Managing the Back-to-School Madness

by | Aug 28, 2015 | Seleni

My daughters start first grade and kindergarten this year. My Facebook feed is filled with smiling children holding up signs stating the date and their upcoming grade. Every store I enter is filled with back-to-school displays. And every parenting magazine makes it...

Introducing The Jewish Mother Project

by | Aug 25, 2015 | Kveller.com

From the full post over at Kveller.com: “I envision The Jewish Mother Project as a cross between Abigail Pogrebin’s blog on the Jewish Daily Forward, “18 Holidays: 1 Wondering Jew” and “The Happiness Project” by Gretchen Rubin. I’ll spend the year diving more...

Advance Praise for Ready, Set, Breathe

by | Aug 25, 2015 | Ready Set Breathe

Ready, Set, Breathe: Practicing Mindfulness with Your Children for Fewer Meltdowns and a More Peaceful Family is now available for pre-order on Amazon.com and other online book sellers, and the advance praise is in. I couldn’t be more honored and thrilled by...

Catching My Breath

by | Aug 24, 2015 | Brain Child

Author’s note: This is one of the most personal pieces I have ever written, and I’m honored and thrilled that it was published on Brain, Child’s blog. One. One degree. That’s what the weather app on my phone reported one morning this past winter as I...

How I Learned to Get the Most Out of Me Time

by | Aug 5, 2015 | Seleni

Before I had kids, I just didn’t think about self-care very often. I didn’t have to: When I wasn’t at work, my time was my own. If I needed to sleep, exercise, or hang out with my friends or husband, I just did it. That all changed after I became a...

Our Last Shabbat at Home

by | May 22, 2015 | Kveller.com

For the past five weeks, our family has gathered each Friday night to sing a blessing over an empty corner. We sold our small white china cabinet with the door that never quite closed properly a couple of weeks before we put our house on the market. We took down our...