Mana Wahine of Hawai'i and the Power of Land
Fempower
Happy International Women's Day! In honour of International Women's Day, Fempower is releasing this special episode on the Powerful Women, the Mana Wahine, of Hawai'i and the Power of Land. This episode was recorded live onsite in Waikiki, Hawai'i and is a cumulation of Dr. Kraj's research and learning as a Fulbright Scholar on exchange. Dr. Kraj works with Indigenous communities, sustainability and community power for energy resilience. In this episode, Dr. Kraj speaks with Native Hawaiians Aunty Ku'uipo Kumukahi, an entertainer, award-winning recording artist and record producer, as...
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Rewiring to Find Joy with Keira Poulsen
Fempower
We talk about Joy, seeking joy, what happens when joy get interrupted by trauma and rewiring for joy in order to choose joy everyday. Today has been 1-year of “pandemic living” or lockdown and insecurity. The weight of which has left us all living with this collective trauma. Today’s guest is Keira Poulsen, a spiritual entrepreneurship coach for Lightworkers, healers, change-makers and leaders. She helps women create their soul work and successful businesses derived from their gifts and purpose.
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Celebrating Being CEO
Fempower
In this episode we celebrate small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and the people behind these businesses, the mom and pops, the CEOs, the people who are keeping our economy running during these incomprehensible times. Today’s guest is CEO Heidi Reimer Epp of Botanical Paperworks. We look back on all we have collectively gone through and reflect on the lessons learned. We need to pause and celebrate the CEO – the toughest job in an SME.
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Social Media Detox
Fempower
Is Artificial Intelligence Manipulating your Reality? This episode discusses why we need to reevaluate our relationship to, and usage of, social media and calls on doing our individual part to address our role in the matrix; how we can regain our self-sovereignty of our information that we consume and contribute online, and the structures that exist to enable you to do just that.
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Love, Loss and the Resilience of 2020
Fempower
Dr. Andrea Kraj reflects on the end of the year 2020, what kept her away from the mic until now and she picks two key words to sum up her take on the year, calling on all to continue to "Love Big Right Now". www.fempower.ca
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The Power of Purpose with Angella Rainford
Fempower
On today’s episode, we talk about Love and Purpose. Guest Angella Rainford is doing remarkable work in the solar industry in the Caribbean and it all stems from her deep connection to her own purpose. More at www.fempower.ca
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Elevate to Your Authentic Self
Fempower
Hello 2020! A fresh start to a new decade, a new year and a new you. Dr. Andrea Kraj gives her take and advice on the best way to elevate your life with tools and tips that are very practical, while explaining what "vibes" really are when you hear live a "high vibe" life or "good vibes" only from an energetic and scientific point of view, and how this merges in the realm of spirituality. Find out what she has "dived" into this new year and what she means about being bravely imperfect!
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October Monthly Message on Fempower
Fempower
Here's a rebroadcast of the October message for insiders in case you missed it.
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December Monthly Message on Fempower
Fempower
Bonus content and insight at the top of each month for free for subscribers to the Fempower Insiders Club! Subscribe at INSIDERS and on www.fempower.ca
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November Monthly Message on Fempower
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Bonus content and insight at the top of each month for free for subscribers to the Fempower Insiders Club! Subscribe at INSIDERS and on www.fempower.ca
info_outlineOn today’s episode, we have a genuine Superheroine! Sonya Ballantyne is an emerging filmmaker and writer from Misipawistik Cree Nation. Sonya won the 2014 Emerging Filmmaker Pitch Competition at Gimli Film Festival for Crash Site and the 2016 Short Film Pitch at ImagineNative Film Festival with Eagle Girl. She recently spoke at San Diego Comic Con about Indigenous Media Representation. She became interested in film because she wanted to see people like her mother as a starship captain on Star Trek or fighting aliens like Ripley. She wanted a Native hero that existed in the present or in the future, to show us that we made it. Her films put Indigenous girls and women in film genres where they are not traditionally included: horror, sci-fi, fantasy and superhero films. Sonya recently published her first children’s book, Kerri Berry Lynn, about a Cree girl from Misipawistik and her seven pet dogs. She is planning to publish her first graphic novel, a biography about Daphne Odjig, in 2020.
Sonya and I first met while we were preparing for our TEDx talk in Winnipeg and I found Sonya to be such an inspiration, a gentle warrior, with a killer sense of humour! I’m so excited that she’s on the show today and that she joins our Fempowered women. Her story is so important and this episode is full of profound wisdom and life experience. Grab a journal because you are going to want to capture those quotes and insights.
Enjoy this important and colourful episode and share the message – it’s too good to keep for just yourself 😉
Xox Andrea
In this episode we discuss:
- How we met through TEDx
- How superheroes helped her journey to being a filmmaker
- How she used her childhood challenges to save and change the world
- Her “Why”
- How she handled online harassment towards her recently
- How the “sisterhood” of women has helped her
- Sonya’s thoughts on self-image and overcoming societal pressures
- Sonya’s perspectives on love, life and learning about who she is and leaving a legacy
- How Sonya launched her initial film and gets her ideas off the ground
- How she got into filmmaking when her passion was in writing
- How she redefines “success”
- The impact her films are having back home and in her community
- How she got Mattel to make a Cree Barbie and became a brand ambassador
- How Sonya has reconnected to her traditional and cultural teachings
- Our ancestral stories and traditions
- What Sonya shared about life “on-reserve” vs. “off-reserve”
- What surprised Sonya the most when she first moved to the city
- The importance of community and the call from within
- Her breakthrough moment and her superpower
- How she uses her platform and fame for more good
- Why storytelling is important to Sonya
- What Sonya is currently reading and how much she reads and what she recommends
- Advice Sonya gives for women in filmmaking
- The ‘secret code’ of women
- The dreams Sonya is currently chasing
- Transitions as we move through generations in family
- Sonya’s favourite book,, movie and quotes
- Sonya’s single biggest lesson learned so far and her favourite singer!
- And so much more!