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Conscious Parenting
The Activist’s Paradox
My process shows the pressures that build on an individual that are produced by the cultural messages we learn from our societies’ experts of what it means to…
Natives Foster Happy People Without Overthinking
In 1975, Jean Liedloff shocked Americans with her book, The Continuum Concept: In Search of Happiness Lost. She reflected on her…
Overcoming Nature Deficit Disorder
Being disconnected from nature can lead to negative outcomes. Learn how to reconnect with the living world around you. Listen to award-winning neuroscience…
Ecocentrism: What May Be Needed to Save Our Species
How can we restore our heritages of nested, earth-centered living?
The dearth of virtue in (tested Western) populations has been lamented and assumed to be…
How Midwifery Racially Evolved
Birthing Battle | Equity in Maternal Health CareThis is the first in a series of stories about the evolution of midwifery that will appear on Flatland the…
Anger Is Your Friend
It’s time to free it from your oppression and let it do its work
"But we’re never gonna survive…unless, we get a little crazy."Seal
Recently a friend…
Thoughts At 2 a.m…
A driving summer rain rousts us from bed at 2am on Wednesday. It snuffs the fireflies’ lanterns, plunging our twinkling hilltop into darkness as Bob and I…
Once Upon A Terrible, Terrible Time…
“...stories taught me many things: that I didn’t have to be ashamed when I was afraid, that I could learn to be brave, that there were times for sorrow and…
‘What To The Slave Is The Fourth Of July?’: Descendants Read Frederick…
The U.S. celebrates this Independence Day amid nationwide protests and calls for systemic reforms. In this short film, five young descendants of…
Únete a la danza del apego ecológico: 28 días para conectar con la…
Tú, tus hijos y tu familia estáis invitados a descubrir formas de conectar con la naturaleza, renovar vuestro apego ecológico y restaurar vuestra conexión viva…