Season 3, Episode 6: Lisa Osawamick – Healing, Purpose, and Living Mino Bimaadiziwin

In this episode of Rooted in Gwekwaadziwin, Sam and Matt sit down with Lisa Osawamick—therapist, educator, author, and founder of Zhaagwadwin Counselling and Consulting—for an inspiring conversation about healing, resilience, and finding purpose through life's challenges.

Lisa shares her remarkable journey from growing up in Toronto and Sudbury to reconnecting with her home community of Wiikwemkoong. Along the way, she reflects on being raised by a strong single mother, becoming a single parent herself, navigating personal struggles, achieving 25 years of sobriety, and earning her master's degree while raising five children. Through every chapter of her life, Lisa has remained committed to her own healing whi ...