S3 Episode 25: A Mother's Love with Dr. Greer Kirshenbaum, Neuroscientist

Dr. Greer Kirshenbaum holds a PhD, is an Author, she’s a Neuroscientist, a Doula, an Infant and Family Sleep Specialist, and a mother. For more than 15 years she’s studied how genetics and experience shape the brain, nervous system, and body to influence lifelong mental and physical health. Dr. Kirshenbaum trained at the University of Toronto, Columbia University, New York University, and Yale University. She’s combined her academic training with her experience as a doula and mother to lead The Nurture Revolution; a movement to nurture our babies’ brains to revolutionize mental health and impact larger systems in our world. Her book, “The Nurture Revolution: Grow Your Baby’s Brain and Transform Their Mental Health Through the Art of Nurtured Parenting” – shows how parents can best set their children up for success and makes plain that nurture is a preventative medicine against mental health issues. Dr. Kirshenbaum wants families and (perry-naytal) perinatal practitioners to understand how early caregiving experience can boost mental wellness and diminish depression, anxiety, and addiction in adulthood by shaping babies’ brains through simple intuitive enriching experiences in pregnancy, birth, and infancy.

Connect with Dr. Kirshenbaum:

Instagram - @nurture_neuroscience_parenting

LinkTree - https://linktr.ee/NurtureNeuroscience

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