The Vision

To create a world where emotional resilience and mental clarity are accessible to all.

Founder’s Story

Sam’s personal journey from hustle culture to Soul Life Balance. Include a timeline of milestones

Early On

Founder, Sam Kabert, has long been interested in mental health. He was the kid that didn’t care for playing “make believe” growing up. He asked the big questions including one of his earliest memories being asking his father at a young age, “Dad, if God created us then who created God?”. Unfortunately, there always seemed to be something missing in Sam’s life. Something always had a sense of “being off” and it wasn’t until his college years that he could no longer avoid the whisper that had been guiding him to go deeper in his own psyche.

2008

In Sam’s sophomore year of college, he became a survivor of suicide as one of his good friends hung himself while Sam and his friends were in the living room. This shook Sam to his very core. Being in college, and in a party school at that (Chico State) he subconsciously numbed and distracted himself with the extracurricular activities involved in a college party scene

2010

Sam received a DUI and at this point, he vowed to himself to prove that he would not be a “f*ck up”. This was the fire that lit under him that catapulted him to channeling his passion into being an entrepreneur.

2013

Sam got involved with various non-profit organizations through joining committees and sitting on a couple boards as a director himself. 2013 through 2017 were Sam’s “hustle years” in Silicon Valley.

2017

Sam’s first podcast, WhatUp! Silicon Valley, was born with co-host Sergio Oliveri. Around this time, the dynamic duo began hosting a “Shark Tank” inspired event annually at ebay’s HQ with 3 judges, up to 8 startups, nearly 20 vendors and over 300 attendees.

2019

This was the year Sam had finally built up his business, SwagWorx, to a million dollar company. In all of his “hustling” in Silicon Valley, he most certainly embraced the “grind lifestyle” to ultimately be recognized as one of Silicon Valley’s top 40 influential people under 40 years old (at just 31 years old).

Despite all of this, Sam was more depressed than ever before. That’s when something called a “breathwork journey” found Sam. Through a specific style of breathing, Sam literally felt reborn and thus made positive changes in his life to embrace his new awakening that seemed to be progressing and unfolding rapidly.

It was in this time period that Sam received a message in deep reflection of the words, “Soul Life Balance”. He knew one day he wanted to lead a movement around reframing Work/Life Balance, but he didn’t know how/when that would unfold.

2020

With respect to the devastation caused by lockdowns, Sam embraced his new found spirituality and began participating and assisting in healing ceremonies to help others process and overcome their PTSD, depression, severe anxiety, suicidal ideation and many other ailments that can keep a person from living a life of fulfillment, joy and connection to themselves and those that matter most!

2021

Sam became a registered yoga instructor after spending a month in the jungle of Costa Rica and embracing a lifestyle that aligned with his vision of how we can relate to one another in a more harmonious fashion. When Sam came home, he immediately started teaching yoga weekly and leading a men’s group once a month.

2022

Sam’s 4th book, “Soul Life Balance” was published and this was the year Sam took his message to stages across the country as a Keynote Speaker on this simple yet so impactful practice of Soul Life Balance. Sam also became a registered breathwork practitioner and began leading breathwork journeys near and far to groups and individuals.

2023

Sam became interested in the subconscious mind and studied this meticulously and began to realize understanding how the mind works was the missing piece to what he had already become an expert in with regard to the nervous system.2024

Sam’s 6th book, “Ovecome the Overwhelm” was birthed in which he shares an impactful 6-Step B.R.E.A.T.H. process to go from unwanted emotions to stillness in as little as 2 minutes! Sam also became a Master Practitioner of NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming), MER (Mental Emotional Release), and Hypnotherapy. As Sam spent his winter with shorter days, he reflected deeply during a 7 day fast and on the other side of the fast it hit him in the shower (of all places) that Soul Life Balance is ready to become a non-profit organization!

You see, Sam had wanted to start a non-profit ever since he was 23 years old. Even during the “hustle days” in Silicon Valley that dream never went away. In fact, in 2019 (when Sam was 31) he had the vision of what Soul Life Balance could be! And now, fully embodying “Soul Life Balance” and a clear vision, he’s ready to join forces with you to put an end to Work/Life Balance and replace it with Soul Life Balance!

Watch Sam’s TEDx Talk to learn more about Soul Life Balance!