Columns & Blogs

Peggy O'Mara
Mothering's long-time editor and publisher shares observations and insights about overcoming parenting obstacles, appreciating unacknowledged epiphanies, and taking care of yourself. Also, great food ideas and recipes, as well as beautiful home and garden tips.

Then a miracle occurs...
Mothering art director Laura Egley Taylor provides a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the magazine while sharing her opinions and tips on photography, typography and design, and life in general—all filtered through her newly developing empty-nester viewpoint.

a la mama
Candace Walsh, Mothering's Articles Editor, offers a mix of mama tales, epiphanies, recipes, neat products, triumphs great and small, misadventures, home improvement, random tips, and things that make her giggle.

Fathering
Author and journalist Jeremy Adam Smith tackles diapers, paternal leave, preschool, and more with the eye of an expert and the heart of a dad.

The New Space
Rebecca Hankin Benghiat gives an inside look at the professional and personal challenges, victories and surprises on the road to opening the only comprehensive, independent birth and women's health center in New York City.

Breastfeeding Blog
After serendipitously stumbling across a photograph of a mother breastfeeding in a Greyhound bus station in 1943 Jennifer James was hooked! Now she is on a quest to find information and historic photographs showing moms breastfeeding in public before it became taboo.

Mama Renew
Sarah Juliusson offers insightful learning and support to new and seasoned mothers through groups and the Mama Renew blog, contributing a compassionate, creative approach to the deeper journey of motherhood.

Mindful Motherhood
Cassandra Vieten helps you surf the currents of Mindful Motherhood as it unfolds in your life, offering reminders, inspiration, support, resources, humor, and findings from the latest research on mindfulness, motherhood, and child development.

The Soolip Fix
Inspired style maven, Wanda Wen, shares thoughts and ideas about living each day with beauty and inspiration.  She shows that even as a working mother of three, your surrounding environment can be a source of soulful living.

Mothering Outside the Lines
This blog, by a mom who supports her family as a professional writer, is about pregnancy, childbirth, new baby care, and striving to take care of three—and then four—children in a thoughtful, eco-friendly, and often counter-culture way.