Prioritizing Motherhood in the Early Years + Secret Life of the Brain

Erika Komisar, author of Being There. Topic: Why prioritizing motherhood in the first three years matters. Issues: Debunking myths of modern motherhood; what it means to be a present mother; strengthening and repairing the mother-child bond; when you can’t be there; the costs to kids, moms, and society of mother absence; why don’t we value motherhood; much more. Lisa Feldman Barrett, author of How Emotions are Made. Topic: The secret life of the brain. Issues: Why everything we think we know about emotions is wrong; the origins of feeling; how the brain makes emotions; gender difference (hint: there aren’t very many); emotions and the law; emotions and illness; emotions and language; emotions as social reality; much more.