Healing & Helping: Reconnecting with Indigenous Culture, The Land, Ceremony, Music & The Self w/ Robin Antone

On Episode 20, Matt chats with Robin Antone who is an Indigenous helper with decades of experience in the addictions and mental health field. Robin shares his story of growing up in the foster care system, his personal struggles with substances and how he started his healing journey and path to becoming an addictions and mental health counsellor.  Robin shares his passion about healing work for individuals, families and communities and some of the teachings he has learned throughout his life. On this episode we talk about some of his work including with the Fireweed Program that provides services for male sexual abuse survivors. On this episode we talk about:-Healing the self + Helping others-The Role of Ceremony, roles within ceremonies, types of ceremonies-Cultural components of drumming, singing-Lateral violence in Indigenous Communities-Psychodrama-Focusing Oriented Therapy-Addiction Treatment Centres + Programming-Male Socialization + Violence-Tips for working with Indigenous populationsTo connect with Robin- you can find him on Linkedin or Email: [email protected] you like the show- let us know, subscribe, give us a rating and check us out on Instagram!