We begin to question certainty in anything, understanding that certainty moves a person down the continuum toward violence.
Matthew Hahn
December 20, 2020
We begin to question certainty in anything, understanding that certainty moves a person down the continuum toward violence.
When your mindfulness is strong enough, it will penetrate beneath the pain and you will see it for what it is.
Killing time is akin to killing oneself. We do have choices to make, and this one is yours.
My distorted reflection stared back at me between the swirls of scratches and etched graffiti that marred its surface. I hated shaving.
Join Matt Hahn for a conversation with Emma Barnett on BBC 5 Live.
Matt Hahn and Rachael O’Brien discuss addiction, crime, prison, and redemption.
Some people have a moment of desperation followed by spiritual revelation. Some people have near death experiences and see their lives flash before their eyes. I had neither of those.
A “lighter-hearted” follow up to the original Sword and Scale Episode 89.
You will learn to hate, he told me. And it would happen without my knowing it.
Being a hockey fan in an out-of-market prison isn’t easy.
I used to dream about being free. Early on, while I was still facing a life sentence and had yet to be sentenced to prison, I dreamt of the miraculous.
Patrick Michael Brady. The Irish Italian stallion from Monte Sereno, California. Our friendship started during the second grade, back before his eye surgery, back when he wore the most ridiculously
Once again, I had the privilege of talking about my time in prison with Jeff Humfeld at Jaws Of Justice Radio, on 90.1 FM KKFI Kansas City. In this interview,
Cages. I’ve been in a lot of them. It comes with the territory. Most people envision the prison cell as the prototypical cage a person must endure while incarcerated. The
My mother peered out the window of the airplane, surveying the California coastline many thousands of feet below her. Commanding her view of the airscape was a single, billowing, plume
I used to be a vegetable smuggler. It’s not how I got to prison, but it’s what I did once I was there. I wasn’t alone. The men with whom
I’d heard about the Sword & Scale podcast through word-of-mouth and started listening sometime last spring. It only took a couple of months to blast through each episode, listening to many
I had the pleasure of speaking with Dayna Keyes, host of the podcast Radio Rehab. In this series of podcasts, I talk about 12-step recovery in prison, my more embarrassing
I had the privilege of talking about Hahnscratch with Jeff Humfeld at Jaws Of Justice Radio, on 90.1 FM KKFI Kansas City. Jaws Of Justice is also available as a
Today, April 23rd, is my sobriety date. Twelve years ago yesterday, I got loaded for the last time. Here is that story. I’d decided that there was no sense in
Some people have a moment of desperation followed by spiritual revelation. Some people have near death experiences and see their lives flash before their eyes. I had neither of those.