The Nurturing a Child’s Podcast
Grow Together in Conscientious Relationships
About the Podcast
The Nurturing a Child’s Consciousness podcast is Hosted by Brandy McCray, and features Josette Luvmour, Ph.D. and Ba Luvmour, M.A. the originators of Natural Learning Relationships.
The Nurturing a Child’s Consciousness podcast series is devoted to Whole Human Development. It features Natural Learning Relationships (NLR). At its core, NLR maps the development of the innate capacities in children and offers guidelines to creating relationships that lead to optimal well-being for both the child and the caregiver(s).
This series of podcasts will allow you to see through a child’s eyes and feel through a child’s heart. It reveals the inner workings of the child’s consciousness—how they see and know themselves and their world. We enter their perspective and so can nurture their actualization of well-being.
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What happens when we stop viewing children through behavior labels and deficit-based models? How can we nurture and recognize well-being in children? What happens when we do?
This episode looks at how conditioning around pathology shapes perception, often narrowing how we understand and relate to children. We explore a different lens grounded in well-being, where development and and learning are seen as adaptive, relational processes rather than problems to fix. This shift changes what we notice, how we respond, and what becomes possible in our relationships with children. It provides the ground, the foundation, for emergent transformation in children, family, education, community, and culture.
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We explore how patterns of interconnectedness show up at every level of life, from relational dynamics to embodied experience. This episode situates Natural Learning Relationships as both a practical approach to daily relationships and a reflection of larger organizing principles in living systems.
Interested in take the course Intro to Natural Learning Relationships?
This experiential course introduces the Natural Learning Relationships (NLR) framework for supporting children’s development in love, trust, spirituality, safety, and social justice. Grounded in decades of research and practice, participants learn practical, evidence-informed ways to foster trust, empathy, and mutual respect while promoting well-being and justice in diverse family and educational settings.
Designed for educators, caregivers, parents, and professionals, the course provides insight and inspiration for transforming everyday interactions into opportunities for connection, growth, and healing.
This 7 week course launches summer of 2026. It meets live on Zoom once a week for 2 hours. To be scheduled together with particpants. Cost $400. Payment plans available.
The course is open to anyone interested. If you decide to continue to complete the entire Ceritificate Program, the course fee will be applied to your total tution for the certificate program.