Everyday Conversations with Amin Mombani7 Loka

#24 - I am Serving Out My Sentence With My Father - Dominque on Parental Incarceration and Advocacy & Refusing to Let Girls Be Forgotten

She was born into a sentence she never committed. Her father has spent her entire life behind the walls of a Louisiana state penitentiary.In this episode of Everyday Conversations, Amin sits down with Dominque Jones-Johnson — founder of Daughters Beyond Incarceration (DBI), an organization that has now stood beside over 100 girls living the exact childhood she once lived. In this conversation: parental incarceration, building an organization out of her own unhealed wound, and why she refuses to let these girls be forgotten.🎙️ In this episode:- What it actually looked like, day to day, growing up with a father in prison in New Orleans- The moment she realized a national nonprofit was profiting off her story while giving her almost nothing back- What a girl in her program actually needs to hear in her first week — hint: it's not advice- How her father, even from behind bars, has shaped DBI's biggest strategic decisions- Her relationship with her father today — and the one line that changed how she sees it: "here I am serving out my sentence with my father"- Her message to anyone with a loved one in prison: stop saying "inmate." Say "mommy" or "daddy."💬 "Here I am serving out my sentence with my father." — Dominque💬 "We call them mommy or daddy." — Dominque💬 "You can love someone the system took from you, and still build something it never gave you." — Amin⏱️ Timestamps:00:42 Cold open02:36 Who is Dominque, really?03:48 Growing up with a father the system took06:42 From track and field to a criminal justice degree08:17 The moment DBI had to become an organization09:38 Refusing to let girls become a "research population"12:20 Credentialed advocate, still-healing daughter14:40 What a girl needs most in her first week16:33 Still closing prison bars after 43 years22:42 Her relationship with her father today26:25 Building DBI "along with" her father32:57 Parenting from Prison — the second initiative33:25 Her message to listenersContact Details for Guest — Dominque Jones-JohnsonOrganization: Daughters Beyond Incarceration (DBI)Social media: @DBINOLA on all platformsWebsite: www.dbi-nola.orgPhone: (504) 766-7499Second initiative: Parenting from PrisonContact Details for HostAmin Mombani - HostEmail: Mombanipodcast@gmail.comWebsite: https://aminmombani.podview.comYoutube Link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIoXPESGBAlhpbeWg_E7HrwSpotify Link: https://open.spotify.com/show/033CGyVtUGh2KFJ0MJypEZApple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/everyday-conversations-with-amin-mombani/id6782858287CastBox: https://castbox.fm/channel/id7284639?country=usLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amin-mombani-29979721/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61592072735008🎧 Also available on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/033CGyVtUGh2KFJ0MJypEZ#EverydayConversations #AminMombani #parentalincarceration #nonprofitfounder #advocacy

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#26 - Be Very Serious About Your Job, But Don't Take Yourself Seriously ft. Ashis Dutta on Software, Storytelling & Interdisciplinary Cocktails

In the mid-90s, Ashis Dutta had a secure job, an apartment and a car in Kolkata. He walked away from all of it, moved to Bangalore knowing not one person, and started a software company in an industry...

14 Loka 1h 6min

#25 Just Be Present With the Child You Have — Dr. Lasha Crowell Seaman on Co-Parenting, Letting Go & Choosing Connection

She raised her own kids while finishing her doctorate. Herfamily opened its doors to 18 foreign exchange students. And through all of it, she landed on one belief that now guides everything she teache...

11 Loka 24min

#23 - You Know You've Hit Your Passion When You Hear Castanets — Lynn Dannheisser on 40 Years of Law, Corruption & the Novel It Became

Forty years inside the machinery of government gave her afront-row seat to exactly how corruption happens. So she wrote a novel about it. In this episode of Everyday Conversations, Amin sits downwith ...

4 Loka 40min

#22 - Chaos & Discipline Personified — Bettina on Metal Bands, New Genre and Why She Never Quits

Her whole public persona is chaos. The actual path underneath it is one of the most disciplined you'll hear on this show.In this episode of Everyday Conversations, Amin sits down with Bettina BCB — a ...

30 Syys 30min

#21 | Nobody Does Anything to Us. We Allow Things to Happen to Us. — Krishna Mody on Grief, Caregiving & Taking Back Control

An elevator door opened, and a voice told her exactly what her life was for. She almost didn't believe it.In this episode of Everyday Conversations, Amin sits down with Krishna Mody — a certified life...

27 Syys 1h 15min

#20 - If These Two Years Were a Screenplay, I'd Call It Rebuilding - Anjalee Kirpalani on Reinvention & Reclaiming Her Story

Ask a screenwriter to title the hardest two years of her life, and she won't hesitate.In this episode of Everyday Conversations, Amin sits down with Anjalee Kirpalani — bestselling author of four nove...

23 Syys 54min

Ep 19 - She's Not Fiction, She's Me — Francine Juhlin on Identity, Reinvention & Raising Confident Kids

She spent her career as an aircraft electrician in the USNavy and Army. Then arthritis took the hand tools away — and everything she thought she was went with them. Francine Juhlin, also known as Prin...

20 Syys 37min