Walking the tracks of healing.

Grief doesn’t always arrive in tears. Sometimes, it looks like avoiding phone calls. Numbing out with screens. Saying "yes" when we mean "no." In Walking the Tracks of Healing, the April 28, 2025 episode of Dear Grandchildren: A Tracker’s Tale, Michael Douglas guides us into the heart of these subtle signals—not as flaws, but as tracks. Signs that we’ve wandered off-path, and that there’s a way home.

Drawing from teachings shared by the Wolf Clan of the Mohawk Nation, Michael lays out 11 “tracks of dis-ease”—powerful ancestral metaphors that help us name the ways imbalance shows up in our bodies, minds, and relationships. From “blood on your chair” (social overwhelm and flight response) to “a disc covering the sun” (loss of purpose), each track invites a deeper awareness of the stories we’re carrying—and a pathway for transformation.

Through story and reflection, we’re reminded that imbalance is not failure—it’s feedback. Like animal signs in the forest, these symptoms point toward something vital: a need to reclaim presence, gratitude, and personal sovereignty. Healing, here, is not abstract. It’s as tangible as washing the dishes, singing with your daughter, or sitting still long enough to notice the wind shift before you walk into work.

This episode is a call to presence. To track your own symptoms of disconnection with honesty and compassion. To compost grief into growth. And above all, to remember that your fire matters—not just to you, but to the wellness of your community.

Listen to the full episode and begin turning your dis-ease into direction.