Darkness
Blog by Valerie “Darkness is the purest form of light” is a teaching I deeply honour from Tiwa Elder Joseph Rael – Beautiful Painted Arrow. He says this because out of darkness all colours and possibilities emerge, whereas white light…
Category Decolonising
Trickery of heartfelt words
Blog by Valerie Many of us are familiar with the four (or five) agreements concept of spiritual teachings Miguel Ruiz wrote about based on ancient Toltec wisdom. The first is: Be impeccable with your word. It is much easier to…
Futuresteading podcast
If you would like to listen to an interview with Valerie about the inspiration behind the Healing through Indigenous Wisdom book, here is the link. =) There’s also a short article about both Lukas & Valerie on p. 26 of…
Clean & Dirty Pain
Blog by Valerie I recently came across the concepts of clean and dirty pain. This is a well written deep dive if you want to read it before I share my perspective. I’ll describe it as follows: Clean pain is…
New Dialogue & Vlog Update
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Transitions
Blog by Valerie Years ago when I was practicing restorative justice/discipline in schools, what consistently came up as the toughest aspect of change were periods of transition. Teachers said, when the kids are in class we can get into a…
Vlog 5: Digging Deep
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Material Wealth
Blog by Valerie When I was growing up, I watched my father hoard food, books, even household cleaning items. I remember the pain I felt when he told me the story of realising as a young teenager that he’d read…
Vlog 4: Book Tour Begins!
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Vlog 3: Dharraani Peace Centre is Born
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