by Carla Naumburg | Oct 17, 2016 | Seleni, Writing
“You’re a terrible mother.” “You suck at this.” “Well, you screwed up again.” “Everyone else has it together. Why don’t you?” Would you say these words to your friends? To your kids? Of course not. You...
by Carla Naumburg | Oct 1, 2016 | Ready Set Breathe
I am so pleased to announce that READY, SET, BREATHE is now available in Spanish, courtesy of the Spanish publisher Ediciones B. The Spanish version is called 1, 2, 3 RESPIRA, and it is available on Amazon.com and other online retailers. Puede leer mas en La Voz de...
by Carla Naumburg | Aug 18, 2016 | Cognoscenti, Writing
My daughters and I recently attended a family yoga class together. After a little downward dog and cat and cow, we transitioned into tree pose. I shifted my weight onto my right foot, lifted my left foot off the ground and rested it against the inside of my right...
by Carla Naumburg | Jul 14, 2016 | Kveller.com
I’m not a terribly spiritual person. Even so, I wasn’t surprised by how much I enjoyed Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg’s latest book, “Nurture the Wow: Finding Spirituality in the Frustration, Boredom, Tears, Poop, Desperation, Wonder, and Radical Amazement of Parenting.” I...
by Carla Naumburg | Jun 3, 2016 | Kveller.com
My daughter’s siddur ceremony was a few weeks ago. She’s in first grade at a Jewish Day School, and after spending the year studying tefillah, or prayer, the entire class got their own prayer books. In our school, as in many other day schools, the parents’ job is to...
