A Movement Rooted in Human Attachment and Biological Wisdom
Primal Parenting Initiative is an educational movement founded by Angela Braden, under her brand, Primal Psychology, dedicated to restoring the natural intelligence that guides human development. Rooted in multi-disciplinary science, including attachment and neuroscience, the initiative offers guidance on the biological blueprint that defines us as social mammals.
Personal Message From our Founder, Angela Braden
Primal Parenting doesn’t stop with illuminating the real science that shows modern families how to reconnect with our innate design— but it also offers practical application to adhere to that blueprint.
Through the Primal Parenting Initiative and The Primal Parenting Podcast, Angela carries forward a movement inspired by the timeless work Touch the Future’s founder Michael Mendizza has curated. The podcast builds upon Touch The Future’s historic archive of child development thought leaders and those featured in Angela’s book. It explores how ancient human principles meet modern science to reveal strategies and mindsets for raising healthy, fully conscious children.
As the highlight reel on the podcast says:
“The best parenting advice is encoded in your DNA — Primal Parenting will show you how to raise a thriving child, because thriving is a human right.”
Our Roots and Mission
Primal Parenting is powered by Angela’s brand, Primal Psychology, whose mission is to promote the most sacred attributes of human potential and counter the routine sabotage of healthy relationships in modern culture.
Primal Psychology reveals that human beings are biologically designed for connection. We share the same neural architecture as all social mammals—built to love, nurture, and protect one another in profound ways. Layered upon this biological foundation is our uniquely human capacity for spiritual wisdom, logical reasoning, and innovation.
When we align these higher faculties with our primal gifts, we unlock the full potential of human development. Primal Parenting offers a guide to that God-given blueprint, using the real (unbiased) science.
The Baselines of Primal Parenting
As detailed in Angela’s book, Primal Parenting: The Ancient Antidote to the Current Mental Health Crisis, the Five Baselines of Primal Parenting form the foundation of the Initiative. Each baseline is explored with expert guests on The Primal Parenting Podcast on YouTube, where neuroscience, psychology, and ancestral wisdom converge to reveal what children truly need to thrive. We emphasize applying that knowledge in modern ways that honor instinct.
One practical application Primal Parenting delivers is The Smart Baby Sleep System: a research-based guide designed to optimize sleep through infant brain science—without the trauma of “cry-it-out”/ Ferber Method/”total extinction” training that is still unfortunately recommended by many pediatricians. It provides a realistic alternative aligned with the biological and psychological needs of the baby. This system exemplifies Primal Parenting’s aim to translate deep scientific truths into accessible, compassionate tools that protect children’s nervous systems and support healthy lifelong development.
Much of the course is based on the work of celebrated scholar, Dr. Allen Schore, which empirically details multi-disciplinary science showing how responsiveness shapes babies in the ways that make them most human. For example, Schore (and others) demonstrated how “attunement” with the baby literally orchestrates the development of brain structures that predict mental health, for better or worse.
In studying Schore’s textbooks, what emerged was effectively a reverse-engineering of the social and emotional deficit that increasingly plagues children today. He revealed that the roots of the problems so many psychoanalytic writers describe are buried deeply within the early social-emotional environment.
The Smart Baby Sleep System distills the knowledge of the best scientists (some of whom are featured on this site) and applies it to sleep challenges. It solves one of the most difficult stages of parenthood in seven, 20 minute presentations parents can listen to while they fold laundry.
Primal Parenting bridges the profound insights of Touch the Future’s archives with the practical realities of modern family life. It provides expertise and real-world tools to raise emotionally resilient, thriving children in a culture that too often undermines mental health and human connection.
“We have the map within us. Our instincts reflect the biology that dictates the ‘parenting style’ blueprint for optimum health. Primal Parenting helps validate modern families with what we were designed to know all along.” ~Angela Braden
Practice Evolutionary Wisdom In The Modern World
Heal, Fortify & Protect Children’s Mental Health with Science-Backed Programs
Embrace the deep, biological roots of human attachment
Recognize the cultural war for the distortions it creates
Prevent the poisoning of your most precious relationships
Hey there! I’m Angela and my Smart Baby Sleep System™ has helped hundreds of parents overcome sleep challenges during the first 2 years after your child’s birth, and it works!
I know you want to give your baby the very best of you, but you can’t do it with little sleep— no one can. The Smart Baby Sleep System™ will give you your life back and protect your developing little one in all the ways science has shown matters most.
When I presented this approach in an article on the Psychology Today website, it got over one-million views and helped thousands of babies avoid the trauma of cry-it-out sleep training.
Angela Braden
Featured In
Angela Braden is a journalist, co-author of the book Primal Parenting and a certified Emotional Freedom Technique Master Practitioner (EFTMP). Angela’s mission is to promote a human attachment movement and help people realize and embody their full potential through sacred relationships.