by Carla Naumburg | Jan 13, 2014 | PsychCentral.com
On January 13, Hanna Rosin wrote a piece on Slate’s Double X blog titled “Crap, I Forgot to Be Mindful Again: How the mindful parenting movement is setting parents up to fail.” I wrote a response to the post on my Mindful Parenting blog, which...
by Carla Naumburg | Dec 31, 2013 | PsychCentral.com
I love New Year’s Resolutions. I love the possibility of a fresh start. A new chance at a new me. THIS will finally be the year when I lose the weight, meditate and do yoga every single day, stop yelling, and become a New York Times bestselling author. This is the...
by Carla Naumburg | Dec 6, 2013 | Kveller.com
We got married on Sunday, December 7, 2003. (Yeah, yeah, I know, the Day That Will Live in Infamy. In our case, it was more like the Day That the Rabbi Was Available.) It was a sunny, beautiful day, with nearly three feet of snow on the ground. One of the largest...
by Carla Naumburg | Dec 2, 2013 | PsychCentral.com
I’m really good at the bad mother talk. Any of you (fathers included) who have spent any time at all hanging out with other parents or inside your own brain likely know what I’m talking about. Sometimes it’s the sarcastic, self-deprecating, but mildly humble-brag (as...
by Carla Naumburg | Nov 18, 2013 | PsychCentral.com
As part of the research I’ve been doing for the parenting book I’m currently writing, I’ve been reading and listening to a lot of your opinions over the past several weeks. While most of you have lots of useful advice and reasonable suggestions, the truth is that...
by Carla Naumburg | Nov 12, 2013 | PsychCentral.com
“Don’t eat that pea. DO NOT EAT THAT PEA. That is MY PEA and you are NOT allowed to eat it…. YOU ATE THE PEA!!” That’s what was going on in my house last night. My daughters and I were sitting on the kitchen floor, digging leftover steamed peas, broccoli, and...
