Geela - The Voice of Hope and Transformation
Like Rev. Martin Luther King and many other greats who had a dream, Geela's dream started as a quest for self-fufillment, but eventually, it evolved into a profound need to help others and make the world a better place while promoting a culture of peace, healing, and hope for all. Raised in a very small town, Geela was brought up with wholesome values where there was great emphasis on integrity, respect for the sanctity of life and being of service.
Geela has dedicated her entire life to transforming lives and contributing to a brighter future for all. In fact, she gave up on a very successful musical career in order to pursue her true calling to serve God. Coined by the media as "The Healing Goddess of Pop," Geela is an accomplished singer who sings in ten different languages, songwriter, and composer with many albums and awards to her credit including a soundtrack in "Hanna’s War" on HBO and an appearance in Deepak Chopra’s hit DVD "How to Talk to God" and countless live performances alongside top recording artists before large audiences worldwide.
Driven by a sense of mission, Geela uses her diverse talents and passion as tools to transform lives and make the world a better place for all. She does that through her inspirational and life affirming music, books, columns, and non-profit organization One Spirit, One World whose mission is to bring together key community and business leaders in order to affect change positively with the focus on promoting world peace.
Geela has authored the highly-praised book "The American Dream", which hit the bestseller list on Amazon.com. Coming from the epicenter of senseless violence, the volatile Middle East, Geela’s book underscores the urgent need for promoting a culture of peace, tolerance, and healing as keys for surviving and thriving. The book contains timely information about her peace advocacy and creative solutions through her nonprofit organization One Spirit, One World. In addition, Geela has created Operation Spiritual Relief – a unique humanitarian relief effort to help victims of natural disasters while helping disadvantaged people to become self-sufficient, and The Spirit Club which provides an opportunity for key community and business leaders and celebrities to get involved while supporting Geela’s advocacy efforts. In addition to raising spirits, for many years Geela has been donating her time, talents, and her own resources to support worthy causes including raising funds for reputable nonprofit organizations and schools.
One of Geela’s most notable achievements is her charitable humanitarian effort called Women Transforming the World (www.womentransformingtheworld.com) with the focus on promoting the message of nonviolence, tolerance and healing.
Education and empowering youth is one of Geela’s greatest passions. As a recognized human potential and educational expert, with many years of extensive experience including cutting-edge research, Geela has worked closely with various education leaders and the Los Angeles City Council on important educational issues and with various high profile people and reputable organizations such as UNICEF, Youth Human Rights International (under the United Nations) and the Los Angeles Lakers, in a collaborative effort with the Los Angeles Unified School District to help kids in inner-city schools stay in school and off drugs. Geela founded the media company Global Vision Media, which blends entertainment with contemporary vision to effectively address pressing social issues in order to make a profound global impact from the inside out. In fact, Geela is currently taking her shared mission to new frontiers by launching her own innovative national television talk show in order to accelerate the process of affecting change positively.
As a spiritual warrior with a heart for the people, Geela has been empowering countless people with her revolutionary Success Redefined and Random Acts of Kindness wisdom which are included in her critically acclaimed Principle for Successful Living™ spiritually based system for experiencing a life of meaning, purpose, peace, real joy and fulfillment. As Mark Victor Hansen, Co-creator, #1 New York Times best-selling series of Chicken Soup For The Soul and also Co-author, The One Minute Millionaire said, “Geela’s journey is a testament to how the human spirit can triumph over adversity with courage and unshakable faith. Geela’s Principles for Successful Living™ are uplifting and should be savored by anyone who wishes to experience a richer, fuller life.”
Geela has the rare gift of being able to articulate an esoteric concept, spirituality, in simple and easy to understand terms in order to enable one to break the chains of ignorance and deception about our human reality and heritage, so as to live life fully and transcend the pain of existence and even the fear of death.
The essence of Geela’s teaching is the understanding of the need for developing practical spirituality as life’s necessity and a key to creating the conditions to a fulfilling life. Geela’s message is simple yet profound: what God really needs is for people who are made in His image, to act in His image. Geela’s teachings are based on universal truths that actually enhance one’s faith, thus recognizing their role as a valuable strand in the web of life.
Geela’s life story is the stuff that Hollywood movies are made of. She came to this country from halfway around the world as a young immigrant with nothing and no support system and overcame incredible obstacles including poverty, discrimination, abuse, the language barrier, and intense loneliness resulting from separation from her family to achieve the American Dream.
Geela was born in a remote part of Iran and as a small child she moved with her family to a small town in Israel. As early as age thirteen, Geela was already doing live performances for pay, including one for the prime minister of Israel. At the age of fifteen, she received an award for Best Performance at a National Singing Competition (the equivalent of American Idol) for which she received rave reviews and national media coverage. After high-school Geela would become the lead singer for the most prestigious band in Israel (the Israeli Air Force Band). Later, she would leave Israel to pursue a singing career in America. She very quickly achieved success in America with over 200 shows a year, performing alongside top recording artists. Her credits include many albums in different languages and awards including for Best Performance at the World Song Festival and the prestigious OTI Latin Song Festival and an award for Appreciation from the Los Angeles Art Academy for Outstanding Performance and Artistic Contribution, in addition to countless media features and published columns written by her including interviews with internationally renowned figures such as Dr. Masaru Emoto.
But her life took an unexpected turn when she had a horrific car crash. It was an incredible life-transforming event (a near-death experience), which resulted in divine revelations, a divine plan for a higher purpose and the discovery of Geela’s true calling to serve God and humanity. It became clear that the reason she came half way around the world and ended up in America was not for self-fulfillment, but rather for fulfilling a mission for a higher purpose - to become the messenger of the word of God in a way that brings all people together with the recognition that we’re all connected by the spirit that connects us all. "I’m extremely passionate about four causes; empowering women, because they are the true architects of change, children (because they are our future), education (because education is the foundation for everything in life), and peace (because without co-existence we can’t survive much less thrive in a nuclear age)," says Geela whose upcoming book is entitled: "The Messenger of God." The book, which is based on divine revelations, offers a totally unique approach to effectively tackling societal problems and transforming communities and individual’s lives. It also offers a hopeful vision for the world of tomorrow.
Geela’s efforts on all fronts have been recognized with many awards and rave reviews from the media such as KABC Los Angeles and WorldNetDaily.com, bestselling authors such as Deepak Chopra and Mark Victor Hansen, co-creator of “Chicken Soup for the Soul” series, world-renowned personalities such as Del Harris, former coach of the Los Angeles Lakers and Cuba Gooding, and reputable organizations such as ASCAP. For example, Leane Vandeman, producer of It’s A Miracle/PAX Television said that, “The American Dream is both fascinating and empowering. Geela’s story is one of hope, and it encourages all of us to pursue our dreams regardless of the obstacles that stand in our path. I can see Geela’s journey being made into an inspirational movie.” Todd Brabec, Director of ASCAP said that, “Geela’s music is truly special, inspirational and timely. ASCAP is very proud to have such a unique artist as its member. I sincerely hope Geela shares her message of hope and peace with the rest of the world as well.” Catherine Schindler, VP Peer Music Publishing said that, “Through her own inner work and inner journey, Geela has demonstrated that it is in the darkest skies that the stars are best seen. She has the right vision at the right time. In cosmic time it is only an eye-blink before peace and harmony will prevail, and Geela is helping to attain this goal.” And Jack Scovil of Scovil Chichak Galen Literary Agency said that, “Certainly Geela is a very special and gifted artist who speaks so inspiringly to the ever wider spiritual awakening of our times. I most assuredly think that Geela has the beguiling talent and inspirational message.... Geela may well reach the level of success of Deepak Chopra and Anthony Robbins.”
As a gifted social entrepreneur who has worked closely with various celebrities and governmental officials, Geela feels privileged to share her vast knowledge, expertise and innovative solutions with others so they too can transform their own lives and the world around them. Wearing different hats from creative/artistic to business, Geela gives a whole new meaning to the term "multi-faceted." Her exceptional background, combined with over 25 years of experience, her universal appeal, unmatched passion for making a difference, and dedication to promoting a culture of peace, makes her uniquely qualified to effectively deliver a timely message of peace, change, and hope for all.
Geela is not only living proof that the possible always exceeds the impossible, but she also personifies the true spirit of the American Dream, which was built on perspiration, innovation, risk, and reward. Her extraordinary story of courage, hope, and high vision proves that with determination and dedication, success is within everyone’s grasp, and anyone can make a significant impact on the world. Geela, her husband John, and their daughter Ashley reside in Westlake Village, California.