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Indigenous Ancestral Values and Social Media Sep 01, 2022

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Indigenous Ancestral Values and Social Media WELL FOR CULTURE

We've noticed that our ancestral values don't always jive with the chaotic climate of social media. In this episode, we talk about the ways that social media and time spent in the digital world can harm our health, and why this is potentially the biggest public health crisis of our time. We also share tips, strategies, and ideas for bringing our ancestral values back to the forefront -- even in the virtual landscape -- ensuring that our relationship to technology remains healthy and productive.

A Pandemic Update for Native America - Vaccines, Public Health, and Precautions. - Part 1/2 Nov 20, 2020

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As COVID-19 continues to impact the world, tribal Nations and Indigenous people continue to see sweeping impacts of the virus in our communities. This episode explores public health implications and perspectives surrounding the topic.

First, we talk about some of the ways that the virus has impacted our family and communities personally. We then interview Deionna Vigil, a Research Program Coordinator at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Center for American Indian Health. She offers insight into the public health response to the pandemic in Indian Country. She explains how this has shifted over time. She then answers our questions about the vaccine.

This is a 2-part series. The next pandemic episode will be released soon, in which we will explore cultural, spiritual, and wellness-oriented impacts of the virus.

These episodes have been made possible with funding by the National Geographic Society Emergency Fund for Journalists.

14. A Pandemic Update for Native America - Vaccines, Public Health, and Precautions. - Part 1/2

#BlackLivesMatter -- Linking Social Justice and Wellness Jun 08, 2020

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Resources on how to take action

https://blacklivesmatter.com/global-actions/

https://blacklivesmatter.com/defundthepolice/

https://www.standwithbre.com/?fbclid=IwAR1O5lupss1_YmmjZpPlUr_mH0i5NX95YFaETWIJS4xwUDlUQTF-Tgz9zk0

List of books recommended in episode:

The Autobiography of Malcolm X

Bury the Chains: Prophets and Rebels in the Fight to Free an Empire's Slaves by Adam Hochschild

The work fo Dr Cornel West, an American philosopher, political activist, social critic, author, and public intellectual.

Indigenized Wellness + Stress Relief in Quarantine Mar 28, 2020

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Indigenized Wellness + Stress Relief in Quarantine WELL FOR CULTURE

In this episode we give our thoughts on the current global pandemic, and we discuss ways we can all stay grounded and well through Indigenous teachings, using our original model for holistic health, the 7 Circles of Wellness. We provide a short guided session of emotional freedom technique, which is a tool to reduce stress and anxiety.

How to Stay Healthy on Travel Mar 11, 2020

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How to Stay Healthy on Travel WELL FOR CULTURE

Our Intertribal Wedding - Episode 10 Nov 26, 2019

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Our Intertribal Wedding - Episode 10 WELL FOR CULTURE PODCAST EPISODE 10 : OUR INTERTRIBAL WEDDING // Guess what? We got married this month! It was a beautiful, healthful, spiritually grounding ceremony followed by a 3-day celebration full of friends, family, and Indigenous food. We did things in our own unique way — combining customs from our various tribal nations and adding tweaks of our own to make it all come together. We weren’t planning on doing a podcast episode on this topic, but since the whole thing turned out so nicely, we wanted to tell you about it, inspire some ideas, and invite you to share our happiness. Thanks for listening!Banner photo by Tomás KarmeloPhotos by Angelo Paulos View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize

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Conscious Indigenous Parenting - Episode 09 Oct 31, 2019

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Conscious Indigenous Parenting - Episode 09 WELL FOR CULTURE

Episode 09 : CONSCIOUS INDIGENOUS PARENTING // Indigenous parents all over the world are reclaiming and revitalizing the parenting philosophies and methodologies that have been keeping Native families well and strong since the beginning of time. In this episode, Thosh and Chelsey share all about their tips, experiences, and thought processes from pregnancy to labor/delivery and through the stages of baby care. This is the first in an ongoing series of parenting episodes. For more of this type of content, be sure to check out all of the #wellforbaby blog posts on welllforculture.com

Healthy Relationships & Healing - Episode 08 Oct 16, 2019

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Healthy Relationships & Healing - Episode 08 WELL FOR CULTURE

Healthy relationships set the foundation for strong families which in turn make up thriving Indigenous communities. Much of the healing and wellness needed within our communities is dependent upon breaking the cycles of unhealthy relationships and reconnecting with our original teachings on love, honor, trust and respect. One of the seven circles of wellness is “Kinship/Clanship/Community.” The topic of healthy relationships lies within this circle.

Many of our listeners requested that we open up and share a little bit about our own relationship and discuss how we stay well in our partnership. We also share some stories about other relationships that we admire, and share a bit about our past experiences so that the listener can hear firsthand examples of good partnerships and red flags to look out for.

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. We are utilizing our platform to spread awareness on the difference between healthy and unhealthy relationships, and to encourage those who may be in an unsafe situation to reach out to available resources. We hope that the listener will also become informed on the issue of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women.

Online resources for healing and support:

https://www.thehotline.org | National Domestic Violence Hotline | 1-800-799-7233

https://www.nativewellness.com | Non-profit that offers Healthy Relationships Training

https://www.strongheartshelpline.org/ - 1-844-7NATIVE | A Native American helpline for domestic and dating violence

You Are Not Alone - Native Women's Association of Canada | A toolkit for First Nations women, girls and diverse people for escaping domestic and dating violence.

A Conversation with Sean Sherman 'The Sioux Chef' - Episode 07 Oct 04, 2019

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A Conversation Sean Sherman 'The Sioux Chef' - Episode 07 WELL FOR CULTURE

A conversation with Sean Sherman, The Sioux Chef. We are so excited to share this episode with you all! Many of you are probably already aware of the amazing work Sean is doing in the area of revitalizing and evolving Indigenous food-ways. He is an award-winning chef, cookbook author, social entrepreneur, and much more. In this episode Thosh and Sean talk about the importance of making Indigenous foods a part of our lives again; the critical link between our health and our food-ways, the Indigenous FoodLab, a new project Sean and his team are undertaking through their non-profit organization NATIFS, and so much more. Listen and share! Available now on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

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