POWERS Fearless Decision Making - Jamie Winship - Replay
Oct 7, 2025
In this engaging conversation, Jamie Winship, a former law enforcement officer turned peacebuilder, shares insights from his extensive experience in high-conflict zones. He delves into discovering one's true identity and contrasts separation and connection worldviews. Winship recounts his unique strategies for fostering trust in the Middle East, including bringing militants to a Christian men's retreat—a transformative encounter that led to significant changes. His work demonstrates the power of forgiveness and authenticity in resolving societal conflicts.
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Bar Interview That Launched Overseas Work
- Jamie was recruited after describing his unconventional casework and on-the-spot innovation at a bar interview with State Department operatives.
- He accepted a napkin offer and moved his family to work overseas building a new paradigm for conflict work.
Identity Organizes Behavior
- Identity is the organizing principle of living systems; being informs doing and authentic identity yields open, reciprocal systems.
- False identities form from trauma and produce fear-based, closed behaviors that block creativity and peace.
Practice Name-Trace-Replace
- To discover true identity, name the hurtful beliefs you hold and trace when you first learned them.
- Replace those lies by imagining love's response and deliberately giving the false identity away.
