It's Ben a Week

Ep. 21: Ben A Survivor — Brain Surgery, Grief, and Growth (ft. Gabrielle)


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This week on It’s Ben A Week, I’m saving dogs, dodging kids at the gym, raging about kettlebells, and reflecting on Katy Perry’s outer space comeback tour. Oh — and I shot a gun for the first time. No big deal.

Then I’m joined by a brand new friend — yoga instructor, tarot reader, and all-around badass Gabrielle, who shares her incredible story of surviving emergency brain surgery at 14, losing her mom shortly after, being kicked out of her house at 16, and still somehow becoming a business owner, healer, and deeply self-aware human. Her story is raw, emotional, and wild — and full of moments that made my jaw drop.

We also talk:

  • 🧠 Life after a traumatic brain injury
  • 💔 Healing from childhood trauma and learning to forgive
  • 🧘‍♀️ Why yoga (and therapy) might actually save your life
  • 🔮 Tarot readings, spiritual shifts, and signs from the universe
  • 🚫 Why the gym is not a daycare (I said what I said)
  • 🎯 And what her tarot cards say about the future of this podcast

It’s inspiring, intense, and deeply real — just the way we like it.

🎧 Listen now: https://linktr.ee/itsbenaweek
🧘‍♀️ Check out Gabrielle’s yoga studio + classes: https://linktr.ee/gabrielle.kinser

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