Press and Presentations

People sometimes ask or wonder about how to be respectful of Native Peoples while desiring to adopt Indigenous ways. I find it helpful to approach the term “Indigenous” in four ways. First, as some argue, we are all indigenous to Earth. True. We are Earthlings with layers of being that are shared with the rest […]

Although in the USA today, many residents are ego-wilding (see prior post), this is not humanity’s heritage. Eco-wilding is our heritage. Eco-wilding deeply contrasts with ego-wilding. People often misunderstand “wildness,” as if it refers to ego-wildness—unfettered impulsive or planned antisociality. But we are not born to be ego-wild. Ego-wildness comes from undercare (unnestedness), inherited epigenetic […]

The term, wilding, emerged as a description of random youth violence. A sign of failed socialization. But in recent decades, this kind of wilding has been appearing in previously unexpected quarters—in business and political leaders. Instead of aiming for the common good with common sense about what that means, “wilders” follow their impulses to be […]

“We are stuck in the wrong story.” — Riane Eisler “The Evolved Nest helps us remember what being human really means.” — Darcia Narvaez (from the recorded conversation below)    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 […]

Corporations sell us hedonic pleasures (tobacco, alcohol, processed “food”) and behavior triggers (guns, cars, energy) by using advanced science about how to hook us to their products (Freundenberg, 2014). They tap into neurobiological functions, like the brain’s reward pathway. As you know the processed food you eat is designed to ‘keep you hooked.’ Sugar does […]

Watch the video tribute below. From Darcia Narvaez, PhD Dr. James Prescott is one of my founding mentors for the work I do today. His papers were an alert, a wake up call, an inspiration that lit up my intuitions about the world having gone wrong. I discovered his origins of violence video and his […]

Editor’s Note: This letter from the editor is a part of the Special Issue of Kindred Magazine celebrating The Mother of Medicine for Mother’s Day 2025. Kindredwelcomes Stephanie Mines, PhD, as guest editor for this issue.  Watch the Welcoming the Mother of Medicine video discussion with Lisa Reagan and Stephanie Mines below. See the overview […]

Editor’s Note: This post is a part of the forthcoming Special Issue of Kindred Magazinecelebrating the Mother of Medicine for Mother’s Day 2025. Kindred welcomes Stephanie Mines, PhD, as guest editor for this issue.  Watch the Welcoming the Mother of Medicine video discussion with Lisa Reagan and Stephanie Mines. See the overview of the Mother […]

Editor’s Note: This post is a part of the forthcoming Special Issue of Kindred Magazine celebrating the Mother of Medicine for Mother’s Day 2025. Kindred welcomes Stephanie Mines, PhD, as guest editor for this issue.  Join the LIVE week-long events for the Mother of Medicine, May 12-16, 8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. Pacific Time, by […]

John Bowlby’s insights about the importance of attachment was a revelation to a western world dominated by left-brain orientations of non-relational individualism and treating mothers as milk machines instead of nurturers. Attachment is a psychological concept that caught on among researchers and interventionists, and spread to the public. It usually refers to the type of […]