“I was impressed from the first time I picked up a Pathways to Family Wellness magazine so it is an honor for me to contribute to such an excellent and informative publication that has not only heart but soul!”

Lysa Parker is the cofounder of Attachment Parenting International/Nurturings  coauthor of Attached at the Heart: Eight Principles for Raising Connected and Compassionate Children. Lysa has her masters in human development and family studies, is a Certified Family Life Educator (CFLE) through the National Council on Family Relations and is a Certified Educator of Infant Massage (CEIM) through Infant Massage USA. She developed, with her coauthor, Barbara Nicholson, a curriculum based on Attached at the Heart that teaches evidenced-based parenting education to professionals interested in teaching parenting education classes in their community. Currently, Lysa is involved in training instructors internationally. For more information on trainings go to Nurturings.org/parenting-education.org. The third edition of the book is in publication due to be released in the summer of 2023. Lysa can be contacted at Lparker@nurturings.org.