Category: First Nations

• Respect, Resilience, and Reconciliation: A Guest Post by Tree Girl

  I am so pleased to see these changes in my lifetime. I am seeing Aboriginal people becoming stronger and prouder. The young people now have more confidence and pride in their heritage and more kids are identifying as Aboriginal instead of feeling ashamed and hiding it

  Michael Watson PhD

  February 9, 2014

  First Nations, Sacred Lands, Social issues, Stories

  Aboriginal, Australia, healing, Tree Girl

• In A Sacred Manner

  Honoring our parents and grandparents may mean finding ways to live in a sacred manner.

  Michael Watson PhD

  January 26, 2014

  Arts, First Nations, Shamanism

  Australia Day, Living in a sacred manner, Shamanism, trauma

• The Immediacy of the Spirits

  When we least expect them, the spirits come to visit.

  Michael Watson PhD

  December 27, 2013

  Healing, native american, Other Subjects, Shamanism

  Christmas, Shamanism, spirits

• Advent: In the Gathering Darkness

  On Winter’s Darkness and writing to young people who have been touched by violence.

  Michael Watson PhD

  December 15, 2013

  Healing, India, Nature, Shamanism

  Advent, Christmas, dark times, healing, Shamanism