Book review: Killing the Wittigo: Indigenous Culture-Based Approaches to Waking Up, Taking Action, and Doing the Work of Healing – Anishinabek News
September 5, 2023
Doing the work – that’s the hardest part of healing. One can take as many workshops or attend conferences, but unless you sit down and start doing the work will you see change.
It is hard to do this work. The book, Killing the Wittigo: Indigenous Culture-Based Approaches to Waking Up, Taking Action, and Doing the Work of Healing, is a book for young adults, literacy learners, or reluctant learners, but I’m an adult and I think this is the best self-help book that I’ve ever used to do ‘the work’. Author Suzanne Methot, a teacher and social worker, explains historical trauma, lateral violence, identity, setting boundaries, complex trauma, and more. She takes you on your own journey by hearing the voices of other youth, breaking complicated feelings and topics down, and takes you from surviving to thriving.
Killing the Wittigo explains about physical, mental, and emotional self-care. It’s interesting how people adapt to trauma to survive, but that’s all you’re doing – surviving.
