8 l The Destiny Via Trauma & Weed Episode

8 l The Destiny Via Trauma & Weed Episode

Author: Gabriella Tranchina June 3, 2025 Duration: 56:53
Send Gabriella a Text Message. Grab your tea, light that sage (or palo santo if you're feeling fancy), and buckle up—because this episode is a cosmic ride! This week, I’m joined by the radiant and revolutionary Ryan Bacchas, a man whose journey reads like a spiritual superhero origin story. Once navigating life without a roof over his head as a teen, Ryan became a government lobbyist by nineteen—yes, NINETEEN—playing a key role in legalizing medical marijuana in California (you’re welcome). T...

There’s a moment after everything shatters-after a coma, brain surgery, and more broken bones than you can count-where you have to decide what to do with the pieces. Gabriella Rebranded is built from that moment. Host Gabriella Tranchina doesn’t offer a sugar-coated recovery manual; instead, she charts the messy, nonlinear path of healing after catastrophic trauma. This isn't just a story of survival, but of deliberate reinvention. Conversations in this podcast move between the profound practicalities of brain injury recovery and the unexpected spiritual growth that can emerge from the rubble. You’ll hear raw discussions about the medical and mental hurdles, but also the surprising role of dark humor as a lifeline. It’s about finding a way to laugh when you’re still learning how to walk again, and discovering a resilience you never knew you needed. Each episode feels like a candid talk with someone who gets it, blending hard-won wisdom with an irreverent spark. Tune in for a guide to rebuilding a life, not just repairing one, where the destination isn't about going back to who you were, but forward into who you’re becoming.
Author: Language: en-us Episodes: 43

Gabriella Rebranded | Healing After Trauma, Spiritual Growth, Brain Injury Recovery & Dark Humor
Podcast Episodes
Ep 29 l Identity After Trauma Series: Rebuilding Identity (Part 1) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 17:43
Send Gabriella a Text Message. Identity, Re-Birth, Acceptance, Self-Transformation, Growth, Emotional Healing. In this new series I’m doing ‘Identity After Trauma,’ I will be giving step by step guidance on the process o…
Ep 24 l Perks of a Mental Disability [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 16:04
Send Gabriella a Text Message. Mental disability accommodations for TBI’s include extra fast passes, private sections at events, escorts, jury duty exemption - and that’s only the literal! The theoretical? Even better! B…
Ep 23 | Pleasure Science: Reclaiming Sex After Trauma with Nadège [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:14:37
Send Gabriella a Text Message. Whether it’s sexual trauma, like assault, abuse, violation, vaginismus or nonsexual trauma like a brutal accident, sex after trauma can lead to aversion, hypersexuality, and unsafe decision…
EP 22 l Gratitude: Align with Positivity, Manifestation, & Attraction [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 26:11
Send Gabriella a Text Message. A quick hack to align with positivity, manifestation, and drop into a state of attraction is to practice gratitude. There is always something to be grateful for, even if it doesn’t look lik…