Tag: love

• Imagining Rosh Hashanah

  

  “Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world’s grief. Do justly, now. Love mercy, now. Walk humbly, now. You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it.” -widely attributed to Rabbi Tarfon who lived in the generation following the destruction of the second temple. I am…

  Michael Watson PhD

  September 24, 2025

  autumn, Climate Change, denial, Drought, family, First Nations, Grief and Fear, Healing, Hungry Ghosts, moving, Nature, Racism, Terror, self care, Social issues, spirituality, Stories, Teaching

  autumn, ceremony, climate change, faith, healing, life, love, mental-health, nature, Rosh Hashanah, stories

• Grief and Gratitude

  

  Today is bright and ridiculously windy. In the sun, out of the wind, one may luxuriate; in the wind, its painful. Here and there a tree has bust into bloom or leaf, a lone spot of color in the monotone March landscape. I don’t know about you, but when things are crazy I find it…

  Michael Watson PhD

  March 7, 2025

  First Nations, Grief and Fear, native american

  grief, healing, loss, love, mental-health, Native American

• Love Across Difference

  Love across cultural boundaries can be more than challenging.

  Michael Watson PhD

  April 28, 2014

  First Nations, Psychotherapy, Social issues

  blood quantum, love, Native American, psychotherapy