Podcast in Prison! Meet Angel.
We had the exciting opportunity to partner with Dave Dahl on his podcast, Felony Inc., with Mark Grimes from NedSpace as producer, to do a special podcast from Columbia River Correctional Institution. We interviewed three of our Insight participants: Angel, who’s been in prison many times over the last 20 years, Damien, a war veteran and Eve, a transgender woman. They each talk about how taking our program has changed the way they experience life and have found more peace of mind in their day to day lives.
Beyond Well with Sheila Hamilton: Episode 17: Anna Debenham, You Are Not Broken
Sheila Hamilton interviews Anna in this episode of Beyond Well.
Insights from the Women’s Prison: SA
SA has been in prison for 3 years. She had many hard knocks in her life. She was an addict and struggling with life on the streets, getting into bad relationships and getting into trouble. From SA’s stories, she is prone to trouble in prison too and often found herself in solitary.
Not anymore. Her mind is quieting down and she realizes she’s been looking in the wrong direction for her wellbeing. She sees that her wellbeing doesn’t come from drugs, winning fights or arguing with the world. She has started to see that when she doesn’t take all the negative thinking and feeling as more than a passing storm, her wellbeing naturally bubbles to the surface.
Insights from the Women’s Prison
On Thursday in the medium security women’s prison, one of our participants said, “I have a letter I wrote to you. Can I read it?”. Of course I said yes. It’s one of the most beautiful letters I’ve ever received. It was quite long so I’m sharing the highlights.
My name is Jessica and I was as broken as they come. And the 3 Principles of the Mind helped to give me my life back even locked away in prison.
Insights from Prison: ZM
I met ZM early on in one of my first groups at Columbia River Correctional. A lovely man who had been in and out of prison for the past two plus decades. He couldn’t stay long in our group as he was transferred to another prison and I didn’t see him for some time. He suffered with so much grief you could almost see it weighing him down. His son had passed away 20 years ago under tragic circumstances. Although I never asked exactly him what happened, I knew he felt a tremendous amount of guilt and lived in a palpable sadness.
IOS Collective
Last year The Insight Alliance joined forces with One Solution in Chicago and the Spark Initiative in Florida to create the IOS collective. Founded on the idea that what we can do alone is nothing compared to what we can do together. The three organizations do similar work, just with different populations. One Solution works with inner city Chicago kids and youth in Palestine and Israel, The Spark Initiative works with troubled youth and in the school system. We’re united under a common mission: Uncovering the capacity of our mind to create individual, community, and systemic change.
Insights from the Women’s Prison: JRH
I recently started working in the women’s medium security prison here in Oregon. People ask me is there any difference between the men and the women. Not that I can see. We all have a core of wisdom and innate resilience no matter who we are.
Insights from Outside Prison: JC
Driving home from prison this afternoon I got a call from one of our graduates who had been released a few weeks ago. He said, I just had to call and tell you what happened today.
All ears, I listened to him share a really cool story.
2018 End of Year Recap
Happy Holidays and thank you for all of your support of The Insight Alliance. We have had a very fulfilling first year and want to share a few highlights with you.
Insights from Outside Prison: DB
I had a sweet encounter this week with one or our program participants who released from prison this year. He’s been doing well, despite having one of those Parole Officer’s who keeps a closer that usual eye, who won’t lift his curfew even though it’s months since his release. The PO is also suspicious that DB is doing so well, that he stays calm and polite whatever she throws at him. Still, he’s working his day job but also doing some really cool stuff on the side.