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  • Let’s Chat

     Can  We Talk? From the time we are born society  imposes expectations on our behavior.  2-year-olds are often described when they misbehave in public as throwing a tantrum, after all that’s expected of  a 2-year-old, and it is tolerated.     Societal  has other expectations  for our relationships. For example, being raised in an Indigenous family I…

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    April 25, 2023
    Life, Life Skills, parenting, Relationship, social Media
  • OUR EGO IS A JERK And SETS US UP TO FAIL IN LIFE

    life will present you with people and circumstances to reveal where you’re not free” -Peter Crone AKA the mind architect.  “Nothing is either good or bad it is thinking that makes it so”- William Shakespeare. If you have been following me you will know  most of my  insights, come from podcast, reading, and listening to…

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    April 14, 2023
    Coaching, family, Healing, intention, Life, love, parenting, Relationship, Relationship Goals, social Media, Trauma
  • How I Imagine Stuff – I Don’t

       What is in people’s Mind? Could be nothing at all “I tasted it, and that was all I got. A one-time deal. I can’t taste it again in my imagination.” -Brian Leibold   It is like that for me too  because I have what is called aphantasia. It was discovered in 1880. The term was coined…

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    April 11, 2023
    aphantasia, Dreaming, Dreaming, Imagine, Life
    Memory, Mind
  • Dreaming  a Little Dream

    “I think I will do nothing for a long time but listen. And accrue what I hear into myself…and let sound contribute toward me.”  ― Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass I began reading a friend’s husband’s book South Asian Adventures with the Active Poor. Gem Munro is  an excellent writer and put me right slap bang into…

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    April 1, 2023
    Bangladesh, Dreaming, Jakarta
  • Dog Days of Summer Dene Style

    Welcome to my Dog Days of Summer Dene Style blog. When I pick a subject to blog, I am careful to not portray victimhood, at the same time, I don’t exaggerate. After all, hardship is not synonymous with victimhood. I like things to be simple, straightforward, and balanced. If you read my blog to the…

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    March 13, 2023
    Doghead, family, Life, love, parenting, Stories
  • Season Two Empathetic Witness Podcast

    “You must  be willing to give up the life you planned in order to have the life that is waiting for you.” ― Joseph Campbell A Hero’s Journey One might wonder with literally thousands of podcasts in excistendence why did I create Empathetic Witness without any experience. Season One of Empathetic Witness produced seventeen (17) episodes and…

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    February 25, 2023
    Education, Empathetic Witness Podcast, Empathic Witness Podcast, intention, Life, love, Stories
  • Denesuline Therese Deranger – May 08, 1919 – February 12, 2016 The last Traditional arranged Dene marriage.

    She was born into this world at Old Fort, Alberta on May 08, 1919. Eldest child of 11 Children, 2 sisters and 8 brothers. she got married just after turning 15 on July 1933 in Fond du Lac (Isadore Deranger) and became a widow on April 4, 1992 in Fort McMurray, Alberta. Born into an…

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    February 10, 2023
    Awe, Doghead, Education, family, Life, love, Memorials
  • 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
  • Darling you are Love

    Today, I am feeling wonderful, grateful, and content, one Month into the New Year. Tomorrow is February, love month. Lol   For years I never celebrated Valentine’s because I viewed it as a stupid holiday. I felt that those that didn’t have a Valentine would feel more isolated and alone because so much commercialization was…

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    January 31, 2023
    family, intention, Life Goals, love, Relationship
  • Family dynamics is difficult to navigate at times. Ditch the Negative Talk.

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    January 16, 2023
    2022, Cooaching, intention, Life, Life Skills, parenting, Relationship Goals
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