Shaka Senghor

Jan 22, 2024 | bigthink.com | Shaka Senghor

SHAKA SENGHOR: I was incarcerated well before I was in prison, and I was free before the gates of prison opened up and let me out. In life, there are massive doors that stand in our way of our personal freedom. These narratives that imprison us, sometime it's guilt, sometime it's grief, sometime it's sadness. They lock us into a space where we feel like our whole world has contracted in a way that doesn't allow us to move about freely within and outside of ourselves.

Oct 16, 2023 | bigthink.com | Jonathan Haidt |Derren Brown |Susan David |Nancy F. Koehn |Shaka Senghor |Pete Holmes

Pete Holmes: We'd all like to increase pleasure and minimize pain, but the truth is suffering, even collective suffering that we're going through, is often the earmark that some real change is happening. Derren Brown: There's stuff that life throws back at you that you can't control. Nancy Koehn: Resilience is absolutely critical to accomplishing your mission. Shaka Senghor: I had a choice in whether to give up. I had a choice in whether to fight for a second chance.

Oct 16, 2023 | flipboard.com | Jonathan Haidt |Derren Brown |Nancy F. Koehn |Susan David |Pete Holmes |Shaka Senghor

8 hours agoNo space? No problem. This intense prison workout delivers huge results without the kit Despite lockdown being long behind us, there are still occasions where we need to get a session in, without the equipment, or the space. Whether it's a work trip that necessitates a quick hotel room pump or time …