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The Belonging Hoax
"We are the prison and we are the guards who prevent our escape. The simple truth is each of us must escape from ourselves. Clearly, no one can do this for us.…
Humility: The Missing Virtue?
Does a flourishing life (and world) depend on humility?
What is humility? It’s not humiliation, nor groveling, nor subordination. It manifests in…
Self-Transformation 2: Ego-Dissolution
To grow, we must get away from living on the edge of being upset.
Why Doctors Are Increasingly Prescribing Nature
As rates of chronic disease among children have skyrocketed over the past few decades, pediatricians have increasingly looked for solutions beyond the clinic.…
Breastfeeding in the USA—A Little History, Part 1 of 2
Breastfeeding In The USA - A Little History
PART ONE OF TWO
How did infant formula come to dominate infant feeding?
The other day I overheard a graduate…
Breastfeeding’s Importance—What Science Tells Us, Part 2 of 2
Happy World Breastfeeding Week and National Breastfeeding Month!
August 1-7 is World Breastfeeding Week and the entire month of August is breastfeeding month…
Mother’s Milk, Mother’s Wisdom – A New Documentary
TRAILER_MOTHERSMILK_MASTER from Jennifer Goldsmith on Vimeo.
ABOUT THE FILM
The idea for Mother's Milk, Mother's Wisdom was born out of a passion to…
Trauma As Disconnection From The Self – Gabor Maté, MD
Scotland is in the midst of a growing grassroots movement aimed at increasing public awareness of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs). We now have glaring…
What Wise Elders Know
PART FOUR OF FOUR: We need the encouragement that wise elders offer.
"Wise elders have learned from their scars. They have not been taken over by their…
Self-Actualize And Become A Wise Elder
PART THREE OF FOUR: The practices that foster your elderhood development
As mentioned in the prior blog post in the series, in his book, Come of…