Announcements and Opportunities

The discussion of Attached at the Heart (2nd edition) by Barbara Nicholson and Lysa Parker has begun! The  topics we’ll be discussing in July will be :

• Principle 3: Responding with Sensitivity - Learning the Language of Love

• Principle 4: Use Nurturing Touch - The Healing Power of Physical Closeness

• Principle 5: Ensure Safe Sleep, Physically and Emotionally - The Critical Importance of Nighttime Needs

• Principle 6: Provide Consistent, Loving Care - Keeping Baby’s Attachment Secure

Our discussions happen on GoodReads. We’ll be reading Attached at the Heart for the months of June, July, and a part of August.

The long awaited discussion of Attached at the Heart (2nd edition) by Barbara Nicholson and Lysa Parker has begun!

The  topics we’ll be discussing in June will be:

• Introduction

• Charting a New Course: Breaking the Ties That Bind

• Principle 1: Prepare Yourself for Pregnancy, Birth, and Parenting - What Every Parent Needs to Know

• Principle 2: Feed with Love and Respect - Beginning the Attachment Process

• Principle 3: Responding with Sensitivity - Learning the Language of Love

Our discussions happen on GoodReads. We’ll be reading Attached at the Heart for the months of June, July, and August.

We’re finishing up talking about Giving the Love That Heals by Harville Hendrix, Ph.D and Helen LaKelly Hunt, Ph.D 

Just a few of the topics we’ll be discussing in May will be :

• The Stage of Concern

• The Stage of Intimacy

• The Possibilities for a Conscious Future

• Wrapping up the book

Our discussions happen on GoodReads. The next book up for discussion in June, July, and August will be Attached at the Heart, 2nd Edition by Lysa Parker and Barbara Nicholson.

New Magazine Issue Advocates for Increased Support of Compassionate Infant-Feeding Choices

In honor of the millions of women who have come together throughout history to support one another in motherhood, Attachment Parenting International (API) is pleased to announce the latest edition of Attached Family magazine. This double “Voices of Breastfeeding” issue spotlights both the cultural explosion of breastfeeding advocacy as well as the challenges still to overcome.

“This issue of the magazine has been a long time in the making,” said Rita Brhel, Editor of the Attached Family and API Publications Coordinator. “We wanted to create a resource that is helpful to all mothers, both those who were able to breastfeed their babies and those who were unable to.”

The “Voices of Breastfeeding” edition of Attached Family is divided into an “Advocating for Acceptance” issue that identifies the ever-growing movement of mothers inspired to campaign for society’s embrace of breastfeeding, and a “Meeting Challenges with Compassion” issue that recognizes that there are circumstances when breastfeeding is difficult, if not impossible, highlighting the importance of empathetic support for all infant-feeding choices.

“Ideally, I would have liked to have breastfed all three of my children,” Brhel said. “But Attachment Parenting International supports parents in all walks of life, including mothers who are unable to breastfeed, and I was able to learn how to meet my child’s attachment needs through sensitive responsiveness beyond breastfeeding.”

This edition of Attached Family was also made in appreciation of longtime magazines like Mothering, New Beginnings, and Breastfeeding Today, which paved the way to widespread support for breastfeeding and Attachment Parenting conversations among mothers, and now fathers, and by extension, contributing to the breastfeeding movement that eventually influenced the research and medical communities.

“API is pleased to give a voice to our breastfeeding struggles, those related to society’s acceptance as well as those shared by mother and baby,” said Samantha Gray, Executive Director of Attachment Parenting International. “Emphasizing healthy attachment and relationship, it is natural that we speak up collectively to further advocacy efforts and gather together regularly to give personal support. Our contributors, led by Rita’s editorial vision and passion for breastfeeding support, have captured that perspective in this double issue.”

Co-Founder of Families for Conscious Living and Executive Editor of Kindred is the latest addition to the API Resource Advisory Council

Attachment Parenting International (API), a non-profit global network of parenting support groups with more than 60 locations around the world, announces its newest Resource Advisory Council member, cofounder of Families for Conscious Living and Executive Editor of Kindred, Lisa Reagan.

On a mother (of a) quest for 15 years as a journalist, activist and nonprofit visionary, Lisa Reagan explores the space between our unsustainable industrial story and the emerging story of what is possible for Cultural Creative families – who are leading the way forward.

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