Tag: colonialism

• At the Bird Feeder

  

   This post was published earlier this month in Into the Bardo, an online magazine. I hope you will take at look at the zine, and maybe say “hi” to the wonderful people who work so hard to being it to us! Earlier today I went out back to refill the bird feeder. I walked through…

  Michael Watson PhD

  March 8, 2016

  Climate Change, Ecopsychology, native american, Shamanism, Social issues

  animals, climate change, colonialism, healing, Shamanism, stories

• Conversing Identities

  The rains have finally returned, refreshing the Earth and spurring the trees into leaf change. Now, as seems to be the pattern following dry late summers, we carefully watch a hurricane as it moves close to the coast. I awoke a little after 6 this morning; the world was still dark, and rain drummed lightly…

  Michael Watson PhD

  September 30, 2015

  First Nations, native american, Stories, Teaching

  colonialism, First Nations, identity, Native American, stories

• Richly Storied Places

  Indigenous people give value and preference to story. Stories arise from place; it is often said they come from the land, but it is more accurate to say they arise from places, which might include the water. Seafaring peoples depend on water for food and commerce, and many speak about the ocean as a First…

  Michael Watson PhD

  April 17, 2015

  native american, Psychotherapy, Shamanism, Stories

  Australia, colonialism, Indigenous, Narrative Therapy, psychotherapy, Shamanism

• Thanksgiving

  As I write, the season’s first snow is falling in the November night. It is cold and the streets are empty. Downstairs, Jennie is cooking for tomorrows feast. I’m taking a few minutes to write as tomorrow promises to be very busy, being Thanksgiving Day here in the US. Given the news this week from…

  Michael Watson PhD

  November 26, 2014

  First Nations, Shamanism, Social issues

  colonialism, Native American, Shamanism, Thanksgiving