Craig Stanland – Medium

Featured Book

Blank Canvas: How I Reinvented My Life after Prison

Blank Canvas: How I Reinvented My Life after Prison

Blank Canvas is your guide out of the mental prisons of unworthiness, inadequacy, shame, and fear and into a life of purpose, meaning, and freedom.

2021

Stories

Craig Stanland

Embracing Life’s Deadline: Crafting Your Legacy Now

What makes life rich and meaningful?

5 min read5 hours ago

--

Embracing Life’s Deadline: Crafting Your Legacy Now

--

Craig Stanland

Turning My Greatest Fear into a Stepping Stone for Success

The more I follow my fears, the more enjoyable life becomes.

2 min read1 day ago

--

Turning My Greatest Fear into a Stepping Stone for Success

--

Craig Stanland

The Courage to be Seen: Transforming Pain into Purpose

I just laid bare my past: prison, loss, suicide ideation, and the path I took back to myself.

4 min read2 days ago

--

The Courage to be Seen: Transforming Pain into Purpose

--

Craig Stanland

Your Best Years Are Not Behind You: Leveraging Age for Insight and Growth

You may feel your best days are behind you.

2 min read3 days ago

--

Your Best Years Are Not Behind You: Leveraging Age for Insight and Growth

--

Craig Stanland

The Power of Acceptance: Turning Midlife Regrets into Opportunities

You wish you were younger.

2 min read6 days ago

--

The Power of Acceptance: Turning Midlife Regrets into Opportunities

--

Craig Stanland

Transforming Prison Into Perspective: The Undeniable Power of Reframing

My prison sentence was crushing me.

3 min readApr 17, 2024

--

Transforming Prison Into Perspective: The Undeniable Power of Reframing

--

Craig Stanland

Breaking the Silence: How Vulnerability Leads to Growth

Here’s one of the biggest mistakes I made.

2 min readApr 16, 2024

--

Breaking the Silence: How Vulnerability Leads to Growth

--

Craig Stanland

The Art of Perspective: Turning Life’s Struggles into Strength

How did I contribute to this situation/circumstance?

2 min readApr 15, 2024

--

The Art of Perspective: Turning Life’s Struggles into Strength

--

Craig Stanland

Your Regrets Contain The Answers to Your Next Life Chapter

Your regrets contain the answers to your next chapter of life.

2 min readApr 12, 2024

--

Your Regrets Contain The Answers to Your Next Life Chapter

--

Craig Stanland

A Valuable Lesson Learned From Impostor Syndrome

I felt like an impostor when I was writing my 1st book.

2 min readApr 11, 2024

--

A Valuable Lesson Learned From Impostor Syndrome

--

Craig Stanland

Craig Stanland

Book Author

I write about my journey from corporate success to federal prison and finding joy, mission, meaning, and fulfillment beyond professional and financial success.

Following

Help
Status
About
Careers
Blog
Privacy
Terms
Text to speech
Teams