About Gina
A different life
requires a different
system
I'm Gina Steffe — energy alignment coach, creator of the Life Reset Method™, and someone who learned the hard way what happens when you run a high-performance life without protecting the engine underneath it.
Read my story
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Where this began
I wasn't broken.
I was overloaded.
For most of my adult life, I was the kind of person who made things happen. I moved between New York, LA and Berlin, worked in art, entertainment, and social impact, managed international projects, and built a career that looked, from the outside, like exactly what I'd wanted.
But somewhere in the middle of it all — the constant input, the always-on culture, the pressure of high-performance environments — something started to slip. Not all at once. Just a slow, creeping exhaustion. A mind that wouldn't quiet. Rest that didn't restore. A feeling that I was doing everything right but something underneath wasn't right at all.
"I realized I wasn't lacking discipline or drive. I was lacking the one thing nobody in my world talked about: a system that protected my energy rather than just spending it."
That realization changed everything. And it became the foundation of everything I do now.
Career background
Fifteen years at the
edge of creative ambition
Before becoming a coach, I spent fifteen years working in some of the most demanding, stimulating, and creatively exhilarating environments I can imagine. I'm grateful for all of it — and I also know, from the inside, what it costs.
My background in global art production, film, and high-stimulation creative industries gave me a deep understanding of what it looks like to operate at the top of your capacity for extended periods of time. It also showed me what happens when you don't have the right foundations underneath you.
Fluent in English and German, with conversational French, Spanish, and Italian — I've always worked across cultures and borders, and that's reflected in the clients I serve.
2011–2012
Head of Marketing & PR — Ralf Schmerberg / Mindpirates (Berlin)
Led marketing and international screenings for the award-winning documentary PROBLEMA at venues including Soho House West Hollywood, Angelika Film Center, USC School of Cinematic Arts, and UC Berkeley. Secured sponsorship from Levi's and Radical Media.
2013
Global Project Manager — JR / INSIDE OUT Project (New York)
Led global INSIDE OUT projects with artist JR during a pivotal moment in his career — including INSIDE OUT NYC post-Hurricane Sandy, featured on the front page of the New York Times and in National Geographic. Co-produced the afterparty for HBO’s premiere of The People's Art Project, hosted by Angelina Jolie. Coordinated the Eyes on the Arctic campaign with Sol Guy, Ezra Miller and Greenpeace. Facilitated collaborations with Pharrell Williams, OSGEMEOS, Delphine Diallo, and José Parlá.
2017-2021
Founder & CEO — ART ACTVST (Los Angeles)
Built a Los Angeles-based boutique platform connecting artists and brands with causes for authentic social and environmental impact. Produced the "More Color" PRIDE 2018 campaign with Rag & Bone and The Trevor Project; organized "The Sacred Heart" event in New York with Delphine Diallo and Shine On Sierra Leone at Donna Karan’s Urban Zen (cancelled March 2020); opened a Gallery for Social Impact in Downtown LA; and led partnerships with GSTQ and international artists. Ran the platform for four years before burning out in 2021 — the experience that led directly to this work.
2022–2026
Creative & Social Strategist — VIBE CURATION (Berlin)
Designed and executed creative marketing and Instagram strategy for clients across art, entertainment, fashion and design — including Art Basel Miami and Berlin Art Week. Clients included Vajra Kingsley (LA/NY), Focus On Bettah Photography and Liebe Galerie (Berlin), CDG Architecture and artist Rosemary Carmen Smith (San Francisco).
→ Now
Energy alignment coach & creator of the Life Reset Method™
Drawing on everything I learned — including what I learned the hard way — I now help people who are high-functioning and overloaded find their way back to regulated, sustainable energy.
Sol Guy, Artist, Executive Producer & Director
“I first met Gina in 2011, when she was touring with a documentary film by acclaimed German director Ralf Schmerberg. At the time, she was based in Berlin and produced a series of international film screenings in New York City, Los Angeles, and San Francisco.
Recognizing her talent, drive, and generous spirit, I introduced her to my close friend and collaborator, JR. Gina led an INSIDE OUT project in New York called Be The Change. When a position opened in 2013 for JR’s Project and Studio Manager, she was hired.
As manager of JR’s New York studio and his global participatory art project, Gina was integral to the coordination and execution of his vision. She supervised INSIDE OUT projects across the globe, managed the citywide INSIDE OUT NYC, coordinated artwork for an environmental campaign I led with Greenpeace, and helped create and manage content for JR’s social media channels.
She also oversaw collaborations with artists including Pharrell Williams, OSGEMEOS, and José Parlá, hosted studio visits, managed JR’s team, and worked with HBO to produce the premiere event for his documentary, INSIDE OUT: The People’s Art Project.
Having watched Gina grow and excel over the years, I can say with confidence that she is a highly creative, organized, and empathetic leader — an ambitious powerhouse dedicated to making a positive impact through her creative work.”
Sol Guy
Artist, Executive Producer & Director — Quiet
The turning point
What the timeline doesn’t show
In 2021, after four years of running ART ACTVST, I burned out. Not the kind a holiday fixes. The kind where rest doesn't restore you, your mind won't switch off, and you start to wonder whether something is fundamentally wrong.
What I eventually learned was that I wasn't broken. I was dysregulated — my nervous system had adapted to years of chronic overstimulation, and it needed something that willpower and good intentions couldn't provide.
Over the last few years I’ve been training in nervous system regulation, somatic approaches, QHHT™, and other healing modalities. I built the Life Reset Method™ from everything that had actually worked. And I’m now helping other overloaded, high-functioning people find the same shift.
Today
What I do — and
why it works
I work with people who are, in most ways, doing well. They're capable, often highly successful, and keeping it together. But they're running on fumes, rest doesn't restore them the way it used to, and they know something needs to change — they just don't know what, or how, without it all unravelling.
My approach is practical, not prescriptive. I don't believe in one-size-fits-all wellness routines or advice that doesn't fit the actual texture of someone's life. Every person I work with has a different nervous system, different demands, different energy patterns — and the work is tailored accordingly.
What I bring is a combination of lived experience, rigorous training, and genuine care for the people I work with. I've been exactly where many of my clients are. That's not a marketing line — it's the reason this work exists.
Training & credentials
Grounded in real training
Certified Hypnosis Practitioner — QHHT™
Certified in a hypnosis-based framework for guided subconscious access — creating the conditions for insight and pattern release that conscious approaches don't always reach. In-person sessions, by appointment.
Nervous system & somatic training
Ongoing study of somatic approaches, polyvagal theory, and nervous system regulation as applied to coaching and daily life.
Holistic nutrition & lifestyle integration
Training in nutrition as it relates to nervous system health, energy, and sustainable performance — integrated throughout the Life Reset Method™.
Creator of the Life Reset Method™
A four-pillar coaching system for nervous system regulation and holistic lifestyle realignment. Built on the LIFE framework: Liberate · Integrate · Feel · Embody.
20+ years in high-performance environments
Direct experience across art, entertainment, fashion, luxury hospitality, social impact, and creative production — including JR’s INSIDE OUT Project, ART ACTVST, Art Basel Miami, Berlin Art Week, and work with Sol Guy, Delphine Diallo, Greenpeace, HBO, Rag & Bone, and more.
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@ginasteffe
My personal account — art, creative production, modeling, travel. The people and places that shaped me. A window into the life behind the work.
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@artactvst
The archive of ART ACTVST — four years connecting artists and brands with causes for authentic social and environmental impact. The chapter that started everything.
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