Sandi L Boucher asks Indigenous and non-Indigenous viewers what they think about a facilitator wearing a ribbon skirt at corporate training events. She's working through the question for her reconciliation seminars and will review an Ed Mylat training video next.
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Hello, you super duper, double delicious person, you. I am so pumped right now that I'm actually shooting three videos today. And I never do that, so. And it's a Sunday morning, like 10:30. I don't know about you. I've been crushing things since about 6:30 this morning. It's been amazing. Don't worry about me. I'm living my dream. Okay, so what am I gonna do? First, I have a question for you. I need your help making a decision. So the question is about you, so you can't possibly get it wrong. And it is not in any way limited by your extensive knowledge or your lack of knowledge. I just need your honest answer. So that's going to be the first video then? I'm actually reviewing an Ed Mylat training video that blew my mind. So many takeaways, of course, applied to the reconciliation journey. Just. You're gonna want to watch that. And I am shooting the newest video for my son's latest woodworking project. Hint, hint. It's pretty awesome. So stick around. You're gonna love this. Let's talk about it. Bonjour. Hi, everybody. My name is Sandy Boucher. I'm Red Thunderbolt, woman of the Loon clan, a proud member of Seine River First Nation in Treaty 3 Territory in Northern Ontario. So to that person that commented on my video that says I never identify where I'm from, there it is a gain in every video. But I digress. I have a question for you. I did a video on this recently. I'll put the link in the show notes. It was talking about indigenous people getting triggered or hurt, whichever way you want to describe it. In my seminars, the fact that reconciliation seminars, we talk about hard things. And depending on the opportunities and access and time that they've had to put into their healing journey, they may or may not be triggered by those things. And the reality is, this country has pushed employment as the answer for indigenous people for ages, totally choosing to disregard the pain that was inflicted on us. And if you actually want to pretend that a suffering, emotionally, mentally suffering person is ready for employment, well, then you've got your own issues, honey. But we get blamed for low retention numbers when we're barely keeping it together. And now you want us to work in often hostile work environments. I digress. That is not the question. But today's question is off of that video. So what? The question is, when I give a seminar, do a keynote speech, do a half day workshop, whatever the case may be, I often wear a ribbon skirt. So here's a variety of different pictures, different ribbon skirts I have. They are beautiful. I love wearing them. Makes packing really easy. Let me tell you, whether you know the significance or not of a ribbon skirt is irrelevant right now. The question is. Oh, and by the way, one, I really want you to answer this question in the comments please because I need this feedback. Two, when you do answer the question, please identify whether you're indigenous or not and matters in that I have the context. But both answers I need from indigenous and non indigenous because I work with a lot of mixed audiences. That's why it's so important. So here's the question and we're talking like a corporate training event. 300, 500, 700, a thousand, twelve hundred people in attendance. The speaker facilitator comes out on the stage and. And she's wearing a ribbon skirt. Almost said a jingle dress. Not a jingle dress, a ribbon skirt. What goes through your head? What do you think? Or how does it make you feel? That's the question. If you showed up at an event and the facilitator walks out and you see she's wearing a ribbon skirt, how does that make you feel? Right? What's the thoughts going through your head? I am trying to decide. Do I want to tell you what I'm trying to decide? No, probably not. But I will when I tell you the results of this little poll. So again, you show up. This is work related. This is for your boss. Your employer has asked you to attend this training session or given you the opportunity to. You sit down in the audience. You're sitting with your friends enjoying the coffee. Maybe they've served breakfast. Facilitator comes out wearing a ribbon skirt. How do you feel? There are no wrong answers, but I would love to know your answer. So that short and sweet today, but I need your help, so please let me know. Talk to you tomorrow when I do the Ed Milet review. I love you. Take care. Bye. Bye. I promised in the opening I was gonna review the latest draw. Is this thing not amazing? Now? I should have called this up before I turned on the video, but I want to see. I have. It's not going to be a messenger, is it? No, it's going to be in Facebook. That's where it's going to be. My son who made this amazing, amazing, amazing thing sent me the measurements and I do want to give those to you because people are always interested. What the heck happened? Oh, I know what happened. I know what happened. I went into Facebook and I was on my business page and that's not Going to work. I need to be in my personal page so I can get the information. Okay, here we are. Okay. Level Up Presents is my son's Facebook page. That's also his website that's under construction. Now I just got to wait for a Facebook messenger to load so I can scroll back. And it is four by six inches. So four inches. That's not right. Oh, that's six inches. Duh. That's the six inches side. Four inches side. And it's three inches wide. And how do you do this? Look at this. Look at this. Oh, my God, it smells amazing. As always. It's made from reclaimed wood, so it's got all of the little nuances I just love. And it just slides in. So if I line it up properly, it's like it slides in so easily. I love it. I mean, this is a perfect gift. This is a perfect little keepsake. There's so many things you can have in here. And by the way, I got to show this. He probably doesn't want me to, but whatever. There's another one for sale. Oh, my God. He treats these with linseed oil. My God, they smell amazing. So this one's going up for sale on his Facebook page. $50 plus shipping. TADA. To get your own. So if you want it as a gift and you don't want to take the chance of the. The draw. There you go. This one is in the draw. They're both ex. Well, they're both the same design, obviously, Again, because of reclaimed wood. Every single one of them is unique and one of a kind. I love this. $10 a ticket. 3 for 20. Send them to the address below, which is my son. I love this one. You're gonna love this one. Get your tickets today.
