S2. E22. | Elaine Alec
FROM THE VAULT
Calling Her Spirit Back
Season 1. Episode 23.
In honor of National Indigenous Peoples Day earlier this week and National Indigenous History Month this month we have pulled this very important episode from Season 1.
What can you do? : (from @oncanadaproject)
Learn About Whose Land You Live On. Visit native-land.ca for an interactive map
Do Your Research Learn about the Indigenous Peoples whose land you live on.
Read the Truth And Reconciliation Report.
Connect With Elected Officials
Volunteer
Listen
Donate: We support the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society. www.fncaringsociety.ca
What went down:
3:40 Elaine shares her early upbringing as an Indigenous woman in Canada
6:50 Intergenerational trauma - Elaine's family's experiences with residential schools in Canada
7:50 Elaine's struggle with alcoholism, addition and self-harming
8:58 Elaine reflects on the wisdom and safety of her grandmother
14:40 How did Elaine find her way back to healing through Indigenous wisdom
20:40 The inspiration behind Calling My Spirit Back
23:45 What Elaine's culture believes about alcohol - worth a listen!!
24:00 Elaine's profound experience of finding love
32:00 Why anxiety can often be unprocessed emotions
35:42 Elaine shares her experience working to end and heal the ongoing trauma of Missing + Murdered Indigenous Women in Canada
Learn more about Elaine Alec:
IG: @elaine_alec_writer_speaker
Website: https://www.elainealec.com/
Buy her book: Calling Her Spirit Back
This podcast episode is sponsored by:
