Hyphenated - The Mixed Mama Life

Lynn speaks with Sarah Huerta Well who is Mexican America, a mother of a 7 month old baby girl who's father is from Tanzania. Sarah shares how they are passing down their Mexican and Tanzanian cultures and languages and also speaks about their crazy journey through long distance relationship and K-1 Visa application (i’m talking xenophobia, jail time and limited ways of communications). Love does prevail all because they went through a lot to be together. You can also find Sarah's recommendations for the K-1 Visa and hear about how her husband proposed. 

Check out Sarah on IG @whatlovecreated (you can also find her link to adorable African designed baby clothing and instructions on how to fill out the K-1 Visa application)

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As if Lynn didn't have enough on her hands with a baby, pets, a podcast and renovations; she's now enrolled in the Gentle Sleep Coach Certification by the Sleep Lady.  If you, or someone you know is looking for help with their child's sleep (must be over 6 mts old), reach out to Lynn as she will be picking 3 families to coach sometime in October-November for FREE during her certification. 

In this episode, Lynn talks about how the orange shirt day began and Phyllis Webstad's story (visit www.orangeshirtday.org).  She also explains how we got the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada with it's 94 calls for action and how reconciliation will be achieved. 

As a teacher, a parent or anyone in Canada - there was a 5 day virtual event (Sept 27-Oct 1) where you could watch and learn in workshops, presentations and ceremonies about the truth of the indigenous peoples and how to honour the children that were lost and those who survived the residential school systems. visit www.nctr.ca/education/trw/ to learn more. 

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Lynn gives an overview of her busy week as she applied to be in a commercial - (find out if she got it) and was also a guest on @thisfamilytree podcast which was a lot of fun! Keep an eye out on @themixedmamlife Instagram account to see when the episode gets launched.  

In this week’s episode Lynn explains what land back actually means and how land ownership is a concept of colonialism. This episode was inspired by messages from friends and followers asking if they would have to move/give their house as it's on Indigenous land.  

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Wild rice info - www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca

This episode explores the importance of language, how it's vital to a culture and the understanding of it's people.  Lynn explains the different indigenous greetings and the ones she uses in every episode.  She also shares results from cultural questions she asked her mixed race followers.    Lynn's cultural language is the Ojibway or Anishinaabe Language which is also known as Anishinaabemowin.  Did you know that over 70 of the Indigenous languages spoken in Canada are listed as endangered or vulnerable by UNESCO? Listen to find out more and why there's no word for please or gratefulness.

EP 10 - Racial Imposter Syndrome

As we celebrated #NationalRainbowBabyDay this week, Lynn shares her journey through her missed miscarriage of 2 babies in hopes of helping someone else.  In this episode, she goes through all the details from finding out they were pregnant, the symptoms, the ultrasound visits (which turned into a crapshoot), the doctor visits, the emotional rollercoaster and the physical miscarriage that followed. Lynn explains the 3 options when someone has a missed miscarriage and the process of taking misoprostol (basically abortion medication). 

You can see the ultrasound picture in her blog (www.listeningtoshe.com).

Have you suffered a loss? Let her know on Instagram (@themixedmamalife) or through email: [email protected] - You are not alone!