Meet Gigi Wilborn, RN of Essential Wellness 360

Today we’d like to introduce you to Gigi Wilborn, RN.

Hi Gigi, thanks for joining us today. We’d love for you to start by introducing yourself.
My creative journey is actually quite complicated and has been the furthest thing from smooth. For the last twenty years, I have been an Emergency Room nurse by trade and a reinvigorated visual artist by passion for four. In 2018, I became the founder and sole artist at GW Harper Designs. In 2021, I opened Essential Wellness 360, an IV Vitamin Hydration company that initially started off as a mobile business but has since transitioned to a brick-and-mortar location in the heart of the Serenbe community in Chatt Hills, Georgia. While one business deals with creating visual art, the other also speaks to my creative side merging both my trade and my passion.

When COVID-19 hit in March of 2020 exhibitions and art shows abruptly came to a screeching halt and it forced me to quickly pivot and think outside of the box. During that same time, my family and I made the decision to move to a small community called Serenbe, thirty minutes south of Atlanta. It was in Serenbe where my focus shifted towards wellness and thus my IV Hydration company was born. Currently, I am in the process of rapidly expanding my IV Vitamin Hydration business to eventually incorporate a service where clients can receive IV therapy while simultaneously participating in a paint party, a merger of the two things I love.

I’m sure you wouldn’t say it’s been obstacle free, but so far would you say the journey have been a fairly smooth road?
It definitely has not been a smooth road and I honestly do not think I would feel as accomplished if it had been. When COVID-19 struck I was forced to return to the front lines of the Emergency Room since displaying and selling my artwork had to be placed on hold indefinitely. It was there, amongst the uncertainty and suffering where I started to feel my own mortality. How could I give my body a fighting chance against COVID-19? How could I then turn around and do that same thing for others so that they would not have to visit an overcrowded Emergency Room? That’s when a dear neighbor approached me and shared her story. She told me of the IV Vitamin infusions she would receive in Atlanta but was now unable to receive due to COVID-19. She wanted to know if this was a service I could possibly bring to our community. After an entire year of research, I was finally able to launch the mobile version of Essential Wellness 360 in April of 2021.

As you know, we’re big fans of Essential Wellness 360. For our readers who might not be as familiar what can you tell them about the brand?
Essential Wellness 360 is an Atlanta-based service for IV Vitamin Hydration. It is a full-service wellness approach that initially focuses on the cellular level. We are only as healthy as our gut therefore, IV Hydration rather than oral hydration alone is an excellent way for our bodies to absorb all of the vital nutrients needed to maintain a healthy body and immune system. We specialize in curating spa-like experiences while you infuse and creating custom IV drips to suit each client’s individual needs. We offer spa music, diffused DoTerra Essential Oils, Shiatsu Foot Massage, Neck Pillow/Seat Massage. We proudly infuse clients who are COVID-19 positive to give their bodies the fighting chance needed to recover.

We currently provide both mobile and boutique services to the Metro Atlanta and surrounding areas. We have just recently opened our new IV Hydration Boutique located in the heart of the Serenbe community thirty minutes south of Atlanta.

What matters most to you?
The one thing that matters the most with me is curating positive experiences that make people ultimately feel better, whether that be a healing IV infusion or an hour of conversation. During the pandemic, we suddenly lost the ability to make authentic human connections. For so long I feel people had taken it for granted and didn’t realize something as simple as a listening ear, especially during difficult times, could facilitate healing. I am a much better and happier person because of my clients. Due to the acuity and workload, I was unable to give my patients the uninterrupted time and care I so desperately wanted to in a traditional hospital setting. I had been pouring from an empty glass and was not being replenished between my long twelve-hour shifts. With Essential Wellness 360, I am able to provide that time to each one of my clients and in doing so my positive energy is always replenished so that I can continue to pass on that positive energy.

Contact Info:

• Website: essentialwellness360.com
• Instagram: essential_wellness_360
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/essentialwellness360

Image Credits
Jeff Sudmeier (@jeffsuds on IG)