News & Updates
Hi Folks!
Not so many new blog posts here as I’ve been working on my first book for kids – How to Stop Freaking Out, the middle-grade companion to How to Stop Losing Your Sh*t With Your Kids.
This full-color, highly illustrated book for readers ages 8 – 12 is available for pre-order now, and it will hit the shelves in September 2024.
There will be more updates coming soon, but in the meanwhile, I’m currently scheduling my podcast tour for How to Stop Freaking Out.
If you’ve got a podcast about parenting or freaking out or freaking out while parenting or teaching your kids how to not freak out, let’s talk!
You can reach me at carla@carlanaumburg.com.
Respecting Everybody’s Body: Teaching Children About Consent
We need to talk about consent. It is our job, as parents, to teach our children how to respect their bodies and the bodies of every single person they encounter. If you’re feeling stressed or overwhelmed by the thought of even approaching this conversation, it’s not...
A New Tool To Help You Put Down Your Phone
According to my iPhone's new Screen Time app, I spent almost 40 hours on my phone last week. YIKES. I don't even know what to think about this. First I tried to justify it. I use my phone to listen to the radio, which I often have playing in the background. Maybe...
The Power of Gratitude in Parenting
I used to be super skeptical about gratitude. Honestly, I thought it was BS. And then I tried it. It wasn't long before gratitude became a major sanity-saver for me. I wrote a big ol' piece for Mindful Magazine about it. You can read it over here, and meanwhile,...
The Most Damaging Myths About Motherhood
I was recently interview for this important piece about the most damaging myths of motherhood. Here's a bit of what I had to say: Myth: As a mom, you need to fix it. “There is one highly pervasive myth about motherhood that most of us aren’t even aware of, yet it...
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...
How To Be Less Distracted With Your Kids
You want to be more present for your children, to engage with them from a place of intention and connection rather than distraction and knee-jerk reactions. But more often than you’d like to admit, you’re bored or preoccupied, sneaking glances at your phone, reviewing...
Don’t Take The Last Run: Advice From My Father
Father’s Day is coming up this weekend, which has got me thinking about my Dad. He gave me a lot of advice over the years. I listened to all of it, and then promptly forgot asthma treatment http://www.canadianpharmacy365.net/ or blatantly ignored most of what he said...
Summer Survival Guide: New Podcast!
Summer is coming and your kids are going to be home all day — yikes! In this episode of the Mindful Mama Podcast, Hunter Clarke-Fields and I talk about how to survive and thrive this summer with your kids. Some big takeaways from this episode include: 1. Chores and...
