Tag Archives: Attachment
Sarah Hrdy on the Nature of Mothering
Are human males wired to scatter their seed? Or are we meant for cooperative breeding? Why are kids today so screwed up? Can women mother well while succeeding outside the home? Read an illuminating interview between Eric Michael johnson and… Continue reading →
Odent: Pitocin in Childbirth Interferes with Breastfeeding
Natural childbirth advocate Michel Odent will present the results of a first-ever study of the effects of Pitocin on mothering and bonding. Pitocin is artificial oxytocin usually administered in U.S. hospital births to manage labor — and speed it alon… Continue reading →
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Do Dogs Need to Inhale Oxytocin?
When I was a kid, dogs were happy bundles of love. Today, at least in Berkeley, a lot of them are grouchy, neurotic and fearful. Monash University’s Animal Welfare Science Centre will study whether inhalilng oxytocin can make shelter dogs… Continue reading →
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Tagged animal shelter, Animal Welfare Science Centre, Attachment, cuddle, dog, everyday oxytocin, Jessica Oliva, Monash University, Oxytocin
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People, Pets and Oxytocin
NPR had a nice story on therapy animals, pointing out how bonding with an animal feels safer and can improve our ability to bond with people. If you read my blog regularly or have heard me speak, you know that… Continue reading →
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Tagged animal therapy, Attachment, cat, dog, everyday oxytocin, horse, Oxytocin therapies, pets
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Self-Worth, Respect and Oxytocin
Sure, there’s a connection between how we’re treated and our feelings of self-worth. Is there also an oxytocin connection? Nekole Shapiro of EmbodiedBirth speaks to the connection between how a woman feels about herself sexually– whether on a date or… Continue reading →
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Tagged Attachment, childbirth, EmbodiedBirth, everyday oxytocin, Labor and birth, mothering, Nekole Shapiro, Oxytocin, Rikki Lake
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