H.O.P.E. Helping Other People Elevate is a podcast created to benefit those recently released from prison, families impacted by incarceration, and the general public. Our topics will range from addiction, abuse, to former gang affiliation (just to name a few).
Andrew talks about how his lifestyle addiction consisted of violence among other things
Danny talks about how he broke the cycle of the lifestyle addiction. God was the missing component that was instrumental in his change
Danny speaks openly about how his childhood exposure to drug dealing by his father laid the ground work for the criminal lifestyle he would adopt for himself
Jose explains the various nuances of the Lifestyle Addiction
Jose discusses what the lifestyle addiction was for him and the progression of the choices he was making.
Daniel discusses some of the things that kept him trapped in that vicious cycle of the lifestyle addiction
Talks about how the lifestyle addiction began early in his life
How to break the cycle of the lifestyle addiction
David talks about how his drinking landed him in prison for almost a decade of his life
When he thought it was all over God was just getting started
Jay talks about how prison prepared him and inspired him for the line of work he's doing today
Erick talks about how his aspirations to be a pimp ultimately landed him in prison for 25-to-life
Seven shots in the back by a police officer wasn't enough to make him want to change, it was the tender words of his daughter that stopped him dead in his tracks.
This episode I discuss what families can do from the outside to help their love ones on the inside prepare for release
Jose shares how spending 12 years in the SHU primed him for a new direction in life
He talks about how he overcame being given a life sentence at the young age of 14
How Daniel Perez broke the cycle of incarceration for himself