All My Friends Are Felons Mark Hugentobler

Lisa Junior has lived a life few people can truly understand. Raised in a situation where unregulated emotions were the norm. Her life saw her abandoned and or betrayed by nearly every person who should have protected her, she suffered through sexual abuse to the point of eventually becoming a part of the “Adult Industry” world where she remained for nearly 2 decades. It is easy for us to judge a person like Lisa; that is until we hear her story, see what she has come through and how she has risen above and against all odds become the person she is today. Hers is an incredible story that you don’t want to miss.

Sponsors & Partners
The Other Side Academy - theothersideacademy.com
My Story Matters / Captain Your Story - mystorymatters.org

00:00:00 Lisa Junior
00:01:16 The Other Side Academy
00:01:34 My Story Matters / Captain Your Story
00:02:24 Early Sexual Abuse
00:06:30 Pregnancy from Rape at 13 years old
00:09:28 Keeping the Baby
00:12:46 Breaking the Cycle
00:15:12 Living in a Teen Home
00:16:01 Losing Her Daughter
00:18:08 Getting Involved with a Gang at 15
00:19:50 Getting Introduced to the Adult Industry
00:24:00 Having Another Child
00:25:12 Sentenced to 1 Year in Jail While Pregnant
00:30:14 Starting Various Therapy Treatments
00:30:38 Sued by Her Dad
00:32:35 Back into the Adult Industry
00:35:40 Miscarriage & Getting Her Second Assault Charge
00:37:18 Turning Herself In for Another Year in Jail
00:38:15 Getting Trauma-based Treatment
00:42:46 Her Kids Finding Out 
00:46:03 “You’re never gonna break that child’s spirit”
00:47:07 Things Are Going Well
00:52:50 My Story Matters / Captain Your Story

Parley Dutson tells his story from inside the Central Utah Correctional Facility in Gunnison Utah. Thanks to the UDC for allowing us access to hear how Parley, and many others, are working to change their direction and perspective preparing them for the time they will be released. He was born and raised in a religious community called Colorado City. Finding himself an outcast, he discovered “the world”. Going from a strict religious world to the total freedoms of life didn’t work well for him. After two years of running and gunning, he committed a horrible act that was completely against his nature that sent him to prison for a very long time. He tells of the anguish he feels for what he did and how in spite of that, has found value in education and self-improvement. Currently serving as a mentor in the Captain Your Story lifestyle curriculum, Parley is a leader in the criminal Justice reform space having had the opportunity to testify virtually to the Utah State Legislature as well as meet with a state senator Derrin Ownes and executive director Brian Redd of the UDC. Parley’s emotion can easily be heard as he tells his heart wrenching story.

Sponsors & Partners
The Other Side Academy - theothersideacademy.com
My Story Matters / Captain Your Story - mystorymatters.org

00:00:00 Parley Dutson
00:06:26 The Other Side Academy
00:06:45 My Story Matters / Captain Your Story
00:07:07 His Prison Experience
00:09:30 High School in Prison
00:10:22 Getting Called to the Principal’s Office
00:14:50 Getting a Job in Prison
00:19:20 “… the solution always presents itself.”
00:22:19 Major Setbacks
00:31:08 Captain Your Story / My Story Matters
00:37:50 “I’m excited for the future of corrections…”
00:40:30 “The system can’t change people. People change people.”

Ryan Springer is a story of coming full circle. His parents were school teachers and he lived in a white picket fence world. However, he was intrigued by the counter culture but in spite of his best efforts, he had a hard time getting there. After serving an LDS mission, he describes how while attending BYU he “lost his compass”. “Fell in love with Vodka”, his words, he dove head long into alcoholism. Listen in as he describes the depths of his misery and fall, losing his lawyer license, his multiple DUI’s and losing his family. Listen in as he describes his amazing recovery and his return to a healthy life, mostly thanks to a random connection to the Captain Your Story model and applying it to his life.

Sponsors & Partners
The Other Side Academy - theothersideacademy.com
My Story Matters / Captain Your Story - mystorymatters.org

00:00:00 - Ryan Springer
00:01:29 - The Other Side Academy
00:01:43 - My Story Matters / Captain Your Story
00:02:35 - His Upbringing
00:03:30 - LSD at 16 Years Old
00:05:20 - Falling in Love with Vodka
00:06:50 - “It stayed away from me.”
00:10:00 - Deciding to Serve the LDS Church
00:14:10 - Enrolling at the University of Utah
00:14:57 - Discipline and Punish by Michel Foucalt
00:17:05 - Desciding to Pursue Law
00:18:38 - Discovering Dissonance & Disillusion 
00:24:29 - Crossing the Threshold
00:30:58 - Hitting Rock Bottom
00:33:30 - Catching his first DUI
00:38:40 - A Strange Encounter
00:40:30 - Divorce, Second Marriage, Suspended from Law, & DUI’s Galore
00:47:30 - Joining 12 Step
00:52:02 - Connection through Service
00:55:58 - 90 Days in Jail
00:57:30 - Spirituatlity and Synchroniticy 
00:59:42 - My Story Matters / Captain Your Story

Brandon Nelson’s story comes from inside the Central Utah Correctional Faacility in Gunnison Utah. Thanks to the UDS for allowing us access to the facility. Brandon he relates the good, the bad and the ugly of prison life. He talks about how, after 7 years of living the cesspool of prison politics, he came to realize that he could do and be better. How he became an integral part of UPrep, a grassroots postsecondary education program started by inmates for inmates rising to be the leader in that life changing program. Later, he tells of a curriculum called Captain Your Story, a lifestyle that has allowed him, in spite of still being incarcerated, to become free and envision and create a life now, on the inside that is truly preparing him for when he hits the streets. Though still incarcerated, he lives a productive life mentoring and helping other inmates who seek the same change and growth he has found.

Sponsors & Partners
The Other Side Academy - theothersideacademy.com
My Story Matters / Captain Your Story - mystorymatters.org

00:00:00 Brandon Nelson
00:02:16 Sponsors
00:03:04 His Experience in Prison
00:11:40 Being Sent to CUCF
00:15:45 Opportunity to Choose
00:24:45 Taking on More Responsibility: U Prep
00:32:00 Fighting for Opportunity
00:37:40 Opportunity Lost
00:46:45 Integrity Despite Outcomes

Brandon Dansie is the husband of Bridget Dansie who was a guest last week on All my Friends Are Felons. He tells of his youth, how he had a curiosity towards the counter culture and how in spite of his parents best efforts and unconditional love, he chose to delve into the world of drugs and alcohol. Meeting his Bridget at 19, together they dove head first into the world of addiction. A back injury and subsequent addiction to pain medication worstened the already bad situation. Finally, after being in jail 27 times he they realized almost simultaneously to and almost separately from Bridget that enough is enough. He describes his road to recovery and his work now as he earns his therapist degree helping others overcome the yoke of addiction. Join me as he describes his powerful story.

Sponsors & Partners
The Other Side Academy - theothersideacademy.com
My Story Matters / Captain Your Story - mystorymatters.org

00:00:00 Brandon Dansie
00:01:01 Sponsors
00:02:30 Young Life
00:03:15 Early Curiosity & Peer Influence
00:11:45 Injured at Work & Oxymorphone
00:15:50 Meth
00:23:15 Losing the Kids
00:25:35 Losing Hope
00:38:30 The Road to Recovery
00:41:40 28-Day Detox & Sober Living
“I’m worth it…” - Brandon Dansie

Bridget Dansie grew up in Lehi UT back when it was a rural farming community. In many ways she had a normal, healthy life. However behind her endearing personality and desire to please was a secret that was the catalyst that created a need, as she describes “I was always hustling for my worth”. She moves out of her house at 18 and set out to prove she had worth. For many years she lived as a functional addict until one day her 3 children were taken by DCFS and she along with her husband went into a tail spin. In and out of jail 22 times in a year, her last visit brought her in contact with three very influential people and the Captain Your Story model. Listen in as she describes that emotional experience and her description of how life has been on the upswing ever since.

Sponsors & Partners
The Other Side Academy - theothersideacademy.com
My Story Matters / Captain Your Story - mystorymatters.org

00:00:00 Bridget Dansie
00:01:01 Sponsors
00:02:15 Bridget’s Story
00:11:50 Early Abuse
00:14:50 Substance Abuse & Finding Independence
00:28:10 Injury -> Opium -> Nosedive
00:36:00 Losing the Kids
00:42:20 My Story Matters
00:54:40 Final Piece of Advice