What if your child’s soul was a tiny, flickering flame… and you were the wick that supported it, allowing it to burn bright? According to the Zohar, that is the secret of parenting. The soul of a child is small, like the flame of a candle – with incredible potential to grow into a powerful […]

One of the most common “sleep training tropes” you’ll hear is to avoid feeding your baby to sleep. It creates an association where baby wakes up expecting another feed and can be a hard habit to break. But today, I want to invite you to look at feeding-to-sleep in a different light. Benefits of feeding […]

וַיְהִי בְּהִתְמוֹלֵל נַפְשָׁהּ כִּי מָֽתָה וַתִּקְרָא שֵׁם־הַנַּעַר בֶּן־אוֹנִי וּבְנִי אָמְרָה קְרָא שְׁמוֹ בִּנְיָמִין׃ בראשית ל״ה:י״ח “And it came to pass, as her soul was departing – for she died – that she called his name Ben-Oni; but his father called him Binyamin.” Birth trauma is not a new therapy-jargon invention – it’s been woven into […]

Let’s get ready to change the clocks Every November, when Daylight Saving comes to an end, moms get punched in the gut. Or if we’re being scientifically didactic, punched in the suprachiasmatic nucleus. (A ridiculously long way of saying “internal clock.”) Changing the clocks in the fall feels like your toddler getting their hands on a […]

קול דַּם-אָחִיךָ צֹעֵק אֵלַי מִן-הָאֲדָמָה “The voice of your brother’s blood cries out to Me from the ground.” (Bereishis 4:10) The story of Kayin and Hevel is incredibly cryptic. While is looks like a simple case of sibling rivalry gone badly wrong, this bizarre episode is truly… the story of humanity. Beneath the surface, this […]

From the moment your baby is born, their brain is growing at lightning speed. In the first few years of life, billions of connections are being built that form the foundation for learning, relationships, emotions, and stress management. What shapes those connections more than anything else is the comfort you give them. The way a […]

You are not going to like hearing this. No one does. But I’m going to share it with you anyways, because if you’ve got a baby who’s waking at night, you really need to know this. The kindest, most game-changing thing you can do for yourself right now is to… Go to bed earlier Even […]

Everyone loves to talks about the magic of bedtime routines. But let’s be real: how many times have you tried a fabulous, Pinterest-perfect bedtime routine, only to have bedtime end in disaster? Here’s the real secret no one’s telling you: bedtime is more about how you do it than what you do. The last hour […]

Sleep anxiety a trap I see parents fall into over and over again. This combination of sleep anxiety and it’s close cousin, sleep perfectionism, is about so much more than baby sleep. It’s the crushing intersection of postpartum overwhelm, perfectionist tendencies, and real or imagined pressure to “get it all right.”  What is sleep anxiety? Sleep anxiety […]

“At every moment, the Holy One, Blessed be He, roars like a lion because of the exile of His children.” (Berachot 3a) Does G-d cry? Rebbe Nachman shares a poignant parable about two lovebirds who were torn apart from each other and exiled to distant islands. Separated by a vast and endless sea, the birds […]