Healing – Page 43 – Dreaming the World

Ethics and the Healer

Its a beautiful day in the neighborhood, a lovely day in the neighborhood…..Today is warm and sunny, a good day to clean the beach, and later today, neighbors will gather to do that. Yesterday we attended an ethics training, one of those gatherings mandated for, and, often, dreaded by, licensed professionals.

Michael Watson PhD

June 7, 2014

First Nations, Healing, Psychotherapy

ethics, healing, Indigenous, psychotherapy, worldview

Deep Listening for Reconciliation Week

Another lovely, cool day, sky a fine blue with a thin haze. The irises are blooming! This is Reconciliation Week in Australia. In honor of this, I offer these exceptional posts as a sharing. These three stories highlighting the challenges and gifts of Aboriginal Australia. They are simultaneously unique, and common to many Indigenous communities…

Michael Watson PhD

June 2, 2014

First Nations, Healing, Stories, Teaching

Aboriginal, Australia, Dadirri, healing, listening, Shamanism

Memorial and Sorry Day

Today is Memorial Day in North America. Like many governmental holidays this one is complex. My father was involved in three major wars, and proud to have served in the military for thirty years. He also felt that as an NCO he was a second class citizen. He told no one we are Native. The…

Michael Watson PhD

May 26, 2014

First Nations, Healing, Shamanism

Indigenous, Memorial Day, Shamanism, Sorry Day