Category: Healing

• Standing Humbly Before the Mesa

  When we stand humbly in the presence of the spirit beings we acknowledge we are all connected, separation is an illusion, and our suffering is the suffering of all beings. In doing so we open doors to healing and joy.

  Michael Watson PhD

  January 15, 2013

  First Nations, Healing, Shamanism

  healing, humility, mesa, Native American, Shamanism

• In the Absence of the Other

  What happens to the women when the men go off to war and never return?

  Michael Watson PhD

  January 5, 2013

  Healing, Stories

  England, healing, Shamanism, Winter, World War

• The Long Shadow of Abraham Lincoln

  Even as he was evolving a moral stance against slavery, Lincoln continued policies that pushed against Indigenous people, and the treaties that ostensibly protected their sovereignty as nations. When First Nations fought to protect their legal rights, he branded them terrorists. On December 26th, 1862, 38 Native leaders were hanged at his order.

  Michael Watson PhD

  December 31, 2012

  First Nations, Psychotherapy, Shamanism, Social issues

  genocide, Lincoln, Narrative Therapy, Native American, Shamanism

• In The Depth of the Season

  At this time of darkness, cold, and celebration we hold to the traditions, acknowledge painful histories, and work for a world of shared resources and joy, a planet where the children of all people are held as sacred and are nurtured.

  Michael Watson PhD

  December 26, 2012

  First Nations, Healing, Psychotherapy, Shamanism

  Christmas, Hanukkah, Native American, Winter Solstice, Wounded Knee