Dayna Sykes: Therapist, Coach, Writer

11/03/2025

This!!!

Kindness isn’t something we can lecture into a child — it’s something they absorb from how we move through the world.

They notice how we speak to them when we’re tired.
How we treat the waiter, the stranger, the delivery driver, the neighbour.
How we handle mistakes — theirs, and our own.

Every interaction becomes a lesson:
This is how we listen.
This is how we care.
This is how we repair when we get it wrong.

Because children don’t just copy what we say — they mirror how we make them feel.

So if we want to raise kind humans, we start by being the softness they return to, and the compassion they grow to share. ❤️

Quote Credit: Unknown❣️

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09/05/2025

✨ Exciting Announcement! ✨
Next Saturday, I’ll be presenting at an International Online Play Therapy Conference hosted from Istanbul on a topic I am deeply passionate about: Integrating EMDR and Play Therapy.
I’ll be sharing practical ways clinicians can blend these two powerful approaches to help children process trauma in developmentally appropriate and creative ways. 🧸💫
It’s an honor to be among professionals from around the world dedicated to healing and growth. 🌍
👉 If you’re curious about child therapy, trauma work, or how EMDR can be adapted for young clients, comment below!

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07/22/2025

Q&A: Drop your parenting questions here!

07/22/2025

I’m going live today at 11am to talk more about Connected Parenting!
Have questions?
Post them in the comments and I will work them in.

07/22/2025

Learning how to parent from a place of connection can be really difficult if you didn’t receive safe connections from your own parental figures.

Step into your own healing and learn more about how to stay connected to your child or teen and watch your relationship grow while you heal the parts of yourself that longed for a parent like you.

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Comment below which of these is most difficult for you as a parent…