Resources
Evolved Nest
- A Month to Renew KinshipIndigenous Peoples’ month marks the history of genocide and biocultural eradication that Indigenous Peoples faced in the “New World” and around the globe. They remind us that their life force is strengthening to help humanity reach forward to honor ancestors and future generations by transforming and adopting regenerative lifeways. Here are two inspiring songs to […]
- Re-Nesting OurselvesOn the Nested Pathway, we aim to feel always nested: Feeling related, connected, centered, and knowing how to live well with others (human and more than human). Evolved nest practices keep us feeling nested (Nature connection, healing practices, play, responsiveness, touch, welcome, multiple mentors, soothing perinatal experiences, breastfeeding). It is ever more challenging to find […]
- Clowning: An Ageless Tradition of Tricksters, Sacred Clowns, and Play“To ask ‘Why Clown, Why Now?’ is to recognize that clowning is not an escape from reality, but a way of engaging it more fully. The clown disarms us, helps us see through illusions, and reminds us that joy, humility, and play can be agents of transformation in service of what is sacred.” Clowns will […]
- The Hidden Link Between Childhood Violence and Global ConflictKindred World and Magazine are proud partners of the Centers for Partnership Systems and supporters of Riane Eisler’s critical work for our times. Learn how you can join their Peace Begins at Home Summit this October 29 here and below. Read more of Riane’s work on Kindred here. Discover the intersection of Partnerism and our […]
- Cultivating Placefulness: Deepening Our Roots in Troubled TimesPlacefulness is deep attention to what arises from our places and is not simply a kind of romanticism of nature. We are embedded in the natural world, emerge from it, and should witness the changes we see occurring… With the dawning of this inhumane age, I believe cultivating a deeper sense of place might be […]
- Dr. Jane Goodall, Trailblazing Primatologist and Champion of Interconnected Life, Dies at 91Los Angeles, California — Dr. Jane Goodall, the groundbreaking British primatologist whose intimate observations of chimpanzees in Tanzania revolutionized our understanding of animal intelligence, empathy, and our shared evolutionary heritage, died on October 1, 2025, while on a speaking tour in California. She was 91. The Jane Goodall Institute, which she founded, confirmed that she […]
- What the Ghost Pipes Said: Healing Our Kinship Blindness“When humans become a nested species, the parties they will throw will defy the imagination, odds, and expectations of a Dominant Worldview.” – What the Ghost Pipes Said In six decades of wandering into the woods, I have learned to wait patiently and walk softly until I am welcomed before proceeding into the home […]
- The Telepathic Mother“The learning we have to do as women, as mothers of humanity, does not come from books or any designated authorities. It certainly does not come from social media. It comes from deep inside the ancestral wells of knowledge that have lived within us alongside the eggs we carry. Our bodies contain the entire future […]
- Join the LIVE Nested World Lecture Series This Fall with Darcia NarvaezAbout This Event Join the singular opportunity to attend online live lectures from Darcia Narvaez, PhD, during fall 2025. She will lecture on each of the nine components of our evolutionary pathway to wellness, our Communal Evolved Nest, a transdisciplinary set of insights. Most component experiences are needed throughout life to maintain health and social […]
- How I Discovered The Evolved NestMeet Cameron Sprague, one of our new Certified Nesting Ambassadors and a part of the elite group of international beta-testers for the Nesting Ambassador Program this summer. If you are interest in learning more about becoming a Certified Nesting Ambassador, go to our sister initiatives website, the Evolved Nest, for more information and to sign […]
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
Contact Info
Address:
Darcia Narvaez
Professor of Psychology Emerita
Department of Psychology
University of Notre Dame
390 Corbett Hall, Notre Dame, IN 46556
Email: dnarvaez@nd.edu