Javier Omar Meléndez-Vega, LCSW
@eutierriatherapy.bsky.social
📍San Antonio | LCSW-S | Decolonial Therapist & Cultural Worker
Helping healers & seekers decolonize & reconnect
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Helping healers & seekers decolonize & reconnect
hopp.bio/eutierriatherapy
There's a myth that decolonization only matters to those who were colonized.
But what if the same systems that stole Indigenous lands also severed European peoples from their own ancestral connections? What if we're all living in the wound, just in different locations?
But what if the same systems that stole Indigenous lands also severed European peoples from their own ancestral connections? What if we're all living in the wound, just in different locations?
May 6, 2025 at 2:59 PM
There's a myth that decolonization only matters to those who were colonized.
But what if the same systems that stole Indigenous lands also severed European peoples from their own ancestral connections? What if we're all living in the wound, just in different locations?
But what if the same systems that stole Indigenous lands also severed European peoples from their own ancestral connections? What if we're all living in the wound, just in different locations?
Can you name the lands and nations where your grandmothers were born?
The silence that often follows this question reveals a wound we all carry—though in profoundly different ways. This disconnection is at the heart of why decolonization matters for everyone. 1/6
The silence that often follows this question reveals a wound we all carry—though in profoundly different ways. This disconnection is at the heart of why decolonization matters for everyone. 1/6
April 28, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Can you name the lands and nations where your grandmothers were born?
The silence that often follows this question reveals a wound we all carry—though in profoundly different ways. This disconnection is at the heart of why decolonization matters for everyone. 1/6
The silence that often follows this question reveals a wound we all carry—though in profoundly different ways. This disconnection is at the heart of why decolonization matters for everyone. 1/6
Have you ever noticed how your body responds when approaching the edges of what feels safe?
The quickened heartbeat, the tightened chest, the urge to retreat to familiar ground—even when that ground no longer sustains us.
This is what happens when we begin the work of decolonization. 1/5
The quickened heartbeat, the tightened chest, the urge to retreat to familiar ground—even when that ground no longer sustains us.
This is what happens when we begin the work of decolonization. 1/5
April 18, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Have you ever noticed how your body responds when approaching the edges of what feels safe?
The quickened heartbeat, the tightened chest, the urge to retreat to familiar ground—even when that ground no longer sustains us.
This is what happens when we begin the work of decolonization. 1/5
The quickened heartbeat, the tightened chest, the urge to retreat to familiar ground—even when that ground no longer sustains us.
This is what happens when we begin the work of decolonization. 1/5
The most powerful prison isn't built with stone walls, it's built with thoughts that feel like our own.
Colonization's deepest victory wasn't taking land, it was convincing us to see ourselves through the colonizer's eyes. 1/5
Colonization's deepest victory wasn't taking land, it was convincing us to see ourselves through the colonizer's eyes. 1/5
April 13, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The most powerful prison isn't built with stone walls, it's built with thoughts that feel like our own.
Colonization's deepest victory wasn't taking land, it was convincing us to see ourselves through the colonizer's eyes. 1/5
Colonization's deepest victory wasn't taking land, it was convincing us to see ourselves through the colonizer's eyes. 1/5
"There will be no psychological health and well-being as long as we are at war with Creation. Our psychological health and well-being is inextricably linked to the quality of our relationship with Creation." - Arthur Blume
*A New Psychology Based on Community, Equality, and Care of the Earth*
*A New Psychology Based on Community, Equality, and Care of the Earth*
April 8, 2025 at 12:58 AM
"There will be no psychological health and well-being as long as we are at war with Creation. Our psychological health and well-being is inextricably linked to the quality of our relationship with Creation." - Arthur Blume
*A New Psychology Based on Community, Equality, and Care of the Earth*
*A New Psychology Based on Community, Equality, and Care of the Earth*
When those protecting the Earth are discarded, we all feel the loss.
This free online support group on April 17 is for scientists and stem professionals who have been laid off, defunded, or disheartened by this political moment.
Come be held. Link in bio 🌍
#climatecrisis #STEM #scientists
This free online support group on April 17 is for scientists and stem professionals who have been laid off, defunded, or disheartened by this political moment.
Come be held. Link in bio 🌍
#climatecrisis #STEM #scientists
April 7, 2025 at 8:38 PM
When those protecting the Earth are discarded, we all feel the loss.
This free online support group on April 17 is for scientists and stem professionals who have been laid off, defunded, or disheartened by this political moment.
Come be held. Link in bio 🌍
#climatecrisis #STEM #scientists
This free online support group on April 17 is for scientists and stem professionals who have been laid off, defunded, or disheartened by this political moment.
Come be held. Link in bio 🌍
#climatecrisis #STEM #scientists
🧵 Decolonizing Mind, Body & Community: A Path to Collective Liberation
Pathway 1, Part A: The Historical Context of Colonization
(1/10)
Pathway 1, Part A: The Historical Context of Colonization
(1/10)
April 5, 2025 at 3:24 AM
🧵 Decolonizing Mind, Body & Community: A Path to Collective Liberation
Pathway 1, Part A: The Historical Context of Colonization
(1/10)
Pathway 1, Part A: The Historical Context of Colonization
(1/10)
Reposted by Javier Omar Meléndez-Vega, LCSW
If you are interested In decolonization and the personal work around the knowledge, I highly recommend following @eutierriatherapy.bsky.social
They didn't just steal land.
They severed relating—
turning soil into property, wisdom into myth, healing into madness.
And we inherited the ache.
1/4
They severed relating—
turning soil into property, wisdom into myth, healing into madness.
And we inherited the ache.
1/4
April 5, 2025 at 12:52 AM
If you are interested In decolonization and the personal work around the knowledge, I highly recommend following @eutierriatherapy.bsky.social
They didn't just steal land.
They severed relating—
turning soil into property, wisdom into myth, healing into madness.
And we inherited the ache.
1/4
They severed relating—
turning soil into property, wisdom into myth, healing into madness.
And we inherited the ache.
1/4
April 1, 2025 at 10:14 PM
They didn't just steal land.
They severed relating—
turning soil into property, wisdom into myth, healing into madness.
And we inherited the ache.
1/4
They severed relating—
turning soil into property, wisdom into myth, healing into madness.
And we inherited the ache.
1/4
Decolonization is NOT a metaphor—it is action, it is change, it is evolution and it's medicine for a wound that runs through all of us, though in different ways. Decolonization is a path back to what is real, sacred, and alive.
1/6
1/6
April 1, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Decolonization is NOT a metaphor—it is action, it is change, it is evolution and it's medicine for a wound that runs through all of us, though in different ways. Decolonization is a path back to what is real, sacred, and alive.
1/6
1/6
The backlash against DEI isn’t just political.
It’s psychological.
A defense of empire’s schema:
where objectivity erases relationship,
and liberty outweighs responsibility.
Plurality is not the threat.
Assimilation is.
It’s psychological.
A defense of empire’s schema:
where objectivity erases relationship,
and liberty outweighs responsibility.
Plurality is not the threat.
Assimilation is.
March 27, 2025 at 12:34 AM
The backlash against DEI isn’t just political.
It’s psychological.
A defense of empire’s schema:
where objectivity erases relationship,
and liberty outweighs responsibility.
Plurality is not the threat.
Assimilation is.
It’s psychological.
A defense of empire’s schema:
where objectivity erases relationship,
and liberty outweighs responsibility.
Plurality is not the threat.
Assimilation is.
What's the difference between Western and Indigenous science?
One seeks knowledge to master the world
The other seeks knowledge to sustain and nurture it
#landback #mentalhealth #socialworkmonth #eutierriatherapy
One seeks knowledge to master the world
The other seeks knowledge to sustain and nurture it
#landback #mentalhealth #socialworkmonth #eutierriatherapy
March 8, 2025 at 4:05 PM
What's the difference between Western and Indigenous science?
One seeks knowledge to master the world
The other seeks knowledge to sustain and nurture it
#landback #mentalhealth #socialworkmonth #eutierriatherapy
One seeks knowledge to master the world
The other seeks knowledge to sustain and nurture it
#landback #mentalhealth #socialworkmonth #eutierriatherapy
📖 Next up in the Wholistic Minds Book Club
We're diving into A New Psychology Based on Community, Equality, and Care of the Earth by Arthur W. Blume. This book challenges Western psych paradigms and re-centers Indigenous knowledge, community, and ecological balance as foundations for healing.
We're diving into A New Psychology Based on Community, Equality, and Care of the Earth by Arthur W. Blume. This book challenges Western psych paradigms and re-centers Indigenous knowledge, community, and ecological balance as foundations for healing.
A New Psychology Based on Community, Equality, and Care of the Earth
Explains Native American psychology and how its unique perspectives on mind and behavior can bring a focus to better heal individual, social, and global disorde…
www.bloomsbury.com
February 24, 2025 at 10:52 PM
📖 Next up in the Wholistic Minds Book Club
We're diving into A New Psychology Based on Community, Equality, and Care of the Earth by Arthur W. Blume. This book challenges Western psych paradigms and re-centers Indigenous knowledge, community, and ecological balance as foundations for healing.
We're diving into A New Psychology Based on Community, Equality, and Care of the Earth by Arthur W. Blume. This book challenges Western psych paradigms and re-centers Indigenous knowledge, community, and ecological balance as foundations for healing.
Since I was a child, I have been a dreamer. My dreams are vivid, sometimes lucid, and they have always felt like more than just "brain activity."
My mother, also a dreamer, told me that dreams are how God speaks to us. 1/7
My mother, also a dreamer, told me that dreams are how God speaks to us. 1/7
February 22, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Since I was a child, I have been a dreamer. My dreams are vivid, sometimes lucid, and they have always felt like more than just "brain activity."
My mother, also a dreamer, told me that dreams are how God speaks to us. 1/7
My mother, also a dreamer, told me that dreams are how God speaks to us. 1/7
"The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it." - Chief Joseph, 1879
February 17, 2025 at 4:58 AM
"The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it." - Chief Joseph, 1879
Reposted by Javier Omar Meléndez-Vega, LCSW
This week, approximately 200,000 federal workers have been let go.
February 14, 2025 at 1:20 PM
This week, approximately 200,000 federal workers have been let go.
Reposted by Javier Omar Meléndez-Vega, LCSW
Please request a correction for this NPR post that wrongly blames Parks for the removal:
www.npr.org/2025/02/14/g...
www.npr.org/2025/02/14/g...
February 14, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Please request a correction for this NPR post that wrongly blames Parks for the removal:
www.npr.org/2025/02/14/g...
www.npr.org/2025/02/14/g...
Reposted by Javier Omar Meléndez-Vega, LCSW
The removal of a transgender reference from the National Park Service’s Stonewall website wasn’t done by NPS staff. Elon, care to elaborate?
February 14, 2025 at 4:55 AM
The removal of a transgender reference from the National Park Service’s Stonewall website wasn’t done by NPS staff. Elon, care to elaborate?
Reposted by Javier Omar Meléndez-Vega, LCSW
Across the government, probationary employees and Schedule A workers—including individuals with severe physical, psychiatric, or intellectual disabilities, as well as veterans—are being let go.
February 14, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Across the government, probationary employees and Schedule A workers—including individuals with severe physical, psychiatric, or intellectual disabilities, as well as veterans—are being let go.
Reposted by Javier Omar Meléndez-Vega, LCSW
The Indigenous People of North America have decided to go back to calling the Gulf of Mexico, “Chalchiuhtlicueyecatl”. It is what the Nahuatl People originally called it as it is the domain of the goddess Chalchiuhtlicue, who is assoc w/water bodies, including the Gulf of Mexico.
February 14, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Reposted by Javier Omar Meléndez-Vega, LCSW
February 14, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Colonial trauma doesn’t just affect history—it affects how we love, how we grieve, how we show up in the world.
Healing isn’t just personal—it’s ancestral. It’s cultural. It’s collective.
Healing isn’t just personal—it’s ancestral. It’s cultural. It’s collective.
February 14, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Colonial trauma doesn’t just affect history—it affects how we love, how we grieve, how we show up in the world.
Healing isn’t just personal—it’s ancestral. It’s cultural. It’s collective.
Healing isn’t just personal—it’s ancestral. It’s cultural. It’s collective.
Colonization doesn’t just live in history books—it lives in our nervous systems.
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February 14, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Colonization doesn’t just live in history books—it lives in our nervous systems.
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