Podcasts about insight alliance

Nothing in the world can make you any more whole than you already are. That's the single insight that set Anna Debenham on her journey working with people in prison.Anna is the founder of Insight Alliance, an organisation that helps incarcerated individuals turn their lives around. Anna's realisation led her to stop putting her worth and value on anything outside of herself and to follow her intuition.Anna's story shows us that we don't always have to pay attention to our feelings. By following our intuition and being in tune with our bodies, we can gain valuable insights that can guide us towards success. And by understanding our own minds and finding a feeling of peace within ourselves, we can navigate difficult situations with grace and resilience.Things to considerWe experience various feelings throughout the day, which are just sensations in our body. But we can interpret them in many ways and assign meaning.Recognising that we are not our thoughts and are not obliged to believe everything we think opens up enormous potential.And the other thing that she shared, But we don't have to believe everything we think about ourselves. So if you are sitting there thinking, well, I could never blah, blah, blah, or this is just not possible for me, do you really have to believe that thought? and if you didn't, what potential might get released in you? What ideas might be sparked in you? What could happen as a result?LinksThree PrinciplesThe Insight AllianceEverything we need to thrive already exists within us – TEDx Portland

Oregon's only women's prison has adopted a program designed to help inmates transform the thinking that led them to engage in destructive behavior and rediscover their innate well-being. We listen back to a conversation with women in the Insight Alliance program at Coffee Creek prison recorded in 2019.

Anna is the founder of The Insight Alliance, an organization that works with adults and youth in prison and on parole by pointing them to their innate resilience and wellbeing. Her realization of not needing to follow a certain plan, but instead listen to her inner inclinations and do the next thing that shows up in front of her, opened the door to the freedom to create this amazing organization.

Jessica’s story is deeply inspirational.  Hers is a story of intense trauma to a diagnosis of dissociative personality disorder to being told nothing can be done for her to prison to lasting transformation.  Now Jessica’s life is purposely focused on helping others to transform their lives. Jessica Rogers-Hall was born and raised in Texas. The second eldest of 8 children, a family with a long history of alcoholism, drug abuse, and violent acts. Married 5 times and a 20-year addict to drugs, she found herself in prison for racketeering. A year and a half into her 5-year sentence, she found the Three Principles and her freedom even though she was locked away in prison. She’s living life for the first time ever and so grateful to have her peace of mind. Just 10 months out of prison she works with Anna Debenham and the Insight Alliance where she helps our youth understand they already have everything in them to be whole and healthy. 

Oregon's only women's prison has adopted a program designed to help inmates transform the thinking that led them to engage in destructive behavior and rediscover their innate well-being. We listen back to a conversation with women in the Insight Alliance program at Coffee Creek prison recorded in 2019.

Join us for a special episode of Impact Stigma as we visit with our very first guest from outside of Frontier Health, Jason Abernathy, AKA, “The Beard”. We invite you to listen along as he shares his colorful story and takes us on a journey through his life, his recovery from addiction and answers some interesting and unexpected questions. Jason has worked since August 2013 on Insight Alliance's Lifeline Peer Project of Tennessee here in Johnson City, TN and serves as the Region 1 Lifeline Peer Project Coordinator. Since March of 2014 Jason has served as a Certified Peer Recovery Specialist (CPRS) and provides direct peer-to-peer support services for those who have mental illness, substance abuse, or co-occurring disorders. Jason served 4 years in the United States Marine Corps before transitioning into a 16-year career in law enforcement. He then made a career change which allowed him to give back by assisting others in finding their way to the road to recovery. Jason is a person in long term recovery from co-occurring disorders and desires to work to help others break the chains of addiction. He is a certified Question, Persuade, and Refer (QPR) trainer through the Tennessee Suicide Prevention Network, a Trauma Informed Care (TIC) trainer, a Wellness Recovery Action Plan 1 (WRAP) facilitator, and a Youth Mental Health First Aid (YMHFA) trainer. He recently graduated from King University in December 2019, where he received his Bachelor of Social Work Degree, and is currently working toward his Master of Social Work degree through the University of Tennessee.

Join us for a special episode of Impact Stigma as we visit with our very first guest from outside of Frontier Health, Jason Abernathy, AKA, “The Beard”.  We invite you to listen along as he shares his colorful story and takes us on a journey through his life, his recovery from addiction and answers some interesting and unexpected questions. Jason has worked since August 2013 on Insight Alliance’s Lifeline Peer Project of Tennessee here in Johnson City, TN and serves as the Region 1 Lifeline Peer Project Coordinator. Since March of 2014 Jason has served as a Certified Peer Recovery Specialist (CPRS) and provides direct peer-to-peer support services for those who have mental illness, substance abuse, or co-occurring disorders. Jason served 4 years in the United States Marine Corps before transitioning into a 16-year career in law enforcement.  He then made a career change which allowed him to give back by assisting others in finding their way to the road to recovery. Jason is a person in long term recovery from co-occurring disorders and desires to work to help others break the chains of addiction.  He is a certified Question, Persuade, and Refer (QPR) trainer through the Tennessee Suicide Prevention Network, a Trauma Informed Care (TIC) trainer, a Wellness Recovery Action Plan 1 (WRAP) facilitator, and a Youth Mental Health First Aid (YMHFA) trainer.  He recently graduated from King University in December 2019, where he received his Bachelor of Social Work Degree, and is currently working toward his Master of Social Work degree through the University of Tennessee.

Jennifer Braun, President & CEO of Alliance for Children's Rights, discusses providing protection, guidance, and a positive future for children impacted by domestic trauma or abuse. This interview was produced in collaboration with KLCS.

Today I’m joined in conversation by Anna Debenham, Brooke Wheeldon-Reece and Eirik Olsen. These three individuals are all part of the IOS collective, a group with a mission to create individual, community and systemic change through an understanding of the mind. Anna, Brooke and Eirik share examples of how impactful an understanding of the mind can be, for themselves and their clients, and illustrate how this understanding has the power to transform the world. The IOS collective’s mission is to uncover the capacity of our mind to create individual, community and systemic change. It was founded on the idea that what we can do alone is nothing compared to what we can do together. Today the collective includes One Solution co-founded by Eirik & Mara Olsen, which focuses on personal, organizational and global change. The Spark Initiative led by President & CEO, Brooke Wheeldon-Reece is focused on educating youth through S.P.A.R.K. mentoring curricula and the Insight Alliance with founder, Anna Debenham which is focused on transforming the correctional system from the inside out.

This webinar-series was co-hosted by the IOS COLLECTIVE, a collective consisting of One Solution, Insight Alliance and The Spark Initiative This is the first recording of a 3 part webinar series, where we had a fresh look at how we can create impact and change in areas and circumstances that seem hard or stuck. Each webinar had it's, and we shared our experience and insights working on creating grassroots community change, rethinking criminal justice, and a new fresh look at uncovering resilience in the educational system.In this webinar we have a look at why looking at the mind and our innate resilience is the key to sustainable change. You will here from previously incarcerated men, youth from south-side Chicago, and people with experience working foster care system, criminal justice. schools, family programs, business and grassroots movements. We hope you enjoy. The One Solution Team and the IOS collective. 

In this episode, Ashley and Brooke have some very specials guest in the office, Jacqueline Hollows and Anna Debenham! Listen as they discuss their past week together working on a curriculum for prisons/jails, and the experience they shared running a class together in jail. Jacqueline founded Beyond Recovery in the UK. Her and her team go into prisons across the UK, working with offenders and ex-offenders; community organizations and professionals within the Criminal Justice System and addiction services; and social entrepreneurs. To find out more about Beyond recovery, you can visit their site here: https://beyond-recovery.co.uk/ Anna Debenham founded The Insight Alliance in Portland, Oregon. The Insight Alliance works in prisons and in the community with a simple focus: Understanding the limitless nature of the human mind, and recognizing our own innate wellbeing. To find out more about Anna and The Insight Alliance, you can visit their site here: https://theinsightalliance.org/  

Anna Debenham walks us through her entrepreneurial journey, from her attendance at One Thought Institute in London, to working with prison inmates in Portland, Oregon. In our conversation, Anna shares a profound insight that finally helped her stop taking things personally and allowed her to follow her inspiration. “ There is nothing I can do in the world that makes me more whole than I already am.” Anna reveals why getting out of your head, relinquishing control, and stepping into the unknown is the best thing you can do for yourself and your business. Anna Debenham is the Founder of The Insight Alliance. The Insight Alliance is a non-profit organization that works in prisons and in the community in Oregon with a simple focus: Understanding the limitless nature of the human mind and recognizing our own innate wellbeing. Everything we need to thrive already exists within us.

Wonderful conversation with Anna Debenham of The Insight Alliance as she discusses her prison work in the USA an the way in which it all came about. You can find out more about Ann's work at www.theinsightalliance.org If you have enjoyed this podcast please subscribe and sign up for weekly wisdom at www.jacquieforde.com

At the Columbia River Correctional Institution in Portland, Oregon, USA, Dave and Anna - previous guest, Episode # 49 - interview three Adults in Custody who have found their "insights" through Anna's program. The Insight Alliance's philosophy is that we need to live from the inside/out, not the outside/in, that our very thinking determines our environment. Only then can real transformation occur. Eve (no last names), a transgender female, came to the realization that everything will be OK, no matter what. When Eve stop letting others' judgement become her judgement, life became settled and happier. Eve also learned from Anna not to worry so much about negative thoughts, that all thoughts come and go and they pass on their own. Angel has been in and out of prison many times; even served time with Dave! His turning point came in an accountability session, where he was called out by fellow AICs. Through his raging thought came his ah-ha moment, where he understood that THOUGHT created his experience of life not the world around him. He sees that but for this thinking he's OK. Damian is a veteran with PTSD and a retired paramedic. He should be used to dealing with high-stress situations, right? Well, he didn't in one situation and it landed him in prison. When he came to the realization that he created his own misery and understood the power of his thoughts, his mental pain started to subside. Or as Earl Nightengale said, "We become what we think about." Felony Inc Podcast with your hosts Dave Dahl and Ladd Justesen We record the Felony Inc Podcast inside NedSpace in the Bigfoot Podcast Studio in beautiful downtown Portland. Audio engineer, mixer and podcast editor is Allon Beausoleil Show logo was designed by Carolyn Main Website was designed by Cameron Grimes Production assistant is Chelsea Lancaster Theme music "Free" written and recorded by Dave Dahl, all rights reserved, motherfuckers This weeks podcast brought to you in part by soap-on-a-rope, when you don't want to drop stuff Felony Inc Podcast supports City Central Concern at centralcityconcern.org 10% of gross revenue at Startup Radio Network goes to support women entrepreneurs in developing countries thru kiva.org/lender/markgrimes Listen to the Felony Inc Podcast live on-air every Friday at 10:00am pacific time on Startup Radio Network at startupradionetwork.com

  Anna Debenham is the founder of the Insight Alliance, an organization that works with men and women in prison and in the community sharing two simple, but profoundly life-changing ideas: We have everything we need inside ourselves to lead a good life Our experience of life is being created moment to moment from the insight out by our thoughts. At the heart of much of our suffering is our experience of life as something that is happening to us, rather than moving through us. As Anna puts it “We are feeling our thinking, not feeling the world around us.” Our minds create a virtual reality of the world that is so convincing that we usually can’t tell the difference between the world and the world as experienced through our thoughts. And it’s that world as experienced through thoughts that we become beholden to and, in that, lose the freedom to choose our path.  

She only spent one night in prison, but Anna Debenham struggled with addiction and enough angst in her quest for peace of mind, that she related with those incarcerated and wanted to help. Therapy and volunteer work put her on the path of helping those in prison face and overcome their anger and get started living a life of happiness and control. She has had two very successful programs at Columbia River Institute and Coffee Creek, both located in Oregon. Felony Inc Podcast with your hosts Dave Dahl and Ladd Justesen We record the Felony Inc Podcast inside NedSpace in the Bigfoot Podcast Studio in beautiful downtown Portland. Audio engineer, mixer and podcast editor is Allon Beausoleil Show logo was designed by Carolyn Main Website was designed by Cameron Grimes Production assistant is Chelsea Lancaster Theme music "Free" written and recorded by Dave Dahl, all rights reserved, motherfuckers This weeks podcast brought to you in part by soap-on-a-rope, when you don't want to drop stuff Felony Inc Podcast supports City Central Concern at centralcityconcern.org 10% of gross revenue at Startup Radio Network goes to support women entrepreneurs in developing countries thru kiva.org/lender/markgrimes Listen to the Felony Inc Podcast live on-air every Friday at 10:00am pacific time on Startup Radio Network at startupradionetwork.com

Recording this podcast really made an impact on us. It's the story of a teenager that had her life and reality turned upside down, when she met Anna Debenham from Insight Alliance.  She was told she had Biologic Depression and needed to be on a cocktail of medicines, with no hope for any change occurring. But as soon as she sat down and heard about the fact that she is not broken, and that it was just her mind playing tricks on her, everything changed. We're not going to spoil it any further, and just invite you to listen for yourself. About The Insight Alliance:One Solution co-founded a Collective with the Insight Alliance and The Spark Initiative, to join forces in our quest to look at the mind and our innate resilience as the route to change. The Insight Alliance focuses Primarily on work in prisons.The Insight Alliance uncovers the natural resilience and innate mental health all human beings already have inside them. It teaches a simple understanding of how our feelings, experience and state of mind works; an understanding that enables people to thrive in any circumstances.  Prospective outcomes of programs include a decrease in stress and depression; improved relationships, increased feelings of connection and trust, reduced levels of obsessive and judgmental thinking; increased desire to access education/jobs; a decrease in the probability of recidivism and/ or relapse and generally feeling more of their natural wellbeing.  

We all hope to change the world in a positive way but some of us end up feeling hopeless, frustrated or ineffective. Join host Jeanne Catherine and her guest Anna Debenham, who arrived in Portland OR in Spring 2016 with no connections to prison, or to the criminal justice system or any clue how to start a non-profit. She did have one thing - an understanding of the mind. Through this understanding, Anna began teaching in prisons, created a research project and built her own organization from scratch. Join Anna - a McVety Grant Recipient - to learn how a normal person finds success! Anna Debenham Bio: Between 2009 and 2016 Anna built a successful business coaching practice in the UK, but her past addictions and her ongoing search for inner peace led her to discover the 3 principles and a program at the One Thought Institute in London. While at One Thought Anna had the opportunity to share this understanding with inmates at HMP Onley with Beyond Recovery. She found her passion. Moving back to Portland in 2016, Anna brought her work to prisons in Oregon and The Insight Alliance was born. Anna has worked in many different countries, industries, and environments. Her work supports a more peaceful and balanced state of mind and reflects her own expanding appreciation of the infinite possibilities of life.

This podcast we have Anna Debenham, founder of the Insight Alliance with us - and this conversation will totally inspire you and give you hope for humanity and peoples potential to change!Anna works with the incarcerated or previously incarcerated to help them with their current situation and find a new better future. She does that in a new and sustainable way: By looking at the mind. In a very human, common sense way she helps facilitate  the unlocking of peoples minds and point towards the resilience within them. The result is they increase their wellbeing, mental health, and make different choices either while still in prison or when they get out. She explains that the only thing that truly can make somebody change is an internal shift - and that is what all her work is about. To check out more from what she is talking about, check out this video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uv7lMMdBCYE In this podcast you will hear stories about her own journey of doing this work, aswell as examples from her students in prison. This is the solution to truly rehabilitating and preventing, and looks for peoples mental health. About Insight Alliance The Insight Alliance uncovers the natural resilience and innate mental health all human beings already have inside them. It teaches a simple understanding of how our feelings, experience and state of mind works; an understanding that enables people to thrive in any circumstances. Prospective outcomes of programs include a decrease in stress and depression; improved relationships, increased feelings of connection and trust, reduced levels of obsessive and judgmental thinking; increased desire to access education/jobs; a decrease in the probability of recidivism and/ or relapse and generally feeling more of their natural wellbeing.About Anna Debenham: My passion for nurturing health, wellbeing and resilience in myself and my clients reflects my own expanding grasp of the infinite possibilities of life that supports a peaceful and balanced state of mind. The depth and breadth of my experience ranges from being part of a multi-disciplinary healing and support team for at-risk boys at the London organization, StreetWise Youth; establishing an outpatient program for a drug and alcohol recovery centre in Melbourne, Australia; to working as a coach and facilitator for Westminster council in London. My career shifted when I came across this groundbreaking way of helping people understand the principles behind our state of mind. My experience working in a UK prison with Beyond Recovery ignited a love of helping those incarcerated and those transitioning to their freedom. Now I bring all my experience together as Director of The Insight Alliance. The Insight Alliance is partnered with the YWCA as we expand to Coffee Creek woman’s prison and SCI in Salem. The programs continue to grow by word of mouth and by post-release individuals that stay connected to and work with the Alliance. The organic evolution of The Insight Alliance demonstrates the boundless potential and creative possibility of inspired people, and the wonderful power of fresh thought.