Asha Frost shares the vulnerability and generation trauma she faced, bringing a book into the world as an Indigenous woman during the pandemic. You'll also hear about:

• Why your medicine matters
• Creating sacred and intentional relationships with animal spirit medicine
• That Indigenous people are still here thriving and surviving
• On feeling disconnected from the medicines of our lineage

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Asha Frost is an Indigenous Medicine Woman who holds space for folks to return to the wisdom of their spirit and body so they may rise in their gifts. She is a published author with Hay House and her book, You are the Medicine launches Spring 2022. She also has an oracle deck that comes out in 2023.

In this episode, we talk about:

• That Indigenous people are still here thriving and surviving
• Asha shares about her upcoming book - You Are the Medicine
• Remembering who you are, with animal spirit medicine
• How Asha developed a relationship with animal spirits that walk with her
• What is journeying
• The lunar calendar and the 13 moons on the turtle's shell
• Being diagnosed with lupus at a young age
• The relationship between our emotional and physical health
• Engaging with your own ancestral medicine
• Creating the world we would like to live in
• On creating the capacity for caring
• What collective energy are you carrying
• On the attempted erasure of Indigenous language
• The challenges of reclaiming Indigenous language
• The layers of vulnerability in being an Indigenous woman releasing a book
• How Asha confronted colonialism and white supremacy in the creation of her book
• On the grief in writing a book during the pandemic
• How Asha used altars to support the creation and launch of her book
• On the appropriation of Indigenous culture
• On feeling disconnected from the medicine of our lineage
• That our ancestors live in our DNA
• On who gets the platforms and the book deals
• Why your platform is not indicative of your medicine and your message
• Why your medicine matters
• And so much more!

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References:

• Native Land https://native-land.ca/
• Amy Dempster || Episode 76 https://www.earthspeak.love/shows-1/amy-dempster-76
• Asha Frost || Episode 45 https://www.earthspeak.love/shows-1/asha-fros-46
• You Are the Medicine || Pre-order https://youarethemedicinebook.com/
• Lupus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lupus
• Deer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deer
• Bear https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bear
• Eagle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagle
• Orca https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orca
• Hawk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawk
• Moose https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moose
• Snake https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snake
• Shamanism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamanism
• Polar bear https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polar_bear
• Wolf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf
• Shadow work https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_(psychology)
• Rabbit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit
• Lunar calendar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_calendar
• Gregorian calendar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregorian_calendar
• Steroids https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steroid
• Antimalarial drugs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antimalarial_medication
• Residential school https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Residential_school
• Naturopathy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naturopathy
• Homeopathy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeopathy
• You Are the Medicine || Audiobook https://amzn.to/3pa2Ogj
• Hayhouse https://www.hayhouse.com/
• Hayhouse Diverse Wisdom contest https://www.hayhouse.co.uk/diversewisdom
• Appropriation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_appropriation
• Review Asha's book on Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59461627-you-are-the-medicine

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Theme music is "It's Easier" by Scarlet Crow http://www.scarletcrow.org/ and "Meeting Again" by Emily Sprague https://mlesprg.info/

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