Peace Was the Point: Keilen Crenshaw on Anger, Healing, and Learning to Respect the River, episode 92
About this episode
Keilen Crenshaw shares his journey from anger and survival to healing and respect, highlighting the lessons learned from his experiences.
Keilen Crenshaw learned early that the world responded to force. Taken from his mother at 10, cycling through foster care, carrying unchecked anger that eventually led to a four-and-a-half-year federal sentence — survival was the only thing he knew. What he didn't know was where that anger came from. Or what it had cost him. In this episode, Keilen traces the full arc: from a school hallway in DC to the Middle Fork of the American River, where getting thrown from a raft and coming up gasping taught him something prison never could — respect. Now a recovery support counselor at Jubilee Housing in Washington D.C., he brings that hard-won wisdom directly to the men who need it most. This is a conversation about the difference between surviving and living. Learn more about Inside Circle at insidecircle.org/podcast
People in this episode
Host: Eldra Jackson III
Guest: Keilen Crenshaw
Topics covered
- anger
- healing
- respect
- survival
- recovery
- mental health
Keywords
- anger
- healing
- recovery
- mental health
- survival
- respect
- foster care
- prison
- Jubilee Housing
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Jubilee Housing
Places: Washington D.C., Middle Fork of the American River, DC
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