I think love is the greatest liberating tool ever.

And my goal is to leverage it more and to leverage the understanding of it for my sons,

so that they can navigate life unimpeded by narratives that really don't belong to them.

So I've always been kind of fascinated by the idea of snap decisions or these things happen

just a moment. How some can lead to amazing outcomes and others can literally destroy lives in

the blink of an eye. And what you so often find is that nothing actually ever happens in a moment.

There is no real snap, but rather a series of experiences leading up to it, often years in the

making where there is much the authors of the moment as the instance itself. And sometimes,

when those moments lead to something you regret for a lifetime, then you get to the next question.

What is recoverable, redeemable? How do you make that happen? And who gets to write the story of your

own reclamation? This is the powerful subtext of my conversation with Shaka Sengor,

New York Times bestselling author of writing my wrongs, life, death, and redemption in an American

prison, a leading voice on criminal justice reform tech investor head of diversity,

equality, and inclusion at trip actions, former MIT media lab directors fellow and member of

Oprah Winfrey Super Soul 100. He took another young man's life at the age of 19, served the next

two decades almost in prison seven in solitary and through a series of unexpected awakenings began

to unwind the pieces of his life and begin the process of understanding and reassembling and

eventually redemption and reclamation. In the decade since his release from prison, he has

started and worked with nonprofits seeking to lift people up, visited the White House,

been interviewed by Trevor Noah and Oprah Winfrey, and given award winning TED Talks all with the

goal of building a more inspired, just, and fulfilling future for all. So excited to share this

conversation with you. I'm Jonathan Fields and this is Good Life Project.

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