by Carla Naumburg | Oct 28, 2013 | PsychCentral.com
“On a deeper level, parenting when you yourself were under-parented can be triggering in surprising and frightening ways. I am a clinical social worker and therapist—I have spent years of my life studying and working in the field of human relationships—and I...
by Carla Naumburg | Oct 12, 2013 | Jewish Daily Forward
According to the results of the most recent Pew survey of Jewish America, I represent the best hope for the future of the Jewish people. I guess I’d better explain that one. The Pew survey found a significant rise in those who are not religious, marry outside the...
by Carla Naumburg | Oct 4, 2013 | Kveller.com
I had been thinking about it all week. Josh was out of town for work, and for the first time in a long time, he wouldn’t be home for Shabbat. It would be my job to make Shabbat. Seeing as how Josh and I have been lighting candles on Friday nights since we first moved...
by Carla Naumburg | Oct 2, 2013 | Kveller.com
“Thank you. Thank you for going away. It was really nice for me to be able to spend so much time with the girls. We had a great time.” My husband said those words to me last week, as we were discussing the week before, when I had been away for four and a half days on...
by Carla Naumburg | Sep 30, 2013 | PsychCentral.com
“I am not OK with being with a good enough mother. I work too hard to settle for that.” One of my closest friends (and one of the most devoted mothers I know) said those words to me a couple of years ago, and I’ve never forgotten them. On a personal level, I was...
