First Nation to host wellness, trauma workshop with help from former NHL star
Former National Hockey League star Theoren Fleury will join a free wellness, trauma and grief workshop to take place at the school on the Prophet River First Nation reserve from March 17th to 19th.
PROPHET RIVER, B.C. — Trauma and grief suffered by the Indigenous community will be at the forefront of a wellness event hosted by Prophet River First Nation (PRFN).
Scheduled for several days next week, the free wellness, trauma and grief workshop will take place at the school on the PRFN reservation.
It will be hosted by Brayden Morton, who serves as PRFN’s deputy director of wellness.
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Morton can relate to the struggles of addiction and told Energeticcity.ca he’s been sober for 11 years.
“As addicts, we want to quit,” said Morton. “There is always a side of us that does want to quit. It’s just about taking the action steps to get to that place.”
Joining Morton will be former National Hockey League (NHL) star Theoren Fleury. Fleury’s struggles with drugs and alcohol are well known, from throughout his playing career and in his book Playing with Fire, which details his experience with sexual abuse at the hands of his former coach, Graham James.
After an 18-year NHL career, Fleury now works as a motivational speaker. He actually visited PRFN last fall, at a seminar hosted by Morton along with another former NHL player, Sandy McCarthy.
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“The thing with Theo is, he’s actually educated,” said Morton. “He is very familiar with trauma modalities on work and grief and loss. He’s done really, really well with that aspect.”
Morton says the three-day event will feature group work along with some teaching pieces, to navigate community members through trauma, addiction and loss.
“It is going to be fairly interactive,” said Morton. “What it’s really about is creating a safe enough container for people to feel safe in order to work on their traumas.”
The three-day wellness, trauma and grief workshop will take place starting on Tuesday, March 17th from 9:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. each day until Thursday, March 19th.
The free event is open to PRFN community members only. To register, contact Morton at 250-581-0422 or by email at Brayden.Morton@prophetriverfn.ca.
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