Carla Naumburg, PhD, is a clinical social worker, writer, and most importantly-mother. Her first book, Parenting in the Present Moment, was published by Parallax Press in 2014. Carla is the mindful parenting blogger for psychcentral.com and a contributing editor at kveller.com. Her writing has been featured in The New York Times, The Huffington Post, and on parents.com, as well as in a number of academic articles and online magazines. Carla holds an MSW and a PhD in clinical social work, and she has an advanced certificate in mindfulness and psychotherapy. She currently lives outside of Boston with her husband and two young daughters.
"Ready, Set, Breathe fulfills on its promise, providing simple,
doable practices to support parents in bringing mindfulness into
the sweet chaos of family life. The writing is honest and engaging,
with healthy doses of the humor and compassion all parents
need."
--Amy Saltzman, MD, author A Still Quiet Place
"Carla Naumburg always keeps it real--with wisdom, humor, humility,
and profound compassion. In Ready, Set, Breathe, she offers simple,
practical tools for parents and kids to be more mindful, starting
today."
--Deborah Sosin, LICSW, MFA, author of Charlotte and the Quiet
Place
"Carla Naumburg's book Ready, Set, Breathe is a wonderfully
engaging and easy-to-understand gift to parents, offering simple
yet meaningful ways to practice mindfulness themselves and with
their children."
--Susan Kaiser Greenland, author of The Mindful Child and cofounder
of Inner Kids
"Clear, thoughtful, and funny. This wonderful and candid book gives
us ways to bring the miracle of mindfulness to our families. For
all the parents out there who have been wondering how to bring
mindfulness to their children, Carla has written the comprehensive
guide. I will be recommending and referencing this book for a long
time to come! Carla gives so many simple and varied ways to share
mindfulness and have more peaceful families. Plus, she's the
clearest, most down-to-earth writer about mindfulness that I've
ever read (and I've read many). A book that may change your
life!"
--Hunter Clarke-Fields, MSAE, RYT, founder of Hunter Yoga
"Full of wise, playful, and effective strategies...if every parent
picked up this book, we'd have a lot happier families."
--Elisha Goldstein, PhD, cofounder of the Center for Mindful Living
and author of Uncovering Happiness
"Multitasking parents can take more than a page from this simple,
sweet, and straightforward guide to mindfully preventing meltdowns
not just in our kids, but in ourselves as well."
--Christopher Willard, PsyD, Harvard Medical School, author of
Growing Up Mindful and other books
"This book gives parents a wealth of tools, activities, and
explorations that can make parenting more joyful and engaging,
while supporting the well-being of the entire family. Carla shares
these ideas in a loving, humor-filled, realistic way that will
immediately put you at ease--you'll feel like you're talking with a
good friend."
--Jennifer Cohen Harper, MA, E-RCYT, founder of Little Flower Yoga
and the School Yoga Project, author of Little Flower Yoga for Kids,
and mom of Isabelle May
"This book is a great introduction to mindfulness, and it has a
wealth of simple but effective practices that parents can do with
their children. Carla shows us how to help our kids pay attention,
regulate their emotions, develop empathy, and ultimately understand
themselves. Carla's writing is honest, relatable, and funny--this
book will be a blessing for parents (and their kids)!"
--Sarah Rudell Beach, MEd, mindfulness instructor, executive
director of Brilliant Mindfulness, LLC, and creator of the website
leftbrainbuddha.com
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