Bradley Wright, Life Purpose Lab
In-depth exploration into purpose in life. What is purpose? How does it change lives? How do we find more of it? Interviews include researchers who study it, practitioners who guide people to it, and people who have experienced it. New episode every Wednesday morning.
Bradley Wright, Life Purpose Lab
#67. From Prison to Purpose: Recovered Addict Shay Walters
What do you do when you hit absolute rock bottom in your life--when you've lost all that matters in your past and in your future? You start living out any purpose that you can find.
Shay Walters is a wife, mother, and a nine-time convicted felon. She delved into the abyss of drug addiction. Having lost custody of her son and facing a possible two-decade prison sentence, she changed her life around completely. She gave up her previous impulsive ways of living only for momentary pleasure. She committed herself to vision for her life that was bigger than her. Now, out of prison, she and her husband run an out-treatment rehabilitation center for others in addiction.
In this episode, you'll learn about
- Why some young people don't engage purpose
- How to live purposefully with few, if any, resources
- Having a bigger picture for your life
- Using the problems of our past to help others
- How a sense of entitlement can block finding purpose
Shay's Prison to Purpose Facebook page
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