by Carla Naumburg | Jun 14, 2017 | Seleni
My son is going to sleepaway camp for the first time this summer. He’s thrilled. I’m a nervous wreck. I’ve been bouncing around the worry spectrum, from Vaguely Uneasy to Distinctly Nervous and, finally, Full-On Panicked. What if he can’t fall...
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 | Jan 13, 2016 | Seleni
There’s a scene in Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery featuring the comedic spy (played by Mike Meyers) trying to escape the bad guys by driving away on a steamroller. A security guard yells for him to stop, but Powers keeps coming, motioning...
by Carla Naumburg | Oct 10, 2015 | Seleni
Mindfulness is a major buzzword these days, representing a state of living in the moment that many of us aspire to even as we berate ourselves for spacing out, forgetting something, or wasting time on our phones. We tend to think of mindfulness as a difficult pursuit...
by Carla Naumburg | Aug 28, 2015 | Seleni
My daughters start first grade and kindergarten this year. My Facebook feed is filled with smiling children holding up signs stating the date and their upcoming grade. Every store I enter is filled with back-to-school displays. And every parenting magazine makes it...
by Carla Naumburg | Aug 5, 2015 | Seleni
Before I had kids, I just didn’t think about self-care very often. I didn’t have to: When I wasn’t at work, my time was my own. If I needed to sleep, exercise, or hang out with my friends or husband, I just did it. That all changed after I became a...
