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What if Your Breath Could Change Everything?

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“I help women release the patterns that keep them disconnected from themselves and return to their inner knowing.”

Dr. Donna Gabriel

• PhD in Mind–Body Medicine (Mindful Leadership Specialization)

• Certified Hypno-Breathwork Facilitator (Go Within Institute)

• Certified Integrative Health Coach with MS in Health Coaching

• Trained in Mindfulness Applications and Guided Imagery

• 22 years in Corporate Healthcare

Continuously Healing and Evolving

For much of my life, I was the high achiever, the capable one, the responsible one, the one who kept going. Like many women, I learned to tie my worth to accomplishment, productivity, and being able to hold everything together. This led to profound burnout.

That burnout deepened during one of the hardest seasons of my life. Within twenty months, I lost both of my parents. This was on top of caring for my father through multiple strokes, navigating a demanding career, and parenting my own children.

My nervous system was in near-constant fight-or-flight, and everyday life — juggling responsibilities, endless tasks, and even alcohol — kept me disconnected from my body and emotions. I was also in my late 40s and navigating the perimenopause roller coaster.

Through Hypno-Breathwork, I discovered a safe, embodied way to release grief, shame, and the deeply ingrained patterns keeping me stuck. It bridged what I understood intellectually with what I needed somatically.

Today, I support women navigating grief, change, burnout, and identity shifts; whether they’ve spent years being the one who held everything together or the one who learned to stay quiet, small, or ashamed.

I know this woman from the inside, and my own healing journey continues. I don’t stand on the sidelines of this work. I remain committed to my own inner work, embodiment, and truth, too.

How Sessions Are Structured

Sessions are 45–60 minutes and typically held virtually, with the option to extend future sessions to 90 minutes for deeper work. Together, we explore what matters most to you, whether that’s stress, grief, overwhelm, transition, or a deeper sense of disconnection. I blend intuitive coaching with guided reflection, grounding, and somatic practices that support emotional processing, insight, and clarity.

Along the way, I help reflect patterns, protective responses, and inner truths that may be difficult to access on your own, while keeping you connected to your own experience and agency. Unlike stage hypnosis, you remain fully aware and in control throughout the process, actively engaged each step of the way.

What Emotions Might Come Up?

Emotions naturally want to move through the body, but over time many of us have learned to push them down, ignore them, or hold them in. HypnoBreathwork provides a safe, confidential space for those feelings to surface and be released. Whether it’s sadness, anger, fear, or even joy, these emotions are coming up to be fully felt and processed, and sometimes you may not feel much at all, which is perfectly okay too.

What is Hypno-Breathwork?

Hypno-Breathwork blends conscious breathing with guided imagery to help regulate the nervous system and access deeper layers of the mind. Spoiler alert, this is typically not the version of our minds running the show day to day!

As the body settles through breath, the subconscious becomes more accessible, allowing emotions, insights, and deeply held patterns to surface and shift in a safe and supported way.

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What Peer-Reviewed Research Shows about Breathwork

Reduces stress, anxiety and depressive symptoms
Reduces caregiver strain and burnout
Supports trauma recovery by helping stress responses and emotional reactivity
Improves mood in as little as 5 minutes per day
Improves nervous system regulation

Book Your Hypno-Breathwork Session Here

You can securely book your session with Donna here. Once you are booked in, you will receive a confirmation email with details about your session.

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.

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“Wow, just wow. I have been in traditional therapy for years and I've never experienced anything like this. I realized through my session with Donna how tapping into my subconscious can unlock beliefs and patterns which I had no idea were affecting my daily life.”

— Conner B.