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Learning Center - Discover the Science & Resources
Learning Center - Discover the Science & Resources
Learning Center - Discover the Science & Resources
Discover the nine components of our evolutionary pathway to wellness, our Evolved Nest featuring videos, podcasts and posts for each.
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Learning Center - Discover the Science & Resources
Learning Center - Discover the Science & Resources
Join Darcia Narvaez's LIVE monthly discussions on the science of EN and her short film, Breaking the Cycle. Watch the film below and register for the LIVE calls.
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The Evolved Nest's
Breaking the Cycle Film
Breaking the Cycle illustrates our capacity for breaking our current Cycle of Competitive Detachment and returning to the pattern of 95% of our human history: a healthy, peaceful Cycle of Cooperative Companionship. Breaking the Cycle is based on the multi-award-winning book. See LIVE discussion dates below:
Evolved Nest's New Study
Evolved Nest Experience In Childhood Buffers The Negative Effects Of ACEs
“This is a game changer. It points to the fact that it is not enough to be trauma-informed. We must also provide for children’s basic needs, which our evolved nest does by its very nature. Cultures that are not attending to wellness-informed practices are not optimizing human potential, something sorely needed as we face numerous culture-caused crises.”
– Darcia Narvaez, PhD
the evolved nest's science
Why Provide the Evolved Nest?
Why Provide the Evolved Nest?
Why Provide the Evolved Nest?
Evolved Nest Living
Why Provide the Evolved Nest?
Character in the Classroom Ethex Series
Character in the Classroom Ethex Series
Character in the Classroom Ethex Series
Character in the Classroom Ethex Series
Community and Institutional Policies
Character in the Classroom Ethex Series
Community and Institutional Policies
Conference Video Collection
Character in the Classroom Ethex Series
Community and Institutional Policies
The Evolved Nest Resources
Read Evolved Nest's Blog Posts, Features, and Series
Read Evolved Nest's Blog Posts, Features, and Series
Read Evolved Nest's Blog Posts, Features, and Series
Read and share The Evolved Nest serieson Psychology Today and Kindred.
The Evolved Nest's 24 Part Podcast Series
Read Evolved Nest's Blog Posts, Features, and Series
Read Evolved Nest's Blog Posts, Features, and Series
Download, listen and share The Evolved Nest podcast series.
The Evolved Nest Explained: The Nine Components
Read Evolved Nest's Blog Posts, Features, and Series
The Evolved Nest Explained: The Nine Components
An audio and video podcast series explaining and exploring the nine components of the Evolved Nest.
See also resource lists for the nine components of the Evolved Nest.
Child Care Checklist
28 Day Eco Attachment Dance
The Evolved Nest Explained: The Nine Components
We are excited to unveil Evolved Nest’s Child Care Center Checklist. The Checklist has been created to help parents and guardians determine how well a child care center matches up with the components of the Evolved Nest. The checklist is intended to be supplemental to the other protocols a center has (e.g., infection prevention, abuse prevention, diaper change frequency).
28 Days of Baby Care
28 Day Eco Attachment Dance
28 Day Eco Attachment Dance
Babies are “half-baked” at birth and have much to learn with the help of physical and emotional support from caregivers. Taking care of baby’s needs is an investment that pays off with a happier, healthier child and adult. Here are 28 days of reminders about babies and their needs.
28 Day Eco Attachment Dance
28 Day Eco Attachment Dance
28 Day Eco Attachment Dance
You, your children, your family are invited to discover ways to connect with nature, renew your ecological attachment, and restore your living connection to the Earth. Based on research by Dr. Narvaez and her students, the dance includes a pre- and post test to measure your success!
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