25 Years of Prison: An Inspiring Transformation with Sheena Renea
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English - August 31, 2020 10:00 - 54 minutes - 50.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsEntrepreneurship Business Careers peace coach self-improvement self-help life coach career mindset millennial entrepreneurship inspiration Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
You would never guess that Sheena was sentenced to life in prison. This is a truly inspiring story of someone overcoming challenges including abuse, rape, and domestic violence to lead a joyful life of service. No matter who you are and what situation you’re in, you will find something to learn from in this episode.
In 1992, Sheena was sentenced to death by incarceration when she was 17 years old for participating in the murder of her ex-husband. She spent 25 years in prison and came out at 42 years old. She did everything she could in prison to become a better person. She started a group called Prison Did Not Break Me to help women and men change their lives, and is also writing books about prison and her personal story.
Quotes to remember:
“If you do not keep working on yourself, you stop growing.”
“Life can break you but you have to look at obstacles as catapults.”
“As long as I stayed the victim, I never became a survivor, a fighter, and who I was meant to be.”
Takeaways:
When you can forgive others, others will begin to forgive youForgiveness is a daily practice and when you forgive you take back your powerIt’s often more difficult for people to come out of prison than to go inYour personal relationship with God or a higher power can be distinct from religionYou are worthy no matter what you’ve done and regardless of your situationLearn boundaries by setting small boundaries and growing from thereGratitude will make you feel better about everythingIt’s your choice: do you want to be better or worse? Remind people who are healing not who they were but who they can beWhat you’ll learn:
Why Sheena did what she did in 1992How she finally felt free when she was incarceratedThe moment Sheena decided to transform and change her lifeHer advice for those losing hope after returning to society after prisonWhat she learned about herself in prisonWhy we let people cross our boundariesWhat motivates Sheena every dayHow the prison code looks likeMentioned on the podcast:
https://prisondidnotbreakme.org/Link: