They took her title—but they couldn’t take her power.

In this episode, I sit down with TaShun Bowden-Lewis to unpack what really happens when the position is gone, the recognition fades, and you’re left facing who you are without the title.

TaShun made history as Connecticut’s first Black Chief Public Defender—but two years later, she was fired following months of disagreements with the agency’s oversight body, accusations of workplace misconduct, and a highly contentious hearing.

And that’s where most people stop the story.

But we don’t.

We go deeper into what it means to stand in your identity when everything external is challenged—resilience under pressure, navigating public scrutiny, and separating who you are from what you held.

TaShun shares what it really took to face the internal battle, process the fal ...