Category: Ecopsychology

• Vernal Equinox 2017

  The weather has turned more seasonable while remaining on the chilly side. The storm managed a good 30 inches of snow, the second most ever recorded in a single tempest here. Now the mid-March sun creates a rich tapestry of light and shadow across the snow-covered forested landscape.

  Michael Watson PhD

  March 19, 2017

  Ecopsychology, spirituality

  equinox, healing, Social Change

• Our Lives Are On Loan

  A lovely morning, the sky streaked with cerulean blue and white, promising warmth. Later, thunder and colder. We live in a difficult moment, one filled with extinctions. In response, we raise our voices and demand change. There is hope yet, although hope must coexist with the very real threat that no one is listening. There…

  Michael Watson PhD

  March 8, 2017

  Ecopsychology, First Nations, Sacred Lands, Shamanism, spirituality

  ancestors, extinction, First Nations, genocide, Shamanism

• Stormy Weather

  

  Yesterday was dramatic, periods of cloud followed by bright, intense sunlight. In the afternoon cloud rolled in, followed by rain, heavy at night and accompanied by thunder, then changing to light snow. The day’s high temperature was 72F, reached about three in the afternoon; by seven it was 40F. Now, snow flurries dance in a…

  Michael Watson PhD

  February 26, 2017

  Climate Change, Ecopsychology, Healing, Psychotherapy, Social issues, spirituality, Stories

  climate change, Conversations Project, Social Change, spirituality

• Radical Empathy

  

  We are enjoying the deep snow from our first real storm in two years. The next week or two will be uber warm, but today is lovely, and today, tonight, and tomorrow feature more snow! I awoke this morning thinking about the vigilante mentality that seems to pervade our time. There are any number of…

  Michael Watson PhD

  February 15, 2017

  Ecopsychology, Healing, Nature, Shamanism, spirituality

  empathy, healing, Shamanism