Location: New York, NY
Years active: 35+ as dentist, now full-time coach
Specialties: Nervous system regulation, hypnotherapy, identity coaching
The person you're meant to be is already there.
My name is Dr. Gigi Arnaud. For over 35 years, I worked as a dentist, running my own successful practice on Manhattan's Upper West Side. I was good at what I did. Patients trusted me. On paper, everything looked right.
But inside, I was struggling. I lived with chronic anxiety. I was a people-pleaser who didn't know how to set boundaries. I kept parts of myself hidden — my true feelings, my desires, even parts of my identity — because I didn't think I deserved to express them.
I know what it feels like to be the smiling person suffering inside.
The turning point came when I realized that talking alone wasn't enough. I needed to work with my nervous system, to change the patterns running underneath my daily thoughts, and to reconnect with who I actually was — not who I thought I needed to be.
I trained extensively in hypnotherapy, neuroscience-based coaching, and behavioral change. I learned how to regulate my nervous system, rewire my subconscious beliefs, and reset my identity. And when I emerged on the other side, I knew I couldn't go back to dentistry. My purpose was clear: help others do the same work.
Today, I work with high-achievers, people-pleasers, overthinkers, and seekers. I help them stop surviving on autopilot and start living a life that feels unmistakably theirs.
The version of you that's been waiting to emerge is already there. You just need the right support to let it out.