Category: Shamanism

• An Old Story

  I’ve been watching events unfold in Palestine. Of course, it is impossible to know, with any certainty, the truth of things. Propaganda is unleashed by both sides. Still, there is something terribly familiar about the one-sided nature of the conflict. The history of the U.S., like that of Palestine, is usually told from the view…

  Michael Watson PhD

  July 24, 2014

  native american, Shamanism

  genocide, Native American, Palestine, Shamanism, trauma

• Blog Hop: Still Here

  The other day I received an invitation from Ji Hyang Padma to participate in a “Blog Hop”.  Here is a link to his fine blog, Natural Wisdom. These are my responses to his questions: What am I writing/working on? Most of my writing is blog related. I have limited time to write so I try…

  Michael Watson PhD

  July 20, 2014

  First Nations, Psychotherapy, Shamanism, Stories

  Narrative Therapy, Native American, Shamanism, writing

• Quest

  Good morning! A lovely morning this. Storms later. Over the weekend we watched aghast as the turmoil that is the Middle East erupted into  unimaginable violence. It was as though a great storm of hatred and greed slammed into that part of the world, and no one in ether government cared about the impacts on…

  Michael Watson PhD

  July 15, 2014

  Healing, Psychotherapy, Shamanism, Stories

  Bodhisattvas, healing, psychotherapy, Shamanism

• Joining the Young People’s Circle

  Yesterday I spent the morning with my good friend Alicia Daniels and her Ecopsychology class. Alicia is a marvelously gifted teacher, seamlessly weaving together her understanding of the Medicine Wheel teachings and her background as a field naturalist. Somehow, even as she acknowledges the suffering of Mother Earth, she also maintains an honest sense of…

  Michael Watson PhD

  July 11, 2014

  First Nations, Shamanism, Teaching