For decades, Dr. Anita Sanchez, Nahuatl (Aztec/Toltec) and Mexican American, has committed herself to bridging indigenous wisdom and science for individual, business, and societal renewal. Drawing on her indigenous life experience and inner-city origins, Anita is a messenger of the Eagle Hoop Prophecy and gifts: forgiving the unforgiveable, healing, unity, and hope in action. A renowned consultant, trainer, coach, and speaker, she focuses on cultural transformation, leadership, diversity, inclusion, and belonging for Fortune 500 companies, education, and global non-profit organizations. Anita is a board member of Bioneers, a member of the Evolutionary Leaders and Transformational Leadership Council, an Elder Council member of The Wellbeing Project, Wisdom Weavers of the World, and the Fire Circle Earth.
Anita is a grandmother, Auntie, mother, and activist who holds a Ph.D. in organizational development. The author of seven books, including her international award-winning book, The Four Sacred Gifts: Indigenous Wisdom for Modern Times, and her upcoming book, Your Kaleidoscope Mind: Getting More Done by Letting More Go, Anita shares tools for transmuting trauma and pain into freedom and joy. Dr. Anita’s recent awards include 2022 Mogul’s Top 100 DEI Leaders, 2020 Conscious Company Media “World Changing Woman”, and the 2020 World Woman’s Foundation “Woman of the Hour”- #SheisMyHero, a campaign to inspire one million girls to live their dreams and leadership. Each year, Anita leads an annual journey into the sacred headwaters of the Amazon, continuing her personal mission of inspiring people to discover and trust their gifts so that they become a life-giving force to all, people and the earth.
In this podcast, our intention is to amplify Native voices that are essential, and largely muted. Indigenous leaders from every part of the world – the east, west, north, and south, share their life experiences, unleash their knowledge, wisdom and expand our perspective: to inspire us to dream a different dream. They light the way from a dream of separation and illusions to one of connections and relationships, highlighting the “original knowledge” that provides an essential path to ensuring our (and the planet’s) survival. When we allow ourselves to be quiet enough to listen to the wisdom from within, from Elders, and from Mother Earth, we give ourselves the opportunity to experience unity and oneness with all life.
Learn more about Dr. Anita, her acclaimed self-paced online course, and her free song at FourSacredGifts.com and Anita-Sanchez.com
For the first episode of The Four Sacred Gifts Podcast, Anita Sanchez sits down with Māori healer Donna Kerridge for a conversation about re-connecting to Mother Earth and healing the land and the people who live on it.
In this episode, Anita Sanchez dives into:
- Biodiversity and the lands of Indigenous people
- The interconnectivity of nature and humans
- Incorporating modern medicine with Indigenous knowledge
- How losing connection to Mother Earth and community can cause anxiety and other health issues
- The individual gifts that we bring into the world
- Being inclusive and finding our sense of home and belonging in the world
- Healing the vitality of people and place
- Talking to people, not corporations
- How laws will never change the lore that underpins human life
- Maintaining a balance between appropriation and welcoming others into Indigenous communities
About Donna Kerridge:
Donna Kerridge is a Rongoā Māori (traditional Māori healing) practitioner from Waikato, Aotearoa New Zealand who is deeply connected to our Earth and her wisdom. She is a humble advocate, healer and leader, passionate about Indigenous practices that focus on healing and restoring our people and our Whenua (land). Donna is able to walk with ease in corporate and policy circles, bridging Western approaches with Indigenous Māori approaches to enable us to bring the best of our collective gifts forward. She advises the New Zealand Ministry of Health to shape policy, lectures, and educates people of all ages in Rongoā, has studied Western health science and a range of Indigenous healing practices, and is a sought-after leader. Learn more about Donna Kerridge HERE.
“I want to remind everybody that we are all indigenous somewhere; some of us have just become disconnected. I think it is the job of all of us to connect to our roots, even if it is through the roots of the land that you now reside upon.” – Donna Kerridge
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