A Day in the Life: Questions Answered by Aaron Fulton One of our missions at resilience2reform is to open communication about topics we usually don’t talk about. In response to…
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The Argument for NOT Abolishing Prison Labor | Noah Bergland
February 21, 2021Recently, there’s been a movement to abolish prison labor. With prisoners getting paid pennies an hour and corporations profiting from prisoners’ labor, it may seem from the outside that abolishment…
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Badass Benevolence: Self-Compassion for Reformed Felons, Vets & You
February 20, 2021Think about the last time you messed something up. Or things went really wrong. How did you treat yourself? Did you show self-compassion? Did you give yourself kindness? Talk to…
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The Excruciating Pain that Connects Us | Noah Bergland
January 31, 2021What do my addiction, incarceration, and my father’s death have in common? The pain. If I zoom out beyond my own life, I can see that divorce, mental illness, losing…
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Love After Lockup | Christopher Warren
January 30, 2021As inmates at the Yankton Federal Prison camp, one of our guilty pleasures was a show called Love After Lockup. Watching TV may seem like a simple thing, but prison…
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The Darkness and the Light | Mike Gardipee
January 11, 2021There have been two life-changing moments in my life: one led me into the darkness of addiction, and one that led me into the loving light of God. My journey…