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A labor of love
I have wanted to write a book since I was 10 years old and many things over the years have triggered my creative energy, but it was my experience over the summer of 2019 that drove me to write a book...
This past summer I travelled across British Columbia to 12 different areas of our province to talk about the hard stuff in our communities around safety for Indigenous Women & Girls. We talked about the silence, incest, abuse, patriarchy, alcoholism and drugs and perpetrators within our own families that continue to stay in communities. These were really hard conversations to have and not many people know how to hold space like that for groups of individuals who may have their own stories. I utilized Indigenous knowledge and ceremony to lead the discussions and create an action plan. When we were done the participants felt heard and had a sense of ownership of the work they did.
When we completed this work, people asked me, “How did you create safe space? How do we support healing? How do we build our capacity to have these kinds of conversations? Not just with others but with ourselves and our own families?
This experience drove me to write this book, because I felt a sense of responsibility.
“Calling My Spirit Back” shares my background and lived experience, it talks about the various types of trauma I endured and also shares the tools I utilized to work through the hard stuff in my own life in order for me to live my best life.
My purpose is to gather and share the knowledge of our ancestors to promote healing for the mind, body and spirit.
This past summer I travelled across British Columbia to 12 different areas of our province to talk about the hard stuff in our communities around safety for Indigenous Women & Girls. We talked about the silence, incest, abuse, patriarchy, alcoholism and drugs and perpetrators within our own families that continue to stay in communities. These were really hard conversations to have and not many people know how to hold space like that for groups of individuals who may have their own stories. I utilized Indigenous knowledge and ceremony to lead the discussions and create an action plan. When we were done the participants felt heard and had a sense of ownership of the work they did.
When we completed this work, people asked me, “How did you create safe space? How do we support healing? How do we build our capacity to have these kinds of conversations? Not just with others but with ourselves and our own families?
This experience drove me to write this book, because I felt a sense of responsibility.
“Calling My Spirit Back” shares my background and lived experience, it talks about the various types of trauma I endured and also shares the tools I utilized to work through the hard stuff in my own life in order for me to live my best life.
My purpose is to gather and share the knowledge of our ancestors to promote healing for the mind, body and spirit.
Elaine recording "Calling My Spirit Back". The audiobook format will be availible on Audible by Fall 2020. We will keep you updated on our progress!
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"Calling My Spirit Back is an exceptional piece of Canadian writing by an Indigenous author that addresses our particular period in Canadian history when the conversations about systemic racism and abuse of women and the historical and ongoing trauma of our First Nations are finally starting to resonate beyond their typical boundaries. This book is welcome and much needed contribution to that dialogue, not only in its vivid details but in its approach to healing. It is a truly moving work that links an extremely personal examination of lived experience – told with startling honest and precision – to a much broader overview of serious national sociological concerns, accompanied by tangible steps to create spaces for diversity and inclusion based on Indigenous knowledge and teachings. Her honesty is authentic and at times heartbreaking and her candor regarding the ownership of her own failings as she faces her challenges is rare and vivid." |
Calling My Spirit Back is Elaine’s first book. She is a partner and owner with Alderhill Planning Inc. and works with Indigenous communities across Canada to promote healing in planning, governance and. Elaine shares much of her work on her YouTube Channel www.youtube.com/elainealec and her website www.elainealec.com and her social media accounts www.instagram.com/elaine_alec_writer_speaker and www.facebook.com/elainealec
Calling My Spirit Back is published by Tellwell Talent (June 27 2020)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0228830699
ISBN-13: 978-0228830696
Available: www.elainealec.com. Amazon, Kindle, Indiebound, Indigo Chapters, Rakuten Kobo, Smashwords, Apple Books