Chyana Marie Sage is a Cree, Métis, and Salish memoirist, journalist, essayist, poet, model, screenwriter, and public speaker from amiskwaciy-wâskahikan (Edmonton). She holds an MFA in Creative Nonfiction from Columbia University - where she was the first Indigenous graduate - and later taught as an adjunct professor. After living in New York City, she returned to Canada and now lives in Toronto, working as Storyteller and Content Writer for Indspire. Her debut memoir, Soft as Bones (House of Anansi, May 2025), became an instant national bestseller. She is the founder of the Soft as Bones Storytelling Foundation, alongside her sister Chayla Delaney Rain, dedicated to healing through the arts.

In this episode, we discuss:

• definining moments that shaped her life path
• how cultural healing helps break generational cycles
• the medicine her debut memoir, Soft as Bones, offers her readers
• turning rock bottoms into rebirths

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This week's episode unpacks a core theme that has been coming up for Rach lots during Mercury Retrograde. She explores the subtle and insidious ways we are holding ourselves back that we may not be consciously aware of. You'll hear her real-life accounts of how's she's been allowing herself to take up more space and be seen in her true essence.

In this episode, we discuss:

• the ways in which we dim our light without knowing
• how the Visibility Wound is impacting you
• embracing our natural essence
• tips & takeaways to take up more space in networking spaces

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Rachael's Website

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There comes a time when you realize the fear, self-doubt, or stuckness you've been carrying… isn't even yours. In this episode, we explore how generational trauma gets embedded in your subconscious, nervous system, and spirit — and what it takes to truly shift it. I'm sharing the deeper science behind this work, how trauma shows up in ways we often normalize, and the multidimensional healing approach we use inside The Freedom Method™ Certification.

In this episode, we explore:

• How generational trauma imprints onto the subconscious and nervous system
• Why mindset work alone isn't enough to break the cycle
• The hidden ways trauma impacts clarity, success, relationships, and inner peace
• My 3-layer healing approach: subconscious, somatic + spiritual
• The mission behind The Freedom Method™️ Certification

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This week, I'm sharing a powerful invitation to join the Cycle Breakers Movement in a bigger way. If you've been doing the work - healing, leading, shifting generational patterns - and you're ready to go deeper, the Freedom Method™ Certification is your next step, and I'm spilling all the tea in this episode. This is the first program of its kind - science-backed, trauma-informed, and Indigenous-led, and it contains 6 certifications in 1. This method is literally for the cycle breakers. This is your roadmap for creating generational wealth, success, prosperity & happiness - in a way that honours your ancestors and sets up the next 7 generations to thrive.

In this episode, we discuss:

• where cycle-breaking begins
• what the Freedom Method™️ Certification is
• who the certification is created for
• the endless possibilities with the certification
• what to expect for yourself when you enroll

LINKS

Rachael's Website

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So often, reconciliation is framed as something external, but in this conversation, I take you deeper into the inner world where real, lasting change begins. I share my own lived experience of what it's meant to reconcile with the parts of myself I was once taught to disconnect from - the grief, the shame, the unworthiness, the fear - and how doing this deep inner work has shaped the way I show up as a leader, healer, and guide for other Indigenous women.

In this episode I riff on:

• What is required to reconcile with both lived and ancestral traumas
• Why personal healing is essential before we lead others
• How inner reclamation creates ripple effects through our lineage

LINKS

Rachael's Website

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I have something special in store for this week's episode, as a token of my appreciation for your continued support and listenership. I am providing you exclusive access to my Holy Fire® Ancestral Healing Activation - typically only offered to private clients and as a bonus to corporate workshops. You can come back to this recording as many times as you like!

For the best listening experience:

• put in headphones
• find a distraction-free space
• sit upright (legs can be propped and/or outstretched)
• wear comfortable clothing

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This episode is for the woman navigating the space between who she was taught to be and who she truly is. The one who feels the pull toward her Indigenous roots while still moving through a modern world. Walking in two worlds isn't always easy - but it's sacred work. In this conversation, I share what I've learned about honouring both the modern and the medicine, and how you can navigate the pathway as well.

In this episode, I riff on:

• what it really means to walk in two worlds
• embracing your full self - even the walking contradictions
• the role of ancestral and generational healing
• letting go of the colonial "should's"
• integrating an Indigenous worldview into your leadership

LINKS

Rachael's Website

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Private Mentorship for Indigenous Leaders

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This week's episode is a transmission straight from my personal transformation. I share what's been moving through me over the past month - a deep reckoning with ego death(s), an awareness of plutophobia (the fear of wealth), and the fear of leaving people behind. These aren't just individual experiences; they're collective initiations that so many Indigenous women and men are navigating as we rise, reclaim, and remember.

I open up about what these experiences have looked and felt like for me, how they're connected to ancestral trauma and colonial conditioning, and what it takes to move through them. This is for anyone who's walking through a portal of becoming and needs a reminder that you are not alone - you are breaking cycles and building legacy.

In this episode, I explore:

• What plutophobia really is and how it blocks Indigenous wealth and success

• How guilt can hold us back from our potential

• The sacred unraveling of an ego death and what it looks like

• How to reframe success so you don't fear abandoning your people

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Rachael's Website

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Private Mentorship for Indigenous Leaders

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In this solo episode, I share the sacred and sometimes challenging journey of reconnecting to one's Indigenous roots while navigating life in two worlds - the modern and the medicine. I speak candidly about identity, ancestral healing, spiritual initiation, and the transformative power of embracing the Seven Sacred Teachings. This episode is for Indigenous women who are also reclaiming their culture, breaking generational cycles, and seeking to live in alignment with their true purpose - personally and professionally.

In this episode, Rach riffs on:

• The realities and complexities of living between two worlds

• Facing and integrating deep ancestral and personal trauma

• The initiations of embodying the Seven Sacred Teachings

• The importance of decolonizing mindset and business practices

• Embracing your mission and walking the Red Road with humility and courage

LINKS

Rachael's Website

Rachael's Instagram

Rachael's LinkedIn

Private Mentorship for Indigenous Leaders (APPLY)

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Today's special guest is Waubgeshig (aka Waub) Rice - an author and former journalist living in Sudbury, Ontario. He is of Anishinaabe and Canadian descent, and grew up in his father's home community of Wasauksing First Nation, an island community on Georgian Bay near Parry Sound. He's written three novels and a short story collection. He worked for nearly two decades as a journalist, mostly with CBC, while he wrote fiction in my spare time. He is the author of Moon of the Crusted Snow & Moon of the Turning Leaves. He was fortunate to grow up in a time when my home community was reclaiming and reconnecting with Anishinaabe culture and stories, and those experiences have largely informed and influenced the storytelling journey he's on today.

In this episode we discuss:

• growing up during a cultural reclamation and how this has influenced his life
• raising children with Anishinaabe values and traditions
• what sparked his passion for writing at a young age
• a glimpse into Waub's writing process
• advice on getting published as an Indigenous author

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Waub's Instagram

Waub's Facebook Page

Waub's Website (where to purchase books here)

Rachael's Website

Rachael's Instagram

Rachael's LinkedIn

Private Mentorship for Indigenous Leaders

Indigenous Employee Empowerment Program