Darcia and Lisa on Closing the Theory-Praxis Gap

As the first official Nesting Ambassador Program Cohort graduates later this month, Darcia Narvaez and Lisa Reagan share the story of bringing together the transdisciplinary, holistic science theory of the Evolved Nest and Kinship Praxis wisdom in the new Nested World Initiative program..

The program's emergent strategies are practical and empowering, providing ambassadors with a healing journey, expansive resources for normalizing nurturing, and a global network and community.

Learn about the historical foundations of the program, as well as the exciting and powerful insights from the program, including:

1. The Learning Experience Versus the Lived Experience of the Evolved Nest. 
2. The intentional design of the phrase, Nested Kinship.
3. Closing the Theory-Praxis Gap. The recognition of the Nesting Ambassador Program's capacity to close the Theory-Praxis Gap between the holistic science of our Communal Evolved Nest and regenerative, trauma-informed and wellness-informed action through Kinship Praxis.

You Are The Node. The Family Is The Network. Your Lineage, The Medicine.

How one coherent family node changes everything connected to it

By Ashley Glowiak

Survival has never belonged to the individual. It has always belonged to the network.

Who Will Be Our Jane Goodall?

By Amy Warren

Just as Goodall showed us how to conserve chimpanzee wellbeing, Narvaez shows us how to return to our human baseline. Looking through a window may be easier than looking into a mirror. Will we yield to what we see?

Apparent Telepathy Between Babies And Nursing Mothers – A Research Survey By Rupert Sheldrake

Most women who have had this kind of experience seem to take it for granted, and assume that it depends on a psychic bond. If they are right, this would imply a form of telepathy more physiological and fundamental that the kinds of ESP usually investigated by experimental parapsychologists and psychical researchers.

DID YOU KNOW?

Darcia Narvaez is a Professor of Psychology Emerita at the University of Notre Dame. She is the president of Kindred World.

In 2024, Dr. Darcia received the Presidential Citation Award from Division 24, the Society for Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology, of the American Psychological Association (APA). 

The 2024 award is the second time the APA has recognized Narvaez’s work. Her book, Neurobiology and the Development of Human Morality: Evolution, Culture and Wisdom, won the APA’s 2015 William James Book Award.

A trilogy of films featuring the science of the evolved nest, narrated by Dr. Darcia, are: Breaking the Cycle, The Evolved Nest: Nature's Way of Raising Children; and Reimagining Humanity. All films are subtitled in 15 languages. The films have been translated into German, Spanish, and Turkish. 

In 2022, Narvaez was elected a fellow to the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the largest international body of professional scientists in the world

In a 2020 analysis of top scientists, Narvaez emerged in the top 2% of scientists worldwide. Of the approximately eight million scientists in the world.

In 2017, Narvaez won the inaugural Expanded Reason Award for research, beating out more than 360 total entries from 170 universities and 30 countries.

In creating coherence for the transdisciplinary, holistic science of the Evolved Nest, she held four symposiums at the University of Notre Dame in 2010, 2012, 2014, and 2016.

Read Darcia's full bio here.

Visit her University of Notre Dame page for publications.

Watch the Nested World film, shot at Notre Dame, here.

Read Darcia's posts on Kindred here.

Applied Connection Practices Within The Evolved Nest: With Jon Young And Sarah Fontaine

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 is disconnection. And right now we are watching both happen in real time and disconnection is winning.”

Integrating The Holistic Science Of The Evolved Nest: Self, Scholarship, And Teaching

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 curriculum at Creighton University, sharing student projects and discussing challenges in implementing worldview-shifting content in an academic setting. Three students share their insights after learning about the Evolved Nest and its Kinship Worldview.

Integrating Evolved Nest Science Into Systemic Family Therapy

Peter says, “Given the Dominant Worldview’s exploitative, parasitic and destructive impact on the planet and all living beings, I consider that moving toward decolonising and indigenizing psychotherapy is an essential ethical imperative. We are targeting various layers of the community of Systemic Psychotherapists and Family Therapists in the UK and around the world, from trainees through to qualified practitioners, via writing, discussion, training and presenting on the relevance of the Nested World and how it enhances Systemic Psychotherapy and, more importantly, enhances the lives of our clients."

"Neuro-decolonizing" Integrating Evolved Nest Science Into Nature And Art Therapy

By Kathrine Cays

Recent neuroscience reveals what Indigenous wisdom traditions have long known—that contemplative practices literally reorganize the brain, creating new pathways for understanding and creativity. It is like rearranging furniture in a room to open new flows of movement and light; in the same way, meditation induces measurable neuroplastic changes that can help break free from Eurocentric patterns of dominance.

Dispelling Cry-It-Out Sleep Training Myths And What To Do Instead: A New Academic Anthology

Darcia Narvaez, PhD, Kindred World’s president, and Mary Tarsha, KW board member, have contributed a chapter to the forthcoming book, Dispelling Cry-It-Out Sleep Training Myths and What to Do Instead. Narvaez’s and Tarsha’s chapter is entitled, The Evolved Nest: Sleep Training Violates Humanity’s Baselines for Child Raising.

All Our Relations: Gratitude Deck by Four Arrows

WATCH Four Arrows Introduce the New Gratitude Deck

This is the first card deck to honor the critical role that sentient non-human beings play in maintaining the ecological balance on Mother Earth through the lens of First Nations cosmologies. Whether you’re a spiritual seeker, nature lover, or mindfulness practitioner, this groundbreaking offering will reroot you in a sacred, healing awareness that has the power to bring new spiritual insights, daily wonders, and interconnected kinship to your life.

You can read the Introduction to the book, Restoring the Kinship Worldview, by Four Arrows and Darcia Narvaez, here..

No, This Is Not Human Nature. It’s Deep Conditioning.

An Excerpt from the New Book

By Jeremy Lent: Ecocivilization

Our modern civilization is only the most recent instantiation of the wealth pump, using hierarchical structures to centralize power and preserve domination by a small elite. An ecocivilization would promote the principle of subsidiarity: pushing decision-making power down to the lowest feasible level in the system, trusting communities with the choices that shape their lives.

Richard Louv's New Book

Chapter One: First Places is an excerpt from Richard Louv’s new book, Noticing: Intimate Encounters with the Natural World. Find out more about Richard work, including the Children and Nature Network, a nonprofit partner of Kindred World. This chapter is reprinted with permission from the publisher. 

Children and Nature Network

C&NN believes that the well-being of children and the wild places we love are inextricably linked. And while research tells us that regular time outdoors is essential for children’s healthy development, today’s kids are less connected to nature than ever before.

The Evolved Nest recognizes nature immersion and connection as one of its core components for optimal child development, fostering deep relational bonds between children, their communities, and the natural world as a seamless whole.