The Gaby U Show

Michelle Petties is a master Food Story finder, author and recovering food addict. Her first book, Leaving Large: A Food Addict's Memoir - How I Won a 40-Year Battle Over Obesity, features the award-winning story,  The Cake is in the Mail. After gaining and losing 700 plus pounds over four decades, Michelle finally discovered that the “secret” to finding freedom from fat is in the “story...

Kristina Telhami is a PharmD Candidate graduating in (2022). She is also an integrative health practitioner and functional medicine specialist. She struggled with a lot of gut and hormonal issues in the past that no doctor could help her with. After seeking a holistic nutritionist for help, she found healing without medications.  She is currently a health coach and helping other girls with th...

Roxana Blair was born and raised in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. However She decided to go on a new adventure over 5 years ago and moved to London, UK. She is  also married and have a 7 year old daughter. She has  been working in the corporate world for over 13 years and have a leading position since 5 years.   Even though Roxana is in the corporate world she  believed that...

Everyone has their own challenges, but when Alison was 16, she was stopped in her tracks! She had seizures, fatigue, organ damage and paralysis. She could not move from the neck down. A virus had gotten into her spinal cord and she became quadriplegic. Unwilling to accept seat on the sidelines, She wanted to participate in life more and spent two decades learning and healing.   Her experience...

Dr. Lisette Alba is a certified Functional Medicine Specialist, Mindset Coach, and Essential Oils Educator. She is a dedicated wife and mother of two princesses.  Dr. Lisette earned her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from Nova Southeastern University in 2008 in sunny South Florida where she was born and raised. Prior to entering the world of Functional Medicine and launching her own practice, Holi...

Martha Mok guides women who may have had a similar experience as she did, being in an abusive marriage, bullied at school since a young age and sexually molested by someone she trusted. She help women find themselves again by not letting their past hold them back. She creates super confident woman.  Martha is known as the super confidence coach, International motivational speaker, multiple bu...

Funke Afolabi-Brown is an academic physician, currently an assistant professor of Clinical Pediatrics. Dr Brown is board certified in pediatric pulmonary medicine and pediatric sleep disorders. As a double board-certified pediatric respiratory sleep medicine physician, Dr Brown helps her patients breathe better and sleep better.   She is the founder of Resftul sleep MD where she helps parents...

Nenia Corcoran lives in the Upper Valley of New Hampshire with her family and two chocolate labs.   She holds an MFA in Creative Writing and an MA in English Literature, both from Southern New Hampshire University.    She's a certified police officer with a decade of experience and training. She is also a domestic violence and sexual assault survivor. Nenia writes young adult n...

Carleeka Basnight-Menendez is an author, award winning life coach, and a prolific speaker with global appeal.  As one highly sought out for her innovative approach to wide-ranging topics, Carleeka has earned both, a domestic and international respect from the world stage.   She is the creator of the F-IT Method, The A.V.E., and Menopause and Mimosas; offering new and aspiring Christ...

Liza Lomax is a Life Coach who specializes in Emotional Eating. She is helping others embrace their bodies, end emotional eating, lose weight and finally love what they see in the mirror. Liza is also a Personal Trainer, Holistic Nutritionist, Reiki Master, NLP, EFT, TFT, and REBT Practitioner & Speaker.  Liza struggled for many years with her own battle of emotional eating and now is det...

Leticia Francis a Mindset coach. She went through a traumatic childhood, one which at the age of 14 had entered into a toxic relationship with a man twice her age who later she married and eventually stabbed her ! Her story doesn't end there but despite all the unbelievable things she has been through she is grateful for every experience as they all brought her closer to her purpose.   ...

Amanda Elise Love is a registered holistic nutritionist specializing in fibromyalgia. She herself suffered with this debilitating illness for many years and now her passion is to help others find wholeness and healing in their own lives. She is a writer, podcaster, registered holistic nutritionist, speaker and currently resides in Austin Texas. You can tune in and listen to her extensive library o...

Arlene Marron is an author. About a week before she retired from a career in the healthcare field in December 2019, a coworker had commented that she should do something from her bucket list. Arlene immediately replied that She would write a novel. She wondered why She had replied so quickly and with such conviction, as she hadn't thought about writing a book since her adolescence. She had took a...

Tateisha Perry is the mother of 18 year old triplets and a eleven year old son. She founded the Triplet Connection, LLC in 2017 where she  she uses her voice as a motivational speaker to uplift, empower, and motivate others. She  is also a no nonsense life coach that helps people see their full potential through her social media platform on Instagram and one-on-one coaching.  Tateis...

Samantha Stokes was an  ICU nurse for 10 and but is now doing healthcare differently. She had all the faith in western medicine until she was faced with autoimmune diseases and that  changed her study to holistic nutrition. She believes Herbs and Nutrition have saved her and her family lives and she believes that if more families could hear stories like hers ,it could maybe give them hop...

So excited to be back to kick off season 2 of The Gaby U show. I feel honored to  have the opportunity to interview different women once again sharing their stories and victories of what made them the woman they are today. I am also glad to be sharing with you some of the behind the scene projects I am working on. One which is that I am going to be an author. Myself and 18 other health care p...

Dr. Christine Manukyan is a Functional Medicine Practitioner, Business Coach, Author, Speaker, Top-Rated STORRIE™ Podcast host and mother of two. Prior to becoming an entrepreneur, she spent 13 years in Corporate America as a Clinical Pharmacist with various leadership roles.  After experiencing her own health transformation with Functional Medicine, losing 100+ lbs and becoming a natural bodybuil...

Melanie Cross is The Functional Plant Medicine Woman and founder of Crossable Health. A mom of 2 kids, wife, friend, and Family Nurse Practitioner turned Functional Plant Medicine Provider who is always up for an adventure and laughs. Melanie spent over 2 decades in conventional medicine in a variety of roles from ICU and ER Nurse to Nurse Practitioner in Family Medicine and ENT. Through those man...

Kim Muench is a Jai Institute for Parenting Certified Parent Coach who specializes in working with moms and their adolescents (kids between 10-25). Passionate about educating, supporting, and encouraging parents to raise their kids with intention and guidance rather than fear and control, Kim empowers parents with compassion and without judgment through her one-on-one coaching, small group session...

Amaka Ojirika- Nzeribe is an African Woman, a minister of the gospel and also Author. In this episode, she shared so many powerful things of how God has changed her and has fully accepted her calling using those gifts to change the world building the ministry of God. You can connect with Amaka on Facebook @ https://www.facebook.com/amaka.ojirikanzeribe  Follow me Gaby Udabor, the host on social me...

A’litha  D. Jones was born and raised in a small country town by the name of Brownwood, Texas. Growing up in a large family, she realized the importance of faith, family, and support. From a very young age, she realized she always wanted to help others and be an advocate for those without a voice or those that felt no one cared. She has been in nursing for 22 years strong and worked her way u...

Heather Rider is an anxiety coach and Imposter Syndrome educator who personally overcame high-functioning anxiety and Imposter Syndrome while working in a demanding Tech job. She works with clients from all over the world who want to take a nontraditional, holistic approach to healing anxiety. She regularly writes and presents on the issues of perfectionism, Imposter Syndrome, high-functioning anx...

Ujay Egbuji is a Doctor of Nursing Practice. Board certified Family Nurse practitioner practicing in various settings ranging from ER or acute care, aesthetics, family medicine, correctional health, inpatient hospitalist, outpatient, Pain management, facilitator/DNP practice change coach and mentor. Founder of Gladics wellness and Beauty and brain behind Gladics brand. Current projects she is &nbs...

Taylor L. Cole Longacre is a TV Host, Executive Producer, Podcaster, Ministry Leader, and Travel Expert. She has undergraduate and graduate degrees from Southern Methodist University. Taylor’s spent more than 14 years leading communications for global brands including Hotels.com, Sabre, Expedia Group, and Kimberly Clark.  She’s the host of the global travel show, Hotel Hunt on Amazon Prime Vi...

Brenna Payne, a two-time national champion in the sport of luge, found herself struggling as a mother of two after retirement from the sport. Once she started applying the tools her sport psychologist taught her as an athlete to parenting, things started falling into place. Now she teaches other moms the same skills to help them become the mothers they've always dreamt of being. You can connect wi...