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The “Death Of Birth” And Losing Nature

Jun 12, 2019 Darcia Narvaez, PhD

We are less human if we forget to nurture our nature connection. When is the last time you welcomed a spider or a fly? Your chances to do so are diminishing. The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) issued a report recently giving a dire warning that…

Child development

Voices Of Wisdom: Birth, Relationships And Renewal From Peruvian Masters

Jul 7, 2018 Shaina Levee, M.A.

"Anthropology gives us insights into how relational experiences and communication patterns within different cultures directly shape the development of the mind,” wrote Daniel J. Siegel in his book The Developing Mind: How Relationships and the Brain Interact to Shape Who We Are. As a Western woman given the unique and…

Conscious Parenting

March for Moms, #MeToo, Birth Trauma, And Ending Medical Model Patriarchy

Mar 5, 2018 Lisa Reagan, Executive Editor

Dawn Thompson of Improving Birth and Lisa Reagan, Kindred's editor, connect the dots between America's failed maternal health, the patriarchal medical model, the normalization of birth trauma, the #MeToo movement and the upcoming March for Moms in Washington, DC, on May 6, 2018. Dawn and Lisa outline the problems, challenges and solutions to…

Attachment Parenting / Bonding

Battling Over Birth: Black Women And The Maternal Health Care Crisis – Part Three

Feb 8, 2018 Black Women Birthing Justice

This is part three of a three part series and excerpt from the new book, Battling Over Birth: Black Women and the Maternal Health Care Crisis. Part One: Prenatal Care Barriers Part Two: Stress, Pregnancy and the "Strong Black Woman" Syndrome Part Three: Midwifery Model of Care "Battling over Birth…

Attachment Parenting / Bonding

Battling Over Birth: Black Women And The Maternal Health Care Crisis – Part Two

Feb 8, 2018 Black Women Birthing Justice

This is part two of a three part series and excerpt from the new book, Battling Over Birth: Black Women and the Maternal Health Care Crisis. Part One: Prenatal Care Barriers Part Two: Stress, Pregnancy and the "Strong Black Woman" Syndrome Part Three: Midwifery Model of Care "Battling over Birth…

Attachment Parenting / Bonding

Battling Over Birth: Black Women And The Maternal Health Care Crisis: Part One

Feb 8, 2018 Black Women Birthing Justice

This is part one of a three part series and excerpt from the new book, Battling Over Birth: Black Women and the Maternal Health Care Crisis. Part One: Prenatal Care Barriers Part Two: Stress, Pregnancy and the "Strong Black Woman" Syndrome Part Three: Midwifery Model of Care "Battling Over Birth…

Attachment Parenting / Bonding

Sing Me a Book And Read Me a Song: March Is “Read Aloud From Birth” Month!

Mar 1, 2017 Pam Leo

“It isn’t just baby’s body that is growing this first year, baby’s brain is developing even more rapidly. Build Baby’s Brain With Books.” says Dr. John Hutton, Read Aloud 15 Minutes “SpokesDoctor.” In 2014, the American Academy of Pediatrics changed its former recommendation that parents, grandparents, and caregivers start reading…

Breastfeeding

What Adults Did To Me At Birth: A Baby’s Point Of View

Feb 21, 2017 Darcia Narvaez, PhD

What Adults Did To Me At Birth: A Baby’s Point Of View In conveying to her University of Notre Dame students the impact of modern birth on the baby's consciousness, Darcia Narvaez speaks as the persona, Babyheart, to explain this experience from the baby's point of view. - -…

Attachment Parenting / Bonding

Ducking Pies Presenting Birth Psychology For 34 Years: An Interview With Thomas Verny, MD

Nov 1, 2016 Lisa Reagan, Executive Editor

Thomas Verny, MD, shares his experience over 34 years of "ducking pies" presenting the science of birth psychology that, today, finds mainstream audiences through an award-winning documentary and international universities promoting Verny's original wisdom of the foundation of human wellness beginning at conception. Dr. Verny first presented his insights in…

Conscious Parenting

Birthing While Black – An Interview With Jennie Joseph, Midwife And Doula

Jul 9, 2016 Jennie Joseph, LM, CPM

Please join Denise Bolds - Bold Doula - and her special guest Jennie Joseph, Executive Director at Commonsense Childbirth, a 501(c)(3) as our discussion of birthing while black continues. Jennie is a midwife and initiator of the National Perinatal Task Force. Denise Bolds, a certified birth doula in New York and MSW is the…

Conscious Parenting

Birth In America For Black Mothers – A Documentary “the AMERICAN dream”

Jul 5, 2016 Jennie Joseph, LM, CPM

2016 - Women’s Voices Now Online Film Festival: Official selection 2016 - Arts and Cinema Corner, Women Deliver 2016 Global Conference: Official selection For too long America has failed to acknowledge the outrageous and seemingly intractable rates of poor maternal health and deaths of mothers in childbirth. The United States…

Conscious Parenting

BirthKeeper Coaltion Summit 2016 Highlights

Jun 18, 2016 Barbara Rivera

A national coalition of nonprofits and a diverse group of individuals, including psychologists, medical health professionals, doctors, midwives, early developmental educators, parents and more, gathered at the Annual BirthKeeper Summit and Family Rising Rally on May 14, 2016 at the National Press Club in Washington DC. The summit's commitment to…