Category: native american

• The Power of Story

  Stories shape our understanding of the world.

  Michael Watson PhD

  November 12, 2013

  Healing, native american, Shamanism, Stories

  Native American, Shamanism, stories, white buffalo calf

• October Holidays

  Here in Vermont we are enjoying a long, warm autumn. Day after day we have been greeted by bright sunlight and warm breezes. The other night there was a rare display of the aurora, which, sadly, we missed. We know that at some point the warmth will give way to cold, bright skies to seemingly…

  Michael Watson PhD

  October 13, 2013

  Healing, native american, Social issues

  appropriation, colonialism, Halloween, healing

• More Thoughts on the Medicine Wheel

  Contemplating the Medicine Wheel reminds us that we, too, are part of the great Mystery.

  Michael Watson PhD

  September 27, 2013

  Healing, native american, Shamanism, Stories

  autumn, climate change, Medicine Wheel, Native American, Shamanism

• Well Chosen Words

  The words we choose to describe violence really do matter.

  Michael Watson PhD

  August 2, 2013

  First Nations, Healing, native american, Psychotherapy

  Boston Marathon, genocide, language, Native American