by Carla Naumburg | Jan 22, 2017 | Mindfulness, Parenting, PsychCentral.com
Well, folks, it’s been over a year and a half since I’ve updated my blog. I could give you all the reasons, from building a new house to moving into it to writing and marketing my second book, but those are just details. The important point is that I’m back. And if...
by Carla Naumburg | Sep 29, 2014 | Mindfulness, Parenting
What is mindful parenting? Mindful parenting is just about applying the skills of mindfulness to our interactions with our children. It’s about noticing when we’ve been triggered by parenting and we’re suddenly stuck in the past, perhaps in our own childhoods, or...
by Carla Naumburg | Jul 17, 2013 | Kveller.com, Mindfulness
“One of the greatest lessons I am learning from my mindfulness practice is how to see what is actually happening right in front of me. So much of my vision had been clouded by memories and regrets about the past or anxiety about the future that I had a hard time...
by Carla Naumburg | May 8, 2013 | Mindfulness, Parenting
“After my daughter was born, I had a lot of thoughts that were deeply incompatible with the kind of mother I wanted to be. I would get frustrated with my girls, wish that they would go to bed already, and fantasize about solo vacations on tropical islands. Then...
by Carla Naumburg | Apr 18, 2013 | Mindfulness, PsychCentral.com
“That is the painful irony of, course. I take out my stress on the people most important to me, the ones I am most terrified of losing when something like this happens.” You can read more about my attempts to find my grounding in the wake of the tragedy in...
by Carla Naumburg | Mar 8, 2013 | Mindfulness, PsychCentral.com, Technology
Our thoughts are highly influential in determining how we feel throughout the day. Fortunately, we’re not shackled to negative cognitions. “Thoughts are just thoughts,” Naumburg said. They’re “the result of neurons firing for reasons we may never understand.” When any...
