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Podcast: OV Boss Babes
Episode: Episode #149 - A Time for Truth, Healing and New Perspectives with Blackbird Medicines
Description: Chrystal Toop is a community educator, counsellor, a storytelling public speaker, Indigenous life spectrum doula, and entrepreneur of Blackbird Medicines, a community healing justice practice honoring lived experiences, harm reduction practices and trauma-informed care, restoring teachings of strength and love to caregivers of all nations through public speaking, written works and community-based workshops.
Raised in challenging family circumstances, Chrystal’s shares her journey becoming a single mother and battling financial obstacles, her diagnosis of complex PTSD, and falling into a dark state of depression, and the generational trauma and domestic violence. Despite her hardships and struggles, Chrystal re-connected to her cu...