Ep 18 | Invisible Disability: Life After Brain Injury

Ep 18 | Invisible Disability: Life After Brain Injury

Author: Gabriella Tranchina October 28, 2025 Duration: 48:32
Send Gabriella a Text Message. This episode is dedicated to brain injury survivors and caregivers of. Today I sit down with my physiatrist, Dr. Seth Herman. Dr. Herman has been with me from week one of the coma until now and for the forseeable future. My recovery has been entirely guided by Dr. Herman and I and my brain would not be where we are today if it wasn’t for him. As the Medical Director of Traumatic Brain Injury at California Rehabilitation - where yours truly was posted up fo...

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…