Carla Naumburg
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Boston, MA, United States
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It Takes a Shtetl to Stay Sane When You’re a Parent –
We Jews are not a solitary lot. We come together to pray, welcome new life, mourn our losses, celebrate our holidays, and raise our children. They say it takes a village to raise a child — and I say it takes a shtetl to stay sane while we raise said child. Oh, and that shtetl … → Read More
How to Recover After You've Lost It With Your Kids
We all lose our shit with our kids sometimes. → Read More
How Mindfulness Helped My Daughter Finish a Big Hike
Picking wild blueberries on the hike before the whining started. "I'm tired. My feet hurt. I don't want to walk anymore and it's really hot. I need to stop and → Read More
The Power of Gratitude in Parenting
Boredom, confusion, frustration—the attentional demands of parenting may grate on us at times. Use this handy mindful checklist to connect with gratitude during difficult parenting moments. → Read More
How a Smartwatch Can Make Parenting Easier
I didn’t buy a smartwatch because I thought it might make parenting easier—I bought it because it was cute and shiny and I like new toys. (I owned a Casio calculator watch long before they were popular. Oh, wait: They were never popular.) It’s been fun to fiddle with—I can change the watch face and check the weather and I no longer have to get off the couch just to look up the date. What’s… → Read More
Don’t Take The Last Run: Advice From My Father
My sister and me in Taos, New Mexico, circa 1984. Look how happy we are. I think it’s because we didn’t take the last run. Ahem. Father’s Day is coming up this weekend, which has got me thinking about my Dad. He gave me a lot of advice... → Read More
How to Get Your Kids Off Their Screens
"Can we have some screen time?" I get this request from my daughters (ages 7 & 9) almost every afternoon. Sometimes I say yes, sometimes I say no. When I say no, sometimes my kids throw tantrums, but mostly they don't. Mostly they find something else to do, sometimes on their own, and sometimes with a little help and → Read More
Manage Big Parenting Feelings Before They Manage You
Huge parenting misnomer: we need to protect our kids from our negative feelings. The truth: it’s easier to lose control when we’re focused on stopping our emotions. Carla Naumburg explores seven practices to help you build resilience during tense parenting moments. → Read More
How to Make Bedtime With Kids Easier
Bedtime can be rough, and not just for the kids. Folks get cranky, it's hard to get motivated, and kids rarely fall asleep as quickly as we want them to. (In their defense, many of us adults also struggle with that same issue.) The reality is that bedtime is easier for some families than others, for lots of different → Read More
Smile, Breathe, & Go Slowly: My Mantra for Difficult Moments
Crazy hair day. For the record, hair chalk is a huge pain in the tushy. This weekend was a shitshow, y'all. Saturday morning found me dropping off one kid (not my own) who had spent the night at our house and then picking up my daughter, who had spent the night at another friends' house. We had a busy day planned; it → Read More
Mindful Parenting for Fidgety Skeptics?
The cat is still extremely skeptical. The first time I heard about mindfulness and meditation, I thought it was BS. I thought it was for people who didn't have their sh*t together. I was super type-A and I didn't need that hippie baloney. And then I had kids. And everything changed. It took me longer than I'd like to → Read More
How I Taught My Kids to Meditate
My daughters have abandoned their meditation cushions, so the kitty moved in. In my last post, I wrote about why I started teaching my kids to meditate. In this post, I’ll share how I taught them, and what I did when they lost interest. I want to start... → Read More
How to Cut Yourself Some S.L.A.C.K. and Kick Some A** In the New Year
Researchers have identified a variety of reasons why it’s so hard to give up Facebook and eat more salads in January. The next time you’re bailing on your best intentions, cut yourself some SLACK with these 5 mindfulness tips for bringing more self-compassion to your... #resilience #selfcompassion → Read More
Why I’m Teaching My Girls to Meditate
Teaching my girls to meditate wasn’t one of my resolutions for the new year. I’ve got a ton of tricks up my sleeve for practicing mindfulness with them; so many, in fact, that I wrote a book about it. But formal seated meditation can be hard for... → Read More
Making It Easier to be Mindful During the Holidays
Keepin’ it real here, folks. Here’s our Hanukkah celebration from a couple of years ago – one kid grumpily lighting candles while the other one has a fit. Good times! Today is Cyber Monday, hot on the heels of Black Friday, Small Business... → Read More
How to Stop Losing Your Sh*t With Your Kids!
Some days I earn my pin. Some days I don’t. That’s ok. Awesome swag by Emily McDowell. You guys! I have big news, and I am SO excited to tell you about it. I just sold my third book! This is the book I was born to write. It’ll be fun to... → Read More
Advice for an Overwhelmed Parent (Anonymous Reader Question)
This is me, pregnant with #2 and freaking out as #1 digs her razor sharp elbow into my belly. For some reason, this seems like an appropriate picture to share with this post. Here’s my latest response to an anonymous reader question… A few... → Read More
I made my smartphone less useful, and it made me a better parent
How I’ve made my phone less useful, and in turn, redirected my attention where it needs to be. → Read More
This Classroom Job in My Kid’s Pre-K Made Me a Jewish Day School Believer
For some parents, sending their children to Jewish day school is a given. Perhaps they went to day school and want that same experience for their kids, or perhaps they didn’t and wish they had. Thi… → Read More
My Brain Wanted Me to Freak Out. Here’s What I Did Instead.
Don’t get me wrong; I’m really glad this place exists. But boy does it make me anxious. “Maybe I should google the possible risks and side effects of anesthesia in children.” It was minor in that it took less than 15 minutes to finish,... → Read More