From Life in Prison To Purpose: How To Rise From Rock Bottom & Rewrite Your Story Ft. Damon West

The Skinny Confidential Him & Her Podcast

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Education, Business

4.5 • 14.5K Ratings

🗓️ 28 July 2025

⏱️ 138 minutes

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#871: Join us as we sit down with Damon West – bestselling author, college professor, & one of America’s most sought-after motivational speakers, whose powerful story of transformation & resilience inspires audiences around the world. As a former college quarterback turned crime boss, Damon now uses his M.S. in Criminal Justice & his personal experience to motivate millions on leadership & the incredible power of positively changing the environment around you. In this episode, Damon gets real about how a life sentence in the Texas prison system became the catalyst for change – from embracing life like a coffee bean & holding onto hope, to teaching leadership & literacy, launching a foundation for children of incarcerated parents, & most importantly, creating positive change from within. Damon’s story is one of hope, redemption, grit & the resilience of the Human Spirit.

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0:00.0	The following podcast is a Dear Media production.
0:04.4	She's a lifestyle blogger extraordinaire.
0:07.5	Fantastic.
0:08.5	And he's a serial entrepreneur.
0:10.8	A very smart cookie.
0:12.2	And now Lauren Everts and Michael Bostic are bringing you along for the ride.
0:16.3	Get ready for some major realness.
0:17.9	Welcome to the skinny confidential, him and her.
0:21.8	Hello everybody.
0:25.8	Welcome back to the skinny confidential him and her show.
0:27.9	We have today an incredible episode, an incredible story.
0:31.7	Today's guest has a real life redemption story.
0:34.0	Damon West went from a Division I quarterback to meth addict, then became a
0:38.2	white-collar crime boss in Dallas to a convicted felon serving a life sentence in prison.
0:43.4	But that's not where the story ends, it's where it begins. After a life-altering conversation
0:47.1	in prison, Damon became the coffee being a man who changes the water he's in instead of letting
0:52.3	it change him. Now he's a best-selling author,
0:55.1	a sought-after speaker, and living proof that your worst moment can become your greatest calling.
0:59.4	With that, Damon West, welcome to the skinny confidential, him and her show.
1:03.1	This is the skinny confidential, him and her.
1:07.4	When I first got out of prison, you know, look, I live, I'm 40 years old, I just got out of prison, I'm on parole for the rest of my life.
1:15.2	I got a job and I'm making just above minimum wage and I live in my parents' spare bedroom.
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