Embracing Uncommon Sense

Take charge

… of yourself and your Life.

Tired of running on a hamster wheel? Do you want to take control of your own life?

Join a thriving community where you find support, wisdom and the knowledge to live a life of personal freedom, peace of mind and joy.

Contact me below for more information:

A Trio of Ways to support Change

Skilled Mentoring


Individual Helping Sessions can lead you into a profound state of inner clarity and peace.

Find out what your actual priorities are and what is important to you prior to setting major life or career goals.

You will be able to identify the necessary steps you need to take to achieve them. Contact me below for an introductory session.

Speaking and Facilitating


Book Gaby to be a keynote speaker at your next training day, team retreat, workshop, or other corporate event.

Gaby has vast experience in holding interactive workshops in companies, organizations and in schools. She is also no stranger to speaking at events.

Contact Gaby for more details on topics and to discuss logistics.

Mentoring Groups


Mentoring groups are a great opportunity to build connections and to work on long lasting change in life through mutual support with other like minded people.

All people have unique skills and insights. We also need meaningful relationships with others to feel fulfilled. Group mentoring enables individuals from around the world to form key relationships and collaborate in collective learning, personal growth & development.

Contact Gaby for more details.

about me

All Roads lead to Rome and Life is about the Detours we take along the way.

Teacher and Facilitator

Through interactive workshops Gaby facilitates experiential learning in managing and regulating ourselves and also in Communication and Public Speaking skills.

Personal Mentor

Sometimes we just can’t see the wood for the trees. Gaby provides a space where participants can find the support and environment to be able to be free to explore their own solutions for their unique life circumstances.

Professional Mentor

Gaby draws on vast experiences in many different industries and educational backgrounds to help mentor other business leaders and sole traders in Communication, Public Speaking and Leadership Skills.

Our experiences make us who we are.  They form our personalities, character and habits. They also help us to hopefully grow a little wiser.

I had many detours and experiences personally and professional. These include being a psychiatric nurse, a chef, a sales person, a travel consultant. I travelled abroad on my own, moved to a different country, worked hard in my day job to pay the bills and run a comedy club in the night performing stand-up and improve to find a release for my creative side.

My journey took me a few times in different directions and what I learned along the way is, that we will only find inner peace, balance and contentment when we truly stop conforming to what we “think we should do”. Only if we take ownership and responsibility of our own life can we embrace personal freedom.

Personal freedom will give us the foundation to build meaningful relationships and truly caring about others will give us peace. We need community.

This realization let me to a worldwide Community called Achology, the Academy of Modern Applied Psychology. There I trained in the applied skills of Counseling, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, NLP, Life Coaching, Skilled Helping and Hypnotherapy. 

I also trained in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy.

I founded Growing Tall Services, a company providing training and mentorship in Life Skills, Life Balance, Stress Management, Communication Skills and Public Speaking.

One of my Motto’s are:

“We all have to die, but not everyone really lives”

As humans we often get stuck in the Status Quo of our daily routines and what we think the World expects of us. Let’s embrace uncommon sense, break free from old shackles and bring lightness, laughter and peace in to our lives and develop a healthy reference for Life.

Group Mentoring

Gaby is running several groups in person and online. Please keep an eye on the announcements below for new start ups.

*** Announcements***

Summer Groups 2025: Starting in May

Group 1: Communication and Public Speaking Skills

Group 2: Change 2025 (life balance and purpose)

Mentoring Groups are designed to foster a collaborative and engaging learning environment. By focusing on group mentoring, the group members can benefit from shared experiences and diverse perspectives. We often think that we are the only ones with doubt or a certain problem. This can isolate us.

Group mentoring sessions will provide opportunities for members to connect with like-minded individuals, set new goals, and tackle challenges together as a unified collective.

My mentorship groups will benefit individuals who aspire to achieve meaningful life changes for themselves and want to make a positive impact within their families and in the world.

It is important for members of this group to possess a strong sense of purpose and a passion for driving change, coupled with an interest in leveraging the wisdom of others.

Resources

Browse The WIFI Chats YouTube Channel

The WiseMind Fireside Chats

Gaby’s Facebook page

Let’s start to get to know each other and connect

Public Speaking is not a Gift we are born with. It is a skill we can learn.

In any statistic Public Speaking is ranked within the top 3 fears people have. We are told that it is terrible difficult to do. But as any skill all it takes is practice. All we need is a starting point … Here is a little story about Public Speaking and Courage.

What is Skilled Mentoring and CBT and how can they help

How come we treat different emotions with two different attitudes? What could be a different approach to the new common solution we all subscribe to?

Feeling depressed or anxious and want to change your life? Have a read and contact me with any questions you might have.