Red Cedar Way https://www.patreon.com/RedCedarWay Pinecast (https://pinecast.com) en-USRed Cedar Way Red Cedar Way noscrubs8383@gmail.com yes Red Cedar Way https://www.patreon.com/RedCedarWay https://storage.pinecast.net/podcasts/covers/0c715200-1c3c-40c6-9a66-efad7a0c7a4f/lisa-berry-j1OdjVeFoKg-unsplash.jpg episodic Copyright Red Cedar Way 2024 - present Good medicine. Story medicine. Discussions on community, ceremony, ancestors, land based practices, spirit, intuition, re-indiginizing, & decolonizing. Home as a spiritual sanctuary https://pinecast.com/guid/b912be7d-fb4f-4bba-a41c-04bf0d22e96e Wed, 16 Jul 2025 14:10:00 -0000 00:28:58 The importance of having spiritual and psychological (and physical) safety in our homes What it means to protect the sacred space of our home.

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]]> yes Beyonce is not your friend https://pinecast.com/guid/8fce66e9-dbe3-4b59-9d6b-ca2c0e7bd862 Wed, 09 Jul 2025 14:10:00 -0000 00:26:30 Setting aside celeb worship on the road to decolonizing Let’s talk letting go of celebrity worship to reclaim our own spirit, autonomy, and accountability.

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]]> yes Community is Medicine and Relationships are Messy https://pinecast.com/guid/801a91f8-93ac-4421-81d7-5bdaeecb242a Wed, 11 Dec 2024 17:27:16 -0000 00:30:18 What it means to build community in a colonized world Everyone is talking about community building but few acknowledge the challenges of actually doing it! Community means nurturing relationships with people - real people - who have diverse beliefs, values, personalities, abilities, and needs. Relationships can be hard and messy. In this episode, we talk about what it looks like to build community in a colonized world.

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]]> yes The Spirit of Winter https://pinecast.com/guid/b9e0bb9e-f231-4059-8ee9-19dc3f27aa89 Wed, 04 Dec 2024 15:10:00 -0000 00:51:05 The Winter Maker rises in the night sky in December, highlighting the colder, darker days and a season of community and sharing. As the darker, colder days draw near, let’s explore the spirit of winter. The Winter Maker is the spirit that brings winter and is represented in the night sky beginning in December. During this time, we tells stories, gather together, and share warmth and resources. Today, we'll talk about what the spirit of winter reveals to us, as well as the spiritual significance of winter to me personally. 

References:

Star Stories, part 9: Ojibwe Indigenous Star Map - An Artist's Rendition

Talking Sky: Ojibwe Constellations as a Reflection of Life on the Land by Carl Gawboy & Ron Morton

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]]> yes Ponderings on Past Lives, Rebirth, and Reincarnation https://pinecast.com/guid/4296fc99-c811-477b-baf2-756a644ac434 Wed, 27 Nov 2024 15:10:00 -0000 01:00:26 The cycle of life and beyond Let’s talk rebirth! This week we dive into past lives, including what it means to be closer to spirit or “the veil" as a child (who remembers their past life) and my hypothesis for why our human condition filters out past lives as we get older. I share my own past life memory and what I’ve learned about how I carry intergenerational and, potentially, inter-life trauma. Lastly, I’ll discuss the pitfalls of focusing on past lives to the detriment of being present with our current selves.

References:

Northerned Podcast with Beatrice Deer

Aanjikiing / Changing Worlds: An Anishinaabe Traditional Funeral by Lee Obizaan Staples & Chato Ombishkebines Gonzalez

Red Cedar Way: Spiritual Escapism and Bypassing

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]]> yes Kitchen Sink Medicine Bundle https://pinecast.com/guid/30adecc9-8442-4642-becb-77566e3d00f9 Wed, 20 Nov 2024 15:10:00 -0000 00:54:43 All the approaches and modalities in my medicine bundle right now. Let’s talk all the approaches and modalities that are in my medicine bundle right now: community, spiritual, cultural, traditional, and western, as well as traditional approaches from around the world like: acupuncture, moxibustion, and Traditional Chinese Medicine. We’ll also talk family knowledge and recipes, as well as red light therapy, heat therapy, bodywork, vitamins, herbs, and supplements.

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Books: Life Stages and Native Women: Memory, Teachings, and Story Medicine Holding Our World Together: Ojibwe Women and the Survival of Community A Cree Healer and His Medicine Bundle: Revelations of Indigenous Wisdom--Healing Plants, Practices, and Stories by By David Young, Robert Rogers, Russell Willier 

Podcasts: Center for Indigenous Midwifery’s Podcast Indigenous Medicine Stories: Anishinaabe mshkiki nwii-dbaadaan How Light Shapes Women’s Health and Well Being

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]]> yes Sacred Flow: Reconnecting with the Moon Time https://pinecast.com/guid/e5e3d4cc-f47d-49b8-8ed6-354c18429a17 Wed, 13 Nov 2024 15:10:00 -0000 00:48:43 Reconnection with the body, the monthly cycle, and the bleed Let’s talk about our connection to our bodies, the monthly cycle, and our bleed or moon time. I share a major milestone in my healing journey, how I’ve been reconnecting with my cycle and bleed, and share about the first time I got a period. We’ll discuss how colonization has robbed us of the beauty and power inherent in our cycle and bleed, and dig into how to reconnect to our traditions and practices surrounding the moon time.

References/Resources:

Unexplainable: The Bleeding Edge

NPR: Long overlooked, menstrual blood is a treasure trove for science

Book: Life Stages and Native Women: Memory, Teachings, and Story Medicine by Kim Anderson

Book: Holding Our World Together: Ojibwe Women and the Survival of Community

Documentary: Long Line of Ladies

Kwek Society: Moon Time Traditional Teachings

Center for Indigenous Midwifery Podcast

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]]> yes Grief and the Dream World https://pinecast.com/guid/299bc1e7-2f61-4fba-933e-f48bc5b791eb Wed, 06 Nov 2024 15:10:00 -0000 00:32:42 The dream world brings spirit, medicine, and healing in seasons of grief. This week, we talk about how the dream world brings medicine, and healing in seasons of grief. I talk about spirit communication during dreams, and how our ancestors and loved ones may visit us in our dreams. I share my own experience and and update on how I’ve been experiencing grief. **

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]]> yes Healing and the Dream World https://pinecast.com/guid/66ba1357-92a1-49fc-8b03-e5fc53d8a72d Wed, 30 Oct 2024 14:10:00 -0000 00:29:11 An update on my journey of healing and the dreams and spirit world connection that have helped me on the way. An update on my healing journey after pregnancy loss and Asherman Syndrome (uterine scarring), including my connection to spirit through the dream world.

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]]> yes Medicine Above and Below: Thunder Beings & Underwater Panther https://pinecast.com/guid/8b189b73-d752-4d0a-ae1b-b9786e8a7765 Wed, 23 Oct 2024 14:10:00 -0000 00:30:46 Let’s talk about the cosmological balance between thunder beings and the underwater panther. In Anishnaabe culture, the spirits of thunder beings and the underwater panther provide medicine and are part of the cosmological balance.

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]]> yes Dreamcatchers https://pinecast.com/guid/f2def68d-12af-4dde-a755-a46d6f86acef Wed, 16 Oct 2024 14:10:00 -0000 00:30:02 Let’s talk dream medicine this week, including all things dreamcatchers. This week, we dive into sleep and dream medicine. Most people have seen dreamcatchers, but let’s talk about the cultural and medicinal traditions of using dreamcatchers. Who makes them, who uses them, what should they look like, and where should you hang them?

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]]> yes Spooky Stuff https://pinecast.com/guid/e64e8d9d-dae9-44a6-b73c-2089f2de3489 Wed, 09 Oct 2024 14:10:00 -0000 00:29:41 A smattering of spooky stories from my own collection! Trick or Treat! A smattering of spooky stories from my own collection.

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Website for the haunted Pousada.

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]]> yes Indigenous Medicine And Western Medicine https://pinecast.com/guid/2faef0a4-3e4d-4dc0-8d70-519ab5e5bad6 Wed, 02 Oct 2024 14:10:00 -0000 00:54:41 Finding balance in different medicine practices Let’s talk about different healing modalities, their benefits and drawbacks, and what it means to be a healer and to seek healing.

References:

Plaintain is the plant that fights bug bites

Indigenous Medicine Podcast

The Healing Alliance: Western Medicine Meets Indigenous Medicine, Part 1

How Indigenous Medicine Intersects with Biomedicine with Diane Longboat

The Power of Spirit Can Facilitate Healing with Hilton King

Plants Have So much to Give Us, All We Have To Do Is Ask: Anishinaabe Botanical Teachings by Mary Siisup Geniusz

Our Knowledge is Not Primitive: Decolonizing Botanical Anishinaabe Teachings by Wendy Makoons Geniusz

Life Stages of Native Women: Memory, Teachings, and Story Medicine by Kim Anderson

Holding Our World Together: Ojibwe Women and the Survival of Community by Brenda Child

A Cree Healer and His Medicine Bundle: Revelations of Indigenous Wisdom - Healing Plants, Practices, and Stories by David Young, Robert Rogers & Russel Willier

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]]> yes Equinox Healing & Letting Go https://pinecast.com/guid/a0a12bfc-03e0-4223-bab1-2271e32a2807 Wed, 25 Sep 2024 14:10:00 -0000 00:58:54 The season of slowing down and letting go aligns with a healing journey A seasonal shift is underway: the Autumn Equinox teaches us lessons about preparing, slowing down, letting go, and healing. This year’s Equinox lines up with my own healing journey. In this podcast episode, I talk about the last few months navigating life post-miscarriage, including coming to terms with a body that isn’t fully healed. We will talk through the rare uterine scarring condition called Asherman Syndrome and what it means to do battle where you can, and let everything else go. We’ll also discuss my spiritual and ancestral connections throughout this entire process.

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]]> yes Holy Wells & Sacred Sites https://pinecast.com/guid/dc0722f1-3055-4751-9fb7-841f3597d138 Wed, 18 Sep 2024 14:10:00 -0000 00:55:09 A field trip to a holy well in Ireland gives us a glimpse of how we can reconnect with our ancient land-based practices How can we return to the land, to our land-based, indigenous practices, when those practices were coopted, covered, and hidden from view through colonization? This week, I’ll take us on a little trip to a holy well in Ireland to discuss ancient practices, sacred sites, and how to seek clues to the practices our ancestors left us. Many land-based practices have been coopted by colonizers and empires, and the truth of our connection to land, spirit, ancestors, and healing lie just below the surface.

We’ll discuss the St. Michael’s Well, its fascinating healing properties, and its ancient history on the land and to healing the people long before Christians arrived and re-named it after a saint. The well’s story reveals its true roots: connection to land, understanding the healing power of earth and water, and reverence for pilgrimage to a sacred site.

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References:

Holy Wells of Cork & Kerry: Tobar Mhíchíl, St. Michael’s Well, County Kerry

Book - Irish Customs and Traditions: How our ancestors celebrated life and the seasons by Marion McGarry

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]]> yes Shaman Sh*t https://pinecast.com/guid/89343c10-80d4-4c95-b5e8-8bb1eff38f94 Wed, 11 Sep 2024 14:10:00 -0000 00:47:38 Let’s talk about shamans and healers and medicine people What makes someone a shaman, healer, or medicine person? Can you become one with a course, a certificate, or an instagram handle? In traditional cultures, people study medicine and healing for decades before holding themselves out as healers to their communities. Let’s talk about the modern obsession with influencers and shamans and what it means to really serve a community. We’ll also discuss the responsibilities of healers, including a deep commitment to their patients/clients and need to have a strong ethical and moral practice. I’ll also dive into why shamans and healers aren’t necessarily automatically good people and we must understand a practitioner's teachers, practice, community, knowledge, and experience before we put our trust into them.

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References:

Indigenous Medicine Stories: Anishinaabe mshkiki-nwii-dbaabaan Onaubinisay, Walks-Above-the-Ground Part 1 and Part 2

Center for Indigenous Midwifery: Stories of Ribbons Skirts and Healing

Red Cedar Way: Spiritual Escapism & Bypassing

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]]> yes Bad Medicine https://pinecast.com/guid/c44e136e-1a4a-4df5-96ae-c3f16c85da25 Wed, 04 Sep 2024 14:10:00 -0000 00:47:25 The importance of avoiding bad medicine This week I share a bit about traditional medicine practices, and talk about good and bad medicine. I share my own experience with bad medicine and how to to fight the temptation to use bad medicine. I’ll also discuss the ethics of using bad medicine and the historical and current cultural significance of medicine people in Anishnaabe culture.

References:

Spooked: Bull Boy Spooked: Medicine People Spooked: Always Be Polite

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]]> yes Scent as Medicine https://pinecast.com/guid/0d348a23-0a10-467a-8e2c-11538f4b9a67 Wed, 28 Aug 2024 14:10:00 -0000 00:46:32 The power of scent and smell in our everyday lives Scent and the sense of smell have an incredible, and often invisible, impact on our lives. Scent can bring comfort and healing, and help us to survive. Today I chat about the different ways I’ve come to know scent - from food to fragrance to medicine and even as a means to communicate with spirit.

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Resources:

The scent of attraction and the smell of success: crossmodal influences on person perception

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]]> yes Decolonizing and Re-indiginizing https://pinecast.com/guid/8562e91d-589f-4061-909c-7a07b916eff7 Wed, 21 Aug 2024 14:10:00 -0000 00:47:30 What does it mean to decolonize and re-indiginize? Today’s a big one, guys. And it may be tough to take. But it is important. We’re going to talk about who is a settler, an immigrant, a colonizer, and more. Whose duty is it to decolonize? What it means to decolonize and re-indignize as an indigenous person, as a settler (of any background/race/ethnicity), and as a white person. What are the generational impacts of colonization, imperialism, and capitalism? What is internalized colonialism/imperialism/capitalism? And what can we do to deprogram? What does repair look like? All are welcome on Turtle Island, but colonialism, imperialism, and capitalism are not!

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Resources related to today’s episode:

All My Relations: Beyond Blood Quantum All My Relations: Love in the Time of Blood Quantum All My Relations: Rematriate All My Relations: Can a DNA Test Make Me Native American? All My Relations: The Ancestors Know You: Real Life Reconnection Stories

Also check out the playlist of decolonizing/reindignizing podcasts in my instagram highlight.

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]]> yes Spiritual Escapism and Bypassing https://pinecast.com/guid/1194297e-501a-4c9e-b284-31243c90e307 Wed, 14 Aug 2024 14:10:00 -0000 00:31:27 A little chat on the proliferation of pseudo-spiritual spaces that escape and bypass the realities of the physical world This week’s episode is a little chat on a big problem: spiritual escapism and bypassing. Too many spiritual and wellness spaces deny the inherent truth that the spiritual and physical worlds are inseparable. “Spiritual" spaces that espouse love, light, and high vibes deny or avoid the plain realities of our physical world, allowing their followers and adherents to avoid confronting or reconciling with the pain they inflict or benefit from in the physical world while seeking “spiritual” enlightenment. Connection to spirit and ancestors would never allow us to bypass our sacred duties to our relatives - human, animal, plant, environmental - in the physical world. Spiritual escapism and bypassing is a colonial construct that promises privileged individuals in the global minority the ability to dispense with their sacred duties while cosplaying a connection to spirit: to take, extract, and exploit without repercussion.

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]]> yes Our Sacred Duty as Storykeepers https://pinecast.com/guid/5098d8cf-3df3-43c2-86c7-7947d26cec60 Wed, 07 Aug 2024 14:10:00 -0000 00:58:12 Reflections on our sacred duty to hold the difficult stories and transmute pain into action Our sacred duty as storykeepers is to hear, hold, and pass on even the most difficult of stories. The more difficult the story, the more sacred is the duty. Today, I’ll talk about how stories, especially those of pain and trauma, are often weaponized against us, to manipulate us in campaigns and elections. But if we return to our sacred duty to hold and pass along the most difficult of stories, we will honor the story and be less vulnerable to manipulation. It is also important to allow ourselves to be changed by these stories, and to then transmute the pain of those stories into action.

I will go into specific topics where it is important to bear witness and hold the most painful and traumatic stories. And I will share my own approach to holding, honoring, and passing along difficult stories.

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References in today’s episode:

Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition

National Indian Boarding School Digital Archive

PBS Legacy of Trauma: The Impact of American Indian Boarding Schools Across Generations (Scroll to the bottom for several more resources)

Healing the Past to Guide the Future w/ Ernie and Charlotte Kwandibens

Stolen Season 2: Surviving St. Michael’s

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]]> yes Dark Side of the Moon https://pinecast.com/guid/1d82f78f-6deb-4e4b-9b56-47b38ae375d4 Wed, 31 Jul 2024 14:10:00 -0000 00:45:04 Embracing darkness as a means of healing, developing, and transformation On today’s episode, I’ll dive into my 2+ year journey (and still going) into darkness as a place of healing, development, and spiritual and emotional transformation. I’ll discuss deprogramming and discarding the stigma of darkness as a place of depression or difficulty or evil, and shedding the false dichotomy of darkness vs. light.

My darkness season, my winter season, my new moon season: this has been, and continues to be, a phase to go inward, reflect, and re-form into something new. It has been a safe wombspace, a cozy cocoon to hold me, teach me, and prepare me for sitting with grief, sadness, and anger in the some of the most difficult times of my adult life. It has been a place of literal darkness that allows me to discharge fear around connecting with spirit and ancestors. It has been a place of reflection that pushes me to embrace an evolving world view and understanding of how to move forward in right relation.

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Music in this podcast is the track Glacier by the artist SalmonLikeTheFish on the album Music for the Sleepy Traveler. It is used under creative commons license CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

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]]> yes Stories as Medicine https://pinecast.com/guid/33020bc6-9ad1-4213-a345-7784cf8577e9 Wed, 24 Jul 2024 14:10:00 -0000 00:38:15 The power of stories as medicine Stories are a powerful and ancient medicine. We have been transmitting and receiving stories since the begining of time for a multitude of healing reasons: to celebrate and memorialize great success, to transmute pain, to heal, to laugh, to show care and support for others. Holding another’s stories is a radical act of love and kindness, a radical act of care in a world that leaves the grieving, displaced, and oppressed behind. Stories require community and build community. By coming into communion with another’s story, we form an indelible bond with them.

I will also share my history with stories as medicine, which began with stories, books, reading, and then music, lyrics, and poetry. Later, I embraced languages as both a tool for communication and storytelling, and also a story in and of themselves that reflect the people who speak them and pass them along.

Thank you for joining me today on this discussion about stories as medicine. I’d love to hear what your experience with stories and storytelling is. Do you dance, sing, sign, write, or serve as the keeper of your family’s history? What do stories mean to you?

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Music in this podcast is the track Glacier by the artist SalmonLikeTheFish on the album Music for the Sleepy Traveler. It is used under creative commons license CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

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]]> yes Trance & Transmission II: Boundaries, Clairs, Intuition, & Mediumship https://pinecast.com/guid/e46eea16-7508-4ab1-8838-2247952da8ab Wed, 17 Jul 2024 14:10:00 -0000 00:45:54 In the second part of our discussion on Trance & Transmission, I go more in-depth discussing the importance of setting boundaries. Then we’ll delve into communication with spirit and ancestors using clairs (what many call intuition and mediumship) and I’ll share what my experience has been developing clairs and a language for communicating with spirit.

References: I talk about my experience in a course led by Haley Tialisa

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Music in this podcast is the track Glacier by the artist SalmonLikeTheFish on the album Music for the Sleepy Traveler. It is used under creative commons license CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

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]]> yes Trance & Transmission: Entering Ceremony with Spirit & Ancestors https://pinecast.com/guid/1bb793be-3dca-4319-b980-5b5fda0d602e Wed, 10 Jul 2024 14:10:00 -0000 00:59:19 Dreamtime, prophetic and predictive dreams, visions, journeys, energetic and spiritual boundaries Today, we delve into the world of trance and transmission. Of relating to, communicating with, being in community with, and communicating with spirit and ancestors. Of different states of being, of different realms, of different physical, spiritual, and energetic ways of being. Of the importance of setting boundaries to protect ourselves.

I share my own experiences with the dreamtime, repeating dream themes, prophetic and predictive dreams, unwanted visitors, visions, shapeshifting, and ceremonies through journeying. I also discuss my opinion on using drugs or medicines to alter our consciousness and enter other states. I also touch on the ways to interact with spirit, to receive, and send transmission, that do not involve altered states or journeys.

Stay tuned for Part 2 of Trance & Transmissions in next week’s episode!

References: I mentioned the podcast A Little Juju Podcast, specifically this episode

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Music in this podcast is the track Glacier by the artist SalmonLikeTheFish on the album Music for the Sleepy Traveler. It is used under creative commons license CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

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]]> yes Return to the Land: Connection & Communion https://pinecast.com/guid/7f007375-2ba8-4830-ab7d-61cda00a0cda Wed, 03 Jul 2024 14:10:00 -0000 01:04:29 Thoughts on connecting with the spirit of the land, elements, ecosystems, and cosmos A call to return to the land, to find connection and communion. A prayer whispered out into the sky, a wish, a dream, a hope for everyone to rediscover their innate relationship with the spirit of the land and all our environmental kin: oceans, lakes, rivers, storms, earth, forests, prairies, mycelia, animals, weather, and all their unique kin relationships across varied ecosystems. To let our kin teach us, show us, and re-ignite the spark within us to act in reciprocity and right relation.

I’ll dive into why it’s meaningful and important to connect to the land and some of the innumerable ways to find connection and communion, including some of my own. I would love to hear from you about how you connect to the land.

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Music in this podcast is the track Glacier by the artist SalmonLikeTheFish on the album Music for the Sleepy Traveler. It is used under creative commons license CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

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]]> yes Grief & Miscarriage: Story Medicine for Pregnancy Loss https://pinecast.com/guid/51f97140-9d39-4a56-9518-fdb5348b824d Wed, 26 Jun 2024 14:10:00 -0000 00:53:38 A vulnerable sharing of my pregnancy loss story - the practical, emotional, and spiritual Story medicine for grieving and healing hearts. This episode dives into the grief that accompanies pregnancy loss. I open up about my own miscarriage, sharing the practical events, how I navigated (am navigating) emotions, and how I have connected to my baby and ancestors spiritually throughout the pregnancy and loss.

Losing a pregnancy is a unique kind of loss, traumatic physically, emotionally, and spiritually. The taboo around speaking about miscarriage can make it lonely and isolating and the lack of support in our modern world for people experiencing pregnancy loss means we are pushed to “return to normal”, working and caring for others while still healing our bodies and hearts. This episode is a call for society and community shifts toward support and care. It is a reminder that death and passing is a time when spirit draws near, and while hard, a chance to lean ever closer to our spirit and ancestor connections to honor, cope, and grieve.

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Music in this podcast is the track Glacier by the artist SalmonLikeTheFish on the album Music for the Sleepy Traveler. It is used under creative commons license CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

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]]> yes Grief & Death: Story Medicine for Losing a Parent https://pinecast.com/guid/370dd3a3-fffa-4d4d-87d2-2c1d60f7b446 Wed, 19 Jun 2024 14:10:00 -0000 00:54:45 Talking through the loss of a parent, through dementia and passing Story medicine for grieving and healing hearts. Losing a parent is one of the most difficult experiences we can go through as deeply emotional beings. Death and grief are challenging in and of themselves, but can sometimes feel overwhelming in a world organized around productivity and individualism.

In this episode, I share my experience of losing my father, slowly to dementia, and then suddenly when he passed; and the struggles of grieving both kinds of loss. I share my personal spiritual experiences and connections with ancestors while going through this process, and the kinds of rituals and ceremonies I held to commemorate this transitional period and honor my father. It is a reminder that our society prevents and precludes really talking about and grieving death, and how we don't have adequate support systems in place for grieving people. This episode is a call for society and community shifts toward support and care. It is a reminder that death is a time when spirit draws near, and while hard, a chance to lean ever closer to our spirit and ancestor connections to honor, cope, and grieve.

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Music in this podcast is the track Glacier by the artist SalmonLikeTheFish on the album Music for the Sleepy Traveler. It is used under creative commons license CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

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]]> yes Thoughts on Connecting to Ancestors https://pinecast.com/guid/24ff31e3-3897-4706-b0da-02c95f48b20f Wed, 12 Jun 2024 14:10:00 -0000 00:37:55 Thoughts on what it means to connect with ancestors What does it mean to connect with ancestors? I dive into my background and understanding of ancestor connection and how I first encountered my ancestors spiritually and cultivated a connection with them. I walk through some of the myriad ways to connect with ancestors and discuss the fact that each individual's connection is personal.

I'd love to hear from you! Let me know what your connection with your ancestors is like. How did you learn about ancestor connection and what practices do you use to cultivate that relationship?

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]]> yes Ceremony & Ritual https://pinecast.com/guid/aee04098-b89e-4a0e-812e-063674bc3ad2 Fri, 07 Jun 2024 14:12:48 -0000 00:40:52 A discussion on ceremony and ritual. Join me today for a discussion on ceremony and ritual: what it has looked like for many in the modern world, interacting with mainstream modern religions and societal practices, and how to build and transform your own ritual and ceremony practices. We'll dive into why people need rituals and practices, when they perform them, and who is involved.

Thanks for listening! I'd love to hear from you: What are some rituals and ceremonies that you perform? Where did you inherit them from or did you create your own?

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Music in this podcast is the track Glacier by the artist SalmonLikeTheFish on the album Music for the Sleepy Traveler. It is used under creative commons license CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

Cover art is by Lisa Berry via Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@lnberry_

Please check out these artists' work!

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Resources:

During this episode, I mentioned this book: Talking Sky: Ojibwe Constellations as a Reflection of Life on the Land, which you can find at many booksellers including https://birchbarkbooks.com/products/talking-sky

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]]> yes The Awakening https://pinecast.com/guid/3a708d1e-a572-4856-83bf-126550ca4130 Wed, 05 Jun 2024 14:08:48 -0000 00:49:58 How learning a traditional language prompted a philosophical and spiritual awakening. Languages are more than just words, they are a reflection of and medium for sharing a world view. Many traditional indigenous languages of Turtle Island (USA) reflect a worldview of animacy and aliveness. This is true for the Bodewadmi (Potawatomi) language. This episode is about how learning my traditional ancestral language opened my world to aliveness, spirit, and connection to ancestors and "all my relations" (ndenwemagnek).

bodewadmi #aanishinaabe #nishnabe #aanishinaabemowen #bodewadmimowen #spirit #animacy #ancestors #decolonial #decolonizing #spirituality

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