EPISODE · Dec 7, 2020 · 35 MIN
Ep. 60 | Surviving the Troubled Teen Industry: Separating Identity from Trauma
from The Curious Introvert · host Meredith Hackwith Edwards
Instead of being sent to tennis camp, Rocky Kandola was sent to a nightmarish WWASP teen rehab center in Mexico, where he served an indefinite sentence with an arbitrary points system. He describes how this was the beginning of a cycle of abuse, imprisonment & bad decisions, but not the end of his life. Hear how he sifted identity from trauma and what gave him hope to keep going.Guest: https://www.instagram.com/rockykandola/ | https://www.facebook.com/Rocky-Singh-Kandola-571645029885830/ | https://www.linkedin.com/in/rockykandola/ | https://www.rockykandola.com/Host: www.meredithforreal.com | www.instagram.com/meredithforreal | [email protected] | www.youtube.com/meredithforreal | www.facebook.com/meredithforrealthecuriousintrovertSponsors: https://itsyourmagazine.com/ | https://www.ensec.net/Request to join my private Facebook Group, MFR Curious Insiders: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1BAt3bpwJC/Follow me in all the places:https://www.meredithforreal.com/ https://www.instagram.com/the_curiousintrovert/ [email protected]://www.youtube.com/meredithforreal https://www.facebook.com/curiousintrovert
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Instead of being sent to tennis camp, Rocky Kandola was sent to a nightmarish WWASP teen rehab center in Mexico, where he served an indefinite sentence with an arbitrary points system. He describes how this was the beginning of a cycle of abuse, imprisonment & bad decisions, but not the end of his life. Hear how he sifted identity from trauma and what gave him hope to keep going. Guest: https://www.instagram.com/rockykandola/ | https://www.facebook.com/Rocky-Singh-Kandola-571645029885830/...
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