How To Break Old Patterns

A story from a podcast I did with an ex-offender, describing his lived experience and how he is staying out of prison.

I also talk about my experience of leaving a steady job after 25 years of service.

This lesson aims to teach the listener how it doesn't matter what situation you are in, whether it is an actual prison or the prison of your own thoughts. Change is always possible.

Transcript

When Derek Mason was serving his last prison sentence,

He was thinking of what he could do to not get caught next time.

From past experience,

He knew the qualifications he got in prison weren't worth the paper they were written on,

And he would end up going back to his old ways.

He didn't know how to change this.

He was resigned to being a career criminal.

He just had to plan what he was going to do when he got out,

And it didn't involve anything good.

Then he came across Beyond Recovery.

They were doing workshops in his prison to show the residents that they were not broken,

That we all have our own innate health,

And that change was possible.

His mindset changed from when he started his last sentence to when he came out.

He wasn't going to commit another crime.

He was going to be legit.

To quote Derek,

Beyond Recovery showed me that I can't control what's in the future,

So if something tells you you don't want to do what you used to do,

You must find a way.

I don't have to do what I used to do.

That doesn't have to be an option for me.

Derek is now a director at Beyond Recovery.

He is living proof that change is possible.

I have also undergone change over the last few years.

I took redundancy from a company that had been my employer for 25 years.

I now am a YouTuber,

Blogger,

And mother to a fur baby.

I am also mortgage-free thanks to my redundancy money,

And I am determined to stay my own boss from now on.

It doesn't matter how old you are or what your life experience to date has been.

If you want your life to change,

It can.

You just need to follow your inner wisdom,

Which will guide you to what you should be doing,

Not what you think others expect of you.

Reviews

Such a hopeful message on the real possibility of change - thanks for sharing