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.
How I Finally Let Go of Family Dinner
If you read the studies and listen to the experts, family dinner is crucial. Children who gather ‘round the table each night with their parents are smarter, kinder, more capable, better looking and more likely to run a successful hedge fund once they graduate from an...
I Finally Figured Out How This Whole Repentance Thing Works
I cannot name all of the months in the Jewish year, but I can tell you that we are currently in the month of Elul. I’ve known for awhile now that these last weeks of summer are a time of reflection and teshuvah (a word that is often translated as repentance, but I...
Managing the Back-to-School Madness
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...
Introducing The Jewish Mother Project
From the full post over at Kveller.com: "I envision The Jewish Mother Project as a cross between Abigail Pogrebin’s blog on the Jewish Daily Forward, “18 Holidays: 1 Wondering Jew” and “The Happiness Project” by Gretchen Rubin. I’ll spend the year diving more deeply...
Advance Praise for Ready, Set, Breathe
Ready, Set, Breathe: Practicing Mindfulness with Your Children for Fewer Meltdowns and a More Peaceful Family is now available for pre-order on Amazon.com and other online book sellers, and the advance praise is in. I couldn't be more honored and thrilled by what my...
Catching My Breath
Author's note: This is one of the most personal pieces I have ever written, and I'm honored and thrilled that it was published on Brain, Child's blog. One. One degree. That’s what the weather app on my phone reported one morning this past winter as I was rushing...
How I Learned to Get the Most Out of Me Time
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 mother almost seven...
Our Last Shabbat at Home
For the past five weeks, our family has gathered each Friday night to sing a blessing over an empty corner. We sold our small white china cabinet with the door that never quite closed properly a couple of weeks before we put our house on the market. We took down our...
