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Hey guys, it's Alana and welcome back to another episode of Seeing Other People.

Together, we're navigating modern dating alongside experts and real-life daters who are sharing their stories.

Don't have a date for tonight? No problem. Come learn, laugh, and maybe even cry along with us as we navigate the dating

scene together. And we are here. Gabrielle Stone, welcome to seeing other people. What's up,

girl? Thank you for having me. Happy to be here. I am so excited to have you. I feel like I've followed

so much of your journey from a distance. and there's so much I admire about you

and what you did with everything you've been through.

I feel like even from a young age, you were dealt kind of a pretty traumatic deck of cards.

And some people would really let that guess the best of them,

but you've kind of turned it into this really empowering, inspiring,

inspiring story that has probably helped so many people.

So thank you for doing that.

And I'm curious, like, just kind of diving right in.

Why do you think that is?

Like, what about you and your everything, like, led that to happen?

I think I learned that lesson when I was very young.

I grew up in Los Angeles with my mom and my dad.

They were both in the industry.

At the time, my mom is an actress.

She's best known for the mom in E.T. and Cujo and the

Howling. And my dad was a really well-known actor as well, and I was also a director. And we had a

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