Category: Social issues

• October Holidays

  Here in Vermont we are enjoying a long, warm autumn. Day after day we have been greeted by bright sunlight and warm breezes. The other night there was a rare display of the aurora, which, sadly, we missed. We know that at some point the warmth will give way to cold, bright skies to seemingly…

  Michael Watson PhD

  October 13, 2013

  Healing, native american, Social issues

  appropriation, colonialism, Halloween, healing

• Our Cat’s Passing: Lessons in Aging and Death

  Our cat offered us lessons in aging and dying.

  Michael Watson PhD

  September 15, 2013

  Healing, Shamanism, Social issues

  aging, cat, dying, healing, Shamanism, Yom Kippur

• The Lasting Effects of Harm

  Wondering about the long term harm of Canadian governmental experiments on hungry children.

  Michael Watson PhD

  July 26, 2013

  First Nations, Psychotherapy, Social issues

  Canada, First Nations, malnutrition, psychotherapy, trauma

• Ceremony and the Raven

  This morning we put aside our frustration and despair and spoke with the land and spirits. The mosquitoes, which had been fierce, quieted their attack, and even the birds calling stopped to listen. We like to open the altar outside whenever the weather allows, but of late have not had the heart to do so.…

  Michael Watson PhD

  July 16, 2013

  First Nations, Healing, Psychotherapy, Shamanism, Social issues

  ceremony, healing, Native American, raven, Shamanism