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How I Escaped Prison

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by Andreea Parc and Alexa Dumitru

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Alive. Again. is a transformative podcast hosted by Andreea Parc and her daughter, Alexa Dumitru, where they share real-life stories of universal challenges and the profound ways these experiences shape our lives. Each episode uncovers powerful journeys of resilience, highlighting the transition from darkness to light and the profound joy of truly being alive. Featuring inspiring guests from diverse backgrounds, the podcast offers insights to spark inspiration, healing, and meaningful change. Tune in on Apple, Spotify, and YouTube.

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July 6, 2026

She Foreclosed on a Widow's Home Legally Then She Looked Up at the Sky

<p> Aleks Jagiella Litts has a JD, an MBA, and a master&#39;s in psychology. She was a juvenile prosecutor, spent four years as a jail liaison, ran a child advocacy center, teaches human trafficking law at Stetson, and co-founded a trauma-informed reentry ministry. She has watched the erosion sequence from more positions inside the legal system than almost anyone practicing today.</p><p>In this episode, she names the mechanism: attorneys don&#39;t cross lines because they stop caring. They cross them because exhaustion produces micro-shifts in judgment — small, unregistered accommodations that compound before anyone names them as a pattern. By the time the line is visible, several accommodations have already occurred.</p><p>The conversation also covers what human trafficking law reveals about how far an institution can drift from treating people as people — and why the legal system keeps responding to the collapse instead of the sequence that produced it.</p><p>Timestamps:</p><p>00:00 Ethical drift — the mechanism named</p><p>01:00 Meet  Aleks Jagiella Litts</p><p>02:10 Why jail work matters more than courtroom work</p><p>07:58 Is the legal system broken or fractured?</p><p>11:40 Attorney identity and what happens when you lose it</p><p>18:15 The foreclosure courthouse moment</p><p>21:11 Trauma-informed prosecution</p><p>26:01 Human trafficking — definitions, realities, misconceptions</p><p>43:29 Punishment versus treatment</p><p>45:38 Trauma-informed jail ministry</p><p>Contact Aleks: The Happy Esquire, https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-happyesq-podcast/id1868648247</p><p>Contact Andreea: www.andreeaparc.com</p><p>Contact Alexa: www.wasstudio.com</p><p>#EthicalDrift #AttorneyEthics #LegalProfession #ErosionSequence #HumanTrafficking #TraumaInformedLaw #ProfessionalResponsibility #LawyerBurnout #CrossingTheLine #AndreeaParc #LegalEthics #JailMinistry #ReentryProgram #AttorneyLife #BarAssociation</p>

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June 22, 2026

Inside the Real Denim Wars, Studio 54, Showroom Rivalries, and the Novel

<p>Before the book — there was the real Denim Wars. Barbara Davis worked inside the New York fashion industry during the late 1970s and &#39;80s, when denim brands fought for dominance and Studio 54 was where deals got made. On the Alive.Again. podcast, hosts Andreea Parc and Alexa Dumitru talk with Davis about how she stumbled into fashion as a fitting model after leaving Seton Hall, why she turned her experience into fiction instead of memoir, and what finally pushed her — after decades — to write it down. The conversation covers the real rivalries behind the denim boom, Studio 54&#39;s role in dealmaking and celebrity culture, how fashion production and the job market have changed, her pivot into real estate, and the role faith plays in her life today.00:00 Welcome and Guest Intro01:00 Meeting Barbara and Denim Wars Origins03:39 Denim Reinvention and Chanel Trend05:22 Why She Wrote the Novel08:05 Fiction vs Memoir Choice10:55 Lessons and Taking Risks13:21 The Real Denim Rivalries14:40 Why Denim Endures16:28 Studio 54 Stories and Deals20:58 Writing the Wild Era Honestly22:44 Fashion Jobs Then vs Now29:37 Back to Basics and Business Skills31:50 What Readers Should Take Away32:55 Faith and Feeling Alive35:34 Thanks and ClosingBarbara Davis: Denim Wars https://a.co/d/0gVntuptAndreea Parc: www.andreeaparc.comAlexa Dumitru: www.wasstudio.com#FashionHistory #SeventhAvenue #Studio54 #1980sFashion #DebutNovel #FictionPodcast #BookTok #WomenInFashion #ReinventionStory #FaithAndPurpose #AuthorInterview #FashionIndustry #DenimCulture #NewYorkFashion #CareerReinvention</p>

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June 8, 2026

The Ethics Blind Spot_Why Lawyers Cross Lines Without Realizing It

<p>In her first solo episode, Andreea Parc — former New York attorney, author, and speaker on the psychology of ethical failure, names what the legal profession hasn&#39;t: there is a specific kind of shame attorneys carry quietly. Knowing the rules clearly. Doing the thing against the rule anyway.The problem is not ignorance or weakness. It is that by the time an ethical line gets crossed, the decision was already made before the attorney realized it was happening.Andreea explains the mechanism, maps it through three attorney examples, and introduces pattern literacy — a three-step framework for catching the pattern before it becomes action.Time stamps00:00 Autopilot Decisions00:44 Attorney Shame Loop02:46 Why Rules Fail04:54 The Sensor Metaphor07:01 How Triggers Form09:02 Three Attorney Examples13:24 Thought Emotion Identity Action15:07 Rationalization After Triggers17:17 Pattern Literacy Framework18:30 Three Steps to Interrupt23:49 Closing the Ethics GapContact Andreea: www.andreeaparc.com#AttorneyEthics #LegalProfession #PatternLiteracy #EthicalFailure #LawyerWellness #LegalMindset #AttorneyLife #BarAssociation #LawSchool #ProfessionalResponsibility #CrossingTheLine #AliveAgain #AndreaaParc #EthicsEducation #LawyerPodcast</p>

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Alive. Again. is a transformative podcast hosted by Andreea Parc and her daughter, Alexa Dumitru, where they share real-life stories of universal challenges and the profound ways these experiences shape our lives. Each episode uncovers powerful journeys of resilience, highlighting the transition from darkness to light and the profound joy of truly being alive. Featuring inspiring guests from diverse backgrounds, the podcast offers insights to spark inspiration, healing, and meaningful change. Tune in on Apple, Spotify, and YouTube.

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