Laurie Lazar , the director of Authentic Relating International, is the reason I’ve been to prison several times to train prison inmates in authentic relating. We cover:

• What to do if you haven’t found your mission yet
• How Laurie discovered her mission
• The scariness, and power, of eye contact
• Teaching the power of vulnerability to prison inmates (who can be beaten or killed if they say the wrong thing)
• Some inmates haven’t looked into the eyes of a woman in years
• The courage to sell yourself (Laurie's experience of cold-calling prisons)
• Laurie and I have a tough conversation right here on the podcast (and I get a little teary) Support the awesome prison work of Authentic Relating International with a small subscription donation: http://authenticrelating.org

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