Interview with Greer Kirshenbaum, PhD on her new book The Nurture Revolution

When I began birth work 20 years ago I had a feeling that we could transform the world by starting with birth. While I still believe this, and have a little more research to back-up those claims now than I did 20 years ago, I have to admit I've been blow away reading The Nurture Revolution by Greer Kirshenbaum, PhD. A neuroscientist, doula, infant and family sleep specialist, Greer attended a doula training with the Doula School many years ago and I was so thrilled to see her new book come up that I knew I wanted to sit down and chat with her for all of you to learn from. BUT I will say that the book has blow me away, which takes a lot after 20 years of reading and reading and reading and reading about pregnancy, birth and early parenting.
I hope you enjoy this video that briefly goes over the main concepts in the book. Having the research on how we can best support our babies isn't new. But having in a really easy to understand and implement way is much less common. Greer does an amazing job of summarizing how baby brain development happens, and more importantly how parents and support people can foster the BEST brain development in babies. Spoiler alert, its by nurturing.
We'll share some of the research to be found in the book and how as birth workers we can support parents to do what they are biologically programmed to do: nurture.
To pre-buy a copy of the book that comes out in June go here: www.nurture-ne...

[@raavaassatu]

Currently reading this book and I am soo grateful for it. Thank you this interview! So interesting what you said about how we’re the most informed generation but the least experienced.. that hit home bc I realised how before having a baby I never really experienced babies around me. For me though, I felt like it forced me to tune into my intuition more and cater it towards my baby trusting that everything she was was absolutely normal and perfect for her. We bed shared since day 1, breastfeed on demand, spend all day everyday together. She is 11 months now and absolutely thriving in every way. So proud of her! I am hopeful and optimistic for the future generations to come.🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@An0nAm0nda]

Loving this book! Having the scientific sources for these innate feelings I have for my baby has been so helpful. I don’t engage with my MIL but she makes all kinds of comments that let me know she thinks I am making my baby dependent and spoiled by holding/wearing/cosleeping with him.