In this episode
What if you were told your mind was broken—but you refused to accept it?
Today on Wake Up With Giants TV, we sit down with Dominic, a high-performance coach and entrepreneur who turned his battle with schizophrenia into a successful coaching career.
Despite being diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and agoraphobia, Dom refused to let his mental illness define him. After years of struggle, crime, addiction, and near-death experiences, he embarked on a transformational journey—proving that the mind is more powerful than we think.
What You’ll Learn in This Episode:
- How Dom’s mental health battle shaped his success
- The darkest moments of schizophrenia & how he overcame them
- His spiritual awakening and path to recovery
- How he went from crime & addiction to helping Fortune 500 CEOs
- The power of mindset shifts in overcoming ANY adversity
Chapters
- 0:00Welcome to Wake Up With Giants TV
- 2:16Introducing Dominic’s powerful story
- 5:26His childhood struggles & early environment
- 10:17How fear, trauma & anxiety shaped his mental health
- 20:05His diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia
- 30:40The personal hell of mental illness
- 40:28The turning point: How he started to heal
- 50:10From schizophrenia to coaching UFC athletes & CEOs
- 1:00:00Advice for anyone struggling with mental illness



