Centering Healing on Love Through Indigenous Knowledge
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Centering Healing on Love Through Indigenous Knowledge
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In this inspiring episode, Ashley D. Freeman sits down with Esther Lucero, President and CEO of the Seattle Indian Health Board, for a powerful conversation about Indigenous health, cultural healing, leadership, and the strength of community.
Esther shares the history of the Native aunties who turned displacement into a movement for health and justice, and how their legacy continues to shape the work today. She explores the power of combining traditional Indigenous medicine with modern healthcare, data, and policy to create meaningful change.
The conversation also takes us inside the intentionality behind the Thunderbird Treatment Center, an innovative space where healing is centered on culture, family, ceremony, and love. Esther shares why the organization calls patients “relatives,” why keeping families together is essential to healing, and how reconnecting people with their cultural identity can help address generations of trauma.
This episode is a moving reminder that real change happens when communities honor their strengths, learn from those who came before them, and come together to create a healthier future for generations to come.