Gabrielle Anderson on Mental Health, High-Stakes Sports & Her Journey to Entrepreneurship
Are you striving to balance your professional aspirations with personal well-being? This "Playbook Podcast" episode features Gabrielle Anderson, a Harvard student-athlete and entrepreneur, shares her insights on navigating mental health challenges, fostering entrepreneurship, and committing to self-care. In addition to being a division one athlete, she is a young artist who owns her own custom shoe company, Graffiti by Gabby. What started as her "just doing a few pairs for friends", quickly turned into orders from all walks of life. One of her early projects was for WNBA legend, Sue Bird. She has also designed shoes for the NFL's My Cleats, My Cause, Nike's DIY with Kai campaign, and several NBA stars.
Here are a few of her suggested books and resources from her podcast episode:
Our Unfinished March by Eric Holder
Ugly Love by Colleen Hoover
The Coldest Winter Ever by Sister Soljah
The Ordinary Soothing and Barrier Support Serum 30ml
The Ordinary Niacinamide and Zinc Serum for Face - Pore Reducer 30ml
Dying for a Paycheck: How Modern Management Harms Employee Health and Company Performance and What We Can Do About It by Jeffrey Pfeffer
Gabrielle shared how Serena Williams was an inspiration because of her willingness to be vulnerable despite being so accomplished and revered as an elite athlete.
