Sah D’Simone is a spiritual guide, meditation teacher, transformational speaker, and bestselling author. He leads a heart-based healing movement rooted in tried-and-true techniques, pioneering a Spiritually Sassy approach in which joy and authenticity illuminate the path to enlightenment.
Born in Brazil, Sah immigrated to the US at age 16. By his early 20s, he had found great success in the fashion industry
and creative director of an international fashion magazine, and yet he was overwhelmed by addiction, depression, and anxiety. In 2012, he walked away from everything and began an intensive search for health and well-being.
In 2013, Sah embarked on a journey to Nepal, India, Thailand, and Indonesia to study with great spiritual masters such as His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Lama Zopa Rinpoche, and Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo. Sah developed a revolutionary healing approach blending ancient Tantric Buddhism and modern contemplative psychotherapy, served with a twist of his trademark sass. He is also passionate about sharing his mission with the underserved, advocating for mental health and well-being in the LGBTQIA+ and POC communities.
Sah’s approach has helped enrich the lives of thousands through his teachings. He has shared the stage with Deepak Chopra, Yung Pueblo, Ruby Warrington, and Dan Harris. His first book, 5-Minute Daily Meditations, is an international bestseller, translated into Spanish, Chinese, and Dutch. He has been invited to speak at TEDx, and his client list includes Google, MoMA, Kanye West, Cannes Lions, American Express, the United Nations, New Balance, Bloomingdale’s, and Havas.
In this episode we talk about:
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The challenges of high school after just emigrating to the USA at age 16 without speaking great English finding his place with the misfits
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Dealing with depression in high school
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Moving to la at 19 where he started to find himself and then NYC to work in high fashion
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His evolution to owning his sexuality and queerness
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Feeling like he wasn’t present to much of his life due to the role playing he felt he had to do before he came out.
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His magazine getting sold and going on a path of seeking to India, Nepal, Thailand, Indonesia for nearly 3 years living in monasteries.
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a guru in India telling him he was meant to be a teacher, but him not buying it
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moving back to NYC and working at a juice a shop and starting to speak and lead workshops
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where Spiritually Sassy came from after all his spiritual work seeing what he calls Zombie Zen and that it was a new place to “fit in” and wanting to shift that for himself and others to have room for joy, laughter and more
Find more from Sah at https://www.sahdsimone.com and @sahdsimone
Get his newest book Spiritually Sassy!
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