Real Resilience P.W.L.

On today’s episode, meet Resilient Laketa! out of Baton Rouge Louisiana. Ms. Laketa Smith is a Powerhouse. She is the founder and executive director of A Bella LaFemme Society. Their mission is to provide minority women with scholarships and to promote mental wellness. She is a prison reform crusader, active on community initiatives, and walks the talk in multiple states. I can not tell a lie, I know about the prison system in Pennsylvania, but to hear what she shared about the criminal justice system in Louisiana blew my mind. This is a woman’s voice that needs to be heard in the narrative of criminal justice reform and I’m glad she’s sharing her voice with us! Let's Go! Topics Covered: Inmate Advocacy in Louisiana Funding for Community Work Creating Businesses during COVID Resilience—Strong Black Woman Syndrome Criminal Justice Reform ACT 636 Healthcare in Prisons The Stanford Prison Experiment Spirituality and Crystal Healing Words of Wisdom! Some Organizations Mentioned: Women Mean Business Black Voters Matter East Baton Rouge Parrish Prison Reform Coalition VOTE—Voice Of The Experienced The Innocence Project of New Orleans Don't forget to Subscribe, Rate and Review the show! Listen on: Pandora, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, RadioPublic and the Real Resilience Prison Wife Life website! Stay Connected: Website: www.realresiliencepwl.com FB: Real Resilience: Prison Wife Life Join our FB Community: Real Resilience P.W.L. Community IG: @realresiliencepwl_podcast Twitter: @RealRes_PWL Visit our website to purchase my memoir: Road Trippin': Riding and Rebuilding through Resilience Real Resilience: P.W.L is supported by the women that ride!

On today’s episode, meet Resilient Me—Yes Me, your Host! I am excited to be back on the mic. I took some time to “dig myself” and get my mind right. Fortunately for me the world decided to put itself on hold during this same time. On this episode I share my experiences pre-2020, COVID, the new app Clubhouse and my new book “Road Trippin’: Riding and Rebuilding through Resilience.” Let's Go! Don't forget to Subscribe, Rate and Review the show! Listen on: Pandora, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, RadioPublic and the Real Resilience Prison Wife Life website! Stay Connected: Website: www.realresiliencepwl.com FB: Real Resilience: Prison Wife Life IG: @realresiliencepwl_podcast Twitter: @RealRes_PWL Visit our website to purchase my memoir: Road Trippin': Riding and Rebuilding through Resilience Join our FB Community: Real Resilience P.W.L. Community Real Resilience: P.W.L is supported by the women that ride!

On today’s episode, meet Resilient Star! Over the past few years we've heard the news about juvenile lifers getting a second chance. Well here's your chance to hear what it's like for a woman who welcomed one home. Let's Go! Topics Covered: The Release Process! Home Life! Words of wisdom! Don't forget to Subscribe, Rate and Review the show! Listen on: Pandora, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, RadioPublic and the Real Resilience Prison Wife Life website! Stay Connected: Website: www.realresiliencepwl.com FB: Real Resilience: Prison Wife Life IG: @realresilience_prisonwifelife Twitter: @RealRes_PWL Visit our website to purchase my memoir: Road Trippin': Riding and Rebuilding through Resilience Join our FB Community: Real Resilience P.W.L. Community Real Resilience: P.W.L is supported by the women that ride!    

On today’s episode, meet Reformed Troy! Now I know this is a podcast for women to share their stories. But aren’t you just curious about the men who’ve been supported by them. Tune in as Troy shares his journey through the predicament of incarceration toward reform.  Let's Go! Topics Covered: Rainy Day Money! Fed Life! Reformed! Vision for Youth! Words of wisdom! Don't forget to Subscribe, Rate and Review the show! Listen on: Pandora, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, RadioPublic and the Real Resilience Prison Wife Life website! Stay Connected: Website: www.realresiliencepwl.com FB: Real Resilience: Prison Wife Life IG: @realresilience_prisonwifelife Twitter: @RealRes_PWL Visit our website to purchase my memoir: Road Trippin': Riding and Rebuilding through Resilience Join our FB Community: Real Resilience P.W.L. Community Real Resilience: P.W.L is supported in part by, the Hope and Grace Fund and Ride and Rebuild, LLC    

On today’s episode, meet Resilient Jenny, mother of 2 and wife of a Juvenile Lifer! Tune in as she shares her story of love and self-discovery.  Let's Go! Topics Covered: Patience! Self-Love! Growth! Words of wisdom! Don't forget to Subscribe, Rate and Review the show! Listen on: Pandora, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, RadioPublic and the Real Resilience Prison Wife Life website! Stay Connected: Website: www.realresiliencepwl.com FB: Real Resilience: Prison Wife Life IG: @realresilience_prisonwifelife Twitter: @RealRes_PWL Visit our website to purchase my memoir: Road Trippin': Riding and Rebuilding through Resilience Join our FB Community: Real Resilience P.W.L. Community Real Resilience: P.W.L is supported in part by, the Hope and Grace Fund and Ride and Rebuild, LLC  

On today’s episode, meet Resilient Ana the Life Coach! We all know loving someone through the predicament of incarceration can be a challenge. We all also know women who have survived the bid and landed on the other side, sharing their story of resilience. But what about the women whose resiliency story ends with them choosing themselves over their incarcerated loved one. Ana the Life Coach shares that story! Let's Go! Topics Covered: Judgement! Faith! Healing! Words of wisdom! Don't forget to Subscribe, Rate and Review the show! Listen on: Pandora, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, RadioPublic and the Real Resilience Prison Wife Life website! Stay Connected: Website: www.realresiliencepwl.com FB: Real Resilience: Prison Wife Life IG: @realresilience_prisonwifelife Twitter: @RealRes_PWL Visit our website to purchase my memoir: Road Trippin': Riding and Rebuilding through Resilience Join our FB Community: Real Resilience P.W.L. Community Real Resilience: P.W.L is supported in part by, the Hope and Grace Fund and Ride and Rebuild, LLC  

On today’s episode, meet Resilient Medinah! Many times we think of incarceration from the perspective of supporting a male. In this candid conversation, Medinah shares what it’s like to support her teenage daughter through arrest and incarceration. It’s time to get a parent’s perspective! Let's Go! Topics Covered: Bail! County Incarceration! Family Support! Words of wisdom! Don't forget to Subscribe, Rate and Review the show! Listen on: Pandora, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, RadioPublic and the Real Resilience Prison Wife Life website! Stay Connected: Website: www.realresiliencepwl.com FB: Real Resilience: Prison Wife Life IG: @realresilience_prisonwifelife Twitter: @RealRes_PWL Visit our website to purchase my memoir: Road Trippin': Riding and Rebuilding through Resilience Join our FB Community: Real Resilience P.W.L. Community Real Resilience: P.W.L is supported in part by, the Hope and Grace Fund and Ride and Rebuild, LLC  

On today’s episode, I share my thoughts on the Prison Podcast Process.  Ever so often, you have to reflect on your journey and this short note is just that, a reflection of my podcast journey thus far!  Let's Go! Topics Covered: Gratitude. Women Rock. Find a Tribe. Words of wisdom! Don't forget to Subscribe, Rate and Review the show! Listen on: Pandora, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, RadioPublic and the Real Resilience Prison Wife Life website! Stay Connected: Website: www.realresiliencepwl.com FB: Real Resilience: Prison Wife Life IG: @realresilience_prisonwifelife Twitter: @RealRes_PWL Visit our website to purchase my memoir: Road Trippin': Riding and Rebuilding through Resilience Join our FB Community: Real Resilience P.W.L. Community Real Resilience: P.W.L is supported in part by, the Hope and Grace Fund and Ride and Rebuild, LLC  

On today’s episode, meet Resilient Krystal! From prison transportation provider to cannabis lifestyle entrepreneur, “Kritty” has turned pain into passion.  Tune in as she shares the ups and downs of being one of the first legitimate prison van service operators in Philadelphia as well as coping with the trauma of being a child, sister and cousin of an inmate.  Let's Go! Topics Covered: Anxiety and PTSD from operating a prison van service! Decriminalizing Cannabis! Navigating “systems”--prison and foster care! Words of wisdom! Don't forget to Subscribe, Rate and Review the show! Listen on: Pandora, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, RadioPublic and the Real Resilience Prison Wife Life website! Stay Connected: Website: www.realresiliencepwl.com FB: Real Resilience: Prison Wife Life IG: @realresilience_prisonwifelife Twitter: @RealRes_PWL Visit our website to purchase my memoir: Road Trippin': Riding and Rebuilding through Resilience Join our FB Community: Real Resilience P.W.L. Community Real Resilience: P.W.L is supported in part by, the Hope and Grace Fund and Ride and Rebuild, LLC  

On today’s episode, meet Resilient Kafi! This woman is an overcomer and holds nothing back when it comes to sharing her experience of supporting her husband with not one but two prison sentences. For anyone who has been there for a loved-one during a bid to turn around and have to do it all over again, Kafi’s story will inspire you to keep your head up through the stress of it all.  Let's Go! Topics Covered: Growing into womanhood through incarceration. When men don’t listen! Channeling your energy! Words of wisdom! Don't forget to Subscribe, Rate and Review the show! Listen on: Pandora, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, RadioPublic and the Real Resilience Prison Wife Life website! Stay Connected: Website: www.realresiliencepwl.com FB: Real Resilience: Prison Wife Life IG: @realresilience_prisonwifelife Twitter: @RealRes_PWL Visit our website to purchase my memoir: Road Trippin': Riding and Rebuilding through Resilience Join our FB Community: Real Resilience P.W.L. Community Real Resilience: P.W.L is supported in part by, the Hope and Grace Fund and Ride and Rebuild, LLC  

On today’s episode, meet Resilient Brittany, a dental assistant and brain injury survivor who has experienced the impact of incarceration since she was a little girl, visiting her father, uncle and grandfather in prison. She shares her journey of supporting many family members in prison as well as her boyfriend who is currently serving a life sentence.  Let's Go! Topics Covered: Managing multiple relationships within the system of incarceration. The secret benefit of therapy. The misconceptions of loving a Lifer. Words of wisdom! Don't forget to Subscribe, Rate and Review the show! Listen on: Pandora, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, RadioPublic and the Real Resilience Prison Wife Life website! Stay Connected: Website: www.realresiliencepwl.com FB: Real Resilience: Prison Wife Life IG: @realresilience_prisonwifelife Twitter: @RealRes_PWL Visit our website to purchase my memoir: Road Trippin': Riding and Rebuilding through Resilience Join our FB Community: Real Resilience P.W.L. Community Real Resilience: P.W.L is supported in part by, the Hope and Grace Fund and Ride and Rebuild, LLC  

On this episode, meet Resilient DeeDee, a participant of the Real Resilience program and a faithful rider on Ride and Rebuild prison transportation service.  She’s a mother of four, 2 boys and 2 girls, born and raised in New York but has considered Philadelphia her home for over 30 years. She’s an entrepreneur, works in the youth development field and for the past 5 years has been supporting her husband who is incarcerated.  Her support is emotional, financial and quite frankly, by any means necessary, because changes can happen with his appeal at the spur of the moment. DeeDee shares her journey and drops jewels for women on how to stay resilient while experiencing the predicament of incarceration.  Let's Go! Topics Covered: The varies ways she supports her loved one—business endeavors, legal work. The emotional, physical and financial impact of supporting her husband. The tools used from the Real Resilience program that helped on her journey. How she copes with the absence of him—i.e. intimacy! Words of wisdom! Don't forget to Subscribe, Rate and Review the show! Listen on: Pandora, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, RadioPublic and the Real Resilience Prison Wife Life website! Stay Connected: Website: www.realresiliencepwl.com FB: Real Resilience: Prison Wife Life IG: @realresilience_prisonwifelife Twitter: @RealRes_PWL Visit our website to purchase my memoir: Road Trippin': Riding and Rebuilding through Resilience Join our FB Community: Real Resilience P.W.L. Community Real Resilience: P.W.L is supported in part by, the Hope and Grace Fund and Ride and Rebuild, LLC    

On this episode, meet Resilient Nik! For over 19 years she’s owned and operated her own successful childcare center in Philadelphia, PA. She’s a mother of two and is very much in love with her fiancé. However, their love story has experienced its fair share of the journey through incarceration. Sentenced to 12.5-25 years, when her son was only 4 months old and she a young 21-year-old mother, Nik was unprepared for life as a prison wife.  Through her words, you will hear how she coped with the absence of her loved one, raised her son, and managed to fall back in love with the man she once felt had abandoned her. Nik drops jewels for women on how to stay resilient while your loved one navigates life on the other side of the wall! Let's Go! Topics Covered: Life after sentencing. What happens when you chose not to commit to the Bid! Raising a child “with” the support of an incarcerated father. The impact of adult supervision (parole) and why criminal justice reform is needed! Words of wisdom! Don't forget to Subscribe, Rate and Review the show! Listen on: Pandora, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, RadioPublic and the Real Resilience Prison Wife Life website! Stay Connected: Website: www.realresiliencepwl.com FB: Real Resilience: Prison Wife Life IG: @realresilience_prisonwifelife Twitter: @RealRes_PWL Visit our website to purchase my memoir: Road Trippin': Riding and Rebuilding through Resilience Join our FB Community: Real Resilience P.W.L. Community Real Resilience: P.W.L is supported in part by, the Hope and Grace Fund and Ride and Rebuild, LLC

Ever wondered how a woman finds herself in the predicament of supporting an incarcerated loved one? Ever wondered how she does it and remains resilient? Well the Real Resilience: Prison Wife Life podcast has the answers to your questions! I'm your host Crystal Wyatt. For 7 years I've operated a Prison transportation service in Philadelphia--taking families to visit incarcerated loved ones throughout Pennsylvania--and I realized early on that the main supporters of the incarcerated community are WOMEN.  These women are wives, girlfriends, daughters, sisters, and even grandmothers and they've all agreed to share their stories with you but in this introductory episode, it's only right to hear a word from me. Let's Go! Topics Covered: Why we ride when he goes to jail? Learning the judicial process. The pressures of supporting an incarcerated loved one. Pennsylvania Prison Statistics and its impact on community. Developing the Real Resilience Program and Podcast. Don't forget to Subscribe, Rate and Review the show! Listen on: Pandora, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, RadioPublic and the Real Resilience Prison Wife Life website! Stay Connected: Website: www.realresiliencepwl.com FB: Real Resilience: Prison Wife Life IG: @realresilience_prisonwifelife Twitter: @RealRes_PWL Visit our website to purchase my memoir: Road Trippin': Riding and Rebuilding through Resilience Join our FB Community: Real Resilience P.W.L. Community Real Resilience: P.W.L is supported in part by, the Hope and Grace Fund and Ride and Rebuild, LLC