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Meryn Callander

Meryn G. Callander is the author of the groundbreaking book, Why Dads Leave: Insights and Resources for When Partners Become Parents, as well as After His Affair: Women Rising From The Ashes Of Infidelity. She is the co-founder and past president of the Alliance for Transforming the Lives of Children, aTLC.

Meryn Callander with born in Portland, Australia, in 1952. She graduated from Monash University, Melbourne, with degrees in both economics and social work. At 25, she quit her position working with children in crisis, feeling she was doing little but applying Band-Aids to gaping wounds. Searching for that illusive something more, she headed to Europe, and then the U.S.

It was there she met John W. Travis, M.D., known to many as the founding father of wellness. Their marriage and professional partnership spanned almost three decades, during which time they pushed the leading edges of wellness—going well beyond the popular focus on nutrition and physical fitness, into the mental and emotional, interpersonal and spiritual dimensions of wellbeing. They co-authored several pioneering books on wellness, and facilitated seminars and retreats in the U.S. and internationally.

In 1993, Meryn became a mother. After decades of working in adult wellness, she gleaned a whole new appreciation of how profoundly our early years impact the wellbeing of the adults we become. In 1999 she co-founded, and served for several years as president of, the Alliance for Transforming the Lives of Children. The Alliance emerged from a core group of interdisciplinary experts dedicated to supporting caregivers, professionals, and policymakers in practicing the art and science of nurturing children.

Why Dads Leave: Insights and Resources for When Partners Become Parents (whydadsleave.com) grew out of their journey through the early years of parenting. While John stayed well beyond the challenges of those early years, their experiences compelled her to identify the dynamics underlying the epidemic of men leaving their families—physically or emotionally—soon after the birth of a child, and how couples can grow together rather than apart. The book offers insights and practical ways of preventing the devastating impact of this dynamic.

Her latest book, After His Affair: Women Rising from the Ashes of Infidelity is a reflection of her concern at the escalating rates of infidelity and the devastation that is left in its wake. How can we, as women, make good of our heartbreak? What does it mean for the children? And how might we avoid—or heal from—the trauma of infidelity?

Meryn is a counselor, spiritual intuitive, and akashic reader for women in transition.

Attachment Parenting / Bonding

Mother And Child: Visions Of Parenting From Indigenous Cultures

Meryn Callander Jul 10, 2016 0
Award-winning journalist and photographer, Jan Reynolds, has lived and traveled with indigenous mothers around the world. From above the Arctic Circle to the…
Attachment Parenting / Bonding

The War Against Parents – A Book Review

Meryn Callander Jun 12, 2016 0
Caring, nurturing, cherishing--the essential components of good parenting--have less and less support in our society... In the late 1990s, America's children…
Attachment Parenting / Bonding

You Are Your Child’s First Teacher – A Classic Book Review

Meryn Callander Dec 13, 2015 0
The importance of what our children learn in the home and through their relationship with us forms the irreplaceable foundation of all that comes later. Mother,…
Conscious Parenting

Parenting In The Shadows Of The Soul: Reclaiming The Hidden Treasure

Meryn Callander Oct 28, 2015 0
Many of us in the initial anticipation and excitement of Answering the Call into conscious parenting did not anticipate the frustration, distress, and even…
Books

Emotional Intelligence, By Daniel Goleman: A Book Review

Meryn Callander Oct 10, 2015 0
JOIN MERYN CALLANDER ON A PARENTING AS A HERO’S JOURNEY VIRTUAL RETREAT! A massive survey of parents and teachers shows a worldwide trend for the…
Books

Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Education

Meryn Callander Oct 1, 2015 0
Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Education A Book Review By Meryn Callander In the early nineties John Taylor Gatto resigned from 26 years…
Attachment Parenting / Bonding

The Continuum Concept, A Book Review

Meryn Callander Oct 1, 2015 0
The Continuum Concept: In Search Of Happiness Lost A Book Review By Meryn Callander Jean Liedloff, author of The Continuum Concept,…
Attachment Parenting / Bonding

The Magical Child, by Joseph Chilton Pearce – A BOOK REVIEW

Meryn Callander Aug 12, 2015 0
Intense, intellectual, impassioned a former humanities teacher, as father of five children, Pearce's first reaction to the evidence he presents in the…
ACES, Adverse Childhood Experiences

Children Of Infidelity—How They Hurt, And How They Heal

Meryn Callander Jun 10, 2015 42
https://youtu.be/I34qwHB9O6k Visit the site for a film discussion guide, more educational materials, and science references at…
Conscious Parenting

The New Fatherhood: Yes, They Can Do It

Meryn Callander Apr 21, 2013 1
Discovering Dad: And Staying Connected Today, father is factoring more prominently in research studies, and the findings are fascinating— children…
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