"Imagine being defined by the worst thing that ever happened to you and imagine that one thing hanging over your head and the whole world having the opportunity to judge you on that  - it's like an invisible sign that hangs around your neck that says 'she did something bad so we're allowed to judge her everywhere  she goes'?" 

Sharon Richardson was incarcerated for 20 years for a crime directly related to her history as a survivor of intimate partner violence. She joins us in this latest episode of Creating Connections to talk about how she found her purpose and why we need to stop pointing the finger and judging people for what they did wrong - because we've all done something wrong or made a bad choice in our lives.

When Sharon was released from prison she established not for profit organisation Reentry Rocks and catering company Just Soul Catering to help formally incarcerated women acheive their goals, become leaders, and rebuild their lives. 

“History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be un-lived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again.” — Maya Angelou