The cat is still extremely skeptical. The first time I heard about mindfulness and meditation, I thought it was BS. I thought it was for people who didn’t have their sh*t together. I was super type-A and I didn’t need that hippie baloney. And then I had kids. And everything changed.
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Shared by Carla Naumburg, Ph.D, Contributing Blogger January 25, 2018
My daughters have abandoned their meditation cushions, so the kitty moved in. In my last post, I wrote about why I started teaching my kids to meditate. In this post, I’ll share how I taught them, and what I did when they lost interest. I want to start out by
Read More Shared by Carla Naumburg, Ph.D, Contributing Blogger January 22, 2018
Teaching my girls to meditate wasn’t one of my resolutions for the new year. I’ve got a ton of tricks up my sleeve for practicing mindfulness with them; so many, in fact, that I wrote a book about it. But formal seated meditation can be hard for little ones, especially
Read More Shared by Carla Naumburg, Ph.D, Contributing Blogger January 2, 2018
Keepin’ it real here, folks. Here’s our Hanukkah celebration from a couple of years ago – one kid grumpily lighting candles while the other one has a fit. Good times! Today is Giving Tuesday, hot on the heels of Cyber Monday, Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, and Melt on The
Read More Shared by Carla Naumburg, Ph.D, Contributing Blogger November 27, 2017
Some days I earn my pin. Some days I don’t. That’s ok. Awesome swag by Emily McDowell. You guys! I have big news, and I am SO excited to tell you about it. I just sold my third book! This is the book I was born to write. It’ll be
Read More Shared by Carla Naumburg, Ph.D, Contributing Blogger November 6, 2017
“If you do that again, I’m going to be pretty unhappy.” I made that bold and daring threat to my younger daughter this morning. Ok, it’s not officially a threat. It was more like a fairly accurate description of what was likely to happen if she continued to be annoying,
Read More Shared by Carla Naumburg, Ph.D, Contributing Blogger February 16, 2017