Memoir · Music · Redemption

Justin Lee Sabo

Writer, nurse, and musician exploring survival, faith, and creativity after a life-altering accident.


AboutJustin Lee Sabo is a writer, nurse, and musician who did not set out to become an artist. After a life-altering car accident, creativity became an unexpected way to make sense of recovery, faith, and identity.His work focuses on emotional truth and the process of rebuilding a life after trauma. He lives and works in North Dakota.


The Birth Of A Creative Mind:
A Story of Survival and Transformation from Within the Storm

After a life-altering car accident, Justin Lee Sabo found himself searching for meaning in the aftermath of survival. What he did not expect was that creativity — writing, music, and reflection — would become the language through which healing began.The Birth of a Creative Mind is a memoir about what happens when life breaks open and forces a person to confront faith, identity, and the quiet work of rebuilding. Told with emotional honesty and plainspoken reflection, the book explores grief, resilience, and the unexpected ways purpose can emerge from loss.This is not a story about becoming famous or finding easy answers. It is a story about listening closely, learning to live again, and discovering that creativity can be both refuge and compass when the future feels uncertain.

The Birth Of A Creative Mind:
A Story of Survival and Transformation from Within the Storm

December 9, 2025

I Shouldn’t Be Here: Some stories begin the day they should’ve ended Paperback

November 20, 2025


Music

Music became another form of storytelling after the accident — a way to explore emotions that words alone could not always reach.Justin’s music reflects the same themes found in his writing: survival, faith, struggle, redemption, and the slow work of healing. The songs are not polished performances, but honest expressions — created to process experience rather than chase perfection.Selected music and ongoing projects explore the intersection of story and sound, offering another window into the creative journey documented in the memoir.Since the accident, Justin has written and recorded hundreds of songs as part of an ongoing creative recovery process.


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Listen Along While You Read

HollowListen to Hollow
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ForsakenListen to Forsaken

The Weight of It AllListen to The Weight of It All

Trapped Inside My MindListen to Trapped Inside My Mind

I Walk in the DarknessListen to I Walk in the Darkness

Healing the HurtListen to Healing the Hurt
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You Are Not Alone in This FightListen to You Are Not Alone in This Fight

Saving Everyone But MeListen to Saving Everyone But Me

Looking for a SignListen to Looking for a Sign

God Was in the Passenger SeatListen to God Was in the Passenger Seat

Born AgainListen to Born Again

Cult of CluelessnessListen to Cult of Cluelessness

I Ain’t ScaredListen to I Ain’t Scared

Burn It All DownListen to Burn It All Down

The StormListen to The Storm
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The Devil Knows My NameListen to The Devil Knows My Name

Velvet CrucifixListen to Velvet Crucifix
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When Silence Became My NameListen to When Silence Became My Name

You Lit the FuseListen to You Lit the Fuse

I Don’t Wanna DieListen to I Don’t Wanna Die

Standing TallListen to Standing Tall

Little I Love You’sListen to Little I Love You’s

Home Is Where My Heart BelongsListen to Home Is Where My Heart Belongs

Love That Time Can’t TouchListen to Love That Time Can’t Touch
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WildflowersListen to Wildflowers

Kiss Me Like You Mean ItListen to Kiss Me Like You Mean It

My Home, My Safe SpaceListen to My Home, My Safe Space
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Safe HarborListen to Safe Harbor

The Storm and the HarborListen to The Storm and the Harbor

Other Creations

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