Ep. 118 Indigenous Healing & Going Beyond the Surface of Chronic Disease and Intergenerational Trauma with Suzanne Methot
11/08/23 • 96 min
Suzanne Methot is a highly accomplished author with an impressive track record in creating and applying equity and anti-oppression frameworks. Her non-fiction book, Legacy: Trauma, Story, and Indigenous Healing, has won several awards, and she has also co-authored the Grade 11 textbook Aboriginal Beliefs, Values, and Aspirations, and contributed to Scholastic’s Take Action series of elementary classroom resource books. Suzanne's upcoming YA book, Killing the Wittigo: Indigenous Culture-Based Approaches to Waking Up, Taking Action, and Doing the Work of Healing, is set to be published in June 2023.
In her interview on Nicolette’s Fourth PhD podcast episode, Suzanne offers insights that go beyond the conventional risk factors cited by the government and scientists for disproportionate rates of diabetes and chronic disease in BIPOC communities. She provides a nuanced perspective on the impact of colonization, control, complex PTSD, voicelessness, intergenerational trauma, brain fog, monoculture, the credentials barrier, and multinational corporations' control over food security and inputs for growing. Suzanne debunks commonly held beliefs about poverty and the "thrifty gene" and explores the opportunities for creating a better future through re-learning, knowledge-sharing, consulting with those who hold cultural and ceremonial knowledge, and taking care of marginalized people. She emphasizes the importance of sharing stories and seeing to address the challenges faced by Indigenous communities.
Suzanne's extensive experience in advocacy and direct-service positions at Indigenous-led organizations, including the Native Women’s Resource Centre of Toronto, the Anishinabek Nation (Health and Environment Program), the YWCA Elm Centre, and West Neighbourhood House, underscores her commitment to serving community members healing from intergenerational trauma and reclaiming culture while facing racism, poverty, homelessness, health issues, addictions, mental-health challenges, crime, and victimization.
Find Suzanne Methot at:
Website: www.suzannemethot.ca
Facebook: @SuzanneMethotAuthor
LinkedIn: @SuzanneMethot
YouTube: @SuzanneMethot
Book: Legacy: Trauma, Story, and Indigenous Healing - https://a.co/d/enJ9v78
Discussed on the PODCAST:
Book – Trauma and Recovery, Judith Lewis Herman - https://a.co/d/7GiHoVh
Anishnawbe Health Toronto – www.aht.ca
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs - https://simplypsychology.org/maslow.html
Turtle Island Creation - http://bit.ly/3FSUSIZ
Book – The Prophecy of the Seven Fires of the Anishinaabe - https://caid.ca/SevFir013108.pdf
Sally Gaikezheyongai - https://vtape.org/video?vi=5664
Aboriginals Healing Foundations List - Intergeneration Impacts - https://bit.ly/3FVpCZD
Learn More:
Ready to launch your career as a certified Metabolic Nutrition & Detox Coach? Learn more about our 6-Month Training Program here: https://nicolette-richer.mykajabi.com/nutrition&detox-minicourse
Join Nicolette in person for 4 days at the From Illness to Wellness Retreat from Nov 1-4, 2023 in beautiful Whistler, BC. https://nicolette-richer.mykajabi.com/retreat
Watch the trailer for Nicolette’s new film Food of Our Ancestors coming out 2025 - https://bit.ly/FoodAncDoc
Our 22M Bike tour kicks off July 1, 2024. Find out more about and support our 22 Million Campaign here - https://bit.ly/RH22Mil
Find out more about our non-profit society Sea to Sky Thrivers - https://bit.ly/S2STS
Want to know more about Nicolette’s Green Moustache Café’s https://bit.ly/GMCafeW
Sign up for the Eat Real to Heal Online Course - https://bit.ly/ERTHolc
Buy the Eat Real to Heal Book here: https://amzn.to/3nMgEFG
Suzanne Methot is a highly accomplished author with an impressive track record in creating and applying equity and anti-oppression frameworks. Her non-fiction book, Legacy: Trauma, Story, and Indigenous Healing, has won several awards, and she has also co-authored the Grade 11 textbook Aboriginal Beliefs, Values, and Aspirations, and contributed to Scholastic’s Take Action series of elementary classroom resource books. Suzanne's upcoming YA book, Killing the Wittigo: Indigenous Culture-Based Approaches to Waking Up, Taking Action, and Doing the Work of Healing, is set to be published in June 2023.
In her interview on Nicolette’s Fourth PhD podcast episode, Suzanne offers insights that go beyond the conventional risk factors cited by the government and scientists for disproportionate rates of diabetes and chronic disease in BIPOC communities. She provides a nuanced perspective on the impact of colonization, control, complex PTSD, voicelessness, intergenerational trauma, brain fog, monoculture, the credentials barrier, and multinational corporations' control over food security and inputs for growing. Suzanne debunks commonly held beliefs about poverty and the "thrifty gene" and explores the opportunities for creating a better future through re-learning, knowledge-sharing, consulting with those who hold cultural and ceremonial knowledge, and taking care of marginalized people. She emphasizes the importance of sharing stories and seeing to address the challenges faced by Indigenous communities.
Suzanne's extensive experience in advocacy and direct-service positions at Indigenous-led organizations, including the Native Women’s Resource Centre of Toronto, the Anishinabek Nation (Health and Environment Program), the YWCA Elm Centre, and West Neighbourhood House, underscores her commitment to serving community members healing from intergenerational trauma and reclaiming culture while facing racism, poverty, homelessness, health issues, addictions, mental-health challenges, crime, and victimization.
Find Suzanne Methot at:
Website: www.suzannemethot.ca
Facebook: @SuzanneMethotAuthor
LinkedIn: @SuzanneMethot
YouTube: @SuzanneMethot
Book: Legacy: Trauma, Story, and Indigenous Healing - https://a.co/d/enJ9v78
Discussed on the PODCAST:
Book – Trauma and Recovery, Judith Lewis Herman - https://a.co/d/7GiHoVh
Anishnawbe Health Toronto – www.aht.ca
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs - https://simplypsychology.org/maslow.html
Turtle Island Creation - http://bit.ly/3FSUSIZ
Book – The Prophecy of the Seven Fires of the Anishinaabe - https://caid.ca/SevFir013108.pdf
Sally Gaikezheyongai - https://vtape.org/video?vi=5664
Aboriginals Healing Foundations List - Intergeneration Impacts - https://bit.ly/3FVpCZD
Learn More:
Ready to launch your career as a certified Metabolic Nutrition & Detox Coach? Learn more about our 6-Month Training Program here: https://nicolette-richer.mykajabi.com/nutrition&detox-minicourse
Join Nicolette in person for 4 days at the From Illness to Wellness Retreat from Nov 1-4, 2023 in beautiful Whistler, BC. https://nicolette-richer.mykajabi.com/retreat
Watch the trailer for Nicolette’s new film Food of Our Ancestors coming out 2025 - https://bit.ly/FoodAncDoc
Our 22M Bike tour kicks off July 1, 2024. Find out more about and support our 22 Million Campaign here - https://bit.ly/RH22Mil
Find out more about our non-profit society Sea to Sky Thrivers - https://bit.ly/S2STS
Want to know more about Nicolette’s Green Moustache Café’s https://bit.ly/GMCafeW
Sign up for the Eat Real to Heal Online Course - https://bit.ly/ERTHolc
Buy the Eat Real to Heal Book here: https://amzn.to/3nMgEFG
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Ep. 117 Exploring Food Justice and Racial Health with Sistah Vegan Dr. Breeze Harper
Dr. Breeze Harper, also known as Sistah Vegan, is a highly experienced diversity, equity, and inclusion expert with a PhD in the social sciences. Her work focuses on the intersections of food and racial and nutritional health justice, drawing on her background in cultural food geography and black feminist perspectives. In her interview with Nicolette on the third PhD Podcast, Dr. Harper shares her personal story of growing up with a master gardener father who taught her the importance of growing their own food, despite the loss of land around African Americans.
Nicolette and Dr. Harper discuss the impact of monocultures and colonization on both people and soil in the United States, leading to a colonized microbiome and chronic disease. They delve into topics such as white supremacy, enslavement, industrialization, and the medical system's treatment of black people. Dr. Harper shares her journey of curing her fibroid tumors with a whole food plant-based diet and expresses her disappointment in the lack of BIPOC voices in the vegan community, as well as the contribution of capitalism in veganism to people's health and the fast-paced society we live in.
Both Nicolette and Dr. Harper agree on the need for pure vulnerability from these voices and moving away from the individualism and monogamist nuclear family lives we live in. Dr. Harper's rich background and expertise in diversity, equity, and inclusion, coupled with her unique perspective on food justice, make this episode of the PhD Podcast a must-listen.
Find Dr Breeze Harper at:
Website: www.abreezeharper.com
Facebook: @aBreezeHarper
Instagram: @sistahvegan
YouTube: @sistahvegan
Books: Seeds of Sankofa, Scars, Sistah Vegan- http://bit.ly/3nnxyN2
Discussed on the PODCAST:
Queen Afua - www.queenafua.com
Book - Sacred Woman, Queen Afua - https://a.co/d/4RH0U3O
Vegan Soul Sistuhs - www.facebook.com/VeganSoulSistuhs
Learn More:
Ready to launch your career as a certified Metabolic Nutrition & Detox Coach? Learn more about our 6-Month Training Program here: https://nicolette-richer.mykajabi.com/nutrition&detox-minicourse
Join Nicolette in person for 4 days at the From Illness to Wellness Retreat from Nov 1-4, 2023 in beautiful Whistler, BC. https://nicolette-richer.mykajabi.com/retreat
Watch the trailer for Nicolette’s new film Food of Our Ancestors coming out 2025 - https://bit.ly/FoodAncDoc
Our 22M Bike tour kicks off July 1, 2024. Find out more about and support our 22 Million Campaign here - https://bit.ly/RH22Mil
Find out more about our non-profit society Sea to Sky Thrivers - https://bit.ly/S2STS
Want to know more about Nicolette’s Green Moustache Café’s https://bit.ly/GMCafeW
Sign up for the Eat Real to Heal Online Course - https://bit.ly/ERTHolc
Buy the Eat Real to Heal Book here: https://amzn.to/3nMgEFG
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Ep 119 Integrating Conventional and Alternative Medicine for Global Health and Environmental Justice with Dr. Warren Bell
In this episode of Nicolette’s PhD Podcast series, Dr. Warren Bell, a family physician based in Salmon Arm, British Columbia, shares his expertise on social and environmental issues. With past presidencies of several organizations, including Physicians for Global Survival, Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment, and the Association of Complementary and Integrative Physicians of B.C., Dr. Bell emphasizes the importance of addressing existential threats such as social inequalities, climate change, pollution, and overconsumption of resources. He advocates for policies prioritizing food justice, environmental justice, and respect for the planet and its content.
Dr. Bell discusses the need to listen to stories and anecdotes to remind ourselves that we don't have all the answers and the importance of narrative medicine to bridge the gap between diverse communities. He also emphasizes the detrimental effects of refined processed foods and corporate messaging on public discourse. Dr. Bell urges listeners to pay attention to the interconnectedness of all living creatures and to stop drawing lines in our minds. With his 46 years of medical practice and experience in Inside Orientated Psychotherapy, Dr. Bell shares his insights on social inequalities, environmental degradation, and existential threats, advocating for food security and sovereignty and diverse perspectives and narratives in medicine.
Find Dr. Warren Bell at:
Podcast Website: https://voiceoftheshuswap.ca/podcast-library/#warrenbell
LinkedIn: Warren Bell - https://bit.ly/3JUUV84
Discussed on the PODCAST:
Food Conversations Podcast Ep39 https://bit.ly/3lU2Z0P
Food Conversations Podcast Ep40 https://bit.ly/40p7qQf
Film - My Octopus Teacher - https://www.netflix.com/ca/title/81045007
Book - The Shaman’s Apprentice, Zacharias Kunuk - https://a.co/d/f9DymyU
Canadian Society for International Health – www.cagh-acsm.org
Book - Dead Doctors Don’t Lie, Joel Wallack – https://a.co/d/1RJskqB
Greta Thunburg – www.instagram.com/gretathunburg
Book - I’m Ok, you’re Ok, Eric Burn - https://a.co/d/4ZpbEMt
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross - https://bit.ly/40JwC3I
Learn More:
Ready to launch your career as a certified Metabolic Nutrition & Detox Coach? Learn more about our 6-Month Training Program here: https://nicolette-richer.mykajabi.com/nutrition&detox-minicourse
Join Nicolette in person for 4 days at the From Illness to Wellness Retreat from Nov 1-4, 2023 in beautiful Whistler, BC. https://nicolette-richer.mykajabi.com/retreat
Watch the trailer for Nicolette’s new film Food of Our Ancestors coming out 2025 - https://bit.ly/FoodAncDoc
Our 22M Bike tour kicks off July 1, 2024. Find out more about and support our 22 Million Campaign here - https://bit.ly/RH22Mil
Find out more about our non-profit society Sea to Sky Thrivers - https://bit.ly/S2STS
Want to know more about Nicolette’s Green Moustache Café’s https://bit.ly/GMCafeW
Sign up for the Eat Real to Heal Online Course - https://bit.ly/ERTHolc
Buy the Eat Real to Heal Book here: https://amzn.to/3nMgEFG
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