In Silence Comes Wisdom with Shaun Sargent, CoFounder and CEO of Stait
In today’s fast-paced, adrenaline-driven society, hormone optimization Is under attack. Whether it’s diet, environment, work or family, our bodies are like the frog in a pan of hot water, being slowly boiled.
Unfortunately most of us, men and women, have no idea just how much damage it’s doing. We have little awareness about what our hormones are doing, what they aren’t doing, what we need them to be doing and the benefits they bring to living our best life.
Shaun Sargent is the Founder of Stait - a supplement brand that is carefully created to provide ‘everything you need and nothing you don’t. His mission is to educate people on the benefits of having their hormones balanced and to ultimately be happier with less illness.
As a CEO, chartered accountant and company secretary in his mid-50s, Shaun’s taking a selfish, but very necessary step to create a life that will help him be the best he can be - mentally, physically and spiritually. While his target is to improve himself, not because there is something wrong, but because he found it to be the best way forward, his passion is far beyond selfish.
“Life is not a dress rehearsal. It’s about showing up fully, competently and capably for yourself in every moment”
Why do you do what you do?
First and foremost, I do what I do, to make sure I show up as my best self. There’s a reason why, before taking off on a flight, the airlines say “in the unlikely event of an emergency, put on your oxygen mask before helping others’.
How can we possibly help others if we have no oxygen ourselves?
I’m certainly not perfect. I’m more of a work in progress. I’ve learnt that authenticity and integrity come from our own personal, and perhaps selfish, experience. I want to be the best I can so the information I share is not only credible but it’s easily accessible, free from bias and with as few barriers as possible.
My focus is on getting the best information on how to live a great life each day and, from my own journey, I realised it stems from optimising our hormones. If our hormones are out of balance, our life is out of balance and our day doesn’t flow as it should.
What’s one of the biggest challenges you’ve experienced and what were the most valuable lesson(s) you learnt?
My mother died when I was 17. It threw me into a deep deep depression – booze, fighting and pure anger at the world. It followed with being thrown out of home by my dad, for not accepting his new relationship.
It wasn’t easy. It was hell. Looking back, I now see it was a huge gift and I am grateful. It had me step out of a small, and somewhat limited, circle and move into a much bigger, wider world.
With help from a partner, I realised I had to stop being a victim. At the end of the day no-one else really gave a shit. It was up to me to build the life I wanted. That’s not how I was living my life. I built my life around what I thought my partner wanted only later to realise that while I wanted something similar, it wasn’t a match.
I learnt that we have to be willing to let go of what we have and what we think we want before anything new can surface. We have to learn how to trust ourselves, to not let blind faith or desperation determine our direction. We have to trust ourselves to follow our heart, listen to our inner wisdom and create what we really want.
Without the death of my mum, who I loved dearly, I wouldn’t have had the need, or opportunity at such a young age, to fend for myself. The life I now have is unlikely to have been what it is, if it wasn’t for those lessons. For that I am grateful.
The lesson for me is that grief is temporary, or at least it should be, and that if you can move through and acknowledge the grief, and transform that energy, the best way to honour the grief is to use the energy to create the life you want. The best way to honour a loved one, is to create magic.
Being a victim serves no one, most of all yourself – it took me time to see this, but it’s certainly been my greatest lesson.
What’s one of your greatest accomplishments to date and what impact did it have on you, others, society or the world?
Marrying my wife Samantha. The balance, comradery, strength and grit she shows in the face of adversity, gives me the space to grow and be my own best self.
A strong foundation allows me to step out into daily life and create what I wish and in doing so, I hope inspires others to do the same.
A leader is someone who?
A leader is someone who sees joy in the group creating and attaining far more than the stated objective, through common bonds, supportive interactions, and solid work principles.
They are a person that leads by example, builds trust through their actions and integrity, and overall, is known for always being by the side of the team members when the going is toughest.
“A leader is someone who will take on any role necessary to get the best outcome for the collective unit”
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