Category: Stories

• The Stories that Guide Us

  I awoke from a night filled with dreams to a day of broken overcast and seasonal chill. The late January light is much diminished by cloud and the wane sun throws no shadows. There are narratives among Native people that we are living in the fifth or sixth iteration of the world. Not unlike the…

  Michael Watson PhD

  January 30, 2017

  native american, Psychotherapy, Social issues, Stories

  Native American, psychotherapy, stories

• The Resilience of Stories

  A lovely, snow-covered morning. The woods are lovely and dark, and highlighted by the intense white of newly fallen snow; not much snow mind you, just enough to coat the trees. Ours is a remnant forest so it is not deep; there are just enough trees to support hermit thrushes. Under the snow, a layer…

  Michael Watson PhD

  January 25, 2017

  native american, Psychotherapy, Stories

  Arts, healing, Shamanism, Social Change

• Advent

  

  Today dawned cloudy and dank, and has proven to be one of those classic raw November days that grace northern New England. There is the hint of snow to come, although the weather service promises there will be none today. Early this morning Jennie and I went out to The Parkway, one of our favorite…

  Michael Watson PhD

  November 27, 2016

  Healing, Social issues, spirituality, Stories

  Advent, healing, spirituality, stories

• A Welcome Rain

  

  This autumn’s warmth has dominated the past two days. Yesterday we, and our neighbors, took the opportunity to complete yard work, retire gardens for the season, and put up holiday lights. As we did so, we were reminded these tasks are much easier when done in warm weather! Last night, new lights blessed the street.…

  Michael Watson PhD

  November 20, 2016

  Disability, Shamanism, spirituality, Stories

  Shamanism, stories, Windigo