SUMMARY:

In this episode of TLC Connections, GT Freeman sits down with Siamak Namazi, an Iranian-American consultant, strategist, and former hostage who spent 2,898 days imprisoned in Iran.

Siamak shares how what he expected to be a four-day trip to Iran in 2015 became more than eight years of captivity. He describes his arrest, time in solitary confinement, the devastating experience of being left behind during a hostage deal, and the imprisonment of his father. But much of the conversation focuses on what Siamak did when he realized he needed a different way to think about his circumstances.

Drawing on his career as a strategist and political risk consultant, Siamak began separating “hostage me” from “consultant me”—approaching his own situation as if he were advising a client. That shift helped him create rou ...