Car­la Naum­burg, PhD, is a clin­i­cal social work­er and the author of three par­ent­ing books, includ­ing the best­selling How to Stop Los­ing Your Sh*t With Your Kids (Work­man, 2019). Her writ­ing has appeared in The New York Times, The Wash­ing­ton Post, The Huff­in­g­ton Post, CNN, and Mind­ful Mag­a­zine, among oth­er places. Car­la lives out­side of Boston with her hus­band, daugh­ters, and two total­ly insane cats.