The Heart of Play

11/27/2025

Happy Thanksgiving!

We want to extend the most abundant gratitude to our clients and community. We are thankful today and every day to walk with you in your journey and bear witness to your strength, courage, and resilience. It is a privilege we do not take for granted.

We hope this is a day you can reflect and find glimmers of gratitude.

Happy Thanksgiving.

11/25/2025

Your small wins are just as important as your big ones.

11/24/2025

As we head into Thanksgiving, we want to remind you there is always something to be thankful for. Not every day is a good day but there is good in every day.

I am thankful for flexibility, friendship, and forgiveness. I am thankful for a curious spirit and a heart which pushes myself to be and do better. ❤️

What are you thankful for this year?

11/20/2025

Responsive Parenting Inspirations 💕

11/19/2025

What a beautiful part of Sesame Street to remind children (and adults) to pause and take a moment to reflect. 🫶❤️

11/18/2025

Be a collector of stories. ❤️🫶

11/18/2025

This is a helpful post for caregivers with littles on play therapy. So often parents are curious about the language of Play. A Registered Play Therapist is trained to explore conditions which might bring a child into therapy from the lens and language of Play. ❤️🫶

11/13/2025

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As the federal government reopens, Iowa HHS will issue full SNAP benefits for the month of November.

Benefits are being loaded onto cards now and could be available later today. We anticipate that all SNAP benefits will be issued by Friday, Nov. 14, and recommend that SNAP recipients check their EBT card balances before making a purchase.

You can check your EBT balance by calling the number on the back of your card, 800-359-5802, logging into your ConnectEBT account online, or using the ConnectEBT Mobile app.

11/13/2025

"To be kind is more important than to be right. Many times what people need is not a brilliant mind that speaks but a special heart that listens," - F. Scott Fitzgerald

Happy World Kindness Day. Let today and every day be reminder to Choose Kindness. When we put kindness first, it means we are choosing curiosity and compassion before judgement and hate. Choose Kindness. Show up for yourself and others. ❤️🫶

11/11/2025

Happy Veteran's Day to the men and women who have served and still serve our country. We are thankful for all you do today and every day to keep this great nation safe and free. Thank you! ❤️🤍💙🫶

11/05/2025

"Gottman refers to bids as “the fundamental unit of emotional communication.” Bids can be small or big, verbal or nonverbal. They’re requests to connect. They might take the form of an expression, question, or physical outreach. They can be funny, serious, or sexual in nature."

Gottman refers to Bids as “the fundamental unit of emotional communication.” Healthy couples constantly make and accept Bids to connect.

11/04/2025

Good luck to our HS girls volleyball team as they play in today's state quarterfinals!