by Evan Dwan | Jun 27, 2021 | News |
Allan Schore writes that the self-organisation of the developing brain occurs in relationship with another brain. This relational environment can be growth-facilitating or growth inhibiting. It is this environment that imprints into the early developing right-brain...
by Evan Dwan | Jun 25, 2021 | News |
Peter Fonagy writes that attachment theory holds that there is a universal human need to form close, affectional bonds. Early reciprocal relationships is a precondition for healthy development in all mammals. Proximity-seeking, smiling and clinging are examples of...
by Evan Dwan | Jun 25, 2021 | News |
How do we go about creating changes in human societies that will support human flourishing and the health of the other-than-human world? We are currently a sick species and that sickness is reflected (or projected) into the natural world around us. It is hard really...
by Evan Dwan | Jun 24, 2021 | News |
For an infant, skin-to-skin warmth, the smell and sight of the caregiver, and their attentive and responsive actions is experienced as love. Thousands of loving interactions shape the developing brain – they build the foundation of the organising brain. When the...
by Evan Dwan | Jun 24, 2021 | News |
Bruce Perry notes that belonging and being loved are a central part of being human. We are a social species that are meant to live together in community, connected to others emotionally and physically. Much of the functioning of the brain and body is designed to help...
