Rest as Infrastructure. Leadership as Stewardship. Unburdened Dreaming.

Dr. Gabrielle Wallace is a researcher, speaker, and author who helps leaders reclaim their will to implement their vision and plans.

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About Dr. Gabrielle Wallace

Dr. Gabrielle Wallace exists at the intersection of research, rest, and restoration.

As a researcher, she documents the patterns others sense but can't name; from the neuroscience of rest deprivation to the structural mechanisms that destroy our will to implement.

As a speaker, she doesn't just inspire, she builds infrastructures for transformation. Her signature talk, Rest as Infrastructure, guides leaders through an immersive experience that reveals what becomes possible when survival isn't the baseline.

As an author of The Courage to Build, she offers frameworks that braid systems thinking with simplicity, wellness, and community helping leaders align their story, systems, and strategy in ways that sustain their full humanity.

And as a curator of dialogue, she creates containers where transformation-ready leaders can process complexity together not through surface-level networking, but through the kind of engaged thinking that makes everyone sharper.

Her work serves leaders navigating economic realignment, AI integration, human fatigue, and the collective hunger for meaning. She doesn't offer quick fixes or hustle culture rebranded as wellness. She offers structural analysis with immediate application or a mapped path from exhaustion to sovereignty.

Audiences describe her as both grounding and energizing. Someone who names hard truths with compassion and provides practical steps forward.

She doesn't just talk about transformation. She's lived it. And she equips others to build with courage, clarity, and a rhythm that lasts.

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Speaking & Events

A 90-minute immersive experience that combines research, guided simulation, and practical frameworks. Not a lecture, but a transformation journey.

Leaders leave with both somatic understanding (felt in the body) and actionable next steps for building rest-as-infrastructure in their organizations.

Research

Dr. Wallace's research reveals: How organizations implement frameworks (or don't), and what separates ready leaders from those whose will to implement has been destroyed.

Her research informs both her speaking and her frameworks ensuring every tool is grounded in what actually works, not just what sounds good.

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Curated Dialogue

Dr. Wallace curates spaces where transformation-ready leaders can:

Process complexity with peers who can keep up

Apply frameworks to their actual context

Name what's working, what's missing, and what's being avoided

Build from alignment, not survival

This isn't coaching. It isn't therapy. It's dialogue that makes you sharper.

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Featured Book

The Courage to Build: A Leadership Journey

Many small business owners and leaders struggle with the same challenges: unclear messaging, scattered marketing, and the constant pressure to keep up. The Courage to Build offers a different path.

In this powerful and practical guide, Dr. Gabrielle Wallace shares her own journey from burnout to balance and introduces the Thrive Model: a framework for building brands and businesses that are clear, authentic, and sustainable.

More than a leadership book, it’s a resource for entrepreneurs, nonprofits, and small business owners who want to:

  • Clarify their brand story

  • Communicate with confidence

  • Create marketing systems that actually work

  • Grow without losing themselves in the process

This is your starting point for building a brand that not only attracts the right people, but also supports the life and business you really want.

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What Clients Are Saying

  • I am a creative, and for years I worked in silos… Dr. Wallace is the missing piece I have been looking for. She is intentional, thoughtful, and a divine midwife for vision birthing. Her calm spirit and astute focus have helped drive me towards a clear strategy upwards and forward. She is more than my coach or strategist; Dr. Wallace has become my grounding, creative partner!

    Founder & CEO

  • Working with Dr. Gabrielle Wallace and her interactive workbook has been a game-changer for structuring my new business. The clear, step-by-step exercises guided me to define my vision, set achievable goals, and build a solid action plan. I just wanted to say thank you for the workbook and for the language. I feel seen. I’m really diving into it today

    Workbook Client Reflection

  • Genuine Perspective: This book is definitely worth checking out if you want an honest perspective on the pursuit of your career dreams!

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