Tag: identity

• Trauma, Spirits, and the “I”

  

  A clear, crisp, bright late January day, deep snow pack melting away at the edges. Oh, wait! It’s March! I’ve just finished reading Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi. The “biographical” novel narrates the life of a Nigerian girl born with one foot in the physical world and one in the spirit world. As often happens to…

  Michael Watson PhD

  March 19, 2018

  Ecopsychology, Healing, Psychotherapy, Shamanism

  healing, identity, Shamanism, spirits

• Landscapes of Identity: Accessibility

  A soggy, warm, late fall day. Wind later? I’ve been thinking about accessibility as a contested aspect of landscape. Barriers that inhibit or limit access are inherent aspects of the landscape, and I know that if I go walking there will be areas I can’t navigate due to the mobility challenges I face. Although the…

  Michael Watson PhD

  October 29, 2017

  Disability, Landscape, Stories

  disability, identity, Landscape

• Quietly Sacred: Culture, Belonging, and the Longest Day of the Year

  

  It’s Wednesday, and rain has rolled in to greet the morning. The Solstice is passed, although not without acknowledgement. Saturday we were invited to bless and dedicate a new home and farm, and had a truly lovely few hours with the owners. Sunday evening we gathered with friends to mark the turning year, then on…

  Michael Watson PhD

  June 22, 2016

  Disability, native american, Nature, Psychotherapy, Shamanism

  disability, identity, Native American, Shamanism, summer solstice

• 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