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When traditional Indigenous healing requires unwilling family participation

Our family hired a traditional Hawaiian healer for my brother's addiction recovery, but the healer says the whole family needs to participate in healing our collective trauma, and some of my siblings are resistant to examining painful family history that might be contributing to his struggles.

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Holistic healing traditions challenge individualistic approaches to problems, forcing families to confront their interconnected wounds.

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“Where Are You with Indigenous healing traditions — Americas and Pacific?”

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