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Darcia Narvaez, PhD

Professor of Psychology Emerita

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Breastfeeding Resources

Check out our YouTube video on Infant Nutrition

References for YouTube Video PDF

Breastfeeding as Companionship: An Ancient Tradition

Breast Milk Keeps Time and May Set Baby’s Clock

Breastfeeding’s Importance—What Science Tells Us

Breastfeeding in the USA—A Little History

5 Things You Thought You Knew About Breastfeeding

The TREMENDOUS Benefits of Doing What is Normal: Breastfeeding

Stand Up For Breastfeeding

Talk About Breastfeeding With Your Family, Friends and Doctor

Brochure for Medical Professionals:

Facts about Feeding Babies (for medical professionals)  Brochure  References

More Resources

St. Joseph County Breastfeeding Coalition (has resources)

La Leche League

Feeding  Your Baby: What you and your family need to know    References

RSS Evolved Nest

  • Join the Nesting Movement: Restore the Science of the People & Reclaim Our Nested Kinship
    Join the Nesting Movement: Restore the Science of the People & Reclaim Our Nested Kinship   About the Origin Story Discussion with Darcia and Lisa… In the discussion below, Darcia Narvaez and Lisa Reagan share the story of bringing together the transdisciplinary, holistic science theory of the Evolved Nest and the praxis wisdom of Kindred […]
  • Are You Sadistic Enough to be an American?
    As reports show, the sadistic treatment of immigrants, even those with papers for residency, has become pervasive across the USA. Since Trump became president, over 100 immigration judges have been fired, many for being too sympathetic to the unique situations of individuals and families. Hmm, virtue is about attending to the uniqueness of each situation […]
  • Sleep Training Harms Babies
    In our monthly open discussion hour recently at NestedWorld.org, distress over widespread baby sleep training was expressed. Sleep training of babies is encouraged by parent influencers and even pediatricians. The dominant cultural discourse in the USA is that sleep training does no harm. Ay, ay, ay! The truth is the opposite. Sleep training harms babies. […]
  • Integrating the Holistic Science of the Evolved Nest: Self, Scholarship, and Teaching
    In this Nesting Ambassador presentation and discussion, Jill Brown shares her extensive research on child fostering practices in Namibia over 25 years, describing how children are cared for by non-biological family members and the cultural beliefs surrounding this practice, including its role during the AIDS crisis. Jill also presented her experience teaching the Evolve Nest […]
  • No, This Is Not Human Nature. It’s Deep Conditioning.
    What our evolutionary heritage reveals about the world we could build — and the principles that could take us there.
  • You Are the Node. The Family Is the Network. Your Lineage, the Medicine.
    No organism on Earth has ever survived alone, not one, not across the more than three billion years that life has been finding ways to persist on this planet. The story handed to most of us about the strong individual who rose through will and discipline is not a biological truth. A single tree with […]
  • Applied Connection Practices within the Evolved Nest: With Jon Young and Sarah Fontaine
    The Nesting Ambassador Program is currently accepting applications for the Fall 2026 Cohort. Visit www.NestedWorld.org for more information and to submit an application. Jon Young and Sarah Fontaine, Certified Nesting Ambassadors, share their lifelong work and insight into Nature Connection. In this presentation to Nesting Ambassadors, Jon says, “Connection is regenerative, but so it disconnection. […]
  • Integrating Evolved Nest Science Into Systemic Family Therapy
    The Nesting Ambassador Program is currently accepting applications for the Fall 2026 Cohort. Visit www.NestedWorld.org for more information and to submit an application. Listen to Tracey Johnston and Peter Robinson share their experiences of integrating the science of the Evolved Nest into systemic family systems through therapist trainings, journal articles, and speaking at conferences, including […]
  • El juego social de apego como medio de autotransformación
    Lo que todos necesitamos para prosperar y alcanzar nuestro potencial  En los Estados Unidos, la escasez de juego durante la infancia, incluyendo en los jardines de infancia (Miller y Almon, 2009), se ha relacionado con un aumento del estrés infantil y un deterioro del rendimiento (Sahlberg y Doyle, 2019). De hecho, el mejor sistema escolar […]
  • Cultivating Timothy Snyder’s Five Freedoms
    In his book, On Freedom, Timothy Snyder identifies five forms of freedom. The five forms include the capacities to evaluate and change the world (sovereignty or autonomy); the capacity to make choices (unpredictability); the ability to move through time and space following one’s values (mobility); a fact-based apprehension of the world that allows for effective […]

RSS Fresh Eyes

  • Unspoken Forms of Communication
  • Annoying Babies
  • Children Need To Be Fed, Physically and Psychologically
  • The Secrets of Raising Infants
  • Unspoken Forms of Communication
  • Learn to Stop Thinking and Start Being
  • John Bowlby and the Need for Attachment
  • Want a Better Birth? Go Back to the Basics
  • ACES and the Psychology of Chandler from "Friends"
  • Incorporating Play Into The Classroom

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Darcia Narvaez 

Professor of Psychology Emerita

Department of Psychology 

University of Notre Dame

390 Corbett Hall, Notre Dame, IN 46556

Email: dnarvaez@nd.edu

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