Today we’d like to introduce you to Alhaji Sankoh.
Hi Alhaji, it’s an honor to have you on the platform. Thanks for taking the time to share your story with us – to start maybe you can share some of your backstory with our readers?
Oh man, how I started and how I got to where I am today….well, I’d like to say my story is deep and has depth and different levels within it. I would like to say my story is a story of a journey back to my true self and the journey to the true calling for my life. A journey that involved many losses, a journey that involved heartbreaks, a journey that involved confusion, a journey that felt so isolating for so many years, a journey that involved shedding of my old self, a journey that involved reconstruction of my mental, my emotions, my physical health, my spiritual wellness and wellbeing, my relationships and how I viewed them, my career and where I felt called and felt like I fit, and my home and what home looks like, within myself and externally as well. Most people would use their childhood as when their story started, but not me. My story started when I graduated high school and entered college in 2015. I didn’t know this was the start of my story, but reflecting back 10 years ago, it was the beginning and true start. My first loss that truly began everything was September of 2014 when I lost my biological father to an unknown stomach problem. It was already bad enough I didn’t get the opportunity to grow up with him as a child, but to lose the one who I heard just about every week over the phone. He wished nothing but the best for me in all of my life endeavors, and spoke his life dreams to me. I didn’t realize how much of that grief along with the lack of a proper fatherly authority, fatherly support, fatherly wisdom, and direction impacted so much of my life as a man and my growth into this world as a man. I didn’t get the opportunity to live a life taught by a father. I missed out on chances to build a real relationship with the men I do have in my family like I wanted to or felt like I deserved. But what I did get in return was the community I built in college and onward. Men who weren’t my father, women who weren’t my mother, friends who weren’t my brothers or sisters, but these people felt like family to me as I grew older and older. I saw so much pain, violence domestically, emotional and mental manipulation. I saw the things I knew I shouldn’t be seeing at such a young age, but I did. It shaped my life and unexpectedly, because it showed starting in 2015, but I was being avoidant of the truth and reality. It became bold and apparent in my face in 2021. I took that intentional step to finally take control of my life, take control of my body, take control of my emotions, take control of my thoughts which don’t own me, take control of my spiritual wellness, take back the things I lost along the way, and that is when the doors opened. I stepped into multiple new versions of me each year since then. I faced more and more of the sides of me I’ve been avoiding. I went back in my past and corrected the wrongs I left, and I took new perspectives and outlooks which changed my whole existence. To not let this story go longer than it needs to, I’ll leave you all with this. I am now whole more than I’ve ever been. I still stumble along the way, but I’m wiser, more discerning, more confident, more patient in myself and in life. The things I lost externally, I ended up finding internally through a deep spiritual walk back to self.
Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way. Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
It has definitely not been a smooth road. My road has been valleys and mountains, constant detours, traffic jams, and roadblocks along the way. Moments asked me to slow down, moments asked me to wait (longer than anticipated or expected), moments asked me to go for it. Most of my struggles in life were because of my avoidance of facing myself and conflict head-on. This came from childhood trauma on seeing how conflict was handled. It was sitting with the mental and emotional reality that some things were my own doing and some weren’t. Another struggle was slowing down to see where things were going, how it was impacting me or others, what it was teaching me or showing me, when to make a move and when not to. I was so used to moving so fast in my own lane, on my own, because I was constantly escaping. Escaping to freedom, escaping to live freely and without constraints. In the end, it taught me a lot that I value to this day now and looking forward to sharing the knowledge and wisdom with others.
Thanks – so what else should our readers know about your work and what you’re currently focused on?
I am a Wholistic Wellness Coach, DJ, & Artist. I specialize in so much but I can say my work involves giving back knowledge to the world on how to improve wellbeing and wellness through holistic alternative solutions, sound therapy, and mindful practices. I help guide people back to themselves so they can live a healthier and more in sync, conscious fulfilling life. Soon to specialize in mental health counseling, with a focus on trauma and crisis counseling, and family, marriage, & child therapy. I am known for my work in health and wellness particularly in overall health such as physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual aspects. I was a personal trainer for about 10 years and in between that time I invested into learning about nutrition, the brain and mental health, the emotions and how they’re linked to our overall health and of all things the spiritual wellbeing and wellness of ourselves. Being whole is the real key to life but many are uneducated and aren’t exposed to the knowledge out there. I am most proud of my personal growth. Not to seem conceited but the journey to self is truly humbling. Betrayal, guilt, depression, anxiety, loneliness , isolation, suicide ideations, pain, fear, all of these emotions and much more, are not easy to overcome and it’s still a challenge even when you believe you have complete control over them. This is the real war that we have going on in every one of us. In whole that means even the world. So me feeling at balance and at peace now in my journey shows it’s achievable and rewarding. What sets me apart from others honestly is just my ambition, my innovation, and my willpower to keep going. The toughness have to bypass, make it through, or sit through anything is undeniable.
So, before we go, how can our readers or others connect or collaborate with you? How can they support you?
Anyone looking to work with me can contact me via email and via social media.
For everything Health & Wellness related they can reach me via email at
[email protected]
IG: g_theguruuu
For DJ bookings they can reach me via email at
[email protected]
[email protected]
IG: Theguruexperience_
YouTube: Theguruexperienceee
Support for me simply is word of mouth. The more people hear about me and what I do and the vision and the work, the more I’ll impact more people. We can’t get by in this world alone.
Contact Info:
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/g_theguruuu?igsh=cGd4ZDE4dXdvbWk%3D&utm_source=qr
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/19ocpS8jX6/?mibextid=wwXIfr
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alhaji-sankoh-4184a018b
- Youtube: https://youtube.com/@theguruexperienceee?si=m3u4lGi8GisleZji
- Soundcloud: https://on.soundcloud.com/Vd8SjgVGzGPIPmogPg
