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Nadia George: The Wild Walk Home - Part 1 of 2
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- Half Betty
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- Jul 9, 2025
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- 3961
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Summary
Andrea and Krista are honoured to welcome Nadia George to the podcast—an award-winning actor, activist, and trauma integration clinician based in Toronto. Nadia shares her rich cultural background, rooted in her Canadian upbringing and her newly realized Salvadorian Nahua heritage. She also expresses her tireless advocacy for clean drinking water, mental health, and environmental justice. The conversation spans her wide-ranging career across social services, corporate consulting, and the entertainment industry. Nadia opens up about her personal journey of self-discovery, including the life-changing revelation of her biological father and the healing that followed. She reflects on the wisdom of different life stages—connecting with both her 13-year-old and imagined 80-year-old self—as she navigates the transformation of midlife. She also shares her plans for an upcoming trip to El Salvador to reconnect with her roots, volunteer work with Fotocan (read more below), and meet her newfound family. Throughout, Nadia emphasizes the power of community, self-care, and lifelong growth. This is part one of a two-part conversation you won’t want to miss. Bio Nadia George is an award-winning actor, public speaker, and somatic consultant specializing in trauma-informed practices. Of Northern European, Salvadoran, and Nahua Indigenous descent, she uses her lived experience—from growing up in Canada to navigating the child welfare system—to advocate for environmental justice, clean drinking water, and mental health awareness. Drawing from over a decade in social services, Nadia supports both corporate and entertainment sectors with trauma-informed consulting, including therapeutic care for TV productions. Her frontline activism includes delivering water filtration systems and leading…