Category: Stories

• A Place for Stories

  

  It is warmer today, the sun bright, a good day for sunglasses. A cutting breeze continues to blow. Yesterday the wind knifed right through all my layers, neutralizing the sharp rise in ambient temperature. When I went out to refill the back feeder this morning I was comfortable; I was also slowed by the deep…

  Michael Watson PhD

  January 9, 2018

  Ecopsychology, First Nations, Psychotherapy, Shamanism, Stories

  First Nations, psychotherapy, stories, trauma

• Christmas Tree: World Tree

  

  “Now Christmas is past, Twelfth Night is the last, To the Old Year adieu, Great joy to the new!” — Traditional Carol This morning dawned bright and cold, – 19 F cold. Lots of evaporative fog over the lake. Major thaw coming later this week? This morning Jennie left to work in Africa for two…

  Michael Watson PhD

  January 7, 2018

  First Nations, Landscape, Nature, Shamanism, spirituality, Stories

  Christmas, nature, Shamanism, stories, World Tree

• Epiphany: Little Christmas

  

  A snowy, blustery, frigid , monochrome day! Today is Epiphany: Little Christmas. This day in the Christian liturgical calendar honors the arrival of the Wise Men at the stable in Bethlehem.

  Michael Watson PhD

  January 6, 2018

  Disability, First Nations, Psychotherapy, Shamanism, Social issues, spirituality, Stories

  Christmas, Epiphany, healing, Native American, Shamanism

• New Years Greeting

  Still cold. We awoke to bright, midwinter sun that threw beams of light and shadow across the landscape. The birds are flocking to the feeders, replenishing the nutrients that are used up so very quickly in this intense chill.

  Michael Watson PhD

  January 1, 2018

  Stories

  New Years