News & Updates
How to Stop Freaking Out : The Ultimate Guide to Keeping Cool When Life Gets Chaotic publishes on September 10, 2024 and I’m so freaking (haha!) excited to share it with all of you!
For more details about my first book for kids, head over to the book page or scroll down for a list of podcasts.
Remembering and Talking to Our Children About 9/11
My daughters, who are 7 and 8 years old, learned about 9/11 this past summer. I wasn’t intending to talk about it just then, but it was a plot point in a book we were reading, and so we discussed it. The girls learned that 16 years ago, bad men flew planes into...
The Truth Behind Those Perfect “First-Day-of-School” Photos
I lost it with my kid yesterday. My mom-meltdown happened just minutes before I herded both of the girls outside for our annual first-day-of-school ritual. It went a little something like this: “Ok, you stand here, no, not there, over there, OK, good, now you get next...
Humor is Your Secret Parenting Weapon
Sometimes I put a pair of cotton princess underwear on my head before I wake up my daughters in the morning. Sometimes I recite their breakfast options in a ridiculous French accent. I smear bubbles across my face while I’m giving them a bath and tell them absurd...
Mary Poppins and the Magic of Mindful Breathing
If you’re a human being, you’re probably breathing right now. In fact, you probably weren’t even thinking about it until I pointed it out. But I’m a clinical social worker who spends a lot of time talking to my clients about when, why, and how to breathe. They want...
Podcast: The Five Rules of Parenting
I was thrilled to join Hunter Clarke-Fields on her fabulous Mindful Mama podcast. In this episode, we talked about the article, The 5 Rules of Parenting by Mike Troiano. After 54 collective years of parenting, does Mike have all the answers? Yes, and no. There are...
How to Raise Kinder, Less Entitled Kids
"You don't want to be a doormat but "kindness is not the same as being disengaged or permissive," explains Naumburg. Set boundaries with empathy: Instead of name-calling, frame feedback using sentences such as, "I don't like when you do X." I was so pleased to share...
Sharing My Thoughts on Parental Anxiety When the Kids Go To Camp
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 asleep? What if he gets...
New Podcast Interview – Sharing Mindfulness at Home!
I had a great time chatting with Melitsa Avila of Growing Nimble Families about how to practice mindfulness at home with your school-aged children. You can listen to the whole podcast here.
