Category: Social issues

• Graduation and Cultural Change

  

  After a day of stormy skies and light rain, today dawned sunny and mild. Over the past week, many trees have leafed out, and the leaf color has changed from soft pastel to deep, vibrant spring green. Jennie put in our garden transplants yesterday; all around the neighborhood flower boxes are overflowing with bloom. In…

  Michael Watson PhD

  May 23, 2016

  Disability, First Nations, Psychotherapy, Social issues

  ceremony, micro-aggression, Native American, psychotherapy

• At the Bird Feeder

  

   This post was published earlier this month in Into the Bardo, an online magazine. I hope you will take at look at the zine, and maybe say “hi” to the wonderful people who work so hard to being it to us! Earlier today I went out back to refill the bird feeder. I walked through…

  Michael Watson PhD

  March 8, 2016

  Climate Change, Ecopsychology, native american, Shamanism, Social issues

  animals, climate change, colonialism, healing, Shamanism, stories

• The Miracle of a Body

  New Years Eve; outside, a dramatic sunset. The weather has turned chilly and damp, almost seasonal, and there are finally a few inches of snow on the ground. This evening we will visit with friends, bringing in the New Year with games, food, and a good fire. I began writing this in daylight and must…

  Michael Watson PhD

  December 31, 2015

  Disability, native american, Shamanism, Social issues

  body, Christmas, disability, Solstice

• IPTN: Deep Conversations

  I have been writing about the conference from the position of one who, although having performed Playback for many years, has attended only two Playback conferences, this being the first truly international one. In contrast, many of those who attended had attended several conferences, and friendships among them may go back scores of years. In…

  Michael Watson PhD

  July 27, 2015

  Arts, Healing, Social issues, Stories, Teaching

  Diversity, IPTN, sociall change