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FOREWORD TO ONE MANDATE, TWO WORLDVVIEWS BY THOM HARTMANN We’re living through a moment when politics is too often reduced to personalities, parties, spin, propaganda, and policy fights. But beneath all that noise lies something far more powerful and far more dangerous: the worldview shaping how we see ourselves, each other, and the living world […]

When I was in college I had a nickname—Federal Express. I cringe a little now just to write that, but it’s true. Between my to-do lists, my Filofax scheduler, my between-class strategies, and my running shoes I had my life hacked, or so I thought. Efficiency seemed to win me friends, opportunities, and good grades […]

I am beginning to realize that some of my earliest mindful moments were the quiet ones: staring up at the clouds, listening to the rain, feeling the stillness of the woods around me. I find great delight now in remembering and savoring them. From third through ninth grade, Girl Scout camp became my escape from […]

Take a peek into the Kinship Praxis training aspect of the Nesting Ambassador Program where trainees learn embodied wisdom weaving, noticing and naming mindfulness practices, and tending the nest strategies with trauma-responsive, compassionate care. In this short video, you learn about the often-missing cultural context of nesting from Lisa Reagan. Become a Nesting Ambassador. The […]

Tonight, I cried… I cried, and my body released an overflow… These tears mark the breaking point in the face of a systemic reality: the way our current society treats childhood constitutes a fundamental flaw in our humanity. The primary cause of this distress lies in children’s radical disconnection from the Living World, which I […]

There is so much laughter here.  This whole day just felt like play.  These are the opening lines of a journal entry I wrote on the first night of a week-long stay with a Hai//om San community in central-northern Namibia, southern Africa.  This community is home to about three hundred Hai//om people, nearly all of […]

In my brief time doing volunteer work for local conservation organizations, like the Parklands Foundation, I have been sad to witness a struggle in obtaining participation from children in various nature events.  This article is intended to identify some core childhood developmental needs that can be met by nature immersion.  Public awareness of some of […]

Human mothers raising children at home alone is a strange and recent phenomenon and contrary to optimizing child development and mothers’ flourishing. At least three things collaborate in motherhood: the community, the mother, and the child. The community. Community is the backdrop for motherhood. By “community” I mean how well the mother and her ancestors […]

August is Breastfeeding Month in the USA but because of its vast importance for lifelong health and wellbeing, we should pay attention to supporting breastfeeding every month and day of the year. It’s a key part of the Nested Pathway. In her wonderful book, Protecting Your Potential for Breastfeeding, Kelly M Durbin, IBCLC, writes that […]

As Ezra Klein notes (NY Times, 080226) we are living in an age of Tricksters. Media and political figures say one thing and mean or do another. For example, George Orwell’s doublespeak from his novel, 1984, is pervasive (e.g., calling January 6, 2021’s insurrection a “day of love”). Long time moral codes, like Christian empathy, […]