Author

MacNamara, Deborah

Place of Publication

Vancouver, BC

Publisher

Aona Books

Publication Date

2023

Physical Description

Soft copy; 302 pages

Subject

Feeding and Nutrition

Abstract

What does it mean to be nourished?

Nothing could be more basic than food. However, food is only one part of the concept of nourishment, but it has consumed our focus and eclipsed something far more critical for thriving - connection. We have lost sight of the fact that feeding our families is about human relationship and emotional well-being.

In Nourished, developmental and relational clinical counsellor Dr. Deborah MacNamara shows us how feeding is part of the caretaking relationship and cannot be separated from it. Informed by attachment science, developmental psychology, neuroscience, and research on human emotion, Nourished reframes our approach to providing for our kids and helps us hit the reset button on our relationship with food. After reading this seminal work, it will be impossible to ever view food as just plain food again.

As parents we need our kids to be receptive to what we offer but the road to the stomach must go through the heart. As relational and emotional creatures, our deepest hunger is one that food by itself cannot fill. In this book, Dr. MacNamara gives us the keys to transform the everyday act of feeding our children (and other loved ones) into a most fulfilling and nourishing dance of attachment. Based on developmental and relational science, qualitative research with families, counselling parents, and her own experience as a mother, in Nourished, MacNamara combines storytelling with science and puts food in its rightful place.

ISBN

9780995051249

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Call Number

BB 200 MAC 2023

Copies

URL

http://www.cw.bc.ca/library/pdf/pamphlets/BCCH_BurnNutrition.pdf

Website Notes

Click link to view or print.

Corporate Author

Nutrition Services

Place of Publication

[Vancouver, BC?]

Publisher

BC Children's Hospital

Publication Date

2020

Physical Description

PDF; 2 pages

Subject

Burns. Burn Healing-Children

Wound Healing

Feeding and Nutrition

Abstract

When your child has a new burn or wound, food is very important. Your child needs more calories (energy) to help heal the skin.

Learn how nutrition can help your child to heal. This handout explains how to:

-Optimize meal times

-Offer high-calorie foods

-Offer high-protein foods

You will also learn about supplements, and resources for inpatients and out-patients.

Language

English

Material Type

Handout

Online