About this episode

Elizabeth Preston discusses her book on how animal parents teach us about caregiving and its importance for mental health.

Elizabeth Preston talks with me about her new book The Creatures' Guide to Caring: How Animal Parents Teach Us That Humans Were Born to Care. Her book and discussion with me is fascinating discussion about the evolution of caregiving and parenting on Earth. She demonstrates how animals have so much to teach us about cargiving and the conditions that promote it. Her discussion helps us reconnect with our biology and our relationship to the natural world. This is important because we know that when we ignore our biology, mental health problems frequently follow. For more information : https://elizabethgpreston.com/

People in this episode

Host: Edward Plimpton

Guest: Elizabeth Preston

Topics covered

• animal parenting
• caregiving
• evolution
• mental health
• biology
• natural world

Keywords

• animal parents
• caregiving
• evolution
• mental health
• biology
• natural world
• parenting

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Creatures' Guide to Caring

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