Salons

The world is deeply in need of nested nurturing, which is what each of expected in babyhood and childhood. The maternal gift economy is the origin of the evolved nest, shaping human nature and communities. Nestedness is needed throughout life and can be restored by each of us. Nested World.org offers tools and pathways to wellness and world transformation. Listen to the co-founders of the new Nested World Initiative adn Nesting Ambassador Program share the insights of humanity's evolutionary pathway to wellbeing, and how mutliple nonprofit initiatives and projects, including the new Nesting Ambassador program, are integrating our ancestral wisdom with transdisciplinary science to bring to life our evolved nest.

Darcia Narvaez

Ranked in the top two percent of scientists worldwide in 2020 and recipient of multiple awards for her work developing the science of the Evolved Nest, Narvaez's transdisciplinary, holistic lens into how we create a Wisdom-based, Wellness-informed World is bringing coherence and empowerment to a new story of the human family.

Narvaez was the recipient of the 2024 American Psychology Association's Division 24 Presidential Citation Award. Read the press release here.

Watch the Evolved Nest's trilogy of films, narrated by Dr. Narvaez, and discover their resources for personal and cultural transformation here.

Read Darcia's full bio, publications, and academic scholarship here.

Lisa Reagan

For over 20 years, Lisa Reagan, through Kindred World, has served as a synthesizer, translator, storyteller, and amplifier of human consciousness research, especially where it intersects with wellness, wholeness, and worldview transformation. She has been instrumental in integrating consciousness science into lived experience and advancing discussions around the importance of cultural transformation, nurturing, empathetic parenting practices, and the broader implications these practices have for society. Lisa is the founder of Kindred World and editor of Kindred Magazine. Read her full bio here. Kindred World operates as a platform for sharing knowledge, research, theory, and the emergent praxis that aligns with these values, offering a space for individuals to connect and learn from each other on their journey toward creating healthier family dynamics and communities. Kindred World's nonprofit vision, stewarded by Lisa Reagan and Darcia Narvaez, reveals consciousness is not only an individual process, but a collective, cultural, and relational one— rooted in early life, family, ecological awareness, and Indigenous knowledge.