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SPNN PodcastSeason Two CreatorsWe’re so excited to welcome you to Season Two of Queering Community Health! Join Azul (they/them) as they hear some of this year’s creators sharing about their episode topics, motivations, advice and more. RESOURCES Indigenous land histories, Indigenous voices and work, and land acknowledgements : Find out what Indigenous land you are on: https://native-land.ca/ Learn more about Land Acknowledgements: https://native-land.ca/resources/territory-acknowledgement/, https://nativegov.org/resources/ Twin Cities’ and Minnesota land histories: Bdote Memory Map, Tribal College Journal history of the Ojibwe and Colonization, the History of Whit...2022-03-1636 minSPNN PodcastSeason Two CreatorsWe’re so excited to welcome you to Season Two of Queering Community Health! Join Azul (they/them) as they hear some of this year’s creators sharing about their episode topics, motivations, advice and more. RESOURCES Indigenous land histories, Indigenous voices and work, and land acknowledgements : Find out what Indigenous land you are on: https://native-land.ca/ Learn more about Land Acknowledgements: https://native-land.ca/resources/territory-acknowledgement/, https://nativegov.org/resources/ Twin Cities’ and Minnesota land histories: Bdote Memory Map, Tribal College Journal history of the Ojibwe and Colonization, the History of Whit...2022-03-1636 min
A Mile in My MoccasinsThere Is No MapAfter spending the last 11 episodes sharing the ins and out of their work to come to terms with trauma and begin their journey to heal, Kayla Jeep and Susan think about what comes next. Jeep is thinking of transforming his relationship with his daughter after her 2 years of sobriety. Kayla is finding ways to use her gifts to wrap children up in love. And Susan maps out how to broaden and deepen healing work in tribal communities.2021-06-3012 minA Mile in My MoccasinsMoving Through GriefSusan is dealing with a new level of grief after her father dies. It’s an invitation to work more deeply on generational grief that’s been pass down as a trauma. 2021-06-3009 minA Mile in My MoccasinsBlood MemoryAfter Susan gives a presentation to medical students about historical trauma and Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) I wonder - why do doctors need to know about this stuff? Susan says indigenous knowledge and western science both acknowledge the physical impacts of emotional and spiritual wounds. So how and when will the medical community catch on to both indigenous wisdom and western research? 2021-06-3011 minA Mile in My MoccasinsWho You Gonna Call?Kayla describes a low moment when she feels the weight of the grief and hopelessness of her ACEs. But the feeling doesn’t last long because she has figured out how to recognize what’s happening and reach out for support from people who love her. Kayla and her friend KJ tell us how she learned to do that. Surprisingly - it involves sushi in Fargo.2021-06-3014 minA Mile in My MoccasinsRuts in the RoadKayla and Susan have struggled to be he supportive loving parents they wan to be when their kids show anger or upset. Through their work with ACEs they both realize - it’s because anger and upset are triggering or more accurately — activate their nervous system’s trauma response. So how can they handle the trigger so they can be the kind of parents they want to be? 2021-06-3015 minA Mile in My Moccasins“I Love You”Jeep grew up in a family that loved each other but never said the words. Now that he’s taking care of his grandchildren, he’s realized that just doesn’t cut it with them. As hard as it is for a man to be vulnerable and emotional - Jeep is learning how. 2021-06-3016 minA Mile in My MoccasinsWhat Am I Passing On?Since learning about ACEs, Jeep has been trying to make good decisions about how to raise his three grandchildren ages 10, 8 and 6. But in this call, Jeep realizes to care for them more fully, he needs to look at his own childhood trauma.2021-06-3017 minA Mile in My MoccasinsSoft Belly MeditationSusan and Kayla talk about triggers - where they come from and the impact they have. They tell the story of how they learned meditation can help them keep their brains out of the “trauma time machine” - at least some of the time. And you get a chance to meditate along with us. 2021-06-3016 minA Mile in My MoccasinsKayla Takes a BreakKayla and Melissa are scheduled to have a few more interviews but Kayla doesn’t make it to any of them. Melissa is worried that Kayla is triggered by the first conversation they had where Kayla talked about the devastating trauma she experienced as a child. Melissa thinks maybe she’s hiding from the world, trying to comfort herself curled in a ball under the covers. But Melissa is wrong.2021-06-3013 minA Mile in My MoccasinsJeep Learns about ACEsJeep shares about his early trauma and we realize that he recreated that chaos and trauma in his later life. But after getting sober and learning about ACEs — he’s peeling back the layers of trauma and changing his life, and healing his body, mind and spirit. Lessons that will help his daughter and his grandkids.2021-06-3015 minA Mile in My MoccasinsFight, Flight or FreezeKayla is relieved to learn that she struggles with depression and anxiety - not because she is crazy - but because of trauma from her childhood. And Susan can relate.2021-06-3012 minA Mile in My MoccasinsACEs: Adverse Childhood ExperiencesFor nearly her whole life, Kayla had thought she was crazy. After a rough childhood, her anxiety and depression were getting the best of her. A work seminar on ACEs lead by Susan Beaulieu taught her how adverse childhood experiences had wired her brain and shaped her behaviors. It was the first step in fundamentally changing how she moves through the world. But the old anxiety and depression still creep up on her at the worst of times. How can she keep them at bay? Jeep learned about ACEs by accident. He had wandered into a...2021-06-3010 min