Category: Healing

• The Complexity of Reciprocity

  Another very warm day. The snow we had Tuesday night is rapidly melting. Here at the mid-latitudes climate change proceeds at a fast pace. I’ve been thinking about the negative tilt that can occur with reciprocity. Reciprocity refers to the tendency for systems to co-evolve, and is usually used to describe  small-scale human interactions that…

  Michael Watson PhD

  January 19, 2017

  Healing, Social issues, spirituality

  healing, reciprocity, Shamanism

• Epiphany

  It’s late afternoon on a Tuesday, a gray, murky, fiercely windy day, shortly before sunset. The aforementioned wind is howling, scouring the deep cold from the valley. I’m listening to a choral concert for Epiphany on BBC3. It’s been a day of cancellations, mostly due to illness of one sort or another; it seems to…

  Michael Watson PhD

  January 10, 2017

  Psychotherapy, Shamanism, Social issues

  Epiphany, healing, psychotherapy, Shamanism, wisdom

• The Past in the Present

  

  Today dawned cloudy and cold. The ground is bare save for the occasional skiff of snow.  Our two-year long snow drought continues, the cold interrupted by warmth and rain. As we collectively limp towards the inauguration, I find myself strictly limiting my Facebook time. I’ve noticed that I seldom write anything remotely personal, only reposting…

  Michael Watson PhD

  January 8, 2017

  Disability, Social issues

  healing, Polio, Social Change, stories

• Cycles of Change

  The year has turned. We spent New Years with family near the ocean, accompanied by warmth, both emotional and physical, and much good cheer. Yesterday was New Years Day, and we celebrated by following our Sunday routine when with family: breakfast, conversation, and newspapers. We then drove the five hours home. 

  Michael Watson PhD

  January 2, 2017

  Arts, Social issues

  Arts, In Montmartre, Social Change