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02/03/2026

🧠 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘀𝗲𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗗𝗜𝗥𝗙𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗿
What other amazing qualities would you add to this list?

𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 🔗💞🧡
Prioritizing connection and trust to create safe, meaningful relationships with each client and their families.

𝗔𝗱𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 🌀🐛🦋
Ready to pivot in an instant, letting go of any plans they had, to best support regulation and engagement.

𝗖𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 🤔🔍🕵️‍♀️
Approaches every
interaction with openness and wonder – always seeking to understand someone’s inner world, perspectives, motivations, and intentions.

𝗥𝗲𝗳𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 🧘‍♀️💭📝
Thinks deeply about interactions – using insights to best support development. This includes self-reflection on one’s own actions during an interaction.

𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 🤝🏻👫🧱
Partners with both parents and professionals in a shared mission to support the whole individual.

𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗵𝘀-𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 💪🌟🗝️
Sees the brilliance in every person – amplifying their passions, honoring their individuality, and using their strengths as a springboard for growth.

01/31/2026

THIS! 🔥

"When you join people where they are and are intentional about what you're doing and how you're tailoring your interactions, it's amazing what can happen."

01/31/2026

Every relationship is two nervous systems and two children trying to feel safe together. What most people don’t realize is that beneath the surface of every adult interaction lies the echo of childhood—shy, fearful, hopeful, and sometimes wounded. Each partner carries their own history, their own insecurities, their own patterns of survival, and these often show up as tension, miscommunication, or overreaction. Love isn’t just about shared laughter, intimacy, or romantic gestures; it’s about noticing when your partner’s inner child feels scared, when their nervous system is triggered, and choosing to respond with patience, empathy, and understanding rather than frustration or blame.

A healthy relationship requires conscious effort to co-regulate—learning to soothe each other’s nervous systems, to offer safety when fear arises, and to listen when old pain resurfaces. It’s about creating a container where both people feel seen and accepted, where vulnerability isn’t punished but welcomed. It’s about understanding that moments of conflict often aren’t attacks but cries from the inner child seeking comfort, connection, and reassurance.

In this way, love becomes a practice of healing together, of holding space for the unhealed parts of ourselves and each other. It’s messy, sometimes uncomfortable, and rarely perfect—but when two people commit to nurturing both the adult and the child within, they create a bond that isn’t just based on attraction, but on deep, resilient safety, trust, and mutual growth. This is the essence of a relationship that truly lasts: two people learning to feel safe, not just in each other’s arms, but in each other’s hearts.

01/31/2026

Today we’re focusing on the difference between Time-Out and Time-In — two approaches that look similar on the surface but shape emotional development in completely different ways.

This simple truth sits at the heart of brain-based, connection-focused discipline. Regulation is taught through presence, not isolation — and today’s posts will explore exactly why.

01/31/2026

What are we doing to our children?

We push them to perform before they are ready, measuring their worth by achievements instead of honoring their pace. We expect them to be everything at once (e.g. academic, social, athletic, artistic), forgetting that childhood was never meant to be a competition.

What children truly need is not more pressure, but more play. They need space to wonder, freedom to connect, and time to grow into themselves without hurry.

The greatest danger to childhood is not falling behind, but being forced to outgrow it too soon. If we want children to flourish, we must protect their right to simply be children.

01/31/2026

What we try to numb or run from, only increases

Emotions are meant to move, not be suppressed or resisted.

They carry messages, not permanent states.
When you fight a feeling, it stays trapped inside.
When you numb it, it goes quiet only to return later.
But when you allow an emotion to be fully felt,
without judgment or escape,
the body understands that it is safe to release it.
Sadness softens.
Anger loses its grip.
Fear passes through.
This is how emotions complete their natural cycle — by being felt, honored, and gently let go.🌿

01/31/2026

🎄 𝗠𝗲𝗿𝗿𝘆 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆!

"Our emotions are meant to be felt. Even the hard ones. It's okay to feel what you need to feel."

01/31/2026

𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦❗❗❗

"Shifting from addressing behaviors to trying to understand their origins and triggers means making a shift from managing out children to understanding them deeply" Mona Delahooke, Ph.D.

01/31/2026

LOVE THIS! 🧡🧡🧡

10/02/2025

Contact with a supportive, safe attachment figure "tranquilizes the nervous system" Schore, 1994 p 224)