In today's episode, we welcome Erin to the circle and she shares her rich and diverse creation story.

We explore:

• Erin traces her roots as a first-generation Montanan, describing her childhood experiences growing up at the end of a dirt road and her early connections with Indigenous culture.
• The impactful revelation of her family's heritage and the internal conflicts arising from cultural assimilation and survival tactics.
• Her journey through city life, mentorship, and immersion into community work in places like Boston and Minneapolis.
• Erin's musings on intuition, its power, how her environment has shaped it, and its significance in her life choices.
• Nonprofit work, volunteer management, and her commitment to justice, offering a nuanced view of cultural exchanges and community integration.
• Personal shifts Erin experienced upon returning to rural life and how practices like yoga have facilitated a deeper reconnection with her inner self.

This conversation is a heartfelt exploration of cultural reconnection, justice, slow medicine, and the continuous journey of self-discovery and belonging.

Connect with Erin:

Instagram: Erinkayanderson

Website: https://www.erinkayanderson.com

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In a world where instant gratification often overshadows the slow and sacred process of spiritual growth, the notion of being an "Instant Shamman" challenges us to confront our desire for quick fixes and superficial understanding.

Today, step into the circle with me and Grandmother Láné Saán Moonwalker as we journey through the depths of indigenous wisdom and ancestral knowledge.

We explore:

• Grandmother's personal journey through the deserts and her profound connection to the sacred beings of the land.
• Experiences of transformation and awakening. Grandmother's reflections on deprogramming from colonization.
• The concept of the "Instant Shaman" and the process of achieving spiritual growth through multiple levels.
• The parallels between resistance from loved ones and life in the desert. Fostering a deep communion with divine energies amidst discomfort.
• Embracing discomfort as a catalyst for self-discovery and radical self-love.

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Some might say our qualifications don’t matter, our degrees don’t matter, but our stories do. I invite you to join me in circleness today as we sit in conversation with Clarinda Tivoli, a Pasifika Dancer, Sailor & Decolonizing Business Educator, to share and to talk story.

Are you ready to take a toe tip with us today to start to tend to YOUR story?

We’re exploring:

• Clarinda’s powerful creation story
• The difference between a story from an island vs a “mainland” story
• How the flow of being someone from the Pacific can help people on the mainland to find roots
• THIS thing that Clarinda wishes for everybody
• What a floating practice in Hawaii opened up for her
• The difference between storytelling and storykeeping and why storykeeping is so helpful in our current climate
• How to jump out of the “content creation treadmill” and step into a more indigenous style of storykeeping
• What happens when you avoid your own creation story

Connect with Clarinda: https://www.instagram.com/clarindatusitala

Learn more here: https://www.thematriarchalbusiness.com/

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Creation stories are powerful, and there’s something beautiful about reflecting on them and our journey to ourselves. In today’s circle, I invite you to join me for this conversation with Malu-Kanoa as we explore her own journey of self as a Black queer person, the sacred magic of names, and the beauty of grief and death.

We’re exploring:

• Malu’s creation story
• How access to diversity has played a role in her work and development
• The influence that made Malu curious about the world from a young age
• Her experience as a registered nurse and a death doula
• What it means to occupy space
• How Malu’s experience as a trans individual has informed her work as an end of life doula
• The tenderness of queer spaces and why they allow you to transform differently
• Reclaiming our sovereignty
• What it means to come with intention
• Why the work of transition and death is so important
• Malu’s top advice to help you learn how to grieve

Connect with Malu:

Email: maluthedoula@gmail.com

Instagram: https://instagram.com/of_earth.and_seed

Website: https://maluthedoula.com

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Join me in the circle today as we welcome in the idea of cultural exchange, immediacy, “value”, and protocol.

I’m exploring:

• Why there’s been a pause in the podcast and what’s to come from this circle
• What your biosphere involves
• The misconception about cultural exchanges
• What access does and doesn’t mean
• Having exchanges with people outside of our own circles and what it actually means to have a “good” exchange
• The wound of value and how it shows up
• Why I use the term “slow medicine” and “agenda” in my circles
• The importance and richness of having cultural exchanges
• Why those from the West come to indigenous circles
• What happens when we don’t recognize cultural exchanges

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How can you be the medicine? How can you reject what the modern world has taught you and, instead, find what you need within yourself? Are you struggling to understand what this phrase even means or where to start? Then join me today for an exploration of this concept of medicine. Together, we’ll consider how our modern society is attempting to extract it without acknowledgement and how you can start taking steps to be your own medicine as you begin your journey to radical self-love, acceptance, and healing. I invite you to pause, reconnect, and do the work to find your truth. Let’s get started.

I’m exploring:

• How the modern world’s approach to finding medicine is missing the point and can lead to greater harm
• The perspective of an Indigenous woman with a special reading
• Colonization as a part of the human condition: Why must one conquer? Can there be another way?
• How to let go of martyrdom as a form of generosity and goodness and, instead, be true to who you are, as you are
• Reciprocity with Mother Nature: Are you taking without giving back?
• Breath work to detach from trying to fix yourself or others, but instead learning about self as you begin your healing journey
• And more

Asha Frost’s book: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/676167/you-are-the-medicine-by-asha-frost/

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The journey to healing can be a long one and for those called onto The Medicine Path, those asked to weave their knowledge and experiences to help others, it can be easy to prioritize filling other's cups before your own. This week I’m bringing back one of my most popular episodes with a guest that shows us that the healing journey is one that never ends; one that asks to remain students of life and become our own medicine first. In today's episode, I welcome to the circle healer, badass and amazing human being Ash Bell. Ash is a healer from Melbourne Australia with experience in Tibetan Sound Healing, Reiki, and facilitating Cacao Ceremonies. With a background in Social Work, Ash weaves together these different modalities in order to support people to heal, find their light, lift the soul and stay grounded. Join us for today's episode where Ash shares more about her creation story, how her journey in self healing lead her to helping others, her relationship with ceremonial Cacao, and what being a student in a circle means.

We're exploring:

• Ash's creation story (and how being a cancer survivor has changed her life and practices)
• How her personal healing journey put her on the path to help heal others (and why it's important for healers to fill their cups first)
• The one practice that has helped her deepen her practices
• Ways that Ash is learning to navigate being a star being while having a human experience
• The partnership between Cacao and Sound Healing
• What is means to be a student in a circle
• And so much more!

Find out more about Ash Bell:

Want to work with Ash? Find out more: https://www.ashbell.com.au/

You can always order our Cacao from Ash here: https://www.ashbell.com.au/shop

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ashbellofficial/

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ashbellofficial

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We have a strong sense of urgency in modern western society; a sense of urgency that is passed down from person to person. But it’s very disruptive. And as we continue our series on technology, we enter into the circle today to have a conversation around disruptive technology. Join me as I explore disruptive innovation, business theory as it relates to technological advances, and the cost of our quest for technology and innovation.

I’m exploring:

• Some examples of disruptive technology means and what I find curious about it
• THESE things that were once considered disruptive technologies that may surprise you
• How technology—whether disruptive or not—is extractive
• Colonialism as a disruptive technology
• The illusion of living in economies with big scale and big choices
• Business theory as it relates to disruptive technology
• Risk assessment and risk management
• What happens when the human mind doesn’t understand something
• The unspoken value system of technology
• What disruptive technology creates and what it innovates us out of
• My gift to you to help you in the process of unification
• And my prayer for technology

Check out the disruptive technology article mentioned in the episode: https://www.investopedia.com/terms/d/disruptive-technology.asp

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