What Matters When It Comes to Parenting

At its best, parenting is about showing up for ourselves and our children as often as we can, with as much kindness as we can muster. When we do that, over and over again, we are getting parenting right, even when it feels like we are doing everything wrong. We are...

My Top Ten Favorite Parenting Resources

I’m back! Sorry I disappeared for a while, folks. I’ve been busy with book talks for Parenting in the Present Moment, working on my next book about teaching mindfulness to children (New Harbinger, 2015), helping my big girl transition to kindergarten, my little girl...

How to Enjoy the Holidays Like Your Kids

If you ask most parents what they’re looking forward to this holiday season, you will probably hear about relaxing and spending some quality time with family. It’s a lovely idea and something we all aspire to, but it doesn’t always (or even often)...

]Why I Learned to Meditate

In my mind, meditation was for hippies who didn’t have their shit together and mindfulness was just a fancy word for reformed hippies who barely had their shit together. I was happy to spend an hour each week in the confines of a therapy office, but meditation was an...