In one of the most luminous moments of the film, Patricia June Vickers—artist, psychotherapist, teacher, and healer rooted in Heiltsuk, Tsimshian, Haida, and British ancestry—shares the reframing that transformed her understanding of forgiveness. She speaks to how she once held forgiveness through a religious lens—something moral, imposed, even punitive—and how that framing never touched the wounds carried in her body and lineage. What changed was not doctrine, but experience. Through ceremony, somatic healing, and ancestral teachings, Patricia came to understand forgiveness not as absolution for harm, but as a compassionate act that liberates the one who forgives. A way of unbinding the heart so it can become medicine for others. She describes forgiveness as the inner shift that allows her to meet pain without becoming it, to see clearly without collapsing into judgment, and to offer healing without carrying the poison of what was done to her people. In the context of colonization, residential schools, and intergenerational trauma, her words land with profound resonance: forgiveness not as erasure, not as compliance, but as a reclamation of spiritual agency—a return to wholeness that strengthens the possibility of communal healing. Patricia’s voice is one of clarity, courage, and deep cultural memory, guiding us into a teaching that is both intimate and universally human. ✨ Experience this moment in the global premiere of If An Owl Calls Your Name Join us for the If An Owl Calls Your Name Global Premiere + 5-Day Online Gathering with Indigenous Elders, Healers & Activists 🗓️ December 9–13, 2025 🎬 Register via the link in bio or at TheEternalSong.org/owl and step into this circle of remembrance, healing, and ancestral wisdom. #IfAnOwlCallsYourName #IndigenousHealing #WisdomOfTheAncestors #TruthTelling #IntergenerationalHealing #CulturalRevitalization #HealingInCommunity #Decolonization #LandBasedHealing #SANDFilms #TES #WeAreNature #FilmForChange