A mother’s level of stress determines her baby’s neurodevelopment according to a recent study published in JAMA Pediatrics. Researchers at the Children’s Hospital of Los…
Depression is a disease of civilization and the result of a prolonged stress response, says Stephen Ilardi and Sara Burrows in the Fall 2018 issue…
By Lauren McClain Children want to be involved in our work. Young children crave that togetherness, being part of something seemingly big, and the feeling…
By Lauren McClain How babies experience their gestation and infancy carries through their whole lives. The energy that parents bring to their child’s Primary Period helps…
By Bruce Lipton Most people have the misimpression that the brain controls all aspects of our inner and outer worlds. In regard to our internal…
By Lauren McClain A midwife I work with all but regrets inviting her children to the birth of their sibling. She says all they remember…
By Kimberly Rush What is a tongue tie, lip tie, or cheek tie? (AKA: tethered oral tissues (TOTs)) A frenulum is made of connective tissue…
Shortly after my first child was born, I visited a zoo and watched a mother gorilla parent her infant. I watched for quite some time…
By Sophie Fletcher, BA Hons, MA How you think can change how you feel. Today I’m going to talk about the P word. Yes I…
By Pam Leo “My favorite part of Christmas is all the fun we have getting ready for Christmas (and the presents).”– Maggie Gray, at age…