Red Cedar Way

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...

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,...

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 w...

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 wit...

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: Wh...

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 &q...