The Cycle Breakers Podcast

In this Season 2 finale, I open up about my own story. This is a personal conversation about the last 4 years of reconnecting to my Anishinaabe roots, my spirit, my authentic self, and finding my way home. After this season's massive growth, with listenership quadrupling and the Cycle Breakers podcast community expanding, this episode marks both a pause and a turning point. It is a moment to refle...

In this solo episode, I talk about blood memory and how the patterns, trauma, and resilience we inherit shape the way we live and lead. I get into how so many of our responses come from survival, not choice, and how those patterns can be passed down through generations. But more importantly, I share how they can actually be changed. This is both a reflection and an invitation. You are not just car...

In this honest conversation, Rachael sits down with Sheryl-Ann Carscadden (SAS) and Christine John, two Indigenous leaders who are reshaping how we understand harm, healing, and responsibility within our communities and workplaces. Sheryl-Ann Carscadden (SAS) is the Founder and Owner of Sundance Source Consulting. With more than 30 years of experience, SAS works alongside Indigenous communities, i...

In this solo episode, I share how somatic healing became the missing link in my trauma healing journey and why it's less about learning something new and more about remembering what our bodies already know. After years of hearing "regulate your nervous system," I finally understood how trauma lives in the body and why mindset work alone wasn't enough. Through somatic practices, I was able to move...

 In this conversation, Rachael sits down with Dra. Rocío Rosales Meza, a Mexicana/Chicana seer, medicine woman in the Q'ero Inca lineage, and former Counseling Psychology PhD and professor whose life took a profound turn from academia to ancestral healing. She shares the life-altering moment that shifted her from a tenured academic career into ancestral medicine, and how chronic illness, loss, and...

In this powerful conversation, Rachael sits down with  Susan Aglukark - renowned Inuk Canadian singer-songwriter, Juno Award winner, and Officer of the Order of Canada - whose music has shaped the landscape of Indigenous storytelling in this country. Best known for her iconic 1995 hit O Siem , Susan became the first Inuk performer to reach the Top 10 in Canada. But beyond her accolades - including...

In this solo episode, I share a deeply personal & vulnerable reflection on my journey with humility - from navigating many a ego death / rock bottoms in the past few years & being repeatedly humbled in ways that reshaped how I lead, live, and relate to myself. This is an honest conversation about what it actually means to walk in integrity, let go of needing to prove yourself, and lead in a good w...

In this episode, I'm joined by Asha Frost - an Indigenous Medicine Woman, and the international best-selling author of You are the Medicine , The Sacred Medicine Oracle , and The Animal Elders Oracle . She has guided thousands of people through profound and lasting transformation as a healer, homeopath and ceremonial guide and has become a prominent speaker in the field of Indigenous healing, garn...

In this deeply intimate conversation, Rachael sits down with Patricia June Vickers - teacher, artist, psychotherapist, and spiritual director - to explore healing from childhood trauma through the lens of neurofeedback, relational repair, and embodied wisdom. Patricia shares personal reflections on early trauma and dissociative amnesia, reframing it as a protective intelligence of the nervous syst...

In her first attempt to attain public office in 2009, Kahsennénhawe Sky-Deer was elected to the Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke. She served for fifteen consecutive years, culminating with her election as Grand Chief in 2021. She is CEO and President of Sky-Deer Consulting; Vice President at Dable Advisory and Consulting Services and Vice President at Panorama Real Estate Services. She is also the Co-...

In this episode, I sit down with Bob Joseph , President & CEO of Indigenous Corporate Training Inc., who has been educating organizations on Indigenous relations since 1994. He is the author of 21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act and 21 Things You Need to Know about Indigenous Self-Government , and brings both lived experience and generational leadership to this work. An initiated memb...

In this conversation, Rachael is joined by Robin Wall Kimmerer - writer, scientist, and enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation - to explore what Indigenous teachings offer us in a time shaped by overconsumption, disconnection, and ecological crisis. Drawing from her work in Braiding Sweetgrass & The Serviceberry , Robin reflects on reciprocity as a way of life, the consequences of living...

Manifestation is everywhere, and a lot of it misses the point. If you've done the visualizing, affirming, and "doing the work" but still feel stuck, this isn't a failure of mindset or discipline. It goes deep into the nervous system and subconscious mind. In this episode, I break down manifestation through a trauma-informed, neuroscience-based lens, to address how complex and generational trauma c...

In this episode of The Cycle Breakers Podcast , I'm joined by Jordin Tootoo - former NHL player, mental health advocate, and the first Inuk athlete to play in the league. Jordin spent 13 seasons in the NHL, playing with the Nashville Predators, Detroit Red Wings, New Jersey Devils, and Chicago Blackhawks, where he became known for his toughness, grit, and relentless presence on the ice. But beyond...

MINI TIPI is a Canadian brand that brings authentic Indigenous designs to life through woven blankets and accessories that carry stories and traditions. Co-founded in 2016 by Trisha Pitura, a member of Nipissing First Nation, and Melanie Bernard, from Quebec City of settler descent, MINI TIPI is shaped by their professional and personal experiences. Finding the void of authentically designed Indig...

Angelo McHorse, known as the Cognitive Native online, is a tribal member of Red Willow People of Taos Pueblo. He is a husband, father of 3, entrepreneur, and everyone's favourite uncle. He is the co-founder of Bison Star Naturals, alongside his wife, Jacquelene.  In this episode, we discuss: perceiving "riches" beyond money staying growth-minded while walking in two worlds Uncle advice for adoptin...

Capacity building is everywhere right now - in corporate spaces, community work, leadership conversations, and funding rooms. But most of the time, it stops at skills, strategy, and external preparation. In this solo episode, Rachael Hunt explores what's often missing from the conversation: internal capacity building - the ability for the nervous system to actually hold more responsibility, leader...

This is the first solo episode back for Season 2. Today's conversation is rooted in Two-Eyed Seeing - the ability to hold Indigenous worldview (the medicine) and modern science (neuroscience) at the same time, without one overriding the other. This episode explores how Indigenous women can remain rooted in culture and values while navigating modern systems, and how the Freedom Method™ bridges thes...

Gabor Maté is a retired physician who, after 20 years of family practice and palliative care experience, worked for over a decade in Vancouver's Downtown East Side with patients challenged by drug addiction and mental illness. The bestselling author of five books published in 43 languages, including the award-winning In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction, Gabor is an inter...

As we close Season 1 of The Cycle Breakers Podcast , Rachael reflects on what it truly means to live and lead from a place of being Creator-guided - trusting in divine timing, surrendering control, and walking in alignment with Spirit. This episode is a gentle reminder that even when the path feels unclear, Creator is always showing us the way. Stayed tuned for Season 2, coming early 2026! In this...

Darion Ducharme is the founder and Owner of Teqare, a proudly Indigenous-owned education company based in Treaty 1 Territory (Winnipeg, Manitoba). Through Teqare, Darion empowers communities across Canada with engaging workshops on cyber safety, financial literacy, and city life skills, bridging the digital divide for youth, adults, and elders in both urban and remote communities. A recognized nat...

This week's episode is inspired by a recent conversation with a client who is in the thick of building her movement - she feels like she's not just growing her business but changing an industry. This is legacy work, and I know this season she is in all too well. As I shared with her my business pivot and the journey of building the Cycle Breakers Movement, I knew that there was medicine in it for...

In this episode, I'm diving into a topic that can feel heavy, painful, and all too familiar for many of us - lateral violence. We'll talk about the deep roots of this cycle in colonization, residential schools, and intergenerational trauma - and why understanding this helps us see it's not about  you , but about the wounds others carry. Most importantly, I'll share how to hold yourself powerfully,...

Join the fall cohort of the  Freedom Method™️ Certification  - a science-backed, trauma-informed and Indigenous-led program. Get 6 certifications in 3 months.  Enrol here. This week, I'm diving into a truth I've been sitting with: success has less to do with hustle or strategy, and everything to do with how safe we feel in our bodies. Success lives in the nervous system. In this episode, I share m...

Join the fall cohort of the  Freedom Method™️ Certification  - a science-backed, trauma-informed and Indigenous-led program. Get 6 certifications in 3 months.  Enrol here. This week we have a special guest joining us. Tupaarnaq Kopeck is an Inuk woman from Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland), and she's passionate about supporting Inuit and Indigenous communities with personal finance and investing. Her b...