Shaka Senghor

Start with a clean slate.

And it's really about how do you give yourself a clean slate?

How do you actually count those victories and be intentional about it, writing it down?

That's the journaling part for me.

The other part is mindfulness.

Whenever I found myself ruminating on a past failure,

What I instantaneously try to do is bring myself to the present moment.

Sometimes that's just with gratitude.

I'm thankful to be in this moment.

I'm thankful that I have a glass of water.

And that ability to move into the present is one of the greatest unlocks, right?

Because oftentimes we're living in a space that no longer exists.

Like my past does not exist anymore.

I'm not in that moment anymore.

my future hasn't arrived so I can only be here in this moment with you and Chris, which I feel so grateful for, you know, to hear Chris articulate his experience in this mirroring some of the things that I've navigated, right?

That's how you like get out of the shame and that's how you start to create a new scorecard is just being present in the moment, you know?

Yeah.

What about for you, Shaka?

Oh man, so many lessons.

I would say one of the big lessons I've learned from prison that applies to life is that even the great amongst us can fall short.