What if You Were at a Carceral Crossroads?

In this powerful and deeply personal episode, Lucinda Koza is joined by Dr. Lisa De La Rue—licensed psychologist, trauma specialist, and Chief Education and Research Officer at Urban Alchemy—for a candid conversation about parenting through trauma, the stigma surrounding formerly incarcerated mothers, and how healing becomes possible when we give ourselves permission to stumble.

Together, they explore the realities of reparenting yourself while raising children, the hidden mental health crisis in the fourth trimester, and the need to normalize delayed postpartum anxiety and depression. Dr. De La Rue also shares how Urban Alchemy is redefining community care—employing people with lived experience to lead the work of transformation in their own neighborhoods.

Whether you’re a parent, a survivor, or simply someone trying to understand the invisible barriers others face, this episode will move you, ground you, and remind you of the radical power of compassion.

🔑 Topics Covered:

• Reparenting while parenting: breaking generational cycles
• Trauma, addiction, and the incarceration pipeline
• The long shadow of postpartum anxiety
• Fatherhood and the subtle stigma against involved dads
• How Urban Alchemy is led by people with lived experience
• Creating systems rooted in dignity, not judgment
• What post-traumatic growth really looks like