New York Times Bestselling author, motivational speaker, spiritual leader, and podcast host
Gabrielle Bernstein is a New York Times Bestselling author, motivational speaker, spiritual leader, and podcast host. Bernstein has penned nine books, including The Universe Has Your Back, Super Attractor and the upcoming Happy Days (on sale February 2022). Bernstein teaches primarily from the text A Course In Miracles. She teaches a practical application of the Course's principles emphasizing self-love, forgiveness, and a holistic approach to spirituality. This started by hosting intimate conversations with 20 people in her New York City apartment and now Bernstein has grown into speaking to tens of thousands in sold-out venues throughout the world.
In 2009, Bernstein was featured in The New York Times as a "guru" for the next generation. Gabrielle was also featured on Oprah’s SuperSoul Sunday as a “next-generation thought leader.” The Oprah Winfrey Network chose Gabrielle to be part of the “SuperSoul 100,” a dynamic group of trailblazers whose vision and life’s work are bringing a higher level of consciousness to the world.
In March 2020, Bernstein started a weekly hour-long Instagram Live show. People throughout the world would request to join to get “Dear Gabby’d” live in front of thousands of other viewers, asking questions about burnout, loss, relationships and everything in between. In Spring 2021, Gabrielle launched the Dear Gabby Podcast on all audio platforms and YouTube.
Gabrielle connects with her community through her books, her Miracle Membership, and her podcast Dear Gabby.
The second you change the way you look at a situation, your stress levels drop.
At some point all lies are brought to the surface and truth comes forth no matter how hard we try to hide it.
Your energy has far more power than you can even imagine. There is energy in your spoken words, in your emails, and in your physical presence.
I believe in any kind of personal growth practice that can help you gather the tools that you can then apply to resentment, anger, pain, and rage in order to heal your past resentments toward yourself and others, and then deal with them in the moment so you don't carry them for a decade or more.
What you believe, you receive.
Spirit seeker is someone who remembers there is a power greater than themselves and who is willing to reconnect with it.
I think quite often we hold onto trauma because we don't process it.
The issue is that if you hold onto the resentment against yourself, you're just going to recreate that destructive pattern in different forms because unconsciously it's still a belief system that limits you.
I think maintenance comes from a daily spiritual growth practice of some kind: prayer, meditation, affirmations. Something that keeps you in the consciousness of higher thoughts and energy. That's also how you make sure you don't do it again.
When we function from a fearful, low-level energetic state, our thoughts and energy can literally pollute the world.
I believe that simple, consistent shifts in our thinking and actions can lead to the miraculous in all aspects of our daily lives, including our relationships, finances, bodies, and self-image.
When you focus on your greatness you elevate everyone around you.
If you stay in that new flow of positive behavior, it's hard to revert back to old patterns. But if you do fall off, just forgive yourself, recover quickly, and get right back on.
Inside we are all Golden Buddha's, but we grew to believe we were made of clay. Our ego's false perceptions led us to grow into a belief system that covered our inner light. We've spent years, maybe decades, masking our truth. Now it's time to embrace our light and reconnect with our Golden Buddha within.
You have to be ready to receive help, whether that be through a book, a therapist or counselor, or a doctor of some kind. That willingness can lead you through a door to the other side, and that's where healing can truly begin.
Now is the perfect time to make powerful change-your willingness is at an all-time high.
My definition of God is the ever-present essence of love.
The universe will always remove what is no longer serving you.
The first thing is to be willing. You must become willing to feel the discomfort that's occurred and/or shown up. Some of it is taking ownership of your part in the situation, to clean it up and be willing to make amends.
Letting go of control, that's actually when you're safe.
Each day when you wake up, say: "What miracles would you have me perform today?" Then listen.
The more difficult it is to forgive someone the greater the opportunity for spiritual growth.
We won't let ourselves feel our anger, rage, and pain. We push it down or anesthetize it through drugs, alcohol, shopping, or whatever we do in order not to feel it. When that memory and the associated feelings get lodged down there in our soul, the feelings are still there. They don't just magically go away. We have to give ourselves the opportunity to feel them.
People carry around resentment for years! And that creates daily stress.
Those who are certain of the outcome can afford to wait, and wait without anxiety.
When we function from a place of positive energy, the world around us becomes more positive.
Get naked with your truth, offering the world your greatest gift: your authentic self.
Sometimes your higher self will guide you to make mistakes so you can learn lessons.
Forgiveness isn't about letting the other person off the hook - it's about releasing ourselves.
The happier and more stress-free you are, the more people will want to be around you and the more your friends will respect you.
The great paradox is that our lack of faith in love and miracles is what blocks us from receiving love and miracles.
The moment we begin to celebrate ourselves and focus on our successes is the moment we begin living.
The people who inspire me most are those who are willing to see the world from a loving perspective. People who perceive obstacles as opportunities and problems as spiritual assignments. People who choose love.
The moment you accept that there's a guidance system supporting you, then you experience a new sense of freedom and peace.
Healing opportunities can be disguised as people who really piss you off. Pay attention because they could be your greatest teachers.
True abundance isn't based on our net worth, it's based on our self-worth.
Today I no longer need to change the world around me. I just need to change the way I see it.
There's a fine line between helping others and being a people pleaser, and mistaking one for the other can be hugely detrimental. When we put others' needs before our own, we deplete our energy, which can lead to depression, physical illness, and overwhelm.
Be faithful that your authentic power is all you need to truly share your light with the world.
A miracle is a shift in perception. The moment that we choose to perceive our life with love, we can create miraculous change.
Let go of what you think you need & what you really need will show up.
The simple intention to surrender control is all you need to experience miracles.
Take action once a day to do something that ignites your life.
You can't make people be or do what you want. All you can do is be unapologetic about what you want and let others show up however they can.
The key to serenity is trusting that the universe has your back.
Remember that you have a choice in what you see. If you choose to see a person's darkness, you strengthen your darkness within. If you choose to see their light, you shine from the inside out.