Restoring Relational Balance: Family Therapy Through the CAT-FAWN…
First published in the Australian & New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy, March 2026 Issue
ABSTRACT
This article introduces the mnemonic, CAT‐FAWN.…
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2026
The Nested Nursery Award: Rooted in Science, Growing in Kinship
By Cameron Sprague and Daniel Burton
This document introduces the philosophy, origins, and transformative purpose of the ‘Nested Nursery’ Award, a…
Apparent Telepathy Between Babies and Nursing Mothers – A Research…
Introduction
In nursing mothers, breast milk becomes available for feeding the baby through a physiological process called the let-down reflex, mediated by the…
AI is the Left-Brain’s Utopia
As noted in multiple earlier posts, we’ve been somewhat blindly undernurturing half our brains, leading to a diminished understanding of intelligence.…
Bringing the Evolved Nest to Schooling
Most children are required to attend school, but if you haven’t noticed, it historically moves against species-normal evolved nest principles. There is:…
What If the Problem Begins Before School?
The challenges we see in classrooms today may begin long before children arrive at school, shaped by early development, caregiving, and the conditions of modern…
AI Mimics Human Intelligence?
Does AI mimic human intelligence? Only if you are half-brained.
If you have any sense of embodied wisdom, experiences of oceanic feeling of oneness with All,…
The Dangers of Being Far-Hearted
World renown anthropologist, Richard Lee (1979), recounted his experiences living with the !Kung, a San Bushmen hunter-gatherer group in the Kalahari whose…
Welcoming Babies with Near-Heartedness
How do we welcome babies to enhance their wellbeing?
Mbuti mothers of the Congo invent a unique song for their womb-child, singing about the maternal…
What is Deep Nestedness?
With deep nestedness, one feels part of the Whole, senses oneness with others, human and non-human. It starts in the womb, feeling part of Mother, an oceanic…