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Her career began as a Registered Nurse specializing in Neurology, in Canada and the USA. She worked in Neurosurgery at the Montréal General Hospital in Québec, and in Neurorehabilitation at the Shepherd Center for Brain and Spinal Cord Injuries in Atlanta, Georgia. She further occupied management positions as Assistant Nurse-Manager, and Acting Nurse-Manager in Medicine.

Very early on, Gisèle perceived each one of her patients as a 'whole' person on her/his own unique health journey. She respected them as the experts in their own lives, and nurtured the mutual trust of a good Nurse-patient relationship, while ensuring compassionate support and pertinent education during their stay in the hospital and rehabilitation settings. At the time, this was an innovative way to practice bedside Nursing in North America. To Gisèle, however, empowering her patients seemed only natural and logical. As a result of her progressive approach, her patients were happy to assume their rightful place as active participants in their care, they appeared more relaxed during their hospital stay and they tended to also recover much faster.

Following her 12-year career in Nursing, she shifted her focus alongside her husband to raising their dynamic family of four children and caregiving for their aging mothers. During this time she also completed a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology (Cum Laude). But her health challenges had increased remarkably by this point, and in her way of always seeking solutions, she  pursued an ICF*-recognized dual professional coaching certification in health and life coaching from the Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching (iPEC).

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She was then diagnosed with Fibromyalgia, Multiple Chemical Sensitivities (MCS), and Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS), and this was a significant eye-opener for Gisèle. She discovered that the health professionals who could treat these invisible chronic illnesses, were outside the realm of conventional medicine. Dedicating herself fully to now  rebuilding her health with their expert guidance and care, she gained an infinitely valuable education she never would have received otherwise.

Three years later, Gisèle emerged with a new perspective on the treatment and management of chronic health. She became an IFCI** Certified Fibromyalgia Advisor®. Learning these self-management tools helped her to further feel even better. This fuelled her passion for helping others find hope in taking back their health and lives again! So she became a Certified Fibromyalgia Coach®, under the mentorship of Tami Stackelhouse, CEO and Master Educator at the International Fibromyalgia Coaching Institute (IFCI), three times best-selling author, podcaster, and Executive Producer of the 2023 groundbreaking fibromyalgia documentary film, Invisible. ​