Become a Certified Nesting Ambassador

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The Nesting Ambassador Program facilitates mindset change in enrollees who then, through their efforts, encourage mindset changes in others. Nesting Ambassadors help others to not only shift in mindset but develop knowhow for promoting wellness. As the wisdom of the nest is promoted more widely, objectives of systems will begin to change. Nesting ambassadors empower parents, teachers, and/or professionals to take up their power to decolonize trauma-inducing systems related to child raising, adult health, institutional practices, promoting the wellbeing of All. We together promote the new/old story that we co-create a living Earth.

The Evolved Nest and the Kinship mindset that accompanies it are wellness promoting. They represent the ways all our deep ancestors lived and understood the world and their place in it. They arise from a planetary consciousness, which is sorely needed today. You can take up this consciousness, participating in the planet’s arising immune system. 

Nesting Ambassadors are emissaries to the world, local and global. A Nesting Ambassador is one who has learned the principles of the evolved nest and integrates them into their lifestyle, workplace and/or community, using their enhanced skills to lead others to follow evolved nest principles. 

The first level of the program involves study and completion of the Evolved Nest Curriculum and a self-chosen course project.

Prerequisite: High school/secondary school diploma or equivalent.

Application: Documentation needed for application: (a) A resume regarding one’s life experiences and (b) a paragraph or two about what motivates you to become a Nesting Ambassador.

Material provided: Online classroom with recorded lectures, resources, and the capacity to communicate with your cohort members. Available resources include decades of resources from multiple Kindred World initiatives and projects, including Kindred Magazine, the Evolved Nest Initiative, and the Worldview Literacy Project.

Material needed: internet access for online classroom, a notebook for journaling and creative activities.

Cost: $1500

Course structure: There will be 11 online whole-group meetings, every other week. 

Cohort 1 starts January 10, 2026, and meets at 10 am ET.

Cohort 2 begins on January 24, 2026, and meets at 1 pm ET. 

On alternative weeks, participants meet with partners to discuss homework assignments and complete activities, integrating course material. Partners will report on their discussions at the online whole-group meetings.

Nesting Ambassador Program Dates for 2026

January 10 – Topic: Introduction to Kinship Worldview (whole group)

January 17: Partner Integration: Meet with partner(s) for discussion of homework. 

January 24 – Topic: Nature Immersion and Partnership, Evolved Nest Component 1

January 31: Partner Integration: Meet with partner(s) for discussion of homework.

February 7 – Topic: Restorative Healing Practices, Evolved Nest Component 2

February 14: Partner Integration: Meet with partner(s) for discussion of homework.

February 21 – Topic: Play, Evolved Nest Component 3

February 28: Partner Integration: Meet with partner(s) for discussion of homework.

March 7 – Topic: Responsive Relationships, Evolved Nest Component 4

March 14: Partner Integration: Meet with partner(s) for discussion of homework.

March 21 – Topic: Positive Touch, Evolved Nest Component 5

March 28: Partner Integration: Meet with partner(s) for discussion of homework.

April 4 – Topic: Welcoming Environment, Evolved Nest Component 6

April 11: Partner Integration: Meet with partner(s) for discussion of homework.

April 18 – Topic: Multiple Bonded Nurturers, Evolved Nest Component 7

April 25: Partner Integration: Meet with partner(s) for discussion of homework.

May 2 – Soothing Perinatal Experiences, Evolved Nest Component 8

May 9: Partner Integration: Meet with partner(s) for discussion of homework.

May 16 – Child-Directed Breastfeeding, Evolved Nest Component 9

May 23: Partner Integration: Meet with partner(s) for discussion of homework.

TBA: Final Closure and Graduation Session

After Graduation and Certification, Expectations for Certified Nesting Ambassadors:

1.  Stay in touch with ongoing online meetings. Report periodically on your initiatives, challenges, efforts, and outcomes. Use and share Nesting Ambassador Tools.
2.  Bring in others to learn about the Evolved Nest who perhaps even train as a Nesting Ambassador. 
3.  After a year of your presence on the Nested World Ambassador Directory gratis, pay an annual fee ($50) to maintain your certification and your presence.