Category: Indigenous spirituality

• From Trauma To Triumph

  I woke up in the middle of the night to a message that a niece is fighting for her life. I felt a mixture of feelings. Frustration, anger, and a profound sorrow upon hearing this news. I wrote about a family member in 2016 who was fighting alcoholism. I have no misconceptions that my writing…

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  October 6, 2023

  Addiction, Cooaching, Indigenous spirituality, Pain, Shame, Stories, Trauma

• Thoughts and Prayers …  And Indigenous Land Acknowledgments.  Meaningless Words? 

  While I accept the gesture of someone saying my thoughts and prayers are with you when I experienced a loss in my family, these words don’t really comfort me.  And yes, I understand they are meant to comfort.  Meanwhile, I began noticing people acknowledging they are on Indigenous territory, on TV news stations, and at…

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  April 30, 2023

  Empathetic Witness Podcast, family, Healing, Indigenous spirituality, land Back, Life, Mother Nature, Natural laws, Residential School, Stories, Trip to Luezan Tue

  family

• To Honour And Respect

  GIFT VISION All life is sacred. Every living being is sacred each one of us carries a sacred gift. These gifts have been obscured through colonization and genocide that has created intergenerational trauma. Substance abuse, mental health, and community and family breakdown are symptoms of this trauma. The Seventh Generation Indigenous Foundation and Training GIFT…

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  February 3, 2023

  death, Education, elder, Healing, Indigenous spirituality, intention, Life, Life Skills, love, Memorials, Mother Nature, Natural laws, Relationship, Seventh Generation Indigenous Foundation and Training, Stories, Trauma

  dedication, Life, seventhgift, Traditional knowledge

• Honoring our Love

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  September 19, 2022

  Healing, Indigenous spirituality, Life, Memorials, Mother Nature, Relationship, Trauma

  Life

• There is a Crack in Everything, that is How the Light Gets In 

  There is a Crack in Everything, that is How the Light Gets In  The pandemic of COVID 19 has brought us some joy and some sorrow.  Because of this pain many people accessed their creativity, I founded a charitable foundation, seventhgift.ca (G.I.F.T.) for Indigenous people in Canada to address trauma. We can reframe the sorrow…

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  August 29, 2022

  Coaching, Education, Healing, Indigenous spirituality, intention, Life, Mother Nature, Natural laws, Relationship, Seventh Generation Indigenous Foundation and Training

• Unstoppable Confidence

  

  We live in a world where anything is possible! I listened to David Nurse in a podcast. He is a best-selling author, speaker, and coach to NBA players as a former professional basketball player. He talks about the psychology of being the very best is to be in integrity with who you say you are.…

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  August 4, 2022

  2022, Coaching, Education, Empathetic Witness Podcast, Healing, Indigenous spirituality, Life Goals

  2022, Coaching, life lesson