Change Your Life With Emily

11/22/2023

Sometimes all it takes is one person to make you feel valued. Remember that as you coach, mentor and lead 😊

11/22/2023

What year am I?

Your graduation song was by one of the following: Green Day, Vitamin C or Semisonic

11/09/2023

10/28/2023

Omg I’m ☠️☠️☠️🤣🤣🤣

10/28/2023

This is still one of my proudest moments of my entire working career. Not because I got to be in it, because I got to be part of it. Working in a women’s prison changed me. It’s definitely not black and white.

I don’t have sympathy. But my capacity for empathy definitely increased by multitudes. And when you have a child, you know you could end up in prison real quick. Because if someone ever hurt my baby….

It’s not an easy job. But it was very fulfilling. My relationships with some of the people I worked with will last a lifetime. Do I want to be a CO again? No. It’s not the same anymore, especially in a whole different state.

Do I want to be involved with the CJ system? If I thought it would have a positive impact, yes. The system is flawed. If we had more interventions for children and young adults, better mental health outreach and outpatient programs, our prisons would be reserved for only the people who truly don’t belong in society. But we spend so much money incarcerating and housing the incarcerated, there’s not much left to go around.

There’s no quick fix. It would take years and years to make the shift. But it has to start somewhere.

There’s no “call to action” here. I’m not trying to change anyone’s mind. I just reflect on it a lot.

What happens to women who are pregnant in prison, and to the babies born to them? A rare and intimate look at pregnancy and motherhood behind bars.FRONTLINE ...

10/27/2023

How many of y’all have experienced “mom guilt”? What’s the most ridiculous thing you feel/felt guilty for? I’ll go 1st.

10/26/2023

Being a mom is telling your child that no, they cannot eat something in bed at 9:00 PM. Because 1) you fed them dinner and 2) they did not ask for anything in the over 2 hours between dinner time and bed. But also, feeling guilty about it, even though you know he has zero chance of starving overnight. 🤦🏼‍♀️