Every Prison Has a Door | Shaka Senghor | EP 107

About this episode

Shaka Senghor discusses freedom, accountability, and the inner work required to change one's life after 19 years of incarceration.

Shaka Senghor joins Ask JBH for a thoughtful exchange about freedom, accountability, and the inner work required to change the direction of your life. A bestselling author and resilience expert, Shaka’s perspective is shaped by lived experience, including a childhood marked by instability and 19 years of incarceration. Author of How to Be Free and Writing My Wrongs , Shaka shares how literacy, journaling, and self-examination helped him rebuild his life from the inside out. Together, the discussion explores the unseen prisons many people live in, including fear, anger, shame, and unresolved pain that quietly shape decisions long after circumstances change. It is a reminder that freedom is an inside job and that every prison has a door.

People in this episode

Guest: Shaka Senghor

Topics covered

• freedom
• accountability
• resilience
• literacy
• self-examination

Keywords

• inner work
• change
• prisons
• fear
• anger
• shame
• pain

Mentioned in this episode

Products: How to Be Free, Writing My Wrongs

Books & works: Every Prison Has a Door, How to Be Free and Writing My Wrongs

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