10/10/2022
Happy indigenous peoples day!
I started sacred craft therapy one year ago, and I have been surprised at how much I have learned. The beauty of authenticity and the strength that I see in others over this year, in my clients, my community and myself.
I started out with writing a new post several times a week, and now not having posted anything in months I return to reflect.
This year has required a lot more solitude for me and though I never intended to go absent from social media, I did. It has been me listening to my body and trusting myself, honoring my capacity and my delight. This year has required me to turn inward and be quiet, rest in being more still, and not putting as much energy into the world. I have learned to appreciate solitude and find joy in hearing my inner voice, as well as connect with people primarily one on one.
I am a kind male in a world of loud patriarchy, I am an indigenous person who grew up only knowing white identity who is working to authentically reconnect to my community (recently receiving my Métis citizenship), I am a therapist who is always learning I have a lot to heal and grow in myself, I am a joy filled person who is still coming out of years of sorrow and trauma stress, I have ADHD and still learning the powers and difficulties of this mental structuring, I am a husband, a friend, sibling, son, a therapist.
Silence has let me connect deeper with my own story and I am seeing the self more everyday. I have been proud to walk alongside others while they do the same. Healing work is brave, honest and powerful work. I give appreciation to all who have been there for me and to all that have allowed me to be there for them.
Niawen’ko:wa
