Owen Army Episode 6: Ginny Burton, From Junkie to Superhero! скачать в хорошем качестве

Owen Army Episode 6: Ginny Burton, From Junkie to Superhero!

Join this channel to get access to perks:    / @monsterfighters   Ginny Burton, a mother of three and a first-generation college student, has her sights set on becoming an attorney. Despite a trauma-filled upbringing that led to her being incarcerated multiple times, she has become a 2020 Truman Scholar, a highly competitive $30,000 graduate school scholarship. She is also a Martin Honor Scholar and has earned a total of $74,000 in scholarship. Ginny Burton: People function in patterns. If we don’t have any kind of perspective to look at beyond our own, it’s really easy to fall into the trap of teaching what we know. It’s almost like having blinders on. I think my parents did the best they could with what they knew. There was definitely some mental illness there, and some addiction. I was taught the same thing that they knew, period. When my dad got out of prison, he never came back. But my mom and I, unfortunately, were using (drugs) together. We were in prison together two times. I think she taught me what she knew how to teach me. And so, I tried do the exact opposite, and not impact my kids with my lifestyle. And their lives were still impacted. My 28-year-old son served prison sentence for something he did as a juvenile. They charged him as an adult. He doesn’t have the same kind of issues, but stuff happened in foster care because that’s where they ended up growing up. So they were impacted. It’s definitely a cyclical problem, which I’m currently trying to break with him. His sister is in active addiction, not to the extent that I was, but she’s destructive to herself. So my lifestyle, even though she wasn’t directly exposed, still impacted her, and she’s dealing with things the same exact way. It’s scary. I’ll continue to assess that process as the years go by. I talk to my kids very openly about what my life looked like, you know, because I don’t want them to follow down my path. It’s a painful path. I don’t wish it on anybody. I’m grateful for it in my life, but it wasn’t fun and it wasn’t easy. Some days I’m surprised that I’ve actually made it through. I try to live really steady. I’ve learned that strength comes from being able to put one foot in front of the other day after day, regardless of what’s in front of you. “I think that there needs to be a different kind of awareness when prosecuting crimes.” Ginny Burton