

I really enjoyed hearing her story!

I've been doing yoga for over 45 years. I keeps your mind & body clear. Everyone can do it. & grounding out in nature 💚 Sending love & light ❤️✨️🧘‍♀️🧘‍♂️✨️❤️

I've learned not to compare trauma - trauma is trauma is trauma... and to the person going through it, it's bad and can destroy them. I resonate with her willingness to iterate her life. She was actually very lucky to have the wiring and energy to navigate what life threw at her, and had some key people in her life and used that. She was even able to look at the people who put her through the trauma and see them as human... pulling stones out of the mud and building a foundation. Most importantly, she has met herself where she was/is - over and over again. Very inspirational.

What a beautiful person you are, Gabrielle. A true icon of strength, fortitude, grace, and beauty. Never stop radiating your goodness!

Wishing Gabrielle the absolute best!!!! I recognize so much in her story as well her pain and working through it. Chaos is such a good way to describe it. The impact that long lasting chaos has on the development of a child is underestimated. We're just like little copy machines, copying our previous experiences so when chaos is a big part of our childhood it's no small thing to find your way through that in adulthood. I'm so glad you found yoga!

This is a beautiful young lady. I hope she understands how beautiful and strong she really is. This interview really hit me hard.... Thank you for this channel. I personally think it is one of the best on RU-vid..

This hits home with me. I wish her the best and thank her for this... ❤

I'm still tripN off the fact that she said her mom didn't have a bowel movement for 2 years, and the general practitioner just gave her pills for it.....😱 That is a horrible case of medical neglect, I can't imagine all of the other illnesses that spawned from that. Smfh. 🤦🏾‍♀️

What an amazing young lady!!!! Sending you Gabrielle lots of love!!!

Wow! Gabrielle thank you for sharing your story. Knowing you now and hearing this you would never know of how much you gone through.. This brought tears to my eyes. You are very strong Gabrielle. Thank you for the strength for sharing your story.

She's beautiful

I could really relate to Gabrielle. I grew up in a very emotionally charged, violent home. My middle brother, 10 years older than I was, had serious emotional issues. Several times a month, for DECADES, he would go into these rages where he would be really angry, swearing, destroying furniture and household items, throwing butcher knives into doors, etc. He once threw a pet parakeet out the back door, cage and all. One night when I was 4 years old, he went into one of these rages and my mom decided that she, myself and another brother (5 years old than me) would just go to bed. So, I'm laying in bed and I can hear my brother still raging downstairs. At one point, he yelled, "...when you motherfuckers go to sleep, I'm going to stab you to death!!" Hearing that, I became even more terrified than I already was. My mother never checked my brother on his behavior, which, as a 4 year old, I interpreted that to mean she was afraid of him too, which terrified me even more. (Years later, I asked my mom why she never called my brother out on the carpet about his behavior. She said if she had said one word to him, she knew she would have killed him). The night my brother made the stab you to death comment, I became an avid people watcher. I was always afraid that one day my brother would get angry enough to make good on his threat, so I would try to gauge his anger level. The morning after the stab you to death comment, I woke up with a stomach ache and diarrhea. Now, 68 years later, certains kinds of stress will trigger an IBS attack. Over the decades, I've had every test known to man to try to treat the IBS. Every test comes back normal. Childhood trauma is so devastating. My only solution for trying to learn to live with it and not allow it to destroy me is to use it as a gauge of the kind of person I DIDN'T want to be as an adult. Thank you for what you do, Mark.

Two of the greatest things she said that I wish could be taught to every person on earth. Everyone has trauma. Break the cycle.

I can see you have a really beautiful soul, you deserve to have a great life

That brought out some anger in me, "Why do you think you got raped?" Omg. Only to be topped by, "Well, you just have to be okay that you raped someone in a past life and that it's your karma." That's the worst counseling/ advice I've ever heard. 🤬🤬🤬

I am Sorry for YOU ! All the best from the Netherlands !! Keep Strong.

I understand your story, and journey. I have travelled a similar path. What is important to me is remembering that I live in an imperfect world full of imperfect people such as myself. (I am not perfect.) There is no such thing as a utopian society on the earth. God will wipe away all my tears in eternity. Evil people will be judged and there will be no more sorrow, sickness, or pain in the eternal presence of God. This journey is about our ability to love and forgive people for their transgressions against us. We all fall short of the glory of God daily.

Gabrielle has such a sweet soul. Thanks for posting.

Thank's for sharing. You're right, my brothers chose no children not wanting to react to their own offspring as our Father did. My sister and I each had a daughter and wouldn't change that decision for the world. Collectively we strive to break the cycle of abuse, mental and find peace in nature. I wish you the very best in your life's quest for contentment 😊👍

What an amazing young woman. Her level of self-awareness is impressive. Gabrielle, I wish for you the best!

God bless you Gabrielle. I am so sorry you went through this. Thank you for being so brave and sharing.

It's funny when she mentioned the feeling guilty for being sick. My family is great overall, but my mom has always been a bit of a hypochondriac, and I can totally relate to feeling guilt whenever I get sick. My mom would always avoid us when we were sick as kids and I can't tell you how often I heard "I can't get sick right now". Even to this day, if anyone in the family gets sick (including my kids- her grandkids) it's always like we did something wrong for going out to the places we did and getting ourselves sick. I don't think the cycle has to continue, though. I have 4 kids and I am the opposite of my mom in that regard. We go out, we pick up germs, and I cuddle them when they are sick. It takes a conscious effort on my part, but because I recognize it for what it is, I'm able to make different choices.

I really resonate with her journey. Have made a lot of the same mistakes and come from a very similar past. It’s beautiful and so inspiring to see how she’s grown. What a wise and beautiful soul. Thank you for sharing your darkness. With darkness comes light. 🤍

Beautiful😍 the tremble in her voice says a lot

Mark I just ordered your signed book… can’t wait to get it!! Thank you💛

Such a beautiful, inspirational soul. Thank you for sharing your story. Congratulations on your success!

Gabrielle you will have peace 🕊and I so do appreciate your light and bright way of being. That is what got you through all the very difficult times you endured as a child up until now. You are a working progress that is all you can ever be. You are the one that got you where you are today. That's all you, Sending love ❤

Wow, she is absolutely gorgeous. Seems so genuine too

Oh wow very resilient woman. I can relate. I think there are people who are born with a natural intuition about people and life. She has a very strong spirit. So beautiful, too. Sweetheart, I knew you were a Libra when I started listening to you. Know that we are the justice keepers in the world. You are a very sweet person who seems to try to remain happy, but know that you had a very unfair, cruel, brutal, bad childhood and upbringing. Most people are lost, Gabrielle, spiritually in this world, but they think they have it all figured out (your mother). I think you should try to acknowledge and accept the bad treatment and abuse you suffered and recognize it as bad. 🙏

Mark. There are several fake channels stating to be you. i’m pretty new to your channel and a 100% fan. just wanted to say something while it was on my mind. thank you and God Bless everyone on your show and you too for awareness and understanding. wow!

Wow ... I really admire Gabrielle she is just an amazing soul!

Am I the only one exhausted ?

Beautiful story. I know it wasn't always great, but it was your story, and it's the story that makes you who you are today and still going. You will look back and say I wouldn't change any part because every horrible part makes you a stronger person. You seem very strong now but not all yet, which you know because you're only 25. Still very young. Thanks for sharing your story 😊 🙏

Gabrielle has gratitude and empathy. She's been through a lot and still thinks she's had a good life. I think a bit of both. She remembers both the good and bad , but believes she's still fortunate. She will go onto have a rewarding life. I've had a similar life to her, a lot of emotional abuse. I'm spritual and believe we have to make the most of this life no matter what is dished out. I wish you all the best Gabrielle.

What a gorgeous young woman. So articulate…I love that she “tries to do better each day.” Very positive attitude.

This is a highly evolved young lady!!! Love her - she has such great energy and she's so beautiful. I hope for all the best for her always.

She's one of the only other people than myself to have yoga completely alter your life and help heal trauma and help get through a very very traumatic situation. If it wasn't for yoga there's things in my life that I don't think I could have gotten through v

This is definitely one of the most interesting stories I've watched. She's a beautiful mess in all aspects. I hope her healing is going well!

We need more, Mark!

Gabrielle your story sound so similar to mine. Really hit close to home. What an amazing girl.. I really wish I could be your friend 😭 Much love from Norway❤️

I totally understand her feelings if relief after her Mom died. I am so sorry for the trauma your dysfunctional parents inflicted on you. Her diabetes if not well controlled caused her gastroparesis, nerve problems in her gastro-intestinal system and cardiovascular disease. You can live a healthy life if you choose. Don’t let your past control your future dear young lady💕

Wish this beautiful young lady nothing but the best. ❤

Gabrielle is a beautiful soul. She’s such a fascinating person. I will definitely read her book!

Satan gets too much credit for stuff he didn't do. Mom maybe had Gastroparesis. Gabrielle is well balanced and a strong survivor because she allows her emotions to stay connected. Amazing woman!

Hi there. It’s easy to see her intellect shining through, she speaks well and is easy to listen to. The human journey is the test for what’s to come. Be nice to people.

I've heard of that stomach condition before and its extremely rare. I have two people in my life that found a parent deceased and it haunts them.

My story is so different but I can still relate on her emotions…goodluck girl ❤ we have the power to live life fully now

bless her being an empath. It is such a drain on a person's soul. Gabrielle I wish you peace in your life.

I love this, I love Gabrielle she is a force to be reckoned with. A woman aligned with here spiritual purpose is unstoppable and this is her💜

Thank you for sharing Gabrielle ❤ Inspiring ❤ God bless you and everyone Amen ❤️ 😊 🙏

My name is Gabrielle too. Youre so precious. Its so funny how we all BPD people describe things the same way: “either all black or white” I also have stuff happening to me in “cycles” of 4 years… Youve got this Gabs!