Wellness-Informed

The importance of buffering adverse childhood experiences KEY POINTS Adversity in childhood is associated with poor physiologic regulation, seen in…

Individualism is not our species’ heritage and can misdirect development. KEY POINTS Maslow benefitted from his summer with the Blackfoot, shifting…

Humility involves modest, selfless, and respectful action toward all. When compared with traditional communities around the world, U.S. culture today is far…

KEY POINTS The inflammation in our bodies is intricately linked to the disordered systems we experience."Deep medicine" rebalances bodies and the systems…

This presentation was given to the 47th Annual Conference of the Association for Moral Education in November 2021. https://youtu.be/dHHJ7kIxfFE …

Prevention of toxic stress must be partnered with relational health, says AAP. KEY POINTS To grow in healthy ways, babies need to synchronize…

A Center for Global Nonkilling presentation by Darcia Narvaez, PhD, and Mary Tarsha. https://youtu.be/8DYh4LP-JwI It could be argued that humans have…

A new study shows play’s effects on vagal tone. KEY POINTS Children's free play influences their physiological and psychological health.Healthy…

Triggers undermine intelligence. KEY POINTS The human animal has built in self-healing instincts.Self-healing instincts are thwarted by cultural…

How a parent responds to their child’s needs can affect more than just behaviour. New research from UBC’s faculty of medicine and BC Children’s Hospital…