How Worldview Literacy & Evolved Nest Science Supported One Family’s Journey Toward Wholeness
Read more about the significance of Andrea Dole’s empowering story of normalizing nurturing in the Summer Issue of Kindred.
In this interview and discussion panel, Lisa Reagan talks with Andrea Dole, a mother of a child born with multiple disabilities who was not expected to live, according to medical doctors, and who is thriving today. Andrea credits her son James resilience to her determination to follow her own heart and nurture James, not abandon him to institutional care.
When Andrea found the book, Restoring the Kinship Worldview, by Four Arrows and Darcia Narvaez, she found the worldview framing she needed to validate her choice to follow her wisdom and James’ lead. Darcia Narvaez’s book, The Evolved Nest,provided further scientific backing for Andrea, so much so that she recently presented her story to a group of Vanderbilt pediatricians in hopes of normalizing nurturing for disabled children and creating policy support for the families who care for them.
In this interview, we will hear Andrea’s story and later in the call, Four Arrows and Darcia Narvaez will join us to unpack Andrea’s experience with worldview and evolved nest framing. Most importantly, we are presenting Andrea’s experience to empower other parents who are struggling to make counter culture choices for wellness for their children and families.
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Watch the Discussion with Andrea Brooks Dole
About Andrea Brooks Dole
Andrea Brooks Dole became the parent representative on the Kindred World board of directors in 2025. she is a singer, advocate, and restorative practitioner, who has been swimming upstream all her life, seeking to return children to a native habitat that is interdependent, diverse, joyful and expressive. Andrea has travelled around the world singing and teaching music from ancient singing traditions with Northern Harmony, and sung in community choirs and small ensembles from Maine to Miami, Chile to Spain, Boston, Bennington, and the Republic of Georgia.
Andrea’s advocacy for children and families, springs from a deep well of trust in the natural world, and from singing powerful songs from cultures worldwide. Andrea embodies a unique capacity to blend best practices from multiple disciplines and traditions to empower people and systems to thrive; she has the sensitivity to attune to unique individuals, and the intelligence to synthesize information from many sources to apply to effective clinical practice.
Andrea has built relationships with legislators, government officials, disability advocates, medical providers, journalists, community members, researchers and academics to help create policy and clinical solutions for children with complex medical needs. She loves to tend to plants in the garden and woods, and helps run Earthways Guide Service, teaching traditional skills and facilitating nature connection.
Andrea lives in an off grid solar timber frame home she and her husband Patrick built in Belfast, Maine, with their two incredible children James (9) and Rafe (7), who were both born at home.
Kindred Resources for this Interview
Restoring The Kinship Worldview: Read The Book’s Introduction
The Evolved Nest Book: Read Chapter One, Nature’s Way
Gabor Maté On The Evolved Nest: Foreword To The New Book
Reimagine Your World in Less Than 30 Minutes – Watch the Evolved Nest Short Film Collection