Laura Archer, MSW

12/05/2025

Check out this Art Therapy workshop at The Arterie in Burlington on Dec 21st! 🎨👩🏼‍🎨☕ all skill levels welcome

12/02/2025

11/24/2025

Sensory seeking isn’t “acting out” — it’s a young person trying to get their nervous system into the place where they can focus, feel safe, and stay regulated. When we understand the why, we can support them with tools that actually meet the need.

FOLLOW for the sensory avoider later today.

Support your young person’s regulation with our Sensory Circuits Resource Pack – link in comments below ⬇️ or via Linktree Shop in Bio.

11/24/2025

11/14/2025

Oh wow, this is such a powerful post!

[Credit: AB Kids Life Coach]

11/14/2025

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Being in a relationship with a first responder carries a quiet kind of weight.
It’s loving someone who walks into trauma, chaos, and danger —
and trying to hold steady when they come home carrying pieces of it with them.

It’s late nights waiting for the sound of the door.
It’s trying not to ask too many questions —
wanting to know they’re okay, but also knowing some things can’t be shared.

It’s managing your own worry, your own loneliness,
while still being the safe place they come back to.

Loving a first responder means living with uncertainty,
learning how to connect through silence,
and sometimes holding your breath through every shift.

It’s a kind of strength that doesn’t always look like resilience —
sometimes it’s just showing up, again and again,
even when it feels heavy.

If this is you — please know you’re not alone in carrying it.
Your care, your patience, your love all matter deeply —
but so does your own wellbeing.

You can care for them,
and still deserve space to exhale, to rest, and to be cared for, too. 🤍

11/14/2025

Acknowledging and supporting this biological difference is literally su***de prevention.

In 2023, the su***de rate among men in Canada was 4x that of women!

When we can challenge the narrative that was created somewhere along the way that "boys are less emotional", we can better connect and support our kids 💖🫂

This visual explores a topic many of you have been asking about: Are boys more neurologically vulnerable?

Drawing on UK research and developmental science, we’re looking at why boys often show higher sensitivity in early regulation, stress response, and developmental pathways — and why these differences are so often misunderstood as behaviour rather than biology.

This post isn’t about weakness. It’s about understanding.
Understanding the developmental realities.
Understanding the support boys genuinely need.
And understanding how early sensitivity, when met with connection and co-regulation, becomes a powerful protective factor.

If this resonates, please like, save, share, and follow — your engagement helps us keep producing accessible, brain-based resources for families, educators, and professionals.

11/05/2025

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11/05/2025

I was recently chatting with a client who needed help coping with the often intense emotions of her toddler when she said, “I started sneaking out just to go to the grocery store because she gets so upset when I leave.” It dawned on me that I’ve heard some version of this in many families. [.....

11/04/2025

This is such a helpful visual 💖

Before they can achieve Self-Actualization (child is able to learn), children need:

Esteem (Positive classroom culture, reflection time, encouraged to take risks)

Belonging (Able to form relationships, good friendships, access to peer clubs)

Safety (Emotional & physical safety, safe classrooms & home, access to nurse and counsellor)

Physiological (Basic needs are met, eats breakfast, good sleep, clean clothes)

11/02/2025

Love how many people are recognizing what an accomplishment the Jays still achieved 🩶🐦🇨🇦⚾🫶🏼 (see comments in the post 👇🏼)

Mental Health Check-in
Use one word to describe your post-World Series feeling.