the nature of nurture

Season 4 of The Nature of Nurture is on its way, and there are some exciting changes you’ll want to know about! Please listen to this welcome message to find out more.

Written & narrated by Leslie Carr

Edited by Amanda McGrane at Cassiopeia Studio

Links Mentioned in this Episode:

The Nature of Nurture YouTube channel

Your host Leslie sits down with the founder of Sapien Labs, Tara Thiagarajan, to discuss their cutting edge research. The role that technology and environmental toxins play in mental health, among other things, are discussed.

Links Mentioned in this Episode:

SapienLabs.org  

Nature.com: The impact of socioeconomic and stimulus inequality on human brain physiology = https://sapienlabs.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/The-impact-of-socioeconomic-and-stimulus-inequality-on-human-brain-physiology.pdf

You, Rewired: How Modernity Changes the Brain = https://interestingengineering.com/science/you-rewired-how-modernity-changes-the-brain

Vox: A survey on global mental well-being shows that the kids are not all right = https://www.vox.com/23013483/mental-health-pandemic-young-people-sapien-labs

World Economic Forum: Our world is in the grip of a mental health crisis - here’s what we can do to help = https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/04/world-mental-health-crisis-covid-19/

The Washington Post: The crisis of student mental health is much vaster than we realize = https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/12/05/crisis-student-mental-health-is-much-vaster-than-we-realize/ 

Leslie sits down with British filmmaker Liz Smith to talk about two of her documentaries which focus on the role that the internet is playing in our changing world. They begin by talking about I Am Gen Z (now available on Amazon Prime), and how social media has impacted this generation of people that have never lived without it. They continue with the next film that’s in development called The Deadline, which will explore how social media is creating a politically polarized society, and the impact that will have on our ability to solve big problems like climate change.

Links Mentioned in this Episode: 

• Liz’s website: https://liz-smith.com/
• I Am Gen Z on Amazon Prime in the US: https://www.amazon.com/I-Am-Gen-Jamie-Bartlett/dp/B0B6T22PS6/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2V6WZV6MJCG7Z&keywords=i+am+gen+z&qid=1676377092&sprefix=i+am+gen+z,aps,156&sr=8-1
• How to see I Am Gen Z outside of the US: https://iamgenzfilm.com/screenings/
• To learn more about The Deadline and how to support the film: https://thedeadlinefilm.org/
• The Nature of Nurture is produced by Amanda Mayo at Cassiopeia Studio 

Host Leslie sits down with Tracey Higgins to explore Tracey’s full recovery from schizophrenia without medication. They discuss the role that trauma played in her symptoms, and the controversy that surrounds her message that recovery from schizophrenia is possible. 

Links Mentioned in this Episode:

• Tracey’s book: https://www.amazon.com/Girl-Bridge-Memoir-Tracey-Higgins/dp/1777595215
• Tracey’s website: www.fullrecoveryfromschizophrenia.ca
• Eleanor Longden TED talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/eleanor_longden_the_voices_in_my_head?language=en
• The relatively low rate (33%) of concordance in identical twins indicates that other factors besides genetics are at play in schizophrenia development: https://www.verywellhealth.com/is-schizophrenia-genetic-5104852
• The Nature of Nurture is produced by Amanda Mayo at Cassiopeia Sudio

Host Leslie talks about the psychology of money with expert Barbara Stanny Huson. They talk about how a person’s personal history impacts their relationship with money - about how to change it.

Links mentioned in the episode:

• Barbara Ehrenreich: Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America. In 2001 when the book was published, 60% of US citizens made less than $68k per year.
• Real median US household income was $70,784 in 2021: https://www.census.gov/library/publications/2022/demo/p60-276.html
• Barbara’s books are an excellent resource and all of them can be found right here: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Barbara-Stanny/author/B00IZU358G?ref=ap_rdr&store_ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true
• Leslie’s other favorite books about money and personal finance are You Are a Badass at Making Money by Jen Sincero and The Soul of Money by Lynne Twist.
• The Nature of Nurture is produced by Amanda Mayo at Cassiopeia Studio.

Exploring the different facets of the human condition in Season 3. Some of those facets include, sex, drugs, and technology. Tune in now! 

Links: 

• drlesliecarr.com
• The Nature of Nurture is produced by Cassiopeia Studio 

Connect with Contributors:

Dr. Leslie Car: lesliecarr.com

Connect with Contributors:

Dr. Leslie Car: lesliecarr.com

Fatimata Sanogo: @fatimatayoga on Instagram and https://sahelsage.org/

Links Mentioned in this Episode: 

• Her book (31 Universal Spiritual Principles: A Daily Guide and Tool for spiritual growth, joy and empowerment, from the teachings of Michael Bernard Beckwith.): https://www.amazon.com/Universal-Spiritual-Principles-Fatimata-Sanogo/dp/0999257323
• The article about the knee surgery: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2002/07/020712075415.htm
• The outcomes paradox: Schizophrenia patients in developing countries seem to fare better than their Western counterparts https://www.nature.com/articles/508S14a
• Her non-profit: https://sahelsage.org/

Connect with Contributors:

Dr. Leslie Car: lesliecarr.com

Michelle Masters: https://michellemastersnlp.com/

Links Mentioned in this Episode:

• Heart of the Mind - Engaging Your Inner Power to Change with Neuro-Linguistic Programming
• The brain didn’t perceive the color blue and it wasn’t mentioned in early writing: https://www.dunnedwards.com/colors/specs/posts/color-blue-history
• Joe Dispenza: https://drjoedispenza.com/
• Michelle’s book, Money Magic: Clear Your Path to Money, Time, and Happiness
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Connect with the Contributors:

Erika's website is TRISF.com

Leslie's website is lesliecarr.com

Links From This Episode: 

https://terryreal.com/

Connect with Heather: OneGreenThing.org @OneGreenThing on Instagram @MyOneGreenThing on Twitter

Links From This Episode:

• The book Leslie’s mother got for her when she was 19 years old that awakened her interest in physics was Michio Kaku’s Hyperspace (https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/hyperspace-michio-kaku/1138748797). Some of her other favorite titles are The Elegant Universe by Brian Greene (http://www.briangreene.org/the-elegant-universe/), A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking (https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/brief-history-of-time-stephen-hawking/1100328875), and Relativity: The Special and General Theory by Albert Einstein (https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/relativity-albert-einstein/1100059699). 
• CNN - the Google satellite link, forty years of climate change time-lapse: https://www.cnn.com/videos/business/2021/04/15/google-earth-timelapse-zw-orig.cnn-business/video/playlists/business-google/
• www.350.org  
• An article on the connection between climate change and covid: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/oct/02/covid-19-and-the-climate-crisis-are-part-of-the-same-battle
• An article about people deciding not to have children because of the climate crisis: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/nov/27/climate-apocalypse-fears-stopping-people-having-children-study
• The work of David Quammen: https://www.davidquammen.com/
• Project Drawdown: https://drawdown.org/
• The Sunrise Movement: https://www.sunrisemovement.org/?ms=SunriseMovement-WeAreTheClimateRevolution
• The Scientific American article Leslie mentions: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/therapists-are-reckoning-with-eco-anxiety/
• The image Heather references about the koala that has “mental health issues” https://www.instagram.com/p/CN80qhPJY2P/
• Some additional information about Freddie Gray: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jul/20/freddie-gray-death-haunts-man-filmed-video-baltimore
• Some additional information about Eric Garner: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2014/dec/04/i-cant-breathe-eric-garner-chokehold-death-video

Connect with Cuyler: 

Cuylerballenger.com

https://lawndaleartcenter.org/exhibition/cuyler-ballenger/

Instagram: @snake_ballenger 

Connect with Lawdale:

lawndaleartcenter.org

Instagram: @lawndaleartcenter

Links From This Episode:

• Crazy Like Us book: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Crazy-Like-Us/Ethan-Watters/9781416587095
• Crazy Like Us article: https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/10/magazine/10psyche-t.html
• CDC opioid overdose stats 1999-2019: https://www.cdc.gov/drugoverdose/epidemic/index.html
• SF covid data 2019-2020: https://www.sfchronicle.com/local-politics/article/It-didn-t-have-to-happen-2020-was-15872937.php
• Two research articles that address the relationship between stigma and the biomedical model of psychological suffering https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28942615/ and https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6234201/
• Some information about the work of Nan Goldin: https://www.sfmoma.org/artist/nan_goldin/
• Nan Goldin’s protest against the Sackler family: https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/nan-goldin-leads-a-protest-at-the-guggenheim-against-the-sackler-family
• The death and life of Dash Snow: https://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/26/nyregion/26dash.html
• Research supporting the idea that in monozygotic twins the rate of concordance is 30-40%: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/12503715_Twin_studies_in_schizophrenia_with_special_emphasis_on_concordance_figures
• TED talk given by Eleanor Longden, where she shares how talk therapy helped her heal from a diagnosis of Schizophrenia: https://www.ted.com/speakers/eleanor_longden

Connect with Lisa: www.lisaabramson.com + @lisaaabramson on Twitter and Instagram.

Links From This Episode:

Giving Birth Landed Me In the Psycho Ward: 

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/17/parenting/postpartum-psychosis-motherhood.html

Information on the link between sleep deprivation and psychotic experiences: 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6048360/#:~:text=The%20finding%20that%20sleep%20deprivation,8%2C%2010%E2%80%9312)

https://lesliecarr.com/