In this solo episode, I share how somatic healing became the missing link in my trauma healing journey and why it's less about learning something new and more about remembering what our bodies already know.

After years of hearing "regulate your nervous system," I finally understood how trauma lives in the body and why mindset work alone wasn't enough. Through somatic practices, I was able to move out of survival mode, build emotional resilience, and create real, lasting change.

We also explore how this work connects to ancestral wisdom, especially within Indigenous communities, and why so many people are being called back to the body right now.

In This Episode:

• Somatic healing for trauma and nervous system regulation
• Why talk therapy and mindset work weren't enough
• How trauma affects the brain and body
• Expanding your window of tolerance and emotional capacity
• Moving from survival mode to stability and growth
• Somatics as ancestral remembrance and embodied healing

Links:

Rachael's Website

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The Cycle Breakers YouTube

Freedom Method™️ Info Session April 23rd

The Freedom Method™️ Certification (we start May 13th)

In this conversation, Rachael sits down with Dra. Rocío Rosales Meza, a Mexicana/Chicana seer, medicine woman in the Q'ero Inca lineage, and former Counseling Psychology PhD and professor whose life took a profound turn from academia to ancestral healing.

She shares the life-altering moment that shifted her from a tenured academic career into ancestral medicine, and how chronic illness, loss, and surrender became the doorway to her true purpose.

What unfolds in this episode is not just a story of personal transformation, but a powerful reflection on the systems we are taught to trust, and the cost of staying disconnected from our bodies, our spirit, and the Earth.

If you are navigating your own awakening, questioning the systems you were taught to trust, or feeling the pull toward something deeper this conversation will stay with you. In this episode, we explore:

🕊️ The breaking point that led Doctora Rocío from academia to ancestral medicine 🕊️ What "decolonial shadow work" actually looks like in daily life 🕊️ The concept of colonial collusion and how it shapes modern living 🕊️ Reclaiming ancestral wisdom while living in a modern world 🕊️ The difference between transactional healing and relational, embodied practice LINKS

Dra. Rocio Rosales Meza's Instagram

Dra. Rocio Rosales Meza's Website

Dra. Rocio Rosales Meza's Healer's Journey

Dra. Rocio Rosales Meza's Newsletter Sign up

Rachael's Website

Rachael's Instagram

Rachael's LinkedIn

The Cycle Breakers YouTube

The Freedom Method™️ Certification (Spring 2026 cohort enrolling)

Indigenous Employee Empowerment Program

In this powerful conversation, Rachael sits down with Susan Aglukark - renowned Inuk Canadian singer-songwriter, Juno Award winner, and Officer of the Order of Canada - whose music has shaped the landscape of Indigenous storytelling in this country.

Best known for her iconic 1995 hit O Siem, Susan became the first Inuk performer to reach the Top 10 in Canada. But beyond her accolades - including the Governor General's Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement and the Allan Waters Humanitarian Award - this conversation centers on the woman behind the music.

Together, they explore how her career unfolded unexpectedly, the loneliness and lack of belonging that shaped her early life, and the deeper layers of healing, identity, and responsibility that came with becoming a voice for so many. Drawing from her memoir Kihiani, Susan shares what it means to move from survival into self-discovery, and how creativity became a pathway back to herself.

In this episode we explore:

• How Susan Aglukark's music career unfolded unexpectedly and what guided her path, including the impact of O Siem
• The impact of trauma, loneliness, and not belonging and how it lived in her body
• The shift from survival mode into intentional healing and self-awareness
• Writing, journaling, and creativity as tools for processing, expression, and release
• Confidence vs. arrogance and staying grounded while navigating visibility and responsibility
• Rediscovering joy through art, and what it means to return to yourself

LINKS

Susan's Website

Arctic Rose Foundation Website

Kihiani: A Memoir of Healing

Susan's Instagram

Rachael's Website

Rachael's Instagram

Rachael's LinkedIn

The Cycle Breakers YouTube

The Freedom Method™️ Certification

Private Mentorship for Indigenous Leaders

Indigenous Employee Empowerment Program

Podcast Studio: Jilani Place

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In this solo episode, I share a deeply personal & vulnerable reflection on my journey with humility - from navigating many a ego death / rock bottoms in the past few years & being repeatedly humbled in ways that reshaped how I lead, live, and relate to myself. This is an honest conversation about what it actually means to walk in integrity, let go of needing to prove yourself, and lead in a good way.

In this episode, I cover:

🧡 Being initiated into the Seven Sacred Teachings and why humility challenged me most

🧡 The ego, survival patterns, and blindspots I couldn't see before

🧡 The breakdowns that forced me to face myself and let go of the mask

🧡 What humility really is (and releasing the need to prove or perform)

🧡 Leading from honesty, groundedness, and connection to Creator

LINKS

Rachael's Website

Rachael's Instagram

Rachael's LinkedIn

The Cycle Breakers YouTube

The Freedom Method™️ Certification

Private Mentorship for Indigenous Leaders

Indigenous Employee Empowerment Program

Podcast Studio: Jilani Place

In this episode, I'm joined by Asha Frost - an Indigenous Medicine Woman, and the international best-selling author of You are the Medicine, The Sacred Medicine Oracle, and The Animal Elders Oracle. She has guided thousands of people through profound and lasting transformation as a healer, homeopath and ceremonial guide and has become a prominent speaker in the field of Indigenous healing, garnering recognition on both local and international platforms.

Asha holds membership at Chippewas of Nawash First Nation and is a mama of two boys with whom she walks gently upon the earth. She loves sharing her Medicine in powerful ways through ceremonies, teachings, and speaking events. Through this work, she loves seeing people reclaim their roots, find their healing wisdom, and rise into their power.

This conversation dives into boundaries as self-respect, the pressure placed on Indigenous women to carry more than is theirs, and how reconnecting with ancestors can guide purpose, clarity, and grounded leadership. In this episode, we discuss:

• Honouring the void space through a decolonized, Indigenous lens

• Navigating "inner winter" and cycles of rest, pause, and becoming

• The expectations placed on Indigenous women and the impact on well-being

• Boundaries as an act of self-respect, not disconnection

• Wisdom for women who struggle to take up space and be seen

• Connecting with ancestors as guides for purpose and direction

LINKS

Asha's Website

Asha's Instagram

You Are The Medicine: Book

Rachael's Website

Rachael's Instagram

Rachael's LinkedIn

The Cycle Breakers YouTube

The Freedom Method™️ Certification

Private Mentorship for Indigenous Leaders

Indigenous Employee Empowerment Program

Podcast Studio: Jilani Place

In this deeply intimate conversation, Rachael sits down with Patricia June Vickers - teacher, artist, psychotherapist, and spiritual director - to explore healing from childhood trauma through the lens of neurofeedback, relational repair, and embodied wisdom.

Patricia shares personal reflections on early trauma and dissociative amnesia, reframing it as a protective intelligence of the nervous system. Together, they unpack how trauma imprints in the brain, how shame forms in two distinct ways, and why healing requires more than insight - it requires safety, repair, and relationship.

Rooted in Northwest Coast Feast Hall teachings, Buddhist wisdom, and the teachings of Christ, this conversation bridges neuroscience and spirituality, offering a grounded, compassionate look at what it truly means to remember ourselves back into wholeness. In this episode, we explore:

• How childhood trauma organizes the brain and how neurofeedback supports neurological healing

• Dissociative amnesia as an intelligent survival response, not a pathology

• The two dimensions of shame and how they shape identity, self-worth, and belonging

• What it means to invite repair as a pathway to real, lasting transformation

• Why community and relational connection are essential for trauma healing

LINKS

Patricia's Website

Raven's Calling Website

Book: Singing to the Darkness

Bessel van der Kolk: 3 Ways Trauma Changes the Brain

Rachael's Website

Rachael's Instagram

Rachael's LinkedIn

The Cycle Breakers YouTube

The Freedom Method™️ Certification

Private Mentorship for Indigenous Leaders

Indigenous Employee Empowerment Program

Podcast Studio: Jilani Place

In her first attempt to attain public office in 2009, Kahsennénhawe Sky-Deer was elected to the Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke. She served for fifteen consecutive years, culminating with her election as Grand Chief in 2021. She is CEO and President of Sky-Deer Consulting; Vice President at Dable Advisory and Consulting Services and Vice President at Panorama Real Estate Services. She is also the Co-Chair of the Northeast Grid Planning Forum, sits on the President's Advisory at Concordia University, and is a water protector of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River on the Biinaagami Circle. Kahsennenhawe is a proud member of (and advocate for) the 2SLGBTQ+ community.

In this episode, we discuss:

• what leaving community at 20 taught her about resilience
• the courage to be authentic & come out as Two-Spirited
• making history as the first 2SLGBTQ+ woman elected as Grand Chief
• becoming a great leader in community
• trusting the path forward when doors are closing
• an outlook on creating wealth for our peoples

LINKS

Kahs's LinkedIn

Rachael's Website

Rachael's Instagram

Rachael's LinkedIn

The Freedom Method™️ Certification (Winter 2026 cohort enrolling)

Private Mentorship for Indigenous Leaders

Indigenous Employee Empowerment Program

In this episode, I sit down with Bob Joseph, President & CEO of Indigenous Corporate Training Inc., who has been educating organizations on Indigenous relations since 1994. He is the author of 21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act and 21 Things You Need to Know about Indigenous Self-Government, and brings both lived experience and generational leadership to this work. An initiated member of the Hamatsa Society, Bob holds a chief's seat in the Gayaxala (Thunderbird) clan of the Gwawa'enuxw Nation, part of the Kwakwaka'wakw peoples. His chief name, K'axwsumala'galis - "whale who emerges and presents itself to the world" - reflects the depth and visibility of the leadership he carries.

Together, we explore what it means to move beyond dependency on the Indian Act and toward self-governance and why this moment in history calls for a different level of responsibility, education, and action.

In this episode we explore,

• Reclaiming the potlatch ceremony
• Understanding free, prior & informed consent
• An approach to training that creates behavioural change
• Breaking the cycle of dependency on the Indian Act
• The evolution of Indigenous Relations since the 90's
• Moving toward self-government

LINKS

Bob's Website

Bob's Instagram

Bob's Books

Bob's LinkedIn

Rachael's Website

Rachael's Instagram

Rachael's LinkedIn

The Cycle Breakers YouTube

Indigenous Employee Empowerment Program

In this conversation, Rachael is joined by Robin Wall Kimmerer - writer, scientist, and enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation - to explore what Indigenous teachings offer us in a time shaped by overconsumption, disconnection, and ecological crisis.

Drawing from her work in Braiding Sweetgrass & The Serviceberry, Robin reflects on reciprocity as a way of life, the consequences of living in a market economy, and what happens when consumption replaces connection. Together, they examine how the Anishinaabe tale of Windigo is not relic of the past, but mirrors the systems shaping our present reality.

This episode is an invitation to rethink abundance, materiality, and belonging, and to consider what it truly means to live in right relationship with the natural world, and with one another. In this episode, we explore:

• Recognizing the material gifts of the natural world

• The difference between a market economy and a gift economy

• How the tale of Windigo reflects modern systems of excess and extraction

• What The Honourable Harvest teaches us about reciprocity & right relationship

• What we need to understand about the Seventh Fire Prophecy

LINKS

Robin's Website

Plant Baby, Plant Website

Robin's Instagram

Plant Baby, Plant Instagram

Rachael's Website

Rachael's Instagram

Rachael's LinkedIn

The Cycle Breakers YouTube

The Freedom Method™️ Certification

Private Mentorship for Indigenous Leaders

Indigenous Employee Empowerment Program

Podcast Studio: Jilani Place

Manifestation is everywhere, and a lot of it misses the point.

If you've done the visualizing, affirming, and "doing the work" but still feel stuck, this isn't a failure of mindset or discipline. It goes deep into the nervous system and subconscious mind.

In this episode, I break down manifestation through a trauma-informed, neuroscience-based lens, to address how complex and generational trauma can impact our ability to manifest the way we're taught in new age realms. We'll look at why survival patterns override our conscious efforts, and what actually creates the conditions for successful desire attainment & goal achievement. In this episode, we explore:

• How trauma reorganizes the system around survival instead of expansion

• Why affirmations and visualization fail when the body doesn't feel safe

• How generational and complex trauma shape what feels possible to receive

• What actually creates the conditions for sustainable manifestation

Rachael's Website

Rachael's Instagram

Rachael's LinkedIn

The Cycle Breakers YouTube

The Freedom Method™️ Certification (Spring 2026 cohort starts in May)

Private Mentorship for Indigenous Leaders

Indigenous Employee Empowerment Program

Podcast Studio: Jilani Place