HOPE is both a verb and a noun and I learned so much talking about hope with multi-platform storyteller and executive producer Danielle Gelfand on this episode of Camera Ready & Abel:
- Hope and resilience go hand in hand
- Some chance of a positive outcome is better than no chance, and worth holding on to
- It turns out the story we've been telling ourselves is often wrong
- The key is showing up
She knows from painful experience what it takes to persevere and hold on to HOPE even when the odds are stacked against her. Danielle is deep, insightful, vulnerable and very funny.
She opens up about keeping big secrets, dating, freezing her eggs and releasing the weight of shame and grief when she published her first essay in the New York Times, Years of Atonement, about her father's suicide.
Through the power of story, Daniells shares how she transformed her personal life after years of giving tirelessly to her career, one hopeful step after another.
As a veteran VH1 executive producer, Danielle developed and oversaw such hit television series as the Love & Hip Hop franchise and I Want to Work for Diddy. Danielle has directed A-list celebrities and talent, including Mariah Carey, Madonna, and Diddy. Her credits include hundreds of hours of docu-soap, reality, and relationship shows.
Danielle is currently writing a memoir about overcoming her traumatic past to find late-blooming love and family. Follow her on instagram at @daniellemgelfand and stop by her website daniellegelfand.com to read her most recent New York Times essay, The Wedding I Thought Would Never Happen.