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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…
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…
Manage Your 4 Characters: Judgy, Anxious, Friendly, Open: Whole Brain…
Your conscious, analytical self is not alone.
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Neuroscientist Jill Bolte Taylor draws more insights from her left brain stroke.Our brain…
Parenting ‘style’ affects children at a molecular level
How a parent responds to their child’s needs can affect more than just behaviour.
New research from UBC’s faculty of medicine and BC Children’s Hospital…
Living Into The Mystery Between Inner And Outer Climate Change
Watch an outtake of Stephanie Mines' presentation to the Kindred Fellowship Program.
https://youtu.be/DJEX_2aOM3g
In this outtake from her…
Breast Milk is Medicine for Babies
An infant’s microbiome influences motor, social and cognitive development.
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Lack of breast milk in the first year is associated with…
The Amazing Adolescent Brain: Appreciate and Nurture It
The capacities of the adolescent brain can invigorate adults
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Developmental neuroscience opens a positive view of adolescent brains.Adults…
The Surprising Antidote To Exhaustion
If the pandemic has done anything to me, it has stripped me of what I thought was real and important. It has removed any last drop of energy that I might use…
Enculturated Captivity, Zoochosis, And Collective Trauma
How humans can better coexist with their natural environment.
In this interview with ecopsychologist, Vaughan Wilkins, we explore captivity through a…