Dreaming the World

Violence Against Women: A Parent’s Plea

The conversation that developed over Sunday’s Mothers’ Day post left me mulling changes to the status of women and children in Native America. Traditionally, in much of Indigenous North America, Native women were viewed as the healing and creative force in the community; they were the Life-Givers. Women were also the leaders, making decisions for…

Michael Watson PhD

May 13, 2014

First Nations, Psychotherapy, Social issues

healing, Native American, sexual violence, trauma

Caring for Our People and Our Mother, The Earth

Today is Mothers’ Day in the U.S., and the weather has turned warm enough for me to go barefooted in the house. The afternoons are even warm outdoors. This morning Jennie began putting in our kitchen garden. Even as we welcome this time of growth and the promise of abundance, I am troubled by events…

Michael Watson PhD

May 11, 2014

First Nations, Psychotherapy, Sacred Lands, Shamanism

healing, microaggression, Mothers’ Day, Native American, psychotherapy, Shamanism

“Forgive but Not Forget”: Stages of Rage & Healing

Originally posted on Reclaim the Warrior: Last week, I sat with an elder and heard her life story. I don’t want to say that I have been desensitized to my people’s pain but rather, I have come to expect certain themes to emerge from Indigenous people’s stories. Even more so when it is an Indigenous…

Michael Watson PhD

May 10, 2014

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