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Kindred Media and Community

Kindred Media and Community

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  • The Science of Mindful Motherhood with Cassandra Vieten, PhD

    The Science of Mindful Motherhood with Cassandra Vieten, PhD
    Nov 2 2025
    Lisa Reagan talks with Cassandra Vieten, PhD, president of the Institute of Noetic Sciences, about her research, book, and project exploring healing strategies for Mindful Motherhood. In this interview, you will learn how mindfulness practices can transform a mother, baby, and family's experiences during the stressful times of pregnancy, birth, and child-raising. Learn more about Dr. Vieten's research and this interview on Kindred: https://kindredmedia.org/2012/03/the-empowering-science-of-mindful-motherhood/ Read more about mindfulness on Kindred: https://kindredmedia.org/?s=mindfulness This interview is from our archives and was recorded in 2010. Lisa Reagan and Cassandra Vieten worked with the Museum of Motherhood in NYC to hold the first Mindful Motherhood Conference in 2010. You can read highlights of the conference here: https://kindredmedia.org/2011/11/a-review-of-the-first-ever-mindful-mothering-conference/
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    46 mins
  • Riane Eisler and Darcia Narvaez: Can We Create A Village In A Competitive Culture?

    Riane Eisler and Darcia Narvaez: Can We Create A Village In A Competitive Culture?
    May 23 2025
    Can We Create A Village In A Competitive Culture? Reimagining And Rebuilding With The Evolved Nest And Partnerism A Powerful Conversation with Riane Eisler and Darcia Narvaez Learn more on Kindred: https://kindredmedia.org/2025/05/can-we-create-a-village-in-a-competitive-culture/ In this powerful conversation, Riane Eisler and Darcia Narvaez explore the synergy between Eisler’s Partnerism framework and Narvaez’s Evolved Nest model. Narvaez’s and Eisler’s lifelong scholarly works intersect in their call for a shift towards nurturing, relational, and balanced models of existence that revalue the feminine and kinship bonds, seeing these as essential for creating a sustainable, compassionate future. Their work advocates for a profound cultural transformation, grounded in the rediscovery of ancient values and practices that honor interconnectedness and the sacredness of all life. In defining the complimentary relationship between the Evolved Nest and Partnerism, Riane points out in the video below that alloparenting, one of nine key components of our Evolved Nest, isn’t possible without economic shifts toward gender parity and valuing caregiving. Her insight provides critical guidance for cultural creatives and Nesting Ambassadors who may risk burnout in an effort to create a modern village based on a Cycle of Cooperative Companionship in a decaying culture based on a Cycle of Competitive Detachment. While Narvaez’s work restores our baselines for typical species wellbeing, Eisler’s work expands practical guidance/insights that protect activists from entering into draining Hamster Wheel Activism (acting unconsciously from the Dominant Worldview to engender social change).
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    59 mins
  • Vagus Nerve Development and the Evolved Nest

    Vagus Nerve Development and the Evolved Nest
    Jun 4 2024
    Dr. Darcia Narvaez and Dr. Mary Tarsha discuss their new paper, “Humanity’s Evolved Developmental Niche and its Relation to Cardiac Vagal Regulation in The First Years of Life.” In the paper several components of humanity’s evolved nest were reviewed (breastfeeding, positive touch, allomothers, responsive care, free play) in relation to cardiac vagal nerve regulation, a signal of healthy development, in young children. Here is the link to the paper: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/380329774_Humanity's_evolved_nest_and_its_relation_to_cardiac_vagal_regulation_in_the_first_years_of_life
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    21 mins
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