I was barely sixteen when I got asked very seriously what I wanted to do with my life. I blinked through the steam of my freshly reheated pizza pockets. "Uhh... I dunno." The parents were waiting for an answer. And the young teenage Gabrielle that I was only had one desire, it was to go back on MySpace find new music and do my daily keyboard activism for Peta. I was merely starting to lift the veil on the sketchiness of the system, I clearly wasn't ready to adhere to it! And this, ladies and gentlemen, is how began my quest for Truth which, little did I know, was going to last for at least the next eighteen years - because God knows once you follow the rabbit down that hole, you are not about to see the way out anytime soon.

 

The rest of the story is a colorful and atypical patchwork of studies and work experiences, each as varied as the next, and probably making little sense for the outside observer. I have tried both the most corporate path like when I worked for capitalism with a capital C at the bank, as well as the most unconventional path as a scriptwriter for the giant of the p0rn industry. I went to experience my very first ego death in Mexico where I was also working as a French teacher, and have reached the limits of my altruism by accompanying young adults with severe autism in their daily activities. I have worked as a corporate and government employee, as an entrepreneur supporting small businesses and sex industry workers, as well as endless variations of each. In short, I have tried all the hats, and from all possible angles, because I wanted to learn the ins and outs and also the outskirts of this system that I was trying so hard and yet never managed to make sense of. Simultaneously, I was also searching in vain for the job, the formula or the perspective that would make me feel accomplished and like I belonged working in this world. Although I found joy or satisfaction in some isolated aspects of each occupation, there was always something missing. I wanted to serve and make a difference, but without sacrificing my own sense of fulfillment, my freedom and happiness. There had to be a way. But what was that way? Which perspective did I need to look from? What was the one inescapable truth? And how to solve such a vast equation?

 

When I did find the answer, I didn't want to believe it at first. I was big into self-development back then and had gotten myself this harmless book that was supposed to teach me how to get rich. I guess I was ready, because instead of finding in this book the secret to manifesting fast money, what I found was God.

 

Don't get it twisted though, it hasn't been all rainbows and butterflies from there at all! If you know anything about walking the spiritual path, you know it never is. 😅 It took years for the eternal anti-authoritarian teenager that I was to integrate the concept of God, and even longer to accept. Finding God was followed by the most brutal and inevitable "dark night of the soul", itself followed by the most dramatic yet beautiful spiritual awakening, and a repeat of these two steps, over and over but on a gradually smaller scale (thank God).

 

I found myself increasingly fascinated by the laws of the universe, the unspeakable magic of the application of these laws, the incredible power of man when we decide to finally be of service to the divine, and it is in this delightful feeling of alignment with God that I finally found the peace I was looking for. I understood that the Truth isn't in the choice of an occupation itself, but rather in the philosophy that motivates it. Our role as human beings is to be of service to others while respecting the alignment of the divine plan (and that applies whether we know it or not). Some will call this "following our joy" and that's equally valid, as long as we are in service to others.

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I, of course, fell into energetics like a duck to water, following training after training with the best teachers I could find - Michael Mirdad and Jeffrey Allen, among others - with at first the sole intention of healing my self, but as I learned to manipulate energy more and more, I was made to realize that I was capable of doing a lot of good around me and that it was therefore my duty to share this with others.

 

Thus, it is with great honor, humility always, unwavering faith and inspired excitement that I respond today to the call of God, and in doing so, that I also finally answer this question that was asked to me eighteen years ago. Allow me to introduce myself.

 

My name is Gabrielle Duchesne, and I am an energy healer. Nice to meet you, at your service.