Season 6

Welcome back to Teachings in the Air season 6 titled #TheHealingRoad This week's episode of TIA is titled "Oh Canada" Welcome friends and relatives to another episode of Teachings in the Air with host Gerry Oldman. This episode is about the impact identity had on Gerry's life. Gerry shares his experience with struggles of identity and growing up Indigenous in Canada. This episode contains an audio clip by Chief Dan George, it's a message that inspired and motivated Gerry, so he's sharing it with you.

Welcome back to TIA Season 6 called #TheHealingRoad This week’s episode is titled “Ground Zero: Land Back” TIA’s Gerry Oldman talks about his experience at Plymouth Rock which he called “Ground Zero.” Gerry shares his experiences and stories from a lot of his travelling. The many communities that have left Gerry with an impact, a teaching, and a story to share. We get some insights into what Gerry would love to see the entire community return to, its original state.

Welcome back to TIA Season 6 #TheHealingRoad This week’s episode is titled “The Benefits of Touch Therapy” This week Gerry share’s the space with guests Susan Dupuis, and Aaron Strong. They are massage therapists sharing about their stories of how they got into touch therapy. Gerry shares about the tension his body used to carry throughout his life, the muscle and back problems that plagued him until he decided to go to a massage therapist. They share a great discussion about the importance of taking care of your physical body alongside the mind and spirit.

Welcome back to this week’s episode of TIA! This is episode 8 of season 6 which is titled #TheHealingRoad This is titled “Resilience & Perseverance” Gerry reflects on a trip he took to South Africa in 2022, learning about, and experiencing, the land that one of his role models Nelson Mandela used to walk. Gerry shares stories about his learning of history, and admiration of people who stood up to preserve a way of life, that stayed true to their messages despite the opposition. He tells stories from his trip to South Africa, and how they impacted his thinking about resilience and perseverance.

“There’s a need, at that time and still today, for culturally relevant services. Services that our people feel comfortable with and understand” Welcome back to the 7th episode of Season 6 titled #TheHealingRoad This week’s episode of Teachings in the Air is called “Memory Lane” Gerry joins us this week after a stroll through memory lane. After a recent trip to his home territory, he shares the path of memories that were sparked by this visit. Gerry tours his old home, and shares about his experiences of where he came from, the challenges of addiction and overcoming them through finding community and help however he could. Gerry talks about the importance of the cultural approach to healing and services for the indigenous community.

“1 by 1 we’re gonna win, and we are winning. We must keep that in our mind, what are we winning? We’re winning ourselves back” – Gerry Oldman Welcome back to TIA, this is the 6th episode of Season 6 titled #TheHealingRoad This episode is titled “The Lost Generations” Welcome back friends and relatives to this week’s episode of Teachings in the Air with Gerry Oldman. Gerry shares this episode with guests Cassie Michell, Audrey Ward, and Nikki Hunter. They share their experiences of healing and what led them to help others in the community, while battling against created identities and many other challenges the community faces in the journey of healing and recovery. These amazing guests tell stories about what inspires and helps them to continue their work in the constantly changing health field.

“I started to free myself of that negativity. I started to change, I became hungry for healing.” This is the 5th episode of Season 6 which is titled #TheHealingRoad This episode is called “Free Saa Hiil Thut” Today’s episode is an in-depth look into Gerry’s commitment to freeing yourself. Gerry talks about what it takes to maintain self and mental health in the modern world. He talks about where he comes from and who helped teach him how to free himself. He shares stories of his commitment to the path of healing, with generations of teachings and people who helped when it was needed behind him. Expressing that we all still encounter challenges and negative thoughts that aren’t our own, he hopes to share some helping words in this episode.

"There's no way around it, no way over it, no way under it. I have to walk straight through that sacred fire of healing" - Sam Alec Welcome back to Season 6 of TIA! This season is titled #TheHealingRoad Episode 3 of The Healing Road is called "Returning to Circle 2" This weeks episode sees a special returning guest(back from Season 4 of TIA) Sam Alec. Gerry shares the space again with previous guest Sam Alec in RTC2, where they get an updated conversation about their circles and the importance of reaching out to your circles in times of difficulty, as well as putting back into your circles what you take out. They pick up since the last episode recorded back in 2020 after experiencing pandemic, loss, and encountering moments of struggle as time goes on.

Episode 4 of Season 6 of TIA titled #TheHealingRoad This weeks episode features guests from the Strawberry Medicine Counselling. Gerry shares the space with Stephanie Erickson, Sara French, and Vanessa Carpenter. They are the hard workers behind Strawberry Medicine Counselling. Gerry and guests shares their personal experiences and approaches to helping anyone facing challenges. From Strawberry Medicine's website (strawberrymedicine.com): "It was with this knowledge that I did a ceremony on the Flower Full Moon to plant a strawberry patch for healing. The ceremony of creating a strawberry garden was blessed with prayers for anyone who eats from it to grow stronger in their heart. It is with this understanding that I bring this medicine to the people. My motivation is to continue to serve those in need of connection and balance."

This part 2 of 2 episode special is a release from the Teachings in the Air season 6 launch event which was held live in Vancouver, BC. In this special recorded from the live event, Gerry shares a presentation about Healing with the audience, leading into the theme of season 6 The Healing Road. Gerry had witnesses on stage to listen to his presentation and absorb some teachings. Gerry shares about his own healing journey, and how much work it takes to free yourself from negativity. Gerry had witnesses/guests for this part of the show, and they are Shane Pointe, Aaron Nelson Moody, Rupert Richardson, and Julie Seal.

“I know there’s good medicine, and there’s a healing road that’s never gone away” - Gerry This part 1 of 2 episode special is a release from the Teachings in the Air season 6 launch event which was held live in Vancouver, BC. In this special recorded from the live event, Gerry shares a presentation about Healing with the audience, leading into the theme of season 6 The Healing Road. Gerry had witnesses on stage to listen to his presentation and absorb some teachings. Gerry shares about his own healing journey, and how much work it takes to free yourself from negativity. The 2nd part of this special will feature Gerry’s guests/witnesses to discuss healing and what it means to them even further.

"When we Decide to change, that's when the healing begins for us.." -Gerry Oldman Season 6 of Teachings in the Air is titled "The Healing Road" Episode 2 is titled "I Can Change My Mind" In today's episode of TIA, host Gerry Oldman shares his experiences with changing from staying stuck in old feelings, thoughts, and negativity. With things that have been projected towards him at a young age that have latched on, adding to the weight of everyday life. This is Gerry's journey with forgiveness and learning how he has the ability to change his mind, as well as help others to change theirs Gerry talks about putting down things that we shouldn't be carrying around with us every day, negativity that isn't ours to carry. Because, each day we wake up, we can change our minds!

Welcome back to Teachings in the Air, and join us as we go into our 6th season titled "The Healing Road" The first episode is titled "Let the Healing Begin" and host Gerry shared some words about this upcoming season: This series of podcasts are going to be on healing for the mind, body, and spirit. When our mind, body, and spirit is damaged or hurt we weaken and our lives can become unmanageable. Once we are in trouble mentally, physically, or spiritually we must go look for help, so we can live life to the fullest. We can and will reach our potential when we say hello to our problems and say goodbye to them with the help of healers, knowledge keepers, counsellors, and mentors. Healing is in ceremony, music, good food, counselling, meditation and positive activities. Our healing strengthens when we support others on the Healing Road. Saa Hiil Thut (Gerry Oldman) Let The Healing Begin is an introduction to our new season The Healing Road. Gerry shares his definition of Healing with us. Then, shares personal stories of his healing journey, from looking at the earliest wounds, up to the current day. The Healing Road is a constant and never-ending path, but through his experiences and teachings, Gerry echoes what he has picked up along the way.