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Cathy Myers on Bringing to Life the Evolved Nest

Cathy Myers Applies Evolved Nest Science to Family Leave and Childcare Policies

By Catherine Myers

In this Nesting Ambassador Program’s Praxis Gathering, Cathy Myers of the venerable nonprofit, Family and Home Network, shares her four decades of public policy education and advocacy for family leave and childcare. As a Certified Nesting Ambassador, Cathy guides us through potential and needed shifts in cultural norms and public policy based on the science of the Evolved Nest.

In this Praxis Gathering, Lisa Reagan opens with Nature Connection and Restorative Healing Practices as examples of the Nesting Ambassador Program’s Learning Experience of the Evolved Nest. We acknowledge that, while human infants are biologically designed and expect to receive a Lived Experience of the Evolved Nest and its nine components, adults benefit from a trauma-informed/wellness-informed approach, or a Learning Experience of the Evolved Nest. Learn more about the Lived vs. the Learning Experience of the Evolved Nest here.

Over the course of five months, this year’s Winter 2026 Cohort, Nesting Ambassadors learn about the Science and Theory of the Evolved Nest with Darcia Narvaez on bi-weekly Saturdays, and experience supportive Praxis Gatherings on alternate Saturdays. The Praxis Gathering explores how to bring to life the Evolved Nest with visits from leaders, elders, storytellers, and activists and provides a safe, supportive environment to share our intentions and ideas for way finding, cycle breaking, and village building.

Learn more about Cathy Myers and her work on Kindred Magazine.

Family and Home Network is a nonprofit partner of Kindred World. Visit Family and Home Network.

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Catherine Myers

Catherine Myers has spent more than four decades as a volunteer leader with the national grassroots nonprofit organization Family and Home Network (FAHN). She served in many roles, and learned much from colleagues as well as the thousands of parents who communicated with the organization via the monthly journal Welcome Home (printed and mailed in the days before the internet).
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A homeschooling / unschooling mother in the 1980 and 1990s, she returned to college to finish her Bachelor’s degree after her children were grown, earning a degree in Individualized Studies in Human Development, Parenting and Policy at George Mason University (2012).
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Unpaid caregiving has been a big part of her life, from at-home mothering for her children to many years of elder care to alloparenting and learning with her four grandsons, whose ages span seventeen years. A life-long self-directed learner, Cathy loved digging into the components of the Evolved Nest and the Kinship worldview in the Nesting Ambassador program. She’s looking forward to working alongside other Nesting Ambassadors and continuing to explore ways to offer this knowledge to anyone and everyone.
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Grassroots nonprofit leader offering affirmation, information and advocacy to parents; working for inclusive policies for all families.
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Learn about Cathy’s nonprofit work on Kindred in this feature and podcast:

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