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My Story Matters | Ryan's Story

Sponsors & Partners Freedom Scholars Academy (FSM) My Story Matters / Captain Your Story - mystorymatters.org The Other Side Academy (TOSA) - theothersideacademy.com 00:00 - Ryan 01:30 - Sponsors 02:44 - Younglife 04:40 - Didn’t Fit In 07:20 - Sexual Trauma 10:20 - The Substance Spiral 12:50 - Broke His Dad’s Ribs 14:00 - 20 Years of Relapse 19:40 - A New Kind of Addiction 22:00 - Mapping Out a New World 22:50 - My Story Matters 25:50 - Finding Vision 29:35 - We Attract What We Are 33:00 - Your Opinions are a Reflection of Yourself 46:30 - Continued use of the My Story Matters tools 48:50 - Final piece of advice “My Story Matters Will Change Your Life”

A Double Lifetime Sentence | George Smith's Story

A Double Lifetime Sentence Sponsors & Partners  The Other Side Academy - theothersideacademy.com  My Story Matters / Captain Your Story - mystorymatters.org  Freedom Scholars Academy Timestamps 00:00:00 George Smith  00:01:38 Sponsors  00:02:39 Young Life  00:08:38 Back to Compton at 16  00:15:08 Filling a Need  00:23:00 Double Life Sentence at 18 years old  00:30:35 A Moment of Reflection   00:47:40 Discovering Miracles  00:50:30 Being an Agent for Change  01:01:50 From Life-Sentence to Free  01:08:34 Advice for Young Self  “Ask for help… It’s okay…” - George Smith

How an Unfair Sentence Led to a Life of Advocacy | Travis Richey

Sponsors & Partners Freedom Scholars Academy (FSM) My Story Matters / Captain Your Story - mystorymatters.org The Other Side Academy (TOSA) - theothersideacademy.com 00:00 - Travis Richey 01:39 - Sponsors  03:17 - Positive Adolesence  03:40 - Working in Finance 09:40 - “You should’ve known better.” 11:00 - No Smoking Gun in His Case 13:45 - A 2 Year Sentence for an Oversight 16:10 - A Bizzare Disparity in the Judicial System 22:00 - “jail was the worst part of the experience” 27:18 - Finding Opportunity in the System 30:35 - Power in Brokenness  41:30 - Establishing a New Program 49:50- Writing a New Story

Sierra’s Story & The Other Side Academy

Sierra’s Story & The Other Side AcademySponsors & Partners Freedom Scholars Academy (FSM) My Story Matters / Captain Your Story - mystorymatters.org The Other Side Academy (TOSA) - theothersideacademy.com Time Stamps 00:35 - Sponsors! 01:50 - Her Story 03:50 - High School 05:00 - DUI at 15 07:16 - Heroine & the Domino 09:40 - Running from Withdrawls 12:00 - Losing Trust 13:00 - Jail at 18 19:00 - Trying to Get Back on Her Feet 26:50 - Moving into a Trap House 28:40 - Starting to Wake Up 30:50 - The Other Side Academy 35:00 - Sincere Desire for Change 39:00 - Finding Purpose & Sharing Her Story 41:00 - Choose Your Hard 43:30 - Finding Power in her Story

The Eleventh Time | Manny's Story

Manny Lopez LevelupIOP.com Levelup Instensive Outpatient ProgramsYoutube & Tik Tok: SL Manny Boy Sponsors & Partners Freedom Scholars Academy (FSM) My Story Matters / Captain Your Story - mystorymatters.org The Other Side Academy (TOSA) - theothersideacademy.com Time Stamps 01:45 - Sponsors! 03:38 - Manny’s Story 09:15 - A Bad Deal 11:00 - Learned Love 18:00 - Bonnie & Clyde 23:40 - The Hail Mary 25:40 - The Eleventh Time 13:00 - Self Elevating 35:00 - “Don’t give up on people.” 50:00 - Going Back to Prison in a New Way 51:00 - Mysti Lopez