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Podcast: Commonwealth Club of California Podcast
Episode: Shaka Senghor: How to Be Free
Description: After Shaka Senghor was twice denied parole after 18 years behind bars, he had to decide: surrender to despair or transform himself from within.
He chose the path of hope. He adopted daily practices including journaling, meditation, mindfulness, and creative expression, and he turned his vision into action—in the process, discovering how to break free from everything that was holding him back from reaching his true potential.
As a result, he was able to focus on what he saw as his greatest barriers, which were within his own mind, and he discovered some truths about fr...