Today, on Good Medicine with Shailla Manitowabi-Cooke Winter…

We gather in a circle of story, song, and survival.

Shailla Winter is an Indigenous artist, survivor, and truth-teller — a voice shaped by storm, and a light rising through loss. As a teenager, she faced homelessness, hardship, and in 2012, she disappeared — trafficked and silenced, but never broken.

From the ashes of violence, Shailla forged a path back to herself — turning grief into gold, sorrow into sound. Her debut single, If You Were Mine, is a bittersweet blend of R&B and soul — a window into a heart that kept beating.

Today, she stands not just as a musician, but as an advocate for MMIWG and survivors of gender-based violence — a fierce reminder that even after the fall, we rise.

In this conversation, Shailla shares how music became her medicine. We’ll explore survivor’s guilt, somatic memory, and the power of intuition, creativity, and culture to heal.

Let her story remind you:
You are not alone.
Your voice matters.
And your strength… is medicine.

To learn more about Shailla, visit shaillawinter.com.