Nourish: How Food and Relationship Go Together

Community Workshop

Facilitator(s): Dr. Deborah MacNamara

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Date: May 1, 2024 | Time: 6:30pm - 8:30pm

Nourish: The connection between food and relationship has become separated from one another despite how they were meant to be intertwined. This presentation will weave together the pieces of the feeding and eating puzzle by drawing on the fields of attachment science, neuroscience, developmental psychology, to cultural tradition. Come relish and savour in a thought provoking walk around our most basic human needs and nature’s answer to feeding our kids.

Facilitator(s): Dr. Deborah MacNamara

Dr. Deborah MacNamara is the author of the best-selling book Rest, Play, Grow: Making Sense of Preschoolers (or anyone who acts like one), as well as the children’s picture book, The Sorry Plane. Rest, Play, Grow has been translated into 14 languages. The Sorry Plane was awarded the Neufeld Institute Recommended seal for being congruent with developmental science and the relational-developmental approach of Dr. Gordon Neufeld. Her new book, Nourished: Connection, Food, and Caring for our Kids (and everyone else we love), was released in the Fall of 2023. 

Deborah is on Faculty at the Neufeld Institute, and is the Director of Kid’s Best Bet, a Counselling and Family Resource Center. She is a dynamic teacher and experienced counsellor who makes developmental science come to life in the everyday context of home and classroom. Deborah also provides counselling services to parents and professionals to make sense of learning, behavioural, and developmental issues in kids – from babies to teens.

Important Details to Note Prior to Registering:

  • This online free training is offered to childcare staff working in Burnaby and Vancouver. 
  • Only registered individuals will be allowed to join the workshop.
  • Professionals attending will receive a professional development certificate if applicable within one week of the workshop.
  • Participation is required. Your video needs to be on, your camera must be enabled and your microphone working to receive your certificate. Participants must stay for the full workshop/course to receive a certificate.
  • You can join the Zoom link 15 minutes prior to the presentation start time. We will not admit anyone 15 minutes after the start time with respect to the presenters and participants.
  • All participants are expected to complete an online survey after the training.
  • If you cannot attend please do your best to provide 48 hours notice. If you do not cancel and do not show up you will be put on a waitlist and removed from future trainings.