We recently connected with Gabii Rivera and have shared our conversation below.

Alright, Gabii thanks for taking the time to share your stories and insights with us today. If you had a defining moment that you feel really changed the trajectory of your career, we’d love to hear the story and details.

Looking back, there have been many pivotal moments and experiences throughout my life that have led me to my current position as a Life Coach. Early in life, it made sense for me to find a career in the healthcare system, since I had been the friend and family member others went to when they were hurt (physically and mentally) and needed a listening ear, a bandaid and a kiss, or a hand to hold. After graduating high school with an Associates of Science and as a Certified Nursing Assistant, the next step that made the most sense was to become a nurse.

Throughout school, I was deep into my perfectionist phase. Straight A student, Honor Society, Student Governement, I was there for it all. School was my escape from my home life, even after moving out at 16. I thrived on the appraisal from my teachers and professors. And for as long as I can remember, I had one major goal, to get into a University away from my hometown and get into a medical program right out of high school.

Of course, life doesn’t typically go the way we plan it to. And I didn’t get into the first nursing program I had applied for. As a perfectionist who had put everything into school and being top of my class, my self-esteem, self-worth, and self-belief were all shattered the moment I received the letter and read, “We are sorry…” I felt my identity slip away and couldn’t see any other path except to give up.

This took me down some not so pleasant roads, but ultimately, I am surrounded by beautiful energies and guiding spirits that guided me back towards my higher self. I stepped back on to my medical path and received that letter that read, “Congratulations!” The University was in my hometown, but the nursing program was more prestigious than the one I had originally applied for. I was back in the game!

Returning for my second semester of nursing school, life threw me another hurdle, or opportunity, as I like to refer to obstacles and challenges nowadays. The consequences to some of the choices I had made during my “dark night” period looped back around to send me off in another direction I had never planned for.

Leaving nursing school was tough. All those feelings of self-doubt, unworthiness and distrust in the Universe were brought back to the surface. Thankfully, I was guided once again towards my destined path!

Fast forward through massage therapy school, passing the MBLEX and receiving my License as a Massage Therapist, having 3 beautiful children, fleeing from an abusive home and relationship across the country to beautiful central Texas! 8 crazy, chaotic, uncomfortable, growth-inducing years later, I was in a career I loved and saw myself staying in for the rest of my life. I was deep into self-development and had done an enormous amount of healing. 6 months post-move from Utah to Texas, while experiencing another growth-spurt in an amazing self-development course called “Manifestation Babe Academy” by Kathrin Zenkina (I HIGHLY recommend this course to everyone!), I learned all about my Human Design (I also recommend everyone look up their Human Design chart).

As a 3/5 sacral Generator, I experience life by trial and error (yeah, no joke). My gut is my intuition and it never steers me wrong, so long as I listen to it. And most importantly for this story, I am meant to do what lights me up. When I am doing what excites me, I cannot burn out. My energy will keep regenerating through my excitement and passion for that thing that gets me going. Career-wise, for the past 7 years, that had been massage therapy. Working the muscles in detail, using my knowledge and healing energy to make people feel better, healthier and to give them tools and techniques to use at home to work beyond the symptoms and get down to the root of the problem. This was what was lighting me up!

Until November 2023, when there was such a sudden and profound shift in energy and direction of focus for me. I found myself feeling sick thinking about going to “work”. How was I supposed to do this for another year, let alone the rest of my life?! I was dragging my feet to “work”, bored with my clients, unexcited at the thought of the weekend ending and returning to “work”. I hadn’t thought of what I did for a living as a “job” or “work”. It had been my “way of life”, my “career”, my “home away from home”. And just like that, I was resenting the license I held.

At the same time, I knew exactly where my attention and excitement were being drawn to: coaching! All of the experiences and challenges and pathways in my life (even the dark nights and rock bottoms….especially those!) had all been building up the momentum to push me off the ledge into the most amazing, growth-inducing valley that was self-development and subconscious mind rewiring! Within weeks of my decision to become a life coach, an email popped up for a program called “Quantum Coaching Academy” founded by Ashley Gordon (I also HIGHLY recommend this program to anyone wanting to become or develop their skills as a Life Coach! And please use my name as a referral (; )

Signing up for the program was incredibly uncomfortable. It was quite an investment in myself. One that I was questioning whether or not I could maintain, both financially and time wise. And yet, I knew this was one of those pivotal moments in my path pushing me towards my desired life. I thought about saying no, waiting for a better time. And my stomach dropped. I felt sick, like I was going to throw up…. And then I took a deep breath and thought about saying yes…. I had butterflies in my stomach. I felt the fire in my veins, and I knew this was a “hell yes” from my gut! And as someone who lives by intuition, who was I to say no to destiny??

Which leads me to today. Living here in beautiful Austin, Texas with my 3 kiddos who are thriving and safe and happy. I’m in a beautiful apartment surrounded by the amazing people in this amazing city. I am still working very minimally as a massage therapist as my business, Life Patterns, continues to grow. And I get to be excited again when returning to the retreat. Because I know it is only for the time being. I’m supporting my nervous system regulation by having a baseline flow in income so I can continue to flood my life coaching business with excitement and high vibe energy.

And I am lit up AF for the vision I have of myself in the future: writing an article about how my business has grown and flourished and developed because of the opportunities and experiences I am living, right now. Thank you Austin for lending me your vibrant, flourishing energy. I am happy to be able to pour it back into the people and places around me.

Gabii, love having you share your insights with us. Before we ask you more questions, maybe you can take a moment to introduce yourself to our readers who might have missed our earlier conversations?

I am a trauma informed transformational life coach. My aligned clients are typically single women, usually mothers, with trauma and codependent behaviors they no longer wish to align with. They desire to connect to their true purpose in life, that thing that lights them up and sets their heart on fire with passion. My clients desire a deeper connection to their divine intuition and to develop the wisdom to listen and act on their inspiration. To trust they are on the best path for themselves, regardless of how unknown or “crazy” that path may seem! They desire to develop unwavering faith and certainty in one or more areas of their life, regardless of any variables they encounter at any given moment in time. My process of subconscious rewiring and mindset reprogramming is done through Recognizing, Releasing, Rewiring and Recreating. I use my certifications in Hypnotherapy, Neurolinguistic Programming, TIME Technique, Emotional Freedom Tapping, Quantum Coaching and as a Reiki Master to guide the subconscious mind through the above process to allow my clients to tune into and expand on their hearts’ desires, and then manifest them into their current reality. If you resonate with any of the above, then I invite you to schedule a free virtual Discovery Call with me today.

I offer 1 on 1 and group coaching sessions to Recognize, Release, and Rewire limiting beliefs, thought patterns, and habits through subconscious reprogramming and guided self-exploration. My clients are then led through a process of reconstructing beliefs, habits and patterns that serve them and their goals. They get to Re-create the life of their heart’s desires.

My coaching container is a safe space and held without judgement. I meet you where you are hold space for your current reality and where you want to go.

I also create courses and masterminds to aid potential, past and current clients in any part of this process.

I am a Reiki Master and have a course on Reiki for those interested in learning more, receiving or becoming Attuned to Reiki. I also perform Attunements for all 3 levels of Reiki, as taught by Dr. Usui.

You can find me on my Spotify podcast, Life Patterns.

Are there any books, videos, essays or other resources that have significantly impacted your management and entrepreneurial thinking and philosophy?

The number one resource that fast-tracked my life and self-development was the “Manifestation Babe” podcast by Kathrin Zenkina. When I arrived in Texas March 2023, I had fled a toxic home with my 3 kids. We arrived with no home, no job, just hope. Shortly after arriving, I found the Manifestation Babe podcast and deep-dived into it. I mean, I listened to it all day: while driving, while cooking, whenever I had the opportunity to plug in my headphones and hit play, I took it!

I understood my previous way of thinking and behaving was no longer serving me, not in the way I wanted my life to be served anyways. But I only knew what I knew. I only had the lessons and role-modeling I had learned from my parents, family, peers, media, etc. And as amazing as Google is, it was just too much.

Manifestation Babe was easy. I plug in and hit play. And Kathrin brought all the tools, techniques, examples, resources right to me. I later enrolled in her program, “Manifestation Babe Academy”, and even though I thought I had learned so much from her podcast (which has over 300 episodes), she hadn’t even scratched the surface compared to her program and all the tools and resources she provides in there!

There isn’t anybody I would not recommend her podcast or program to. No matter where you are in your self-development journey: starting out, brand new or an experienced pro.

Training and knowledge matter of course, but beyond that what do you think matters most in terms of succeeding in your field?

Coming from a mindset of “I already know that” will get you stuck and stuck fast. I highly recommend listening to anything new or previously learned from a beginner’s mindset.

You wouldn’t believe how many times I have heard somebody repeat something I already “knew” or had learned about previously, but the way the talked about it shed a new light on the topic.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://www.yourlifepattern.com
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gabii_the_life_patterns_girl?igsh=MTNmYzBwaTE0NGtncA%3D%3D&utm_source=qr
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61554816623341&mibextid=JRoKGi
• Other: Spotify: Anchor.fm/life-patterns