In Native American tradition, everything has a spirit—even an illness or injury. “If we know how to listen,” teaches Dr. Lewis Mehl-Madrona, “our health issues will often reveal the secret to their ow
Essential Training in Native American Healing WisdomA Lakota prophecy tells of a day when Westerners will join Native wisdom-keepers to create a new, integrated vision of healing. Dr. Lewis Mehl-Madro
Lewis Mehl-Madrona explores the use of stories for healing and personal transformation. By introducing new characters and plots in the stories we tell, we can perceive ourselves in new ways. The auth
Seeks to restore the pivotal role of the patient’s own story in the healing process • Shows how conventional medicine tends to ignore the account of the patient • Presents case hist
Within a narrative psychiatry model of mental illness, people are not defective, requiring drugs to “fix” them. What needs “fixing” are the ineffective stories people have int
Inspired by his Cherokee grandmother's healing ceremonies, Lewis Mehl-Madrona enlightens readers to "alternative" paths to recovery and health. Coyote Medicine isn't about eschewing Western medicine
Distills the basic principles used by Native American healers to create miracles. . Explores the power of miracles in both traditional Native American healing and modern scientific medicine. . Cites n
A guide to retelling your personal, family, and cultural stories to transform your life, your relationships, and the world ‧ Applies the latest neuroscience research on memory, brain mapping, and bra
The premise of this book is that a "soul wound" of colonialism has visited trauma on indigenous people and that through stories and strategies grounded in an indigenous worldview, healing may take pla
Consulting plant spirits for spiritual and psychological guidance and healing • Reveals how, by communing with the deva or spirit of a plant, we can call forth its medicine without even need
