Past Connections have featured:
Joseph Chilton Pearce: Transcendence or Violence
Fred Donaldson: Playing By Heart
David Chamberlain: Very Early Parenting/Conception to Birth
Rahima Baldwin-Dancy: Waldorf Education
Jean Leidloff: The Continuum Concept

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Most recent :
Bruce Lipton, PhD: The Biology of Conscious Parenting
Saturday, April 23rd, 10:00am PST

Everyone knows that genes control development. Not so, says Lipton. A leading voice of the new biology, Bruce, a cellular biologist, is internationally recognized authority in bridging science and sprit. Please join Bruce Lipton and Michael Mendizza in a live telephone conference as they explore The Biology of Belief, Lipton’s long awaited new book, which is heading its way to bookstores. Bruce, a long time friend, has been a guest speaker on numerous radio and television programs and is a sought after keynote presenter. Register now.



We have a rich network of specialists in child and family development. Connections is a telephone conference that connects you with this network at 10 am PST Saturday morning. The format is not unlike an interview on New Dimensions Radio with listener participation. Questions submitted during registration will open a brief candid conversation with our special guest, setting the stage for an open forum with participants. Tuition is $15, plus normal telephone charges for the call. Registered participants will receive a Connections telephone number, an access number and conference call instructions by email. Certificates of participation are available for Continuing Education Credits.

• Looking Forward:
  Marti Glenn: Understanding Early Brain Development
  James Prescott, PhD: The Origins of Peace & Violence
  Carla Hannaford, PhD: Awakening the Child Heart
  Peggy O’Mara: Mothering
  Suzanne Arms: Birth, Bonding & Family
  Bruce Lipton: Biology of Conscious Parenting
  Barbara Findeisen: Healing Early Trauma in Children & Adults
  

. Register now...

O. Fred Donaldson, PhD - 'Playing by Heart'
Fred is a play specialist internationally recognized for his pioneering use of play as an alternative to competition, abuse, and aggression. For over thirty years he has played with children and animals, and trained adults in the significance and use of play. Fred currently is a play consultant to numerous educational and health institutions in the United States, the Philippines, South Africa, and Sweden. He has written the Pulitzer nominated book, Playing By Heart, and authored over 35 articles and book chapters on play and aikido. More...



David Chamberlain, PhD - 'Very Early Parenting - Conception to Birth'
With over forty-five publications, David is a major contributor to the field of prenatal and perinatal psychology. He received wide attention in media, including over 150 appearances on radio and television in the United States, Canada, South America, Europe and Japan. He is a psychologist, psychotherapist, and teacher at Santa Barbara Graduate Institute. His popular book, The Mind of Your Newborn Baby (3rd edition, 1998), has been translated into eight languages. More...

Rahima Baldwin Dancy - 'Applying Waldorf Principles in Today's Families'
Best known for her book You Are Your Child's First Teacher, Rahima is a leading interpreter of the principles of Waldorf early childhood education. Her annual Magical Years conference on parenting is now in its 19th year. She is also the founder and president of Informed Homebirth/Informed Birth & Parenting and author of Special Delivery and Pregnant Feelings . More...

Jean Leidloff - 'The Continuum Concept'
Living in the Amazon Jungle with Stone Age villagers changed how Jean
Leidloff viewed human development. Her classic book The Continuum Concept
describes how “infants whose continuum needs are fulfilled during the early,
in-arms phase grow up to have greater self-esteem and become more
independent than those whose cries go unanswered for fear of "spoiling" them
or making them too dependent.” Evolution has not prepared the human infant
for today’s environment. Babies cannot comprehend why their desperate cries
for the fulfillment of basic expectations go unanswered, and they often develop a sense of wrongness and shame about themselves as a result. More...

Marti Glenn, PhD - 'Understanding Early Brain Development - A Primer for Families'
Marti Glenn is the founding President of Santa Barbara Graduate Institute. She has been a pioneering psychotherapist and educator for over 25 years. Her current research interest is in the neuroscience of psychotherapy, especially as it relates to young families. She is currently engaged in infant brain development studies with Dr. Allan Schore.

James W, Prescott, PhD - 'Origins of Love & Violence'
What we call "affectional bonding" or nurturing, or its absence-- very early in life--structures the developing brain to interpret the world and its relationships as peaceful, pleasurable and loving or hostile, painful and violent depending on trust or anxiety experienced in the early mother-infant relationship. The Origins of Love & Violence take root in this first, primary sensory environment. A major focus of Jim's research was to understand why depression and violence results from maternal-infant/child separations. The Origins of Love & Violence will focus on this pioneering research. More...

Stuart Brown, MD - 'The Promise of Play'
Stuart first recognized the importance of play by discovering its absence in the life story of the Texas Tower mass murderer Charles Whitman. Later research affirmed the need for healthy play throughout the human life cycle. His more recent explorations of human and animal play have produced a body of popular and scientific literature, as well as the BBC series "The Soul of the Universe" and a National Geographic article and TV special on animal play. He was the initiator responsible for bringing the works of the scholar-mythologist Joseph Campbell into the mass arena by organizing film, video and books for productions such as The Hero's Journey and Transformations of Myth Through Time. Recently completed is the Promise of Play, a three part PBS series and emerging distant learning project. More...

Carla Hannaford - 'Awakening the Child Heart'
Carla is best known for her work in whole body learning and intelligence. She is the author of Smart Moves - Why Learning is Not All In Your Head; The Dominance Factor - How Knowing Your Dominant Eye, Ear, Brain, Hand & Foot Can Improve Your Learning; State of the Heart; and Awakening the Child Heart. For ten years she has served as an international education consultant to twenty nine countries world wide, published over 100 publications in educational and science journals and magazines, has been a guest speaker, keynoter and workshop leader for over 500 conferences in the U.S. and abroad. Carla is a member of the International Faculty, Educational Kinesiology Foundation, and a mother.

Peggy O’Mara - ' Mothering'
Peggy O'Mara has gained international celebrity status as publisher, editor, and owner of Mothering Magazine since 1980. A dynamic speaker, she has lectured and conducted workshops in conjunction with organizations such as the Omega Institute, Esalen, and La Leche International. She has appeared on numerous television and radio programs including Sonya Live (CNN) and The Susan Powter Show, and has been featured in national publications including USA Today, The Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune, Mother Earth News, and The Utne Reader. Her contribution and dedication to creating loving, responsible environments for families is immeasurable. She is the mother of four children.

Suzanne Arms - ' Birth, Bonding & Family'
Internationally acclaimed author, photojournalist, visionary and activist, Suzanne Arms has been the acknowledged leader of the natural birthing movement and midwifery advocate in the United States for over 25 years. Her second book, Immaculate Deception: A New Look at Women and Childbirth, stirred a national social change movement and became a New York Times "Best Book of the Year" in 1975. Suzanne has been a guest on all three national network talk shows, was interviewed by Barbara Walters, and chose to debate a leading spokesperson for the American College of Ob/Gyn. She has given dozens of keynote speeches on three continents, including the 25th annual March of Dimes conference, whose theme was perinatal issues. More...

Bruce Lipton, PhD - ' Biology of Conscious Parenting'
Bruce, a cellular biologist, discovered that the biology of the cell was controlled by the environment, observation that contrasted with established dogma that life is controlled by genes. As a Research Fellow at the Stanford University School of Medicine Lipton substantiated his hypothesis in two major scientific publications that defined molecular pathways connecting the mind and body. Bruce left formal academia in 1992 and has since become an internationally recognized authority in bridging science and spirit. He has been a guest speaker on numerous radio and television programs, and a sought after keynote presenter for national organizations. More...

Barbara Findeisen, M.F.T. - ' Healing Early Trauma in Children & Adults'
Pre- and perinatal traumas create imprints which color later development: psychological, social, and physical. Barbara has pioneered therapeutic methods of uncovering and healing these primitive imprints. She brings to her work the latest research and powerful personal experiences regarding the mind/body connection. Barbara is the current President of the Association for Pre- and Perinatal Psychology and Health. More...