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sauntermore.is

We bring together leaders with disabilities who want to build a powerful network of colleagues to learn, share, and grow together.

So that we can define our life, career, and interests on our own terms;  Successfully navigate a transition to new heights; & Build a community that gets more valuable with each new person who joins.

We’re a small, dedicated team that will give you the very best in expert companionship specialized for leaders with disabling conditions.

Based out of the Tulsa, OK Metro Area, we started in June 2018. Our purpose is to share what we have learned as entrepreneurs and project managers with chronic disabling conditions. Our goal is to transform the management consulting industry by creating a network of diversely embodied individuals who take their leadership journey together.

We will succeed in our mission through inviting our community members to sharpen their skills as we grow our network nationwide and globally.

Sauntermore.us teaches leaders with disabilities how to improve their relationships to themselves, their families, and their colleagues. By joining a peer group for leaders with disabilities, participants learn skills that empower them to help themselves and those they want to connect with the most thrive.

We have proven that the adaptability that comes from adversity unlocks the ability to become the world’s most courageous leaders; physical ability doesn’t determine leadership capacity. 

Member Profile

Seth Hilsabeck

Seth Michael Hilsabeck, 41 years old, Tulsa, Oklahoma  and his mom.

How did your leadership journey begin?

That goes back to my parents being the badasses that they are and  setting an example letting me be myself and then giving me opportunities to be who I wanted to be, putting me in public schools and that led into being in Boy Scouts. That was kind of my next real experience with being a leader. I went on to be the head boy leader of our Boy Scout troop during middle school and high school years.

Now, I work for a home building products company.  I’m head of inside sales and kind of a de facto assistant manager to the place in terms of just maintaining harmony with certain employees and keeping up with certain tasks that need to be done  with patience and grace that I’ve learned over the years.

How did you stumble upon your AWESOME professional path?

Well, I definitely stumbled upon it. I mean, that it just came through networking and reaching out to a couple of people that I knew, and I found out that the gentleman that owns the business,  Kirk Van Vleet, needed some help. He’s been doing this sort of thing since he was in his 20’s. And he built this company from the ground up and started from one branch, and now has three branches. So there’s a lot to be said for that, he is a professional through and through. And it’s some of the hardest work that I’ve put into a job and it reinforces what it takes to have a good work ethic. It has kind of refreshed my perspective on that phrase, work ethic.

When did you know you could be successful on this path?

We had a very interesting, unique situation that presented itself where we basically caught two of our employees embezzling money from us. And then I was the one that helped him get the confessions out of a couple of these individuals. 

That was a very unique experience for me, because I’ve never really experienced that level of crime sitting right next to me.  I think when the owner saw how I handled that situation, it really changed how he viewed me as an employee, and also how I viewed myself as an employee or just having a certain level of integrity and honesty.

How do you define success?

Just being good at what you do professionally, and then having  a healthy balance with creative endeavors and daily routines. I think that’s what defines success for me.

When did you know wellness was important to you?

[Wellness] does take a certain amount of just daily discipline, so as to not get caught up in bad habits, and having a healthy daily routine really helps with that. Sauntermore has really recharged me,  having the desire to stay the path on that and to have a healthy daily routine, because it does help with all sorts of other things. Sharing my experience is at the core of improving the wellbeing of my tribe.

Who was the first person who showed you the way? 

My first real therapist, Della Blackburn,  that I had when I was in my early days of recovery from substance abuse (circa 2009), was the one that started me on that path. She showed me how to truly be honest with myself.

What is your daily routine?

I do some stretches. And then take a nice shower. I do my other stretches once I get out of the shower because I’ve warmed up a little bit. I get dressed, which is a task in itself sometimes depending on how many stretches I’ve done the day before. And then I like to make a nice cup of pour over coffee for my day, fill up my water bottle and then, if I have a lunch packed, I grab that.

I’m at work till about 4: 30 And then I come home. I usually get home around five o’clock and then decompress. Sometimes I read a book, sometimes I listen to music. Sometimes I watch political things on YouTube to get caught up on current events, things like that.

I like to have a good half hour stretch before I get into bed. Maybe do a little meditating.

What is the most important skill you have developed on your path?

Personal discipline. It’s a constant battle sometimes. But it’s one that I’m getting better at these days. It’s nice.

What is the greatest reward in the choices you’ve made to do this?

Just having a sound mind on a day to day basis and having a healthy amount of energy levels throughout the day. I think the more I stay in that healthy daily routine, the more rewarding it is in terms of just being able  to function when I need to function. My job requires a lot of multitasking, so it makes it easier to deal with the daily challenges if my mind is sound and rested. Rest is very key to that.

What do you want to learn from a community of your peers?

How to find new ways to challenge myself and to help others achieve the same thing.

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