Proper Madness
Proper Madness™ is a mental wellness podcast hosted by Sabi Dhillon. Our madness becomes the muse for our purpose. Through her own personal journey, Sabi delves into how challenging times can serve as catalysts for personal empowerment and authenticity. By sharing her experiences with depression, anxiety, relationships, and PTSD, Sabi offers practical tools, guidance, and advice to inspire listeners on their own paths to mental wellness. Join Sabi as she interviews everyday individuals, sharing their stories and insights, to demonstrate how we can alchemize adversity into purpose, art and resilience.
Proper Madness
99. The Story I Never Told (Choosing Myself Through Storytelling)
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I’ve never really sat down and told my story timeline until now. This is a condensed version, but our path to success is never linear.
In this episode, I share my journey from childhood to adulthood, and how storytelling became the thing that saved me, shaped me, and eventually led me into creative direction.
I talk about growing up deeply sensitive, living learning disabilities, feeling misunderstood, and using imagination as survival. I share how writing became my first outlet, how psychology and film shaped the way I see people, and how losing myself led me back to choosing myself.
This isn’t a polished success story. It’s an honest one.
If you’re a creative, a storyteller, or someone trying to understand their own path, I hope this reminds you of the power in telling the truth about where you’ve been.