01:07 - The experience of moving home and frequent travels as a child.
Graziella shares the richness of the history of the Malta heritage and the deep-rooted connection with the land she walks on. Her diverse backgrounds and travel experiences from a very young age have shaped who she is today. 

06:11 - Her upbringing connects her with meditation practice.
Her interest in meditation practice came naturally to her from a very young age due to being raised in a mindful household. This has sparked her fascination with neurological input. 

07:39 - Her journey into forensic psychology and many other things she had been involved with.
Graziella‘s drive in life has always been about humanity. Her upbringing helped her understand the different polarities of the world‘s population and motivated her to do something of value. 

Graziella shares her extensive journey to achieve that through different industries she has worked in throughout her life. From modelling, she volunteered in the community, public speaking for big conventions and corporations, working alongside sportspeople, and to her work in a maximum-security jail. 

27:50 - The combination of all of her skills and experiences help her create the Optimisation Hub, and work in sport and develop these programs.
She got very invested in leadership and community work. And sports work has always been beside those things along the way.
Graziella recognises the importance of mental health within the sports community and decided to use what she has learned through her diverse journey to build the programs. Here, Graziella shares insights into the industry‘s nature and why she wants to provide mental resilience and agility skills for those young athletes.

39:46 - The exit point in athletes‘ career journey.
Graziella points out that for athletes to go through a career transition, they need to learn how to self-regulate. That includes making mental and physical adjustments. 

48:44- Her work now sharing knowledge, experience and delivering her programs around the world online.
Although Graziella cannot travel the world numerous times a year like she usually does before due to Covid, she still works with many countries via online channels daily. This gives her more flexibility and strength to say yes to everything because she recognised the agency in the current mental health space. 

54:09 - The community work she partakes in every Friday.  
Her community work where she volunteers can be quite varied. Grazella‘s attitude is wherever she is needed, is where she goes. 

56:10 - What wellness means to her.
To Graziella, wellness is a sense of freedom to enjoy everything around her. To be well mean that she‘s mentally, physically free, and emotionally free to do things.