Mama Tricks: Wrapping Your Head Around Motherhood

by Carol Kaufmann

MAMA TRICKS is for all the moms (and dads) who are having a hard time adjusting to parenthood. The 15 humorous essays are ideal for anyone who have ever felt as if they're navigating a kid-filled river without a paddle, a life preserver, or even a boat. Writer Carol Kaufmann, has been there, is there, and shares your pain.

MAMA TRICKS began as a column on The Well Mom site, then took on a life of its own. "Wrapping your head around being a mom isn't an overnight process," she says, "and one that shouldn't be attempted by the weak of heart." Knowing a few good tricks—clever ways of looking at parenting—is what you need to embrace your new identity. Carol's funny, sometimes poignant, stories offer advice for dealing with common mommyhood obstacles—mainly, the ones in your head.

72 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 2, 2012

About the author

I'm the author of Safari (Workman, 2012), a New York Times bestseller, and the upcoming Ocean (Workman, 2014) and well as another yet-to-be-named Workman title. Currently, I'm a freelance writer and editor and have recently published content for The New York Times, DailyWorth.com., EarthPulse, and the AARP Bulletin. In the past decade, I've been a staff writer for National Geographic magazine and the National Affairs Reporter for Reader's Digest, and well as an executive editor with AARP monitoring the caregiving/​community/​books beat with my stable of wonderful writers. Before my "written word" life, I worked in television news, for ABC News, Fox News, PBS and for CBS News in New York on a fellowship. I live in the Washington, D.C. area with my husband, two kids, and two charming and obese rescue cats.