About ~

Diane Littel

Healer, Guide, Speaker, and Teacher MS LPC, CSAC, ESMTPT™, CCAP, RMT, SP

Diane Littel also known as Kenew Naewaeqnen, is a proud member of the Menominee Nation of Wisconsin. Kenew Naewaeqnen (Golden Eagle Wind) blends her Menominee, German, Irish, and Sicilian heritages together to draw from different wisdoms and teachings today. Raised on Milwaukee's Southside, Diane's family carries a legacy of healing deeply rooted in traditional practices passed down through generations of her Menominee lineage. Despite the challenges that that part of her lineage faced, her grandmother, Ke-kewanikiuh (Flag Woman) which translates to woman of importance, she talked about people seeking her out for healing and asking her for guidance. She mentioned it helped her raise her 5 daughters, because they would bring her things for her home and her family as payment.  She was also a Residential School survivor, a place where they attempted to “remove the Indian from the man”, woman in her case.  She was able to keep her cultural traditions alive despite the oppression she, her family, and her people endured. Diane and her family carries this tradition on to this day.

Being part of a lineage of medicine people, Diane embodies her family's  healing practices (goes back more than 5 generations), counseling, plant medicine, energy work, spiritual connection, and ancestral knowledge, which she uses to help her community and others. Her journey into healing deepened during a 2005 sweat lodge ceremony that awakened her ancestral or "blood memory", and led her to learn more. Tapping into the practices of: Reiki, essential oils, and the Midewin lodge (medicine lodge) she gained more skills and experience to help hone her craft.

Diane is a licensed Professional Counselor and Clinical Substance Abuse Counselor with advanced specialization in trauma-informed approaches, including EMDR and BrainSpotting. Since 2009, she has continued to expand her scope of practice, becoming a Reiki Master Teacher, Shamanic Practitioner, and a guide in working with ancestral and generational trauma. Over the years, she has studied, integrated, and embodied a wide range of healing practices, modalities, and therapeutic approaches, allowing her to offer deeply integrative and holistic care that honors the mind, body, and spirit.

As the founder of Earthways Healing, LLC, Diane has dedicated herself to holistic and ancestral healing. Her signature program, Earth Spirit Medicine™, connects individuals with Earth healing energies addressing spiritual, mental, emotional, and physical traumas.

 

She shares her expertise through workshops, retreats, and speaking engagements, offering guided meditations, mental health education, and clinical supervision to professional organizations and community groups.

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Diane’s mission is to support individuals in restoring balance, reconnecting with their roots and lineage, and receiving holistic healing through ancestral guidance, intuitive wisdom, and integrative practices.