meet our founder
It's important to me that our clients get to know about us - the motivations, the lived experiences, and the reasons behind why Paper Kite Wellness Collective exists.
It is so much more than "business". Its a vehicle created by all involved that allows us to share the lessons we have learned and to follow our purposes to help people maximise the human experience.
Dana Gambrill
Founder - Paper Kite Wellness Collective
If you ask Dana to try and define herself you will often be met with a response that includes things like parent, pizza lover, road-tripper, surfer, thinker, problem solver, ex-IT executive, singer, actor, musician, hippie, friend, and more. She is clearly someone who doesn’t care much to be labled, defined or restricted.
Of the many highs and lows that she has experienced through all of this she singles out three major defining events in her life:
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Navigating the loss of one of her twin sons at birth
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Undergoing a double heart bypass at the age of 37, and surviving a total of 4 heart “events” and;
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Undergoing a gender transition in her 50's
The lessons from her life and those events in particular have been profound, and have shaped her passion for truly valuing the gift of life, and for building the resilience and wellness needed to really maximise what she refers to as “this human experience”.
Its that same passion that has led her to create Paper Kite Wellness Collective to give as many people as possible the same chance to maximise their own lives.