Meet the author
Naomi Aldort
Parenting author and educator, and author of the bestselling Raising Our Children, Raising Ourselves, published in 20 languages. For many years she has helped families move from reaction and struggle toward freedom, power and joy.
Who Naomi is
Naomi Aldort is a parenting author, educator and speaker whose work supports parents from pregnancy and infancy through the teenage years and adulthood. She is the author of Raising Our Children, Raising Ourselves (Book Publishers Network, 2006), which has been published in 20 languages, and Listen to Your Baby (Health Communications Inc., 2026).
Her parenting advice columns and articles have been published internationally in magazines including Mothering, Nurture, Pathways, Natural Parent, Juno, Natural Life, Life Learning and The Attached Family of Attachment Parenting International. She has spoken at parenting conferences, universities and events around the world, and she works with families privately through online sessions.
Her approach: connection, not control
Naomi’s guidance is not about finding gentler ways to control a child. It is about how parents can lead without needing control at all: understanding what lies beneath a child’s behavior, noticing their own reactions, and guiding with clarity rather than fear, punishment, bribes or conditional approval. Limits still matter. What changes is how they are held.
At the center of her work is the S.A.L.V.E. communication method, a five-step practice that helps parents pause, separate facts from frightening thoughts, listen, validate and empower the child toward responsibility. It has been described as combining the self-inquiry of The Work of Byron Katie with the listening of Nonviolent Communication.
To see the approach in practice, begin with Parenting Tips That Actually Work.
Books
- Raising Our Children, Raising Ourselves — for parents of children of all ages who want to move from reaction and struggle toward connection. Published in 20 languages and rated 4.5 out of 5 by more than 300 readers on Amazon.
- Listen to Your Baby — for expecting parents and families with babies and young children, focused on observing a baby’s cues and trusting the parent’s own wisdom.
Praise for Naomi’s work
“Her SALVE ‘formula’ alone is worth the price of the book.”
“Naomi Aldort and I agree that the best expert on a baby’s needs is the baby.”
“A liberating book that returns us to trust and love.”
Talks and interviews
Naomi has been interviewed on parenting podcasts and video programs, including Burnt Pancakes: Momversations and conversations with Alexandra Deubner, Faiza Sheikh-Mian and Karen Quirk, and she spoke on education for emotional resilience at the AERO conference in 2021. She has led workshops for parents in Europe and online.
Naomi Aldort introduces the central idea of her work: moving parent-child relationships from reaction and struggle toward freedom, power and joy.
Work with Naomi
Parents can work with Naomi privately, learn in a small group, or join a family retreat. Sessions cover babies through teens, family relationships and the parent’s own reactions. Availability, pricing, booking and payment are handled on NaomiAldort.com.
Find Naomi online
- NaomiAldort.com — articles, sessions and events
- YouTube — interviews and talks
- Amazon author page
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