Reese Sabatini-Blake shared their story and experiences with us recently and you can find our conversation below.
Good morning Reese , it’s such a great way to kick off the day – I think our readers will love hearing your stories, experiences and about how you think about life and work. Let’s jump right in? What makes you lose track of time—and find yourself again?
Right now, walks in nature and painting or practicing the guitar I find them both a form of active meditation to get lost in as my mind quietly works away at anything pressing in the background.
Can you briefly introduce yourself and share what makes you or your brand unique?
My most unique factors aren’t that I was paralyzed in my teens and recovered mostly or that I’m visually impaired, but the fact that I’m trained as a medicine woman and I’ve found the secret to practical modern day applications of holistics to mental health and trauma recovery by focusing on the root of the problem instead of putting a bandage on the symptoms or what I call “The Bliss Method”
Amazing, so let’s take a moment to go back in time. Who saw you clearly before you could see yourself?
The first person that saw me for my big soft heart and nerdy brain would be a woman we call “T” whom I trained with in ITF Taekwondo for several years throughout my childhood. Whether it was words of encouragement, accountability, or a shoulder to cry on at times she saw past my struggles and always held me to my best self in the process and tried to keep me on track during the hardest years of my teens.
What did suffering teach you that success never could?
There’s a magical side to deep prolonged suffering and what we call Big T Trauma that when you manage to get to the other side you have a deepened understanding of just how strong you are and the depths of pain you can endure on your way back to bliss because it always gets better eventually. It helps if you seek out the right supports throughout the process though.
So a lot of these questions go deep, but if you are open to it, we’ve got a few more questions that we’d love to get your take on. What are the biggest lies your industry tells itself?
Pop psychology has clouded mental health and holistic mental health a lot. Currently the term holistic itself is being misunderstood as synonymous for natural when in reality it’s all encompassing and enables us to analyze and dissect every contributing factor that could contribute to someone’s current state or situation. There’s also the misunderstanding that My time someone disagrees with you it’s gaslighting or any time you are uncomfortable you’re triggered. We need to get back to a place where we’re less hyperbolic and dramatic with our language to not minimize the actual pain and suffering of those with actual Post Trauma Stress Disorder for example.
Thank you so much for all of your openness so far. Maybe we can close with a future oriented question. What are you doing today that won’t pay off for 7–10 years?
I’m building my practice with goals to open up a series of centers dedicated to helping people manage their minds holistically and overcome their trauma so they can return to their truest selves as they work past their pain so they don’t have to carry it forever. I truly hope to change the face of mental health as the current western model of giving people medication and not the effective tools or treatment to better themselves is failing so many people.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.Trauma2bliss.ca
- Instagram: https://Www.Instagram.com/Trauma2bliss
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