Watch the highlight reel from our most recent lecture livestream The Wisdom of Our Ancestors: Deep Nestedness and Human Futures by Darcia Narvaez, Professor of Psychology Emerita at the University of Notre Dame.
In this talk, Narvaez introduces us to the concept of deep nestedness and how it impacts character, morality, and wisdom. She touches on the negative impact of degraded nestedness including physiological and psychological dysregulation, disconnection, and distress. She also provides suggestions of practices and skills for overcoming and shifting to a path of well-being and flourishing.
Click on the link to watch the full lecture:
https://www.youtube.com/live/_g89GKc0zwk
Darcia Narvaez is is a Professor of Psychology Emerita at the University of Notre Dame who has written extensively on issues of character, moral development, and human flourishing. Dr. Narvaez’ research explores questions of species-typical and species-atypical development in terms of wellbeing, morality, and sustainable wisdom. She examines how early life experience (the evolved nest) influences moral functioning. Her 2014 book won the 2015 William James Book Award from the APA and the 2017 Expanded Reason Award for research. She is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Psychological Association, and the American Educational Research Association. She hosts the website EvolvedNest.Org and is president of KindredMedia.org.
