healing – Page 34 – Dreaming the World

Crucial Conversations

Yesterday I had a long telephone conversation with a friend who is an elder and medicine woman. She was a friend of Rolling Thunder and other medicine people who have passed. Lately they’ve been showing up in her dreams, speaking with her about the state of the Earth. Some have turned their backs and ridden…

Michael Watson PhD

June 15, 2014

First Nations, Healing, Psychotherapy, Shamanism

healing, Narrative Therapy, Native American, Shamanism

Ethics and the Healer

Its a beautiful day in the neighborhood, a lovely day in the neighborhood…..Today is warm and sunny, a good day to clean the beach, and later today, neighbors will gather to do that. Yesterday we attended an ethics training, one of those gatherings mandated for, and, often, dreaded by, licensed professionals.

Michael Watson PhD

June 7, 2014

First Nations, Healing, Psychotherapy

ethics, healing, Indigenous, psychotherapy, worldview

Deep Listening for Reconciliation Week

Another lovely, cool day, sky a fine blue with a thin haze. The irises are blooming! This is Reconciliation Week in Australia. In honor of this, I offer these exceptional posts as a sharing. These three stories highlighting the challenges and gifts of Aboriginal Australia. They are simultaneously unique, and common to many Indigenous communities…

Michael Watson PhD

June 2, 2014

First Nations, Healing, Stories, Teaching

Aboriginal, Australia, Dadirri, healing, listening, Shamanism