This week's guest is Elaine Alec. She is from the Syilx (Okanagan) Nation and Secwepemc (Shuswap) Nation and is a member of the Penticton Indian Band in the Interior of British Columbia.

She has been a political advisor, Chief of Staff for the British Columbia Assembly of First Nations, Community Planner for her own First Nation, employee for the Province of BC and Federal Government and Entrepreneur. Elaine has spent over 20 years in over 100 communities across Canada to promote healing and wellness.

Elaine is a first-time author of "Calling My Spirit Back" a memoir about growing up as an Indigenous girl in Canada and the impacts of colonization. It also provides Indigenous knowledge and teachings on how to cultivate safe spaces for diversity and inclusion.

In this episode, we discuss:

• how her journey of healing & sobriety began
• the evolution of her purpose as an Indigenous woman
• her take on feeling the fear & doing it anyway
• how to remember who you are & where you come from
• identity work as a form of self-determination

QUICK LINKS

Elaine's Website

Naqsmist Storytellers Inc.

Cultivating Safe Spaces Program

Elaine's Instagram

Rachael's Website

Rachael's Instagram

Rachael's LinkedIn

Rachael's TikTok

Quantum Identity Activation™️ (1-3 month private mentorship)

The Sacred Way Application (4-month Indigenous women's mastermind)

Indigenous Employee Empowerment Program (Corporate-Focused)