Deer Lady Art

10/02/2026

Be Thompson

10/02/2026

For Sale

Memorabilia Items from Orange Shirt Day.

Check it out! 👀😁

10/02/2026

For Sale- $15

Fall Flower Arrangement
Version 3

Medicine Wheel Colors w/ Bejeweled Orange Heart 🧡

10/02/2026

For Sale -$15

Version 2- Medicine Wheel Colors with 2 Orange Hearts 🧡 🧡

Fall Flower Arrangement

10/02/2026

For Sale-$15

Flower Arrangement for Fall

Version 1- Black with Metis Style Ribbon w/ Orange Butterfly.
I'll call it
Metis Butterfly

All one of kind

09/29/2026

Get ready for Orange Shirt Day event at local hospital.
Selling a few items of Crafts and Baked goods

09/26/2026

Some actual time to make some crafts! There's a Orange Shirt Day at my local Royal Columbian Hospital Sept 29 & 30😁

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06/18/2026

my apologies to my mini fan page. I have been going through a lot of heartache these days, and other things in my life right now have been taken priority. i will be back soon though, hopefully with new vibe and energy to bring to my table to share. 🤲🪶 Running Deer🦌

04/20/2026

Wild cool 😎

1. The ritual was called “Wičháŋpi Wóyute” — star feeding.
Lakota healers used it for those who lost loved ones or survived violence.
The person didn’t talk about the trauma.
They fed it.
They’d gather stones representing the pain, then carry them to a river and release them one by one while speaking the memory out loud to the water.
The final stone was kept as a reminder that grief was witnessed, not erased.
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2. The practice was banned by missionaries in the 1800s as “primitive superstition.”
But in 2019, Johns Hopkins trauma researchers recreated it with PTSD patients.
They found the physical act of releasing objects while verbalizing trauma engages both hemispheres of the brain — something talk therapy alone doesn’t achieve.
Results after 6 sessions:
• PTSD symptom reduction: 73%
• Intrusive thoughts decreased by 81%
• Emotional regulation improved 6x faster than traditional therapy
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3. The protocol (modern adaptation):
• Gather small objects (stones, paper, anything tangible)
• Each object represents one painful memory or feeling
• Go to a natural setting (river, ocean, forest)
• Hold each object, speak the memory out loud
• Release it physically (throw it, bury it, burn it)
• Keep one object as a witness
The act of physical release signals to the brain that the memory has been processed.
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4. Therapy organizations pushed back hard.
One psychologist association called it:
“Unscientific and potentially harmful.”
But the data showed otherwise.
The modern therapy model profits from long-term treatment.
A ritual that works in 6 sessions disrupts a multi-billion-dollar industry.
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5. Try it with one painful memory.
Lakota healers said:
“The wound that’s held grows.
The wound that’s released heals.”
Your brain doesn’t need endless analysis.
It needs a signal that the pain has been acknowledged and can be released.
Most people are still carrying stones from decades ago.