The Ninoshenh Community

Building Your GASHKIBIIIGAN (BUNDLE)

with Community Resources

Meet the services and practitioners who are part of your Ninoshenh Community

Our bundles are our mashkiki (medicine) that we carry. Bundling means we can connect these services to Ninoshenh Counseling clients. The client decides if they would like to access these services individually or with the option to collaborate. Collaborating could look like having meetings together to discuss wellbeing and resources in a way that wraps our services around the client, adding to the village approach.

Each Community service you see on this page has signed an Ninoshenh (Auntie) agreement to show up and participate in collaborative support when requested by the clients. Counseling for Nimaamaa or Ninoshenh can be bundled with any of the services found on this page.

The members of the Ninoshenh Community commit to uphold their role as an Auntie as sacred work. They are services Ninoshenh Counseling considers safe and would be useful for my family and I. We can set up a connection for you with these services at your request. You can explore the info about them below as well as their websites and contact info. Feel free to reach out to them at any time.

Here are our current Ninoshenh Community Member supports:

Elise Ruel Birth Keeper

About

My name is Elise Ruel (Sinclair) and I am of mixed settler/ Anishinaabe heritage. I have enjoyed living and working in the beautiful unceded territory of the Syilx Nation and am honoured and privileged to be serving Kelowna as a Full Spectrum Doula, Breastfeeding Educator and Childbirth Educator.

I was called to birth work after becoming a parent for the first time. Since then, my training has been centred on developing my skills to best serve the unique and vibrant Indigenous community in which I call home.

I believe strongly in contributing and giving back to my community in a good way. My goals as a Birth Keeper and educator are to nurture my clients emotional, physical, mental and spiritual well being; to support their journey through the transition into their new roles as parents; to offer appropriate referrals and resources and to continue to support and contribute to a safe birthing community by providing culturally appropriate services to birthing people, their families and their babies.

Miigwetch,

Elise Ruel

Services Offerings

Territory Acknowledgement

Funding Accepted

Website

Photo of Amy Bobb standing next to a tree. Play therapist with Little Village Play Therapy.

Amy Bobb Play Therapist (Little Village Play Therapy)

About

My name is Amy Bobb and I am a Registered Social Worker and Certified Play Therapist. After 11 years working as a social worker in many different settings, my passion for supporting children and youth led me to play therapy. Play Therapy allows me to support children in an authentic and meaningful way. Play is the natural language children use to communicate and is essential to healthy development. It provides a developmentally appropriate way of expressing their thoughts and feelings. Play also provides children with a platform to explore relationships, make sense of experiences, and develop new coping strategies. My hope at Little Village is to create a space where your child feels safe, seen and cared for, because it is only in these feelings of safety that children feel empowered to face the many challenges life may throw their way.

You can find me on my website

Services Offerings

Territory Acknowledgements

Funding Accepted

Currently accept payment by cash, cheque or etransfer. Also accept funding through various organizations and programs such as Criminal Victim Services, Jordan’s Principle, Metis Family Services, MCFD, and VACFSS.

Amy is open to exploring other funding options that may be available to families and children as it is important that services are accessible to all families

Website

Alexis Nelson Mama Coach

About

Hi I’m Alexis Nelson, it took me years to embrace my true self and not change for others’ expectations. Now, I’ve embraced my uniqueness as an asset to set me apart, and become more like myself than ever before. Take it as no surprise, I’m from generational trauma. Our modern society was built on trauma. My Dad’s life ended short at 57 from years of covering up his own childhood trauma with drinking that turned into cancer. My husband’s grandfather was brought to residential school at the age of 3, and that’s just one piece of his trauma story. Once I became a mama, I was retraumatized, parenting in an ultra-independent isolated society.

I take it on as my responsibility to heal, help others grow and create a new world amongst ourselves. Using my business and psychology background, I’ve created a real support system of weekly coaching calls for soul sisters in business. We have guest speakers, practical courses on falling asleep, turning up our intuition and opening to receive abundance from Source. We open our calls once a month to non-members. And we have a scholarship fund. As well, I shine my light teaching soul sisters in business a branding bootcamp for creating a soul lead business. And lastly, I host a branding retreat to capture elevating photos & videos on the beautiful Sunshine Coast, where I live.

Services Offerings

Territory Acknowledgement

Funding Accepted

Website

Angelina Day Cultivating Safe Spaces Facilitator

About

My name is Angeline Day and I am from the Oneida Nation, wolf clan on my mother’s side and I have Jamaican ancestry on my father’s side. I was born on the unceded and unsurrendered lands of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations. It has been my privilege to learn and work on these beautiful lands and in the community here in Vancouver. Please check out my LinkedIn to see my previous work experiences.

I obtained my Associates of Arts Degree from Langara College and am in my final semester of my Undergraduate Degree at Simon Fraser University with a focus on Indigenous Studies and Sociology. I am a Certified Cultivating Safe Spaces Facilitator and have been offering Cultivating Safe Spaces Trainings and Presentations across the lower mainland. It brings me great joy and a rewarding feeling working for community and in community, connecting and learning from others as well.

It is a passion of mine to teach the Cultivating Safe Spaces (CSS) framework and approach to everyone who would like to learn how to cultivate safe spaces for themselves and others. This CSS training and teachings have been given to me by my mentor Elaine Alec. I know first hand the many benefits and confidence you feel from attending a CSS training and presentation. The teachings really open your heart and mind to all the diversity around us. As well,the framework helps us develop compassion and empathy for people and for ourselves. You learn the necessary tools, conditions and protocols to cultivate safe spaces and decolonize spaces, in the way that we do things in both our professional and personal lives. With the CSS training, I love how people can come together to connect and brainstorm how they apply CSS approach and framework into their lives and work they do.

It is my honor to be available to do Cultivating Safe Spaces Trainings and presentations, in-person or virtually. So far, I have done several trainings and presentations and I look forward to connecting with whoever else is interested in this work. I build space for those with limited budgets into my monthly scheduling- please reach out if you are interested.

Services Offerings

Territory Acknowledgement

Accepted Funding

Website

Here are some documents for you to use and share in the community.

Printable Resources:

7 Sacred Teachings Body Map – Syilx Photo (Teachings by Kimberly Pelletier Sagidjiwegjig)

7 Sacred Teachings Body Map – Anishnabek Photo (Teachings by Kimberly Pelletier Sagidjiwegjig)

Birthing Affirmations (From Daybreak Star Doulas with Art by Wakeah Jhane)

Traditional Self-care Medicine Wheel Fact Sheet (Native Women’s Association of Canada NWAC)

Journey for Two: A Guidebook for when you are away from your Community to Give Birth (Native Women’s Association of Canada NWAC)

Weekly Celebration Tracker (From Mama Coach Alexis Nelson)

My Wellbeing Plan – Anishinabe Version

My Wellbeing Plan – Michif Version

My Wellbeing Plan – ililîmowin Version

E-learning Course (no cost):

Native Women’s Association of Canada’s e-learning program on providing trauma-informed, culturally safe, and intersectional services for, to, and with 2SLGBTQ+ Indigenous people with lived experience of gender-based violence

Restoring the Circle

The Ninoshenh Community

Building Your GASHKIBIIIGAN (BUNDLE)

with Community Resources

Meet the services and practitioners who are part of your Ninoshenh Community

Here are our current Ninoshenh Community Member supports:

Elise Ruel Birth Keeper

Amy Bobb Play Therapist (Little Village Play Therapy)

Alexis Nelson Mama Coach

Angelina Day Cultivating Safe Spaces Facilitator

Here are some documents for you to use and share in the community.

Printable Resources:

E-learning Course (no cost):

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