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Imagine you're on a quest for balance and healing, but the path feels uncharted and overwhelming.

Now imagine having a companion who's not only walked similar paths but has also mastered the art of guiding others through their wellness journeys

03/27/2026

When clinical supervision of Indigenous therapists harms instead of heals.

Too often, spaces meant for learning become places of silence and shame. True healing supervision honours culture, welcomes hard truths, and values every voice.

If you guide others, choose partnership over power. Healing grows where accountability lives.

Learn more about our decolonizing approach to care. 💜

03/25/2026

Ethical violence in child welfare.

When a child is removed from their family, the system calls it "protection." But for Indigenous families, this removal often repeats the same violence as residential schools and the Sixties Scoop.

Ethical violence happens when:
• A family's poverty is pathologized as neglect, without addressing systemic barriers
• Cultural parenting practices are misunderstood as harm
• Children are placed in non-Indigenous homes, severing cultural connection
• Reunification is made nearly impossible through impossible requirements
• The system claims to "help" while causing intergenerational trauma

From an Indigenous lens, child welfare is not just about individual families. It's about sovereignty, kinship, and the right to raise children in culture and community.

Real protection means:
✦ Keeping families together whenever possible
✦ Supporting parents with resources, not punishment
✦ Centering Indigenous kinship and community care
✦ Respecting parental rights and cultural practices
✦ Being accountable when the system causes harm

This is ethical violence dressed as child protection. And it must be named. 💜

03/24/2026

Circle of strength. Healing begins here.

Ever wonder how the Seven Sacred Teachings can guide your wellness journey? Each teaching is a gentle reminder that you are not alone, and that healing grows in community.

Pause. Breathe in the wisdom of your ancestors.

What teaching speaks to your heart today? 🌾

03/23/2026

Like a flower bending in the wind without breaking, we too can move through life's storms with grace and resilience. Healing isn't about becoming unbreakable, it's about learning to bend, to sway, and to trust your roots. When we honour our Indigenous wisdom alongside evidence-based care, we find a path that honours both our ancestors and our present journey.

Whether you're navigating trauma, seeking cultural safety in your healing, or simply yearning to reconnect with yourself and your community, we're here to walk alongside you. We are here. 🌿💜

03/20/2026

Tansi, friends.

Mother Earth is reconnecting to land and its traditional medicines for spiritual and physical healing. The land remembers you.

When this spoke of the wheel is strong:
You feel grounded, present, and supported
Your nervous system settles faster
You experience belonging beyond human systems

When it needs repair:
Disconnection, numbness, or constant "busy"
Feeling unrooted or unsafe in your body
Forgetting you are part of nature

This is the Red River Cart Wheel teaching of Mother Earth. You are held. You are home.

03/19/2026

When diagnosis harms more than it heals.

Too often, Indigenous pain is labelled instead of listened to. Sometimes what’s called 'disorder' is actually wisdom and survival in a world that doesn’t always see us.

You deserve care rooted in respect, not judgement. Learn more about healing that honours your story. 💜

03/18/2026

Ethical violence in research.

When researchers come into Indigenous communities, extract data and stories, publish findings, and leave without sharing results or compensation, that is ethical violence.

It's called "research." But it's extraction. It's colonization dressed in academic language.

Ethical research requires:
✦ Community consent, not just individual consent
✦ Shared ownership of findings
✦ Compensation for knowledge shared
✦ Community benefit, not just researcher benefit
✦ Accountability to the community, not just ethics boards
✦ Respecting Indigenous data sovereignty

If you research with Indigenous communities: your job is not to be seen as ethical. Your job is to be accountable to the community you serve.

This is the work of decolonizing research. 💜

03/17/2026

Tansi, friends.

Tolerance is accepting diverse ways of living and being within the Métis collective. It's making room for difference without losing your values.

When this spoke of the wheel is strong:
You can stay curious instead of reactive
You can hold complexity (both/and)
You don't need everyone to agree to feel okay

When it needs repair:
Black-and-white thinking
Quick anger, contempt, or shutdown
Feeling threatened by difference

This is the Red River Cart Wheel teaching of Tolerance. It's the strength to hold many truths at once.

03/16/2026

Tansi, friends.

Kindness is friendship-spirit toward self and others, not lateral violence. It's how we interrupt harm that was handed down.

When this spoke of the wheel is strong:
You repair ruptures instead of escalating
You speak to yourself with dignity
You feel safer in your own mind

When it needs repair:
Harsh inner critic
Snapping, sarcasm, or shame-based communication
Feeling "hard" because softness wasn't safe

This is the Red River Cart Wheel teaching of Kindness. It's the revolution of choosing gentleness when the world taught you harshness.

03/14/2026

Tansi, friends.

Strength is resilience, drawing on ancestors and community to endure. Strength includes softness, tears, and asking for support.

When this spoke of the wheel is strong:
You keep going without abandoning yourself
You can hold grief and hope together
You feel connected to lineage

When it needs repair:
Feeling weak for struggling
Pushing through until you crash
Believing you must do it alone

This is the Red River Cart Wheel teaching of Strength. It's not about never falling. It's about rising with your people.

03/13/2026

Tansi, friends.

Patience honours that growth and metamorphosis can be long and painful. Patience is staying with the process without shaming yourself.

When this spoke of the wheel is strong:
You can take one step at a time
You recover from setbacks with less self-attack
You trust timing more

When it needs repair:
"I should be over this by now"
Quitting when progress is slow
Comparing your healing to others

This is the Red River Cart Wheel teaching of Patience. It's the grace of staying with yourself through the long work of becoming.

03/11/2026

Ethical violence wears a clean uniform.

It arrives with paperwork, credentials, and calm voices. It hides behind words like "evidence-based," "best practice," "policy," and "for your own good."

But here's what an Indigenous lens teaches us: ethics are not rules. They are relationship. They are accountability. They are repair.

When a system refuses to listen, refuses to adapt, refuses to change, that is violence. Even if it's "within policy."

Your anger is not too much. Your distrust is not irrational. Your lived experience is the truth.

If you work in helping professions: your job is not to be seen as ethical. Your job is to be accountable to the people you serve. 💜

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