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OCTOBER 2025
An incredible year thus far. I traveled to Germany to speak in September as cochair and discussant on an international research symposium about patients who have discontinued antipsychotics! As a patient (who has done so) and professional at University of MD Baltimore, it felt really fulfilling bridging the gap between both groups to ensure that everyone's unique voices are heard. In May, I did a Ted Talk at Natcon 25 at the Philadelphia Convention Center. Natcon is the National Council's Annual Conference and the largest mental health conference in the world (with over 6000 people in attendance.) The best part wasn't the speech itself, it was connecting and working with WBAL Anchor and Voice of the Ravens Gerry Sandusky! What are the odds that he was the guy who the National Council hires to format the talks. He is very kind and authentic and it was fulfilling hearing him announce my name and giving me a big bear hug after walking off stage as he yelled "You killed it!" Isaiah Free, my little brother and pianist, played at the end as I showcased the creative gift of bipolar, for a Ted Talk that was truly uniquely my own. I'm so grateful.
A year of healing it has been. The accomplishments were great, but there have been challenges personally as I continue to heal, grow and let go. Managing bipolar exclusively through self-care and alternative forms is far from easy. It requires brutal honesty through deep understanding of self, all good but can feel bad and look ugly. Learning to forgive, choose love, compassion & gratitude amidst pain from others means i have to face it and understand the fears/ disconnections. It's an exhausting process. It requires rest and consistency. Balance of both. Consistent in sauna, grounding, deep breathing, strict diet (to feed healthy bacteria contributing to a positive mood,) and exercise. Rest whenever possible. I'm busy, but I have to, otherwise it won't work. Bipolar doesn't give me the privilege of not resting. I make time, and it is there that i find peace and gratitude for the progress. It's also where I dream and find creative solutions to ensure my dreams come true. When you stop, you listen and receive insights that you can implement when you are working. I'm grateful for rest and that at 29, I'm free in who I truly am. Oh, that reminds me, i released music for the first time ever as Scoe Romero. My bio below highlights the story, but i went bankrupt pursuing artistry 5 years ago, but I finally stopped caring who is listening right now. In time. I finally trust the process and understand the divinity in the delay. No more doubt like back then. Before you know it, I'll be celebrating my multimillion dollar record deal to do what I love and push my mission to serve humanity further thinking to myself... What are the odds?!?! I'd say when you know who you are and strive to be the best you you can be, you get lucky in alignment, so pretty damn high:)! 4 releases monthly on Fridays starting in December. Find my music here. I'm so grateful.
Sean's Story
If there's one thing Sean knows, it's the importance of tuning out the noise and trusting the voice of his authentic self. As a college dropout who serves as a consultant for a prestigious university, and a mental health advocate who trains staff in a program he was once a patient in as a teenager, his story is full of synchronistic coincidences and serendipitous moments. The creator of Be Limitless LLC truly knows how to do things in his own unique way.
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Born a Romero and adopted at three days old to his amazing parents, Dave and Ann Driscoll, Sean had a second chance before getting a first. His biological parents struggled with mental health problems for their whole lives. His biological mother, a beautiful painter, has bipolar and schizophrenia, and was hospitalized over 70 times before delivering him at 44 years old. His father, who had a beautiful voice and was of Colombian descent, struggled with bipolar and addiction issues that carried on until his death in 2020. His parents knew the possibility of a diagnosis, and adopted him anyway, prepared as both of their mothers had Schizophrenia. Sean's birth parents and adopted grandparents never quite got to live a life like everyone else, having to spend much of their lives in hospitals and on boatloads of medications.
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Sure enough, when Sean was 16, he was admitted to a local mental health institution, where he remained hospitalized for most of 3 months, 3 times in and out. His diagnosis of bipolar 1 with psychosis altered his reality for a while and would change his life forever. While he was diagnosed and prescribed 5 or 6 different medications to calm him down, he eventually weaned off most except for one while in an early intervention program for adolescents and young adults with psychosis. He remained stable and embraced his diagnosis, and at 18 years old started his own record label to pursue using the medium that kept him sane. Music. At 19, he started speaking on stages and sharing his story some, and by 20 he had connected his calling to his art, as a peer support specialist.
He got his first job serving clients in a local residential crisis program. Despite only making $12 an hour, he fell in love with the work and the fulfillment of making a difference using his gift to empathize and relating through speech. He even used writing and music when leading creative writing groups. Over the next 5 years, Sean pursued his dream of being a musician by working three jobs to fund his career, covering costs for recording and funding travel to Los Angeles. In 2018 he took out a $25,000 loan and maxed out credit cards to pour money into a song that amounted to nothing but failure. Devastated, he almost gave up on his dream all together, but didn't. Instead he took a backseat to learn the business and become a songwriter. In November 2022, while doing so, he got a big promotion to train and consult staff that do peer support in mental health. Without a degree, Sean was making more money than some therapists, due to his expertise in a niche that he pursued simply due to his desire to give back.
In January 2023 he decided to do something he had never seen done before. After he discovered he had been affected by a class action lawsuit (symptoms included hypersexuality, binge eating & compulsive gambling) for the only psych med he had been taking for 9 years, he took an unconventional approach. Sean embarked on a naturopathic path to healing from bipolar. At the time where he made strides professionally, he was struggling personally. At 275 lbs, he was severely obese and didn't have a routine for self-care. All that changed as he went with his friend Zach daily to the gym and cut out fast food and soda. By July, he had lost 50 lbs, and by the following year he had lost 90 lbs and was doing pull ups for the first time ever.
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Sean credits the mindset of seeking discomfort and having courage to do so with giving him the ability to conquer his mind. This mindset was inspired by one of his biggest inspirations, David Goggins, a former Navy Seal that volunteered to go back to hell week twice turned public speaker. Goggins mindset consists of seeking discomfort daily to prepare for the cold world and to callous your mind going beyond what it says it is capable of. Sean took that mindset and ran with it. His current self-care routine consists of mainly eating lots of fruit nuts and seeds, sauna daily, cold showers, lots of pull ups and cardio, seeking something uncomfortable daily, and gratitude for the support he has had along the way. Nobody believed it could be done, not even him. Until it was. And two years later, in 2025, Sean is stable, ripped, and has his first Ted Talk about this very topic at the largest healthcare conference in the world in May. Oh, and by the way, he made his first 5 figure check in the music business last year too. He is much more than any of his identities/professions. He is an embodiment of the potential for human limitlessness and a beacon of light to inspire others to be themselves, reminding them that we all have voices that deserve to be heard and there is more than enough room for everyone to share their story in their own unique way.​
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Find his social media below to learn more about his journey.
