What’s the Use of Midwives and Doulas?
Note: First author is Elizabeth Ledden
Doulas have been assisting childbirth since time immemorial. A doula is a support to the mother throughout the…
Don’t Know Mind as a Path for Parenting
Don’t-Know-Mind, or Beginners Mind, is a Buddhist principle that helps remind us that clinging to certainty is a natural human tendency that can…
Letter from the Editor, December 2012
(Photo above of Rhea Zimmerman, left, filmmaker, and Lisa Reagan, Kindred's editor, at the Institute of Noetic Sciences in September 2012.)
Dear Kindred…
13 Evidence-Based Medicinal Properties of Coconut Oil
While coconut oil has dragged itself out of the muck of vast misrepresentation over the past few years, it still rarely gets the appreciation it truly…
The Winter Festivals
Naming the Four Weeks of Advent
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9zaV8KcZMA
The Winter Festivals
I am…
Seeing the Pain and Goodness Behind the Behavior
Martel's Thoughts About Parenting
Teresa talks with her son, Martel, who decided he wanted to be physically present in a video and not just…
For Whom the Bell Tolls: A Response to the Newtown, Conn. Massacre
We are again stunned by a shocking tragedy. How can such a thing happen? The roots of today’s violence were sewn long ago. At the beginning,…
Watch the Freedom for Birth 15 Minute Preview – FREE
Freedom for Birth 15 Minute Preview
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7c8UxbT7CU
ONE WORLD BIRTH was born as a film project by British couple, Toni Harman and…
What if Jesus Had Been Born in the USA?
December is the month when the birth of Jesus preoccupies Christians. But birth issues should preoccupy all of us, always, until we fix our baby-harming system.…
Are You A Conscious Parent? Dr. Shefali’s Article and Oprah Winfrey…
Congratulations to Dr. Shefali for taking Conscious Parenting to the Oprah Winfrey Show! See the above, What is a Conscious Parent?
Are You A…