Children Need Safe, Stable, and Nurturing Relationships: New AAP…
Prevention of toxic stress must be partnered with relational health, says AAP.
KEY POINTS
To grow in healthy ways, babies need to synchronize…
How To Build your Own Lifeboat
A quick guide to foster reliance and robustness in these times of intense change.
The ’new normal’ is anything but normal. The constant is change. We’re…
Consuming Less Can Increase Physical and Emotional Wellness
J.B. MacKinnon explains how ending overconsumption can save our planet.
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A new book, using information from vastly different cultures,…
Beyond Trauma-Informed – A Video Presentation
A Center for Global Nonkilling presentation by Darcia Narvaez, PhD, and Mary Tarsha.
https://youtu.be/8DYh4LP-JwI
It could be argued that humans have…
How Has Humanity Lost Practical Wisdom?
First Nations Peoples show us how to grow earth-centered practical wisdom.
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There are important characteristics of practical wisdom that…
Miranda Priestly is Not the Villain
(or, How Texas Stole Women’s Bodies Out from Underneath Our Noses)
How can any of us forget the delightful 2006 film starring Meryl Streep called The…
Why Is Play Good for Young Children?
A new study shows play’s effects on vagal tone.
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Children's free play influences their physiological and psychological health.Healthy…
Digital Dictators, Colonization of Our Bodies, and the Power of the…
Vandana Shiva on Digital Dictators, Colonization of Our Bodies, and the Power of the Regeneration Movement
https://youtu.be/hreQQ20L3Y0
About the…
Intelligence Is Thwarted When We Are Distressed
Triggers undermine intelligence.
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The human animal has built in self-healing instincts.Self-healing instincts are thwarted by cultural…
Go Ahead And Cry
Last week I headed into the high country of the Colorado San Juan mountains with a dear friend and backpacking buddy to spend several days and nights just…