Honouring Trauma, Grief, and Resiliency with Frances Elizabeth Moore (Part 1)

You don't have to be a mental health professional or therapist to talk about mental health. And that goes for everybody! Come on through this two part series featuring Frances Elizabeth Moore. Frances Elizabeth Moore is an Anishinaabe Kwe from Timiskaming First Nations, Quebec residing in London, Ontario. She is a storyteller, community advocate, facilitator/educator, non-profit leader, and mother who is invested in promoting awareness for and healing in First Nations, Métis, and Inuit communities. Here is the summary of Part 1, which I highly recommend you listen to as it offers an important setup for Part 2. Summary Introduction to Frances Elizabeth Moore. 1:21 Learning from other Nations and cultures. 3:31 About Frances' background. 5:14 The responsibility Indigenous women in community. 6:56 Holding grief and trauma well. 8:50 The importance of talking about mental health. 10:30 What could have been had we known more about ourselves? 12:54 How the trauma shaped who we are today. 14:58 Resiliency is a necessity, not a choice. 17:35 Elders and knowledge keepers. 20:00 Our education system is misinformed. 21:55 What is land back? 23:55 The role of indigenous people in the environment. 25:07 Wokeness and double consciousness. 29:28 The pathways to becoming more embodied. 31:23 The divide and conquer approach. 33:25 The seven generations, teaching of the seven generations. 37:39 Mental health and embodiment. About Frances Elizabeth Moore Frances Elizabeth holds a Legal Administration Diploma from Georgian College; Building Abundance in Indigenous Communities (BAIC), Advancing Women’s Conflict Transformation and Peacebuilding for Community Development and Indigenous Women in Community Leadership certificates from the COADY Institute at St. Francis Xavier University; and an Indigenous Peoples Certificate in Indigegogy from Wilfred Laurier University where she currently pursuing a certificate in Wholistic Healing Practices and Colonial Trauma. Frances Elizabeth is currently a Program Manager with the Youth Opportunities Fund at Ontario Trillium Foundation and volunteers with LIFE*SPIN, Nii'kinaaganaa, Brescia University College, and Kings University College. Find her on Linkedin.