Category Archives: Healing

Accepting ancestral pain

July 21, 2026Culture, Decolonising, Healing, Relationships, Valuesancestral healing, citizenship, culture, denazification, german, germany, grandparents, greatgrandparents, healing, identity, jewish, nazi, relationships, renouncing, shame, wwiiValerie Ringland

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I recently received German denazification records for my great grandfathers and grandfather. I paid the state archives to scan them for me after finding out how that …

Reindigenise now

July 8, 2026Decolonising, Healing, Indigenous Science, Spiritual Skillsallyship, ancestral healing, belonging, cosmology, decolonising, earth, Earth Ethos, first nations, grounding, healing, identity, indigenous, intergenerational trauma, reciprocity, reindigenise, second nations, shame, sovereignty, traumaValerie Ringland

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Whether you’re a First Nations migrant who became Second Nations in a new land like me, or have deeper colonial roots with settler ancestors who stole land …

Healing trauma bonds

June 19, 2026Decolonising, Healing, Indigenous Science, Relationships, Valuesacceptance, ancestral healing, boundaries, core values, Earth Ethos, estrangement, healing, identity, relationships, renouncing, survival, trauma, unconditional loveValerie Ringland

Trauma bonding tends to be defined as a strong attachment with someone (or something) abusing us or causing us harm. By this definition it is inherently negative, and the advice …

Transitions

January 11, 2025Culture, Decolonising, Healing, Relationships, Spiritual Skills, valueschange, culture, cycles, exercise, habit, identity, pattern, personal-development, personal-growth, relationships, transitionValerie Ringland

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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 …

Vlog 5: Digging Deep

January 5, 2025Decolonising, Healing, Indigenous scienceceremony, grounding, land care, rootsValerie Ringland

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Navigating Existential Judgment

January 15, 2024Decolonising, Healing, Indigenous Science, Spiritual Skills, Valuesancestral healing, conflict, cosmology, Earth Ethos, exercise, existential wounds, healing, identity, indigenous, judgement, judgment, mental-health, peace, philosophy, rejection, spirituality, trauma, warValerie Ringland

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Lately some protracted conflicts have come to the surface in my life at a macro level in the world, and at a micro level in my daily …

Birth as Ceremony

July 2, 2023Culture, Healing, Indigenous Sciencebaby, birth, ceremony, indigenous, mother, sacredValerie Ringland

Blog by Valerie, following recent presentations with breastfeeding and pregnancy groups

We do ceremonies at important moments in our lives, such as weddings, graduations, and funerals. Ceremonies support us to …

Mothering amidst intergenerational trauma

February 7, 2023Healing, Relationshipsabuse, ancestral healing, child, healing, mother, parenting, relationships, trauma, violenceValerie Ringland

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Breastfeeding art . mom and baby . motherhood illustration . | Etsy in ... ‘We are cycles of time’ stuck in my head after reading a Chinese astrological perspective on the lunar new year before bed. I couldn’t sleep, and my …

Unconscious Sorcery

January 14, 2023Healing, Indigenous Science, Spiritual Skillscurse, healing, identity, shamanism, sorcery, spiritual, WetikoValerie Ringland

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Often the term ‘sorcery’ is used negatively, but any manifestation of a spirited, emotive thought or prayer can be considered sorcery. As Shaman Chiron Armand says:

“[T]he …

Embodiment

September 1, 2022Decolonising, Healing, Indigenous Science, Relationships, Valuesbody, embodiment, exercise, healing, indigenous knowledge, Indigenous Science, lived experience, memory, valuesValerie Ringland

Blog by Valerie – a final chapter shared from the book that was just written

Being authentic, centred and grounded means having awareness of our core values and doing our …