Tag Archives: alcohol abuse

The Sins of the Fathers

Posted on January 8, 2016 by Michael J. Melville

When the phone rang 17 years ago, it was my niece on the phone, to whom I had not spoken in 18 years. She called to tell me that her mom had suffered an aneurysm in her brain and that … Continue reading →

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Orange Marmalade

Posted on February 1, 2015 by Michael J. Melville

What would be fun to do after reading about the Shadow? A movie perhaps, yes, a comedy would be a good compensation, but which one? I had seen the previews for Paddington, that story of the little bear from Darkest … Continue reading →

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On the edge of the abyss

Posted on October 30, 2014 by Michael J. Melville

Two dead sun dance trees. The moon’s infinity shines at night, while the light of consciousness illuminates the foreground. Two trees grow green out of the strange ground of white and blue flowers. A darkened white tipi stands waiting as … Continue reading →

Posted in Child/Parent Relationship, Indigenous traditions, Individuation, Psychology, Rainbow Nation | Tagged alcohol abuse, Healing Meditation, Mentoring Men, Neville Bridgeford, PTSD, sexual abuse in childhood, Tsalagi Tradition, Veterans | 3 Comments

Sometimes we are mean

Posted on June 16, 2014 by Michael J. Melville

It is important to be able to express our negative (bad) feelings. My wife and I would read a children’s book called Happy, Sad, Silly, Mad to our boys when they were growing up. That book introduces the wide variety … Continue reading →

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The Dancing Satyr in the Mirror

Posted on May 10, 2014 by Michael J. Melville

Synchronicity on this spiral journey through the universe never fails to amaze me. I was in the coffee shop/gallery looking at the new display of original paintings hanging on the wall. It was just before closing. For some reason I … Continue reading →

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The Battle of the Year: the Dream Team

Posted on October 3, 2013 by Michael J. Melville

Why would a seventy year old man go to see a film like The Battle of the Year, a film about a break dancing? Oddly it is about a Dream Team. And that’s how this whole story began, in a … Continue reading →

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The Bed Dream

Posted on September 29, 2013 by Michael J. Melville

The Man’s Dream A young couple, whom I know, are laying on a bed. She’s wearing a short white satin dress, he’s wearing white silk, shorts or pajamas. There’s also a younger man, perhaps in his teens, laying on the … Continue reading →

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Reclaiming Childhood

Posted on September 18, 2013 by Michael J. Melville

During lunch the other day a proud father showed me a picture of his four beautiful children. The oldest boy was twelve years old. His five year-old daughter was sitting beside her older brother. The man and his wife were … Continue reading →

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Chemically Dependent Memory and Emotional Growth

Posted on August 19, 2013 by Michael J. Melville

The first time I was told “we stop growing emotionally when we start using substances” was in 1997. My marriage of 30 years was dissolving and I knew the patterns I learned in childhood were the root of it all. … Continue reading →

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Coyote in the Dream World

Posted on January 14, 2013 by Michael J. Melville

I noticed the cat pulling the rug around in a room of the house and went to investigate. A dog might do this, but a cat? Not likely. Looking into the room I saw Coyote, my 46 year-old nephew, looking … Continue reading →

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