Rustin Pangburn

Founder | Why Not Mindset 501(c)(3) | Author | Motivational Speaker | Justice Reform & Re-entry Advocate | Host of Conversations with Why Not Mindset Podcast

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Do you remember when you joined X? I do! #MyXAnniversary

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IT’S YOUR MOVE.

The Chair is Empty...

The Board is Set...

Your Move is Next....

Just like life, you don't always get to choose the position you find yourself in.

Why Not Make Every Move Count?

#WhyNotMindset #MindsetMatters #SecondChances #ItsYourMove #MakeYourMoveCount

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There’s a part of growth people don’t talk about enough…

Why Not Be The Change? #Together

#WhyNotMindset #SecondChances #MindsetMatters #Growth #PersonalDevelopment #SelfGrowth #ChangeYourLife #LevelUp #NewBeginnings #Reentry #JusticeReform #KeepGoing

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Purpose is not loud
#WhyNotMindset #MindsetMatters #RealTalk

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Those first 90 days are when doubt is the loudest, temptation is the closest, and the past is only one phone call away.

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The most crucial moment of incarceration is not the day someone goes in.
It is the first 90 days after they come home.
I know this because I lived it.
#WhyNotMindset #LivedExperience #MindsetMatters

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In 2010, I was released from federal prison after serving 60 months. No money. No connections. No blueprint. Just grey sweatpants, a white T shirt, and a decision to never go back.

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This work matters. These conversations matter.

Watch here
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Learn more about Innerdance in prisons
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A new episode of Conversations with Why Not Mindset is live.

I sat down with Caroline Georgiou for a powerful conversation about Innerdance, healing beyond words, and what it means to reconnect the body and nervous system after trauma and incarceration.

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Progress doesn’t always look pretty. Sometimes it looks like grinding forward when everything says slow down but quitting is not an option.

Here’s to a bad one for the books.
Still moving. Still grateful. Still going.
#WhyNotMindset #SecondChances #MindsetMatters

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Some days the road reminds you who’s really in control.
Snow packed. Ice glazed. Hands tight on the wheel.
No shortcuts. No coasting. Just focus, patience, and respect for the conditions.

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You don’t get the good days without earning your way through the bad ones.
The smooth miles only mean something because of days like this.
White knuckles. Slow miles. One decision at a time.

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What started as an idea rooted in lived experience has grown into a message that is now being shared throughout the community. This is not about recognition. It is about representation. It is about showing people that transformation is real, second chances are possible.

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This conversation means a great deal to me.
Grateful to @DavidLeegarlock for sharing his story with me and for the courage it takes to speak from lived experience.
This clip is a reminder that our scars carry wisdom, our stories have power

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Some of the deepest wisdom comes from scars we never thought we would survive.

What you’ve been through has value.
And it just might help someone else keep going.
#WhyNotMindset #SecondChances #LivedExperience #DavidGarlock #MindsetMatters