From Prison to Purpose: Breaking the Cycle of Trauma & Incarceration | Alesco Violenes

In this powerful and emotional episode, Dr. Simply Ann sits down with Alesco E Violenes to discuss the painful realities behind childhood trauma, neglect, fatherlessness, peer pressure, survival mode, crime, incarceration, and ultimately transformation. After spending more than 11 years behind bars, Lexi shares his journey from being a young boy searching for belonging to becoming a man committed to helping others avoid the mistakes he made. This is not simply a conversation about prison. It is a conversation about pain, identity, healing, accountability, mentorship, and breaking generational cycles. Many young people do not wake up one day and choose destruction. Often, their choices are rooted in wounds that were never healed, needs that were never met, and guidance they never received.