Nested Kinship and Kinship Praxis

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Kinship Praxis is the embodied, regenerative application of Evolved Nest science and Kinship Worldview in everyday life, relationships, and systems. It bridges the Theory-Praxis Gap by translating developmental, neurobiological, and anthropological evidence—along with Indigenous precepts of relational kinship—into trauma-informed, heart-led actions that nurture secure attachment, nervous system co-regulation, and nested wellbeing for individuals, families, communities, and the living Earth.

• Trauma-Informed and Regenerative: Practices prioritize safety, choice, consent, and co-regulation first (e.g., through worldview literacy, nature connection, restorative healing, and play), while repairing ruptures and building resilience without re-traumatization.
• Relational and Multi-Entity: Actions honor kinship with humans and non-humans—through deep listening, ceremony, positive touch, responsive caregiving, and ecological stewardship—fostering partnership societies rather than domination.
• Practical and Scalable: It manifests in concrete tools, curricula, community applications, policy advocacy, and train-the-trainer models that ambassadors adapt locally, test in the field, and share through communities of practice.
• Heart-Led and Emergent: Guided by the Nested Kinship Pathway, it integrates sensing, presencing, letting go/letting come, and co-creating nurturance ecosystems that align personal healing with collective worldview shifts and systems decolonization.

In the Nesting Ambassador Program, Kinship Praxis is the active, participatory “doing” that closes the gap: ambassadors live, model, teach, and iterate these practices to grow decentralized coalitions of parents, educators, wellness professionals, and cultural creatives—helping birth cultures where the Evolved Nest is the norm and kinship is the guiding ethic. It turns science and ancient wisdom into lived, measurable regenerative change.

The term Kinship Praxis was created by Lisa Reagan, who originally studied, explored, and created Kindred Activism with the Kindred Fellowship Program. KFP worked with global college students for a two year period to gather insights into the practical possibilities of integrating Evovled Nest science into a new form of social and cultural activism.

Also see Nested Kinship, Kinship Worldview, Evolved Nest.

Related Articles: 

• Join the Nesting Movement: Restore the Science of the People & Reclaim Our Nested Kinship
• How Kinship Is Our Real Operating System: The Illusion of Systems (Wizards) & the Reality of Stakeholder Coalitions (Kinship)
• First Official Cohort Graduates from the Nesting Ambassador Program, Advancing a Global Nesting Movement for Connection, Care, and Cultural Transformation
• Becoming the Medicine: A Kinship Praxis Session with the Nesting AmbassadorProgram
• The Living Bridge of Kinship Praxis: How Nesting Ambassadors Bring to Life the Evolved Nest and its Kinship Worldview
• Ecoflluency: Remembering Our Way Home, An Interview with Saskia von Diest
• From Grief to Vision: A Trauma-Informed Path to Sharing the Evolved Nest Through Peacemaking

Related Glossary Terms: 

• Nested Kinship

Read more about Kindred Activism on Kindred Media. Includes podcasts, interviews, and posts.

The Living Bridge Of Kinship Praxis: How Nesting Ambassadors Bring To Life The Evolved Nest And Its Kinship Worldview

From Grief To Vision: A Trauma-Informed Path To Sharing The Evolved Nest Through Peacemaking. Justine Collet Integrates Designing for Peace for Kinship Praxis

Meet The Wayfinders: Nine Oral Histories Of Successful Breastfeeding Advocacy Barrier-Breakers

Robin Grille: How Our Inner Child Impacts Our Activism, For Good And Bad

Compassionate Guidance For Supporting Refugee Families: From A Kindred Fellowship Program Graduate

Wounded Children Are Running The World: Our Inner Child And Political Activism With Robin Grille, KFP Presenter

Living Into The Mystery Between Inner And Outer Climate Change, by Stephanie Mines, PhD, KFP Presenter

Becoming Real – (Kindred’s April 2022 Issue, Letter From The Editor), by Lisa Reagan, KFP Co-Founder

Global Pandemic Triggers New Family Literacy Epidemic: How Community Activism Is Helping, by Pam Leo, KFP Preseneter

Parenting For Social Change: A Video With Teresa Graham Brett, JD, a KFP Presenter

Why Love Is A Greater Power Than Justice: Transformative Leadership Insights, by Allo Dieudonne, KFP Presenter

Restoring Our Kinship Worldview: Indigenous Voices Introduce 28 Precepts For Rebalancing Life On Planet Earth, by Darcia Narvaez and Four Arrows, KFP Presenters

KFP’s unique mission is to guide students on an innovative educational journey that explores the systemic roots of social (in)justice in childhood through kindred activism: a theory of activism that is authentic, relational, and imaginative, and centers childhood as the first experience of sovereignty or oppression. The program has been featured on the Centers for Partnership Studies Leadership blog, the Rutger’s University’s Childism Institute blog, and in an ongoing series on Kindred Media.

For a quarter century, Kindred World thought-leaders have been exploring the connections among human consciousness, human and nonhuman kin, and ecological systems. As awareness of “One Family, One World” expands, humanity connects more authentically with ourselves, our family, and our world, but also with our capacity to achieve lasting social justice. 

Kindred’s new connected story of human kinship is bringing forth the possibility for a new story of activism.

The KFP program ran for a number of years, but disbanded after the quarantine of 2022. We are still developing Kindred Activism principles in preparation for a forthcoming book.