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Bloom Between, LLC

Bloom Between, LLC provides evidence-based therapy services for children and their families.

Services include several play therapy modalities to suit the needs of the family, EMDR, TF-CBT, Yoga-CBT, and other yoga techniques and varies parenting technique

01/24/2026

Tantrum ≠ Meltdown

A tantrum is about wanting.
A meltdown is about overload.

One needs boundaries.
The other needs regulation.

When we respond correctly, kids learn faster—and trust deeper.

Save this. Share this. Rewatch it during the next big moment 💛

01/21/2026

01/17/2026

If your 5-year-old cannot stay in their bed at night, this isn’t defiance.

It’s separation anxiety + an immature nervous system + a very convincing imagination.

But here’s the part parents don’t always hear 👇

👉 Staying until they fall asleep actually keeps the cycle going.

Kids learn safety through patterns.

If the pattern is “I only sleep when you’re here,”

their brain panics the moment they wake and you’re gone.

The goal isn’t forcing independence.

The goal is teaching safety with structure.

✨ Connection before bed

✨ Predictable language

✨ Gradual check-ins

✨ Confidence (even when they’re mad)

You can be loving and firm.

Both things can be true.

💬 Comment “BED” if you want a follow-up reel with exact scripts to use tonight.

— Dr. Jay 💗

01/13/2026

If your child falls apart when they lose, it doesn’t mean they’re dramatic, entitled, or a sore loser.

It means their brain hasn’t learned how to:
• tolerate disappointment
• recover from frustration
• separate self-worth from outcome

And those are skills, not personality traits.

Here’s the hard truth:
👉 Kids don’t learn how to lose by being told to “calm down.”
👉 They learn by co-regulation, modeling, and practice.

So if game night ends in tears—
That’s not a failure.
That’s information.

And skills can be taught.

💥 Save this for your next meltdown
💬 Comment “GAMES” if you want more play-based tools
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01/11/2026

If you’re exhausted from repeating yourself, negotiating, or giving 17 warnings before anything happens…

1-2-3 Magic by Dr. Thomas Phelan might be exactly what your nervous system needs.

Here’s the nutshell version 👇

✨ Count calmly for behaviors you want to stop

✨ No lectures, no arguing, no emotional energy

✨ “3” leads to a brief break or consequence you’ve already decided

✨ The power is in your calm consistency

This approach works best when:

✔️ You decide consequences ahead of time

✔️ You don’t explain while counting

✔️ You follow through even when it’s uncomfortable

Kids don’t need louder parents.

They need regulated leaders.

Save this. Share this. And remember—calm is contagious.

— The Spicy Play Therapist 🌶️🧠

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01/07/2026

Winter break → school is a BIG nervous system shift.

More tears, clinginess, sleep issues, and resistance are normal, not red flags.

Support > punishment

Predictability > pressure

Confidence > convincing

Save this for the first rough school morning 💛

— Dr. Jay, The Spicy Play Therapist

🔥 HASHTAGS

01/04/2026

Not all hide-and-seek is created equal.

For anxious kids, traditional hide-and-seek can actually increase fear.
But Hide & Find teaches the nervous system something different:

👉 Separation isn’t permanent
👉 The dark isn’t dangerous
👉 Connection comes back

Why Hide & Find works:
✔️ Builds object permanence
✔️ Supports secure attachment
✔️ Gradual exposure without overwhelm
✔️ Reduces bedtime and separation anxiety

Therapist rules:
• Start VERY easy
• Always return to a waiting spot
• Increase challenge slowly
• Stop before dysregulation

This isn’t about being brave.
It’s about feeling safe enough to try.

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🌶️ The Spicy Play Therapist
Behavior is communication.

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01/01/2026

✨🎉 Happy New Year from me & Mochi! 🎉✨

Here’s to a year with:
💛 Softer moments
🎨 More play
🌿 Gentler expectations
🐾 And way more puppy snuggles

This past year brought growth, chaos, joy, lessons, and a whole lot of “we’re figuring it out as we go.”
(Shoutout to every parent who survived the meltdowns, the magic, and the million snacks.)

As we step into a new year, may you remember:
You don’t need a “new you.”
You just need more space to be you.
More rest.
More support.
More connection.
More grace.

Mochi’s New Year’s resolution?
✨ Become fluffier.
✨ Demand snacks hourly.
✨ Accidentally become the emotional support animal for the entire internet.

Thanks for being part of this community — for your courage, humor, love for your kids, and willingness to grow out loud.
Here’s to 2026: may it meet you gently. 💫

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12/28/2025

Kids don’t shut down because they don’t care. They shut down because they’re tired and overwhelmed.
Greatness Sticks give kids a playful, low-pressure way to talk about their inner world. 🌟
Try it for a week and watch what changes.

12/27/2025

If your child’s anger feels big, loud, and confusing — this is your reframe.

🔥 Anger is rarely the real emotion.
It’s the bodyguard emotion protecting something more vulnerable underneath.

Kids get angry when they’re actually feeling:
• scared
• embarrassed
• overwhelmed
• ashamed
• anxious
• disappointed
• lonely
• dysregulated or overstimulated

Anger shows up because it feels safer than saying:
“I’m hurt.”
“I don’t know what to do.”
“I’m afraid you’ll be mad.”

🚨 When we punish the anger, we miss the message.

✨ The shift:
✔️ Regulate before you correct
✔️ Name the feeling underneath
✔️ Hold limits without removing connection
✔️ Teach emotional awareness when the storm has passed

Your child isn’t being dramatic.
Their nervous system is asking for help.

🔥 Anger is the smoke — not the fire.
Parent the fire, and the explosions shrink.

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And follow for bold, brain-based parenting support.

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12/26/2025

To the moms who are burnt out—
not because you didn’t love Christmas,
but because you carried all of it.

The planning.
The magic.
The emotions.
The cleanup no one noticed.

I see you.
You didn’t fail because you’re tired.
You’re tired because you gave so much. 🎄❤️

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12/25/2025

✨🐾 Happy Holidays from me & Mochi! 🐾✨
Whether your season is loud and sparkly, calm and cozy, or a little bit beautifully chaotic… we’re sending you so much love.

May your days be filled with:
🎄 Moments of joy
🕯️ Room to breathe
❄️ Soft places to land
💛 And enough peace to carry you into the new year

Mochi’s holiday wish is simple:
more snacks, more naps, more cuddles… and fewer humans telling him he’s “too wiggly.”
(He’s a puppy. He’s doing his best.)

Thank you for being part of this community — for learning, growing, laughing, and parenting bravely alongside me.
Here’s to rest, connection, and gentler days ahead. ✨

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4390 N Academy Boulevard Suite 201
Colorado Springs, CO
80918

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Tuesday	9am - 5:30pm
Wednesday	9am - 5:30pm
Thursday	9am - 5:30pm
Friday	9am - 12pm

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