Summary

Orianne Gambino is a multifaceted individual with a passion for joy, self-improvement, and understanding, who embraces life's pleasures and maintains a professional yet playful approach to her work and personal life.

Abstract

Orianne Gambino is a curious and joy-seeking individual who describes herself as a lifelong learner and an enthusiast of life's pleasures. She is a freelance coach, writer, and consultant who values professionalism in her work while also enjoying the whimsical and carefree aspects of life. Gambino is driven yet whimsical, serious about her work but lighthearted in her personal life. She is deeply empathetic, values the concept of 'bienveillance,' and aims to foster understanding and kindness in her interactions and writings. As a self-described 'multi-passionate' person, she resists the urge to conform to societal expectations of labeling and instead embraces the diversity of her interests and experiences.

Opinions

Gambino believes life is a game to be played and embraced, with a focus on continuous improvement.
She prioritizes joy and practices gratefulness, aiming to appreciate life's smallest pleasures.
As an epicurean, she indulges in a variety of sensual pleasures, including travel, music, and dancing.
She acknowledges her paradoxical nature, balancing calmness with excitement and confidence with self-doubt.
'Bienveillance' is central to her philosophy, emphasizing kindness, understanding, and the ability to gently challenge others when necessary.
She values deep connections and empathy, considering them a superpower that allows her to experience joy intensely.
Gambino is resistant to societal pressures to settle down or adhere to a single professional label, preferring to embrace her multifaceted nature.
She is committed to writing with honesty and love, hoping to inspire transformation through her work.
She openly shares her life and work, inviting readers to engage with her content and connect on social media platforms.

About Me — Orianne Gambino

In one sentence, I am a curious mind on an endless quest to experience joy — and spread it!

My number one question: Why?

I was that kid in the back of the car that would not shut up. I’d ask whys after whys about anything. Some days, it feels like the little girl who always needs an answer never left.

I am learning to let that go. Not everything needs an explanation. It’s killing me to write it, but it’s true.

This childhood anecdote tells you two more things about me. Most days, I can talk tirelessly — not to say endlessly. And, I am aiming on creating a better version of myself.

I believe life is a game and we should play by embracing every part of it. Getting better every time we get a chance. Writing is how I make sense of the game, and answer yet another question: how do we treat life as a playground?

Epicurian obsessed with joy

What brings you joy? is my second favorite question. By now, you’ve got it, I like questions.

I always aim for joy and I am trying to nurture that. A way I do this is by teaching my brain to appreciate the smallest things.

Epicurian is a definition that I like.

Fond of indulgence in sensual pleasures; having luxurious tastes or habits, especially in eating and drinking.

And it’s not just food. I love to travel and enjoy living in different places of the world, I love good music and dancing all night, and the list goes on. Basically, anything that is pleasurable, I indulge in.

Driven space cadet

What unsettles most people when they meet me is how serious and driven I can be mixed with a hell lot of wit and silliness.

At work — I freelance coach, write and consult with business owners, I am highly professional and driven. I’d even say serious, at least at the beginning.

In my personal life, I am more of a space cadet. A weirdo that belly laughs at any dad jokes or silly puns, including mine.

Overall, I have a lot of paradoxes. I am extremely calm in certain contexts and excited in others, I look very confident and can be, but I also doubt myself constantly. It feels like my life is an exploration for balance between these parts of me that seem opposite but somehow make sense together.

I like to think there is a method to my madness. I am just unsure what the method is yet. But hey, that’s why I am here!

Focusing on “bienveillance”

I’ve always played with a wide range of emotions. I feel things deeply, which is a superpower on the good days, and a curse on the bad ones.

It makes me empathetic, able to create deep connections with people, and able to experience joy in a way I wish everyone else did.

It also sends me on gloomy spirals of endless questioning, or painful emotions. It’s why I go down rabbit holes and get obsessive.

For that reason, I highly value bienveillance. This French word does not really have an English translation. The translated definition would be:

a disposition of mind inclined to understanding and to indulgence towards others.

It’s thoughtfulness, kindness, and deep understanding on steroids. It’s the ability to take care of people and to have good intentions toward them while still being able to gently call them out when needed. It’s what rules all my relationships and how I aim to act.

This is how I want to write. I want to share with you harsh truths, to show you new perspectives in the softest, most loving way possible. I believe this is how real transformation happens, in bienveillance.

Multi-passionate, undecisive, unlabelled, and proud~ish to be!

I find labeling so interesting. We need it. That’s how people make sense of us. It’s critical for marketing purposes, it’s what I am doing right now with this About Me article.

I’ve gone through the process of labeling myself many times. Work-wise, I am still struggling to call my freelance business anything. Am I a writer, a coach, or a consultant? None of it and all of them, really.

I can’t choose where to live either. I spent a lot of time in Cape town and in Mexico in my twenties and honestly I don’t want to choose between them and France. I got friends and happy memories in all these places, so why not do it all?

For the past 2 years, I have been trying to fight my societal urge to settle down and label myself. It’s not easy, it feels like I always go back to a label. To eventually, want to break free from it.

Not without internal resistance, I am accepting that I do and am many things. I accomplish things I love, choose clients and missions that spark joy, and follow the flow of my desires. I go where it feels right and settle there until my feet get itchy again. I explore mindfulness and spirituality deeply and then spend months away from that rabbit hole. I write articles about anything that goes through my mind, and maybe with time, it will all make sense.

For now, this is what to expect here, some chaos and messiness, a multitude of subjects, pieces of deep reflection on the mind, and others that just talk about my everyday life and work. Lots of raw emotions, joy, and of course, my favorite word, bienveillance. I am secretly hoping it will become your favorite word too.

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