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Navigating Values Conflicts

August 20, 2026Culture, Indigenous Science, Relationships, Spiritual Skills, Valuesancestral trauma, core values, culture, gossip, identity, integrity, intergenerational trauma, relationships, trust, truth, truth telling, values conflictValerie Ringland

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At times I know that if I don’t speak my truth in a certain situation, I’ll walk away feeling ashamed. And yet I suspect that when I …

Earthly nourishment

September 17, 2019Culture, Decolonising, Healing, Indigenous Sciencechild, earth, Earth Ethos, grounding, healing, identity, indigenous, integrity, power, survivalValerie Ringland

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All Law-breaking comes from that first evil thought, “I am greater-than,” that original sin of placing yourself above the land or above other people.

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The power of denial

August 17, 2019Decolonising, Healing, Spiritual Skills, Valuesacceptance, ancestral healing, colonialism, culture, flow, healing, identity, integrity, philosophy, power, survivalValerie Ringland

Denial literally means “saying no” to something, but we tend to think of it in a negative way. We say things like, “He’s in denial” when someone’s not accepting a …

Boundaries & integrity

July 30, 2019Decolonising, Healing, Indigenous Science, Relationships, Valuesboundaries, colonialism, culture, exercise, grounding, healing, identity, indigenous, integrityValerie Ringland

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There’s a lot of rhetoric about boundaries, and setting healthy boundaries, and crossing boundaries, but in essence, we’re talking about integrity, or wholeness. From google, the etymology …