#healing the past

[harmonyhealinghub]

Celebrating Indigenous Brilliance: A Path Towards Reconciliation

Shaina Tranquilino

October 9, 2023

In our continuous journey towards reconciliation, it is essential that we strive to dismantle stereotypes and misconceptions about Indigenous communities. Too often, the narratives surrounding Indigenous peoples focus solely on their suffering and trauma, perpetuating a one-dimensional view of their experiences. However, as Len Pierre rightly asserts, we must also make a conscious effort to learn about and celebrate the brilliance and success within Indigenous cultures. By doing so, we can foster a deeper understanding and appreciation for the resilience and diversity that defines these remarkable communities.

The Importance of Shifting Perspectives:

For far too long, mainstream media has predominantly portrayed Indigenous communities through a lens of victimhood, emphasizing historical injustices and ongoing struggles. While acknowledging past and present challenges is crucial in understanding the systemic issues faced by Indigenous populations, it is equally vital to recognize their achievements and contributions across various fields.

Indigenous Brilliance: A Rich Tapestry of Success:

Indigenous cultures are rooted in ancient wisdom, profound spirituality, and a deep connection with nature. They possess an innate ability to adapt to changing environments while preserving their heritage. The world owes much gratitude to Indigenous peoples for invaluable contributions in areas such as art, music, literature, science, medicine, education, sports, activism, and more.

Artistic Expressions: From traditional crafts like weaving and pottery to contemporary forms like painting and sculpture, Indigenous artists have enriched global artistic traditions with their unique perspectives. Their work serves as a powerful medium for storytelling while preserving cultural identity.

Literary Legacy: From oral traditions passed down through generations to modern literary works exploring personal experiences or societal issues relevant today – Indigenous authors bring forth diverse narratives that enlighten readers worldwide. Their stories shed light on the richness of indigenous cultures' histories while providing valuable insights into contemporary life.

Scientific Innovations: Indigenous knowledge systems boast sustainable practices that have guided societies for centuries. Techniques related to agriculture, land conservation, and medicinal plant usage demonstrate a deep understanding of the natural world. By incorporating this wisdom into modern scientific practices, Indigenous communities contribute to ecological sustainability and inspire innovative approaches.

Sports and Athletics: Indigenous athletes have achieved remarkable success on national and international platforms. Whether it be in hockey, lacrosse, basketball, or other sports – their talent and determination serve as inspirations for future generations while dismantling stereotypes.

Activism and Community Leadership: Indigenous individuals have been at the forefront of social movements advocating for human rights, environmental protection, and cultural preservation. Their contributions continue to shape policies that promote inclusivity, justice, and equity for all.

Len Pierre's quote emphasizes the need to celebrate Indigenous brilliance alongside acknowledging their suffering and trauma. By expanding our knowledge about the achievements and successes within Indigenous cultures, we can break free from limited narratives. It is through this understanding that we pave the way towards reconciliation based on mutual respect, appreciation, and a genuine desire to learn from one another. Let us collectively embark on a journey that recognizes the resilience, brilliance, and strength inherent in Indigenous communities worldwide.

#indigenous brilliance #celebrating diversity #reconciliation journey #indigenous culture #honouring traditions #cultural revival #resilience and strength #indigenous pride #empowering communities #inclusive society #healing the past #building a better future #celebrating indigenous brilliance #a path towards reconciliation

[finehoney]

i am holding my loneliness and she is a teenage girl with puffy eyes, and i love her more than i have ever loved anyone

#i really am healing #it’s beautiful #my past self #i adore her #she deserves to be loved #diary #writing

[desultory-suggestions]

People who love you shouldn't make you feel ashamed of your interests and hobbies. What you enjoy is wonderful, even if it's uncommon, complicated, stereotypical, etc. Please keep sharing your lovely energy with the world.

#des posts #hobbies #interests #special interests #hyperfixation #shame #shame reduction #suggestions #suggestion blog #desultory suggestions #mental health #mental wellness #self care #healing #wellness #trauma recovery #trauma #past trauma #recovery #traumatic experiences

[claraoswalds]

I'm just... post-bi-generation. Ah, it's more than that.

DOCTOR WHO The Giggle

#dwedit #doctor who #usertennant #userteri #miatendos #userdiana #fourteenth doctor #fifteenth doctor #* #half this ep was just recapping past events it feels like fjsldks #also what the hell is the last bit supposed to mean like. bc at face value it implies that tennant is still going to become ncuti? #that he takes time off from doctor-ing and heals himself and then retroactively becomes fifteen??? idk man #none of the bi-generation stuff made any sense and i hated every second of it <3

[wardingshout]

I'm also having a lot of fun with this game!!

#tloz #a link to the past #I both put so little and too much effort into these #no effort into the starting stage and way too much effort trying to make it somehow work out #it's fun to work like that! #it kinda helps with the stuck feeling since I get to jump straight to what would normally feel like the finishing touches sdhisu #link #zelda #my art #I sure do have a lot of thoughts and impressions of them considering how minimal this game is... (extremely affectionate) #Link's outfit looks like that bc I've gone outfit crazy in totk and I got bored of drawing the plain green tunic for smth else #I wanted to just look at the sprite and do whatever but I love this Zelda outfit too much to touch it too much dfskfu #that was so many tags... maybe nature is healing.... (me)

[haleyincarnate]

I am so proud of little me. 

#hmh #mine #quote art #art therapy #handmade #collage #collage art #childhood #proud #past #trauma #healing #growth #bravery

[sunflowerdales]

Heal || Hunger

#gale dekarios #astarion ancunin #bloodweave #bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #my art #in my gale playthrough like... they have the potential to heal from their pasts together #but they also have the potential to encourage their impulses too #which I find really fascinating about them

[thepeacefulgarden]

#self compassion #self forgiveness #self compassion and accountability can and must coexist #talk a little nicer to yourself #self care #healing #recovery #you are not your past #you are not your mistakes #letting go

[sutekiniichan]

I wanted to see 98 Meryl in the black turtleneck and jumpsuit look from late Trimax so I drew over some screenshots. Partly spurred on by @eomma-jpeg's 98-based Knives domestication fic in the meadow where Meryl eventually starts wearing this.

#Meryl Stryfe #Vash the Stampede #Milly Thompson #Trigun 1998 #Trigun #screenshot edits #the fic is also slow burn millyons and vashmeryl it's great #also has references to past millywood and vashwood #all that angst and healing good stuff #go read it

[nolan-sims]

me rn ☺️🌸🌱💗✨️

#non sims #nonsims #tbd #I've been deathly ill for the past week #but these boops are healing me #☺️ #new cc is coming btw #as soon as I can pull my bones out of bed and cosplay as a person again #💀

[ride-a-dromedary]

[Tell me something about yourself that I wouldn't even think to ask.]

#Baldur's Gate 3 #BG3 #halsinedit #bg3edit #bg3 spoilers #videogameedit #Halsin #otheredits #my stuff #i believe that this line #and it's delivery particularly in regards to his expression dropping before smiling again (because it almost comes across #as halsin being....hesitant to talk about himself because a. he feels like he doesn't do anything interesting #and b. has obviously been made fun of in the past judging by a few things and is waiting for you to as well) #(which makes that choice to be like haha bear and honey isn't that on the nose come off as more a dickish thing to say imho) #and the line 'it was a long time ago the wounds don't heal but they become more bearable' #say a whole lot about halsin in general and are largely overlooked when his character is being analyzed #a n y w a y....i love one gentle giant man please larian fix him up a bit and give him some more to say #otherwise it's fine i'll just be here and still love him and hate colouring this game

[desultory-suggestions]

You will never have it all figured out. That can be an uncomfortable truth to accept, but remember that the goal is not to be prepared for everything. It is simply to be capable of responding healthily to the unexpected.

#des posts #suggestions #suggestion blog #desultory suggestions #mental health #mental wellness #self care #healing #wellness #trauma recovery #trauma #past trauma #recovery #traumatic experiences #ed recovery #eating disorder #eating disorder recovery #bulimia #anorexia #bed #binge eating disorder #ed wellness #ed things

[selfhealingmoments]

#mental health #self improvement #self reflection #self worth #self help #healing #new life #letting go #inspirational quotes #positivity #new beginnings #let go #toxic friends #toxic people #past self #people from the past #past life

[epiclamer]

This is the post you all have voted for… (i settled for smutty hurt x comfort since you guys were so close)

@save-the-villainous-cat happy two year anniversary baby <3

It wasn’t the end of the world, Villain had been injured in battle countless times before and it was never a problem. But, god, there was so much blood.

They weren’t a very optimistic person by nature, but things had never looked worse for them than at this precise moment. Stumbling blindly through friendly, neighbourhood complexes and past steadily blurring townhouses. Villain could practically feel their demise impending.

“Hey there, stranger~” The criminal gulped, eyes shooting around like a cornered animal looking for an escape. “You’re in pretty rough shape to be standing on two feet…”

Their eyes locked in on a figure—somewhere at the back of their mind they were flooded with a sensation of ease, though they couldn’t quite pinpoint why. They continued to stumble forwards and practically into the stranger’s arms anyways, for whatever reason it felt right.

“Easy— Easy there, Villain… just relax I’ve got you, I’ll take good care of you, huh?”

Warmth spread through the criminal’s mind at the sound of the other’s voice, then down into their muscles before seeping deep to their bones. They blinked and when they opened their eyes again they were laying in a tub, their feet resting at the tap where hot water poured down and into the bath.

For a moment they panicked, but a hand found its way to their shoulder and grounded them back to the present. They knew that hand, they knew that touch.

Hero.

“I’ve got you, baby~” They teased, grinning from ear to ear as they fiddled with the temperature to the water with their free hand.

It all came rushing back to the villain; the fight they had picked with their superior—on purpose—and whatever hope they had left dragging their feet to the hero’s house in a desperate attempt for attention survival.

Hero’s touch was warm where it laid by their collarbone, heating the skin to a feverish degree as it began stitching the villain back together. See, Hero’s powers only worked through touch (something the villain had learned a very long time ago purely on accident), but as much as their touch held only kindness, it did not extend to their healing abilities.

Because, god, did it ever hurt. Painful in some sick and horribly pleasurable way that Villain couldn’t seem to stop craving.

Their collarbone snapped back into place, the bone mending itself back together and their eyes flew open along with the sob that was wrenched from their throat. They flailed, partially to escape the hero’s torturous touch, partially to fall further into their grasp.

“Hey, hey, it’s okay… deep breaths remember?” The crime-stopper’s hand moved down their chest, giving their upper half the gift of a breath as they pained the rest of them.

The villain’s relief was only present for a fleeting moment, as they felt the hero’s fingertips trace the edges of the gash to their chest. Already the ripped skin pulled taught and their torn muscles seized up, under command of the other’s touch.

Villain knew what was coming.

They squirmed, the bath water submerging their legs in its warm embrace, Hero’s hand teasing at their wound, they couldn’t help but try and pull away. “Please—”

The hero shushed them, bringing their free hand to cup the villain’s chin. “I’ll be quick, I promise.” They pressed their hand flat against the gaping hole that should have been the villain’s abdomen, jolting them.

Villain screamed, it was dry and rugged, they recoiled from their nemesis but the only other thing there to hold them was the bath water. “Please, H-Hero, please—” Three more seconds and the criminal was sure to pass out.

Then it stopped. Before the villain could beg again, before they could lose consciousness, the pain stopped.

Cautiously, the villain’s eyes fluttered open, their enemy smiled sweetly back, fingertips now tracing the completely untouched abdomen of the villain’s. They looked normal, they looked okay, even after everything the hero had managed to restore them to their previous glory.

“You okay, gorgeous?”

Villain’s eyes met the hero’s once more, they were gentle yet somewhat mischievous. They nodded, brain completely fogged, maybe from the pain, most likely from the hero’s distracting gaze.

The area still pulsed with the ghost of a previous slash, but there was nothing, just the heat from the hero’s hands. It left a sweet aftertaste on their exhausted mind.

“Think you can handle another round tonight?” They waggled their eyebrows in emphasis, removing one hand to shut off the water to the bath as it began to cover the villain’s stomach.

Villain glared, but only for a moment, some of their usual snideness returning to their demeanour. “Can y-you be a little nicer?”

Hero hummed, eyes glued to their own hands as they made their way down to the inside of the criminal’s thighs, their hands beginning to resume their previous healing glow even under the water. “Really? I thought you liked it rough?”

The villain’s cheeks turned red, but they didn’t have time to retort before the hero placed their hands back against their skin and shut them up with a moan.

#ahhh this sucks I’m so sorry #i love you babyyyyy #Thank you for putting up with me for the past two years— #i love love love you baby!! #heres to the next two thousand years!’n #hero x villain #villain #villain x hero #hero #drabbles #fantasy #imagines #scenarios #hero and villain #villain and hero #heroes #villains #heroes and villains #villains and heroes #heroes x villains #villains x heroes #whump #whumpee #whumper #caretaker #villain whump #villain whumpee #hero caretaker #supervillain whumper #healing powers

[haleyincarnate]

Quote by Ari Cofer

#ari.b.cofer #ari b. cofer #writing #quote #poetry #poem #handmade #handwriting #healing #anger #rage #trauma #past #pain #loss #relationship #friendship #family #recovery #hmh #mine #quote art #art therapy

[ask-the-rag-dolly]

Ragatha...who is that...?

#tadc ragatha #[ ask2 ] #ragatha voice what do you mean to heal from my past trauma i have to face my past