How Has Humanity Lost Practical Wisdom?
First Nations Peoples show us how to grow earth-centered practical wisdom.
KEY POINTS
There are important characteristics of practical wisdom that…
Yearly Archives
2021
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…
Why Is Play Good for Young Children?
A new study shows play’s effects on vagal tone.
KEY POINTS
Children's free play influences their physiological and psychological health.Healthy…
Digital Dictators, Colonization of Our Bodies, and the Power of the…
Vandana Shiva on Digital Dictators, Colonization of Our Bodies, and the Power of the Regeneration Movement
https://youtu.be/hreQQ20L3Y0
About the…
Intelligence Is Thwarted When We Are Distressed
Triggers undermine intelligence.
KEY POINTS
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.
KEY POINTS
Neuroscientist Jill Bolte Taylor draws more insights from her left brain stroke.Our brain…
New technologies claiming to copy human milk reuse old marketing tactics…
Despite claims to the contrary, the real thing cannot be replicated.
Cecília Tomori, Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing
New products that claim to…
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…
Letter From The Editor: What We Did This Summer
Dear Kindred,
Read the August 2021 issue of Kindred's newsletter here.
What did we do here at Kindred this summer? As Stephanie Mines encourages us to do…