by Carla Naumburg | Dec 27, 2012 | Kveller.com
“It’s time for all of that to change. We need to change the popular discourse about mental health and mental illness in our society, and it has to start with our community, with each one of us. We need to dispel the notion that there is a fundamental difference...
by Carla Naumburg | Dec 26, 2012 | Kveller.com
“Mommy, is Grandma Dede Christian?” “No, sweetie, she’s not. She’s Jewish.” “Then why are we doing Christmas with her?” You can read the story behind this conversation with my 4-year-old daughter over at Kveller.com.
by Carla Naumburg | Dec 17, 2012 | PsychCentral.com
“Descartes said, “I think, therefore I am.” It’s an inspiring sentiment, but it’s not quite right, not today. If I were to let my thoughts define me today, I would spend the day swimming in grief and fear, desperately searching for ways to close in or strike...
by Carla Naumburg | Dec 14, 2012 | Kveller.com
“I bought my daughters an obscene amount of princess toys for Hanukkah. No, not organic, hand-made, gender-neutral princess dolls who are engineers in their free time. I’m talking straight-up plastic, Disney, hot-off-the-shelves-of-the-big-box-store,...
by Carla Naumburg | Dec 6, 2012 | PsychCentral.com
“Mindfulness and gratitude everything. And yet they change nothing. The girls were still feverish and snotty, the laundry was still dirty, and my deadlines were still on the horizon. But my perspective on all of it was completely different.” You can read...