Car­la Naum­burg, PhD, is writer, speak­er, and clin­i­cal social work­er. She is the author of Ready Set Breathe: Prac­tic­ing Mind­ful­ness with Your Chil­dren for Few­er Melt­downs and a More Peace­ful Fam­i­ly (New Har­bin­ger, 2015) and Par­ent­ing in the Present Moment: How to Stay Focused on What Real­ly Mat­ters (Par­al­lax, 2014). Her writ­ing has appeared in The New York Times, The Wash­ing­ton Post, The Huff­in­g­ton Post, and Mind­ful Mag­a­zine among oth­er places. Car­la is a sought-after pub­lic speak­er, and she coach­es over­whelmed par­ents on how to make par­ent­ing less stress­ful and more fun. Car­la lives out­side of Boston with her hus­band, two young daugh­ters, and two total­ly insane cats.