Release Unconscious Patterns Keeping You Stuck
Reclaim Your Inner Power
When you know something has to change, but you don't know what comes next.
When the life you’ve built no longer feels like yours
You’ve been holding everything together, but feel disconnected inside
Grief or life change has you feeling untethered
You’ve spent years being who others needed you to be
Old patterns, roles, or ways of coping no longer fit
Your nervous system feels exhausted from carrying so much for so long
You want to trust yourself again (or for the first time) and live more honestly
How I help
Through Hypno-Breathwork, somatic practices, and intuitive coaching, I help women uncover the beliefs, emotional patterns, and survival responses that keep them stuck in old identities.
When grief, change, or years of overfunctioning have left the nervous system exhausted, it can be hard to access clarity, trust yourself, or know what you truly need. This work helps create space for your system to soften, process what’s been held beneath the surface, and reconnect with your inner knowing.
What Changes
The goal of this work is not to fix you or turn you into someone new. It’s to help you come back to yourself.
As old patterns begin to loosen, many women find they can hear themselves more clearly. They stop overriding what they feel. They begin to recognize what is theirs, release what was never theirs to carry, and what kind of life feels true.
What changes is not just how you cope. It’s how you relate to yourself.
You may notice:
more trust in your inner knowing
more honesty in your choices and relationships
more space to feel, grieve, and move forward
less pressure to keep being who you’ve always been
a deeper sense of connection to the life you’re creating
“Breath is the power behind all things”
Meet Donna Gabriel, PhD
I help women 40+ move through grief and change, reconnect with themselves, and create a life that feels like theirs.
Midlife has a way of making you question things you never questioned before. The roles you've lived by are shifting. The people you've built your life around are changing. And, at the same time, your body decides to lose its mind. Suddenly, you find yourself wondering, “Who am I?”, “Is this the life I want?” or realizing there must be more.
This work is personal because I’ve lived it too. I know what it’s like to be the responsible one, to keep functioning through loss, and to realize that the life you built from survival, love, and expectation no longer feels fully like your own.
I discovered Hypno-Breathwork while looking for a different way to process grief after losing my parents, and it became an important part of my own healing and growth. My work now blends Hypno-Breathwork with somatic practices to help uncover the beliefs and patterns that can keep us stuck in old identities and disconnected from what we truly want.
I’m not interested in helping women become someone new. I’m here to help them come back to themselves, to the part of them that knows what they feel, what they need, and what kind of life is truly theirs.
This is work I care about deeply because I’m living it too: continuing to listen inward, let old identities fall away, and choose a life that feels more honest, more rooted, and more my own.
— Ernest Holmes
Are You Ready to Shift from Within?
If you have a question, or would like more information, feel free to use this form to reach out. You can also directly book a complimentary 15-minute consultation via the Services page.
Breathwork is not a substitute for medical or mental health treatment. Individuals experiencing significant trauma, physical or mental health concerns should consult with a licensed healthcare professional.
“Donna knew exactly where we needed to go to get to the root of my fears. She has incredible intuition and holds such a supportive space. The way she combines guided imagery and verbal prompts creates such a deep experience.”
— Molly