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.
Parenting When You Were Underparented
"On a deeper level, parenting when you yourself were under-parented can be triggering in surprising and frightening ways. I am a clinical social worker and therapist—I have spent years of my life studying and working in the field of human relationships—and I have done...
How I Broke ‘Cycle of Assimilation’ Away From Jewish Engagement
According to the results of the most recent Pew survey of Jewish America, I represent the best hope for the future of the Jewish people. I guess I’d better explain that one. The Pew survey found a significant rise in those who are not religious, marry outside the...
Friday Night: My First Shabbat Alone Felt Terrible
I had been thinking about it all week. Josh was out of town for work, and for the first time in a long time, he wouldn’t be home for Shabbat. It would be my job to make Shabbat. Seeing as how Josh and I have been lighting candles on Friday nights since we first moved...
How I Accidentally Learned to Share the Grunt Work of Parenting
“Thank you. Thank you for going away. It was really nice for me to be able to spend so much time with the girls. We had a great time.” My husband said those words to me last week, as we were discussing the week before, when I had been away for four and a half days on...
The Gift of the Good Enough Mother
“I am not OK with being with a good enough mother. I work too hard to settle for that.” One of my closest friends (and one of the most devoted mothers I know) said those words to me a couple of years ago, and I’ve never forgotten them. On a personal level, I was...
13 Ways Mindfulness Makes Me a Better Parent
I recently got the following question on my Twitter feed: Do you feel meditation has really changed you? More relaxing, less stress? So on? The short answer to these questions is YES! All of the above! But that answer isn’t terribly helpful, so I thought it would be...
Mindful Parenting in the Middle of the Night
“Water, please.” It was a small voice, but we live in a small house so I heard it instantly. It was about 3 AM, but I was having trouble sleeping. I had just been away on a mindfulness retreat for four days, during which time I had missed my daughters terribly. I...
Why I Write About Mindful Parenting
“This meditation stuff is so great. You’ve got to do it. What a pain in the ass.” Jon Kabat-Zinn, one of the individuals most responsible for bringing for bringing mindfulness and meditation to western popular culture, said those words at a conference I attended last...
