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Children Need Safe, Stable, and Nurturing Relationships: New AAP…
Prevention of toxic stress must be partnered with relational health, says AAP.
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To grow in healthy ways, babies need to synchronize…
Consuming Less Can Increase Physical and Emotional Wellness
J.B. MacKinnon explains how ending overconsumption can save our planet.
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A new book, using information from vastly different cultures,…
Beyond Trauma-Informed – A Video Presentation
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…
Miranda Priestly is Not the Villain
(or, How Texas Stole Women’s Bodies Out from Underneath Our Noses)
How can any of us forget the delightful 2006 film starring Meryl Streep called The…
Intelligence Is Thwarted When We Are Distressed
Triggers undermine intelligence.
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The human animal has built in self-healing instincts.Self-healing instincts are thwarted by cultural…
Go Ahead And Cry
Last week I headed into the high country of the Colorado San Juan mountains with a dear friend and backpacking buddy to spend several days and nights just…
Manage Your 4 Characters: Judgy, Anxious, Friendly, Open: Whole Brain…
Your conscious, analytical self is not alone.
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Neuroscientist Jill Bolte Taylor draws more insights from her left brain stroke.Our brain…
Parenting ‘style’ affects children at a molecular level
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…
Living Into The Mystery Between Inner And Outer Climate Change
Watch an outtake of Stephanie Mines' presentation to the Kindred Fellowship Program.
https://youtu.be/DJEX_2aOM3g
In this outtake from her presentation…
Breast Milk is Medicine for Babies
An infant’s microbiome influences motor, social and cognitive development.
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Lack of breast milk in the first year is associated with…