I Am Enough with Tanaine Jenkins
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“For eight years, I was ashamed of my story. I learned that my story is freeing. Other people need to know that in telling their own story you can take your power back. And it takes away the power of those who are holding your story against you. Don't be the person others believe you should be just because you're a felon. I am enough. And so are you.”
- Tanaine Jenkins, best-selling author, TedX Speaker, Director of The Florida Safety Coalition, and today’s guest on Fierce Conversations with Toby
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Some of our fierce topics today:
[03:49] Sentences don’t end when you get out of prison…
[08:43] I believed what society said about me. But when you change your mindset, everything changes.
[10:59] A person that fails to plan, plans to fail.
[13:52] The children of incarcerated parents need just as much help as their parents do.
[18:01] I help others through the process so they never have to feel like they are not enough. About Tanaine Jenkins:
After giving 10 years of her life to the Florida Department of Corrections, Tanaine Jenkins has dedicated her voice to shining a light on the Second Sentence that Returning Citizens face once they are released from confinement. Tanaine is the best-selling author of From Prison to President: 7 Ways to Succeed in Your Second Chance, the President of Everything I Am LLC, the CEO of The Loc’d Line, a member of the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition Policy Council, and a 2022 TEDx Jacksonville speaker. She has also been featured in Forbes, on the CW Channel and PBS. Through her company, Everything I Am, Tanaine has helped hundreds of returning citizens and justice involved individuals find their 'Why' and learn the power of self-forgiveness.
Links mentioned in this episode:
Tanaine Jenkins: https://www.tanainejenkins.com/
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