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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

March Is Birth Psychology Month – The What, The Why, The How

Mar 10, 2016 Kate White

The venerable Association for Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology and Health, APPPAH, is proud to announce the creation of Birth Psychology Month, to be celebrated for the first time in March 2016, a month of spring and rebirth for the Northern Hemisphere. In an effort to support organizations, professionals and parents…

Attachment Parenting / Bonding

Creating Harmonic Family Resonance With Birth Psychology: An Interview With Baby Whisperer, Ray Castellino

May 27, 2015 Lisa Reagan, Executive Editor

Editor's Note: Have you heard? Birth psychology is ubiquitous in headlines and research today (see an overview of news in The Conscious Baby online paper and an overview of the new documentary IN UTERO here). But the Western science "discovery" that babies are conscious, remember their births and are developmentally impacted preconception through…

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The Origins Of Birth Psychology With Marti Glenn, PhD

Mar 20, 2015 Marti Glenn, PhD

Kate White, director of education at the Association for Pre and Perinatal Psycholgy, talks with birth psychology pioneer, Marti Glenn, PhD, founder of the Santa Barbara Graduate Institute and currently clinical director of Quest Institute, about the core concepts of birth psychology. In part one, Kate and Marti share insights…

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Core Concepts Of Birth Psychology With Marti Glenn, PhD, and Kate White

Sep 28, 2014 Kate White

SUBSCRIBE TO KINDRED'S YOUTUBE CHANNEL TO GET ALERTS OF KINDRED'S FORTHCOMING VIDEOS, INCLUDING KATE'S INTERVIEWS WITH MARTI GLENN. In September 2014, I spent the day making a film with Dr. Marti Glenn, founder of the former Santa Barbara Graduate Institute and current co-director of theSTAR foundation. We were making a…

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…

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. - -…

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The Psychology Of Circumcision Communication And Social Change

Sep 20, 2016 Ron Goldman, PhD

Ronald Goldman, Ph.D., a psychological researcher, educator, and writer, is the founder and Executive Director of the Circumcision Resource Center in Boston, a nonprofit educational organization. His groundbreaking investigation of the unacknowledged psychological and social aspects of circumcision includes hundreds of contacts with men, parents, Jews, and medical and mental…

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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…

Videos

New Study Finds Epidurals and Other Birth Interventions Increase Risk of Postpartum Depression and Decrease Exclusive Breastfeeding Rates

Aug 26, 2015 Kathleen Kendall-Tackett, PhD

A new article published in Clinical Lactation addresses potential negative outcomes of epidurals and other birth interventions. Birth Interventions Related to Lower Rates of Exclusive Breastfeeding and Increased Risk of Postpartum Depression in a Large Sample, was written by Kathleen Kendall-Tackett, PhD, IBCLC, FAPA, Zhen Cong, PhD, and Thomas W.…

Culture

Birthkeeper Summit And Protest Video

Jun 20, 2015 Molly Arthur

The ACOG 'action' was part of the Birthkeeper Summit which took place in Berkeley April 30th - May 3rd 2015. The protest at ACOG's Annual Meeting was on the last day of the Summit. What is a BirthKeeper? A Birthkeeper is anyone, anywhere, who feels called to guard and protect our most…

Books

Childbirth And The Future Of Homo Sapiens, A Book Review

Dec 22, 2014 Kerry Francis, MA, CD(DONA)

This book review appears in the Winter 2014 issue of the Journal of Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology and Health, JOPPAH, a publication of the Association for Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology and Health. Posted here with permission. The cover of Childbirth and the Future of Homo Sapiens is an enlarged, pixelated…