Welcome back! In the N8V-T Youth Podcast Series, we interview and learn from women who are at the forefront of innovation and community care. N8V-T [pronounced Native Tea] is a youth-led Podcast series by our daughters who have participated in our Daughters of Tradition [DOT] mentorship group. This is a Social Justice-focused Podcast Series collaborating with local women leaders. We are publishing this series during the month of March to commemorate Women's History Month. We recognize and celebrate that women and the feminine should, and must, be celebrated and uplifted all year. In this episode, we learn from and connect with Katrina Brook Flores and their journey as a Xicanx artist, healer, and mother.

To learn more about Katrina, continue reading below.

Hosts: Daughters of Tradition [DOT] Ella S., Ella R., and Jizelle 

Join DOT and the HIR Wellness Institute team as they interview and engage in meaningful conversation with current and emerging women leaders and we will get the opportunity to hear Indigenous youth perspectives. Together we will build pathways to empower our young feminine voices and advocacy.

Learn more about the Podcast and how to support us here: https://www.hirwellness.org/n8vt-podcast 

Support the DOT to Washington D.C. https://www.mightycause.com/event/Dot

To learn more about Katrina, please visit: https://www.girlillatactics.com/staff/el-la-katrina and you can contact Katrina via Instagram @katrinabrookflowers

Katrina Brook Flores aka El La Katrina is a Xicanx multimedia and multi-practice artist born in Waukesha, Wisconsin. Their work addresses the meaning of boundary-spanning, border-crossing, and binary-breaking through calling-out the way colonial systems, hierarchical institutions, gendered constructs and conquer & divide tactics have hurt Indigenous communities and natural ecosystems globally.  The art doesn’t stop at interrogating these unhealthy practices.  Katrina’s work goes beyond interrogation and seeks to offer solutions, healings and hope in calling forward a (re)claimed and (re)imagined future rooted in joyful ways of being and ancestral teachings. El La Katrinais a graduate from UW-Madison.  While at UW-Madison, Katrina served in multiple roles including the Arts-In-Education Director for OMAI & First Wave as well as the Co-Director of Breakin’ The Law: International Festival of Urban Movement and co-created InterCultural Dialogues (ICD), a “For-Students-By-Students” undergraduate course in Sociology. After moving to Chicago, Katrina served as the Community Programs Director for RedMoon Theater and was later hired as a consultant for The B-Series at the Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago where she also served as B-Series Internship Coordinator & Associate Curator.  Before becoming a full-time artist, Katrina worked as the Chief Operating Officer of The Firehouse Community Arts Center in the Chicago neighborhood of North Lawndale to assist in building the capacities of the organization in their inaugural year of funding with the Chicago CRED Program under Arne Duncan to achieve a transformative reduction in Chicago gun violence with justice involved youth. Katrina is the co-founder of GIRL ILLA Tactics, a production company that centers the work of Black and Indigenous women in Hip Hop as well as a Dark Matter Residency Artist at Chicago’s Elastic Arts and is the creator, co-director and a featured artist in the musical film SEED POLLINATE BLOOM.

Welcome back! In this Women Pioneering Healing Series, we interview and learn from women who are at the forefront of innovation and community care. We recorded this series during the month of March to commemorate Women's History Month. We recognize and celebrate that women and the feminine should, and must, be celebrated all year. In this episode, we learn from and connect with Barb Blackdeer-Mackenzie. At the time, Barb was the Community Advocate Resource and Emotional Support (CARES) Director and Community Healer with HIR Wellness. She is an author, facilitator, and community leader among many things. Read more about Barb and her story below.

Hosts: Fondé Bridges & John Yang

Join Healthy Words™ Founder & Head Chef Fondé Bridges as he interviews with the HIR Wellness Institute team to engage in meaningful conversation around the complexities of our collective healing, learning, and living.

If you are looking to engage in the conversation and reflect for yourself, come along with us as we free-think and activate our medicine together. Come as you are!

Barb Blackdeer-Mackenzie is an enrolled member of the Ho-Chunk Nation and the previous Community Advocate Resource and Emotional Support (CARES) Director and Community Healer with HIR Wellness. Pre-COVID, Barb worked for the Ho-Chunk Nation in an executive roll for over a decade and served in capacities such as President’s chief of staff, public relations officer, executive directors of education, business and social services. Barb received her bachelor’s degree from Winona State University and her master’s degree from the University of Wisconsin—Eau Claire.

Adding to her growing repertoire of workshop topics, she also provides professional development to community groups, governmental organizations and school districts for professional development. Her topics include, but are not limited to, indigenous/ First Nations/ Native American people and tribal nations; Teachings of the Medicine Wheel (C. Thunder); Mending Broken Hearts; Mothers of Tradition; Survivors of Suicide, Homicide and Genocide (White Bison, Inc.); pan-tribal attitudes; trauma-informed care; historic and intergenerational trauma; community resilience; Act 31; bias, stereotyping, and prejudice; educational assessment and measurement theory; recovering at-risk youth; physical violence, sexual violence, sex trafficking and special education advocacy.

Barb has worked on the Wisconsin Department of Justice Missing and Murdered Indigenous Task Force legislative and policy work group. Prior to her Director role, she was board president until July 2020 for HIR Wellness Institute.

Welcome back! In this Women Pioneering Healing Series, we interview and learn from women who are at the forefront of innovation and community care. We recorded this series during the month of March to commemorate Women's History Month. We recognize and celebrate that women and the feminine should, and must, be celebrated all year. In this episode, we learn from and connect with Barb Blackdeer-Mackenzie. At the time, Barb was the Community Advocate Resource and Emotional Support (CARES) Director and Community Healer with HIR Wellness. She is an author, facilitator, and community leader among many things. Read more about Barb and her story below. 

Hosts: Fondé Bridges & John Yang

Join Healthy Words™ Founder & Head Chef Fondé Bridges as he interviews with the HIR Wellness Institute team to engage in meaningful conversation around the complexities of our collective healing, learning, and living.

If you are looking to engage in the conversation and reflect for yourself, come along with us as we free-think and activate our medicine together. Come as you are!

Barb Blackdeer-Mackenzie is an enrolled member of the Ho-Chunk Nation and the previous Community Advocate Resource and Emotional Support (CARES) Director and Community Healer with HIR Wellness. Pre-COVID, Barb worked for the Ho-Chunk Nation in an executive roll for over a decade and served in capacities such as President’s chief of staff, public relations officer, executive directors of education, business and social services. Barb received her bachelor’s degree from Winona State University and her master’s degree from the University of Wisconsin—Eau Claire.

Adding to her growing repertoire of workshop topics, she also provides professional development to community groups, governmental organizations and school districts for professional development. Her topics include, but are not limited to, indigenous/ First Nations/ Native American people and tribal nations; Teachings of the Medicine Wheel (C. Thunder); Mending Broken Hearts; Mothers of Tradition; Survivors of Suicide, Homicide and Genocide (White Bison, Inc.); pan-tribal attitudes; trauma-informed care; historic and intergenerational trauma; community resilience; Act 31; bias, stereotyping, and prejudice; educational assessment and measurement theory; recovering at-risk youth; physical violence, sexual violence, sex trafficking and special education advocacy.

Barb has worked on the Wisconsin Department of Justice Missing and Murdered Indigenous Task Force legislative and policy work group. Prior to her Director role, she was board president until July 2020 for HIR Wellness Institute.

Welcome back! In this Women Pioneering Healing Series, we interview and learn from women who are at the forefront of innovation and community care. We recorded this series during the month of March to commemorate Women's History Month. We recognize and celebrate that women and the feminine should, and must, be celebrated all year. In this episode, we learn from and connect with Chris McNeill Bivins. Chris works at Family Services’s Wisconsin Lifeline, a suicide prevention hotline, based in Green Bay, WI and has been helping children and families navigate challenging life events for almost 30 years. Chris is a strong mentor, advocate, and friend of HIR Wellness and the Wisconsin community. Read more about Chris and Family Services below. 

Hosts: Fondé Bridges, Mariah Jensen, and John Yang

Join Healthy Words™ Founder & Head Chef Fondé Bridges as he interviews with the HIR Wellness Institute team to engage in meaningful conversation around the complexities of our collective healing, learning, and living.

If you are looking to engage in the conversation and reflect for yourself, come along with us as we free-think and activate our medicine together. Come as you are!

To learn more about Family Services - Wisconsin Lifeline, click here or visit https://www.familyservicesnew.org/service/wisconsin-lifeline/

From their web page: Callers can connect to Wisconsin Lifeline by calling the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255 from any phone with a Wisconsin area code. For COVID-19 crises, you can also connect with help by dialing 211 from a Wisconsin phone number.

Chris McNeill Bivins works at Family Services’s Wisconsin Lifeline, a suicide prevention hotline, and has been helping children and families navigate challenging life events for almost 30 years. Chris has a B.S. in Psychology from the University of Wisconsin - Madison, an M.S. in Child Life and Family Centered Care from Wheelock College in Boston, is a nationally certified Child Life Specialist, a Wisconsin Certified Peer Specialist, a trainer for Mandt, ACE Interface & CCAR and is a Certified Trauma Professional. She has supported  people dealing with a wide variety of concerns in hospitals, hospice programs, school and after school programs, adoptive, foster & sober homes as well as in the corrections and court systems.  Chris is the co-author of several articles and a textbook. She enjoys teaching individual clients as well as groups, having presented to diverse audiences from local seminars to international conferences. Chris utilizes her understanding of medicine, human development, family systems, stress & coping, therapeutic & expressive activities, recovery, ACEs and trauma informed care to assist staff and clients of all ages find healthy ways to understand and cope with difficult situations. Chris is an avid community volunteer and the proud mom of three teen girls.

Welcome back! In this Women Pioneering Healing Series, we interview and learn from women who are at the forefront of innovation and community care. We recorded this series during the month of March to commemorate Women's History Month. We recognize and celebrate that women and the feminine should, and must, be celebrated all year. In this episode, we learn from and connect with Chris McNeill Bivins. Chris works at Family Services’s Wisconsin Lifeline, a suicide prevention hotline, based in Green Bay, WI and has been helping children and families navigate challenging life events for almost 30 years. Chris is a strong mentor, advocate, and friend of HIR Wellness and the Wisconsin community. Read more about Chris and Family Services below. Stay tuned for more coming soon! 

Hosts: Fondé Bridges, Mariah Jensen, and John Yang

Join Healthy Words™ Founder & Head Chef Fondé Bridges as he interviews with the HIR Wellness Institute team to engage in meaningful conversation around the complexities of our collective healing, learning, and living.

If you are looking to engage in the conversation and reflect for yourself, come along with us as we free-think and activate our medicine together. Come as you are!

To learn more about Family Services - Wisconsin Lifeline, click here or visit https://www.familyservicesnew.org/service/wisconsin-lifeline/

From their web page: Callers can connect to Wisconsin Lifeline by calling the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255 from any phone with a Wisconsin area code. For COVID-19 crises, you can also connect with help by dialing 211 from a Wisconsin phone number.

Chris McNeill Bivins works at Family Services’s Wisconsin Lifeline, a suicide prevention hotline, and has been helping children and families navigate challenging life events for almost 30 years. Chris has a B.S. in Psychology from the University of Wisconsin - Madison, an M.S. in Child Life and Family Centered Care from Wheelock College in Boston, is a nationally certified Child Life Specialist, a Wisconsin Certified Peer Specialist, a trainer for Mandt, ACE Interface & CCAR and is a Certified Trauma Professional. She has supported  people dealing with a wide variety of concerns in hospitals, hospice programs, school and after school programs, adoptive, foster & sober homes as well as in the corrections and court systems.  Chris is the co-author of several articles and a textbook. She enjoys teaching individual clients as well as groups, having presented to diverse audiences from local seminars to international conferences. Chris utilizes her understanding of medicine, human development, family systems, stress & coping, therapeutic & expressive activities, recovery, ACEs and trauma informed care to assist staff and clients of all ages find healthy ways to understand and cope with difficult situations. Chris is an avid community volunteer and the proud mom of three teen girls.

Content Warning: This episode contains discussion and narrative about rape, and Nasreen's personal healing journey. We understand these topics are heavy, complex, and sensitive; we ask that you use caution and to listen with care. If you find yourself activated, please reach out to your supports, and for our Indigenous Wisconsin listeners, the CARES line is available for you to call or text. More information is available on our website: www.hirwellness.org | 414-748-2592

Welcome back! In this Women Pioneering Healing Series, we interview and learn from women who are at the forefront of innovation and community care. We recorded this series during the month of March to commemorate Women's History Month. We recognize and celebrate that women and the feminine should, and must, be celebrated all year. In this episode, we learn from Nasreen Ameri and her power as the founder, President, & unapologetic carrorist of Carrorism*, a positive psychology practice. She will share insight into the experiences she has had walking with her strong Iranian heritage as a daughter, mother, author, healer, founder, and International model and actress. To learn more about Nasreen, please visit the links provided at the bottom of this description. 

Hosts: Fondé Bridges & Xavier Smart

Join Healthy Words™ Founder & Head Chef Fondé Bridges as he interviews with the HIR Wellness Institute team to engage in meaningful conversation around the complexities of our collective healing, learning, and living.

If you are looking to engage in the conversation and reflect for yourself, come along with us as we free-think and activate our medicine together. Come as you are!

*Nasreen is the Founder & President of Carrorism: Carrorism.com 

Check out and follow Nasreen's Instagram: @nasreenameri

Welcome back! In this Women Pioneering Healing Series, we interview and learn from women who are at the forefront of innovation and community care. We recorded this series during the month of March to commemorate Women's History Month. We recognize and celebrate that women and the feminine should, and must, be celebrated all year. In this episode, we learn from Nasreen Ameri and her power as the founder, President, & unapologetic carrorist of Carrorism*, a positive psychology practice. She will share insight into the experiences she has had walking with her strong Iranian heritage as a daughter, mother, author, healer, founder, and International model and actress. To learn more about Nasreen, please visit the links provided at the bottom of this description. Stay tuned for more!

Hosts: Fondé Bridges & Xavier Smart

Join Healthy Words™ Founder & Head Chef Fondé Bridges as he interviews with the HIR Wellness Institute team to engage in meaningful conversation around the complexities of our collective healing, learning, and living.

If you are looking to engage in the conversation and reflect for yourself, come along with us as we free-think and activate our medicine together. Come as you are!

*Nasreen is the Founder & President of Carrorism: Carrorism.com 

Check out and follow Nasreen's Instagram: @nasreenameri

Welcome back! In this Women Pioneering Healing Series, we interview and learn from women who are at the forefront of innovation and community care. We recorded this series during the month of March to commemorate Women's History Month. We recognize and celebrate that women and the feminine should, and must, be celebrated all year. In this episode, we learn from Nasreen Ameri and her power as the founder, President, & unapologetic carrorist of Carrorism*, a positive psychology practice. She will share insight into the experiences she has had walking with her strong Iranian heritage as a daughter, mother, author, healer, founder, and International model and actress. To learn more about Nasreen, please visit the links provided at the bottom of this description. Stay tuned for more!

Hosts: Fondé Bridges & Xavier Smart

Join Healthy Words™ Founder & Head Chef Fondé Bridges as he interviews with the HIR Wellness Institute team to engage in meaningful conversation around the complexities of our collective healing, learning, and living.

If you are looking to engage in the conversation and reflect for yourself, come along with us as we free-think and activate our medicine together. Come as you are!

*Nasreen is the Founder & President of Carrorism: Carrorism.com 

Check out and follow Nasreen's Instagram: @nasreenameri 

Welcome back! In this Women Pioneering Healing Series, we interview and learn from women who are at the forefront of innovation and community care. We recorded this series during the month of March to commemorate Women's History Month. We recognize and celebrate that women and the feminine should, and must, be celebrated all year. In this Part 3, we learn from Habeebah Rasheed Grimes and her journey as a daughter, strong sister, mother, community member, and leader. Habeebah is an accomplished speaker and advocate for trauma-informed practices and is the current CEO of the Positive Education Program, or PEP, in Ohio. To learn more about HRG, please visit the links provided at the bottom of this description. 

Hosts: Fondé Bridges & Xavier Smart

Join Healthy Words™ Founder & Head Chef Fondé Bridges as he interviews with the HIR Wellness Institute team to engage in meaningful conversation around the complexities of our collective healing, learning, and living.

If you are looking to engage in the conversation and reflect for yourself, come along with us as we free-think and activate our medicine together. Come as you are!

Habeebah is the creator and non-profit executive of her Podcast: No Crystal Stair

Check out and follow Habeebah's professional website. / www.habeebahrgrimes.com

Learn more about Positive Education Program (PEP) on their website. / www.pepcleve.org

Welcome back! In this Women Pioneering Healing Series, we interview and learn from women who are at the forefront of innovation and community care. We recorded this series during the month of March to commemorate Women's History Month. We recognize and celebrate that women and the feminine should, and must, be celebrated all year. In this Part 2, we learn from Habeebah Rasheed Grimes and her journey as a daughter, strong sister, mother, community member, and leader. Habeebah is an accomplished speaker and advocate for trauma-informed practices and is the current CEO of the Positive Education Program, or PEP, in Ohio. To learn more about HRG, please visit the links provided at the bottom of this description. Stay tuned for Part 3 coming soon!

Hosts: Fondé Bridges & Xavier Smart

Join Healthy Words™ Founder & Head Chef Fondé Bridges as he interviews with the HIR Wellness Institute team to engage in meaningful conversation around the complexities of our collective healing, learning, and living.

If you are looking to engage in the conversation and reflect for yourself, come along with us as we free-think and activate our medicine together. Come as you are!

Habeebah is the creator and non-profit executive of her Podcast: No Crystal Stair

Check out and follow Habeebah's professional website. / www.habeebahrgrimes.com

Learn more about Positive Education Program (PEP) on their website. / www.pepcleve.org