Mental Heart- The Healing House + YESSS Spots

11/18/2025

So important PLEASE consider volunteering 🥀

She holds her baby’s tiny hand. The room is quiet, except for the soft click of the camera. In this brief moment, a memory is captured—a memory that will last a lifetime. 💛

Now imagine there’s no photographer available. The family leaves the hospital with only fading memories, moments slipping through their fingers, and no tangible proof that their baby existed.

You can be the reason a family has something to hold onto forever.

Don't wait. Apply today.
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11/18/2025

What does Appointment Prep look like in the healing house?
1. Before Appointment- We practice
2. During-Appointment We support
3. After- We celebrate

Where do we go? Wherever your child needs support.
Funerals and other really long events.
Blood pressure checks
Wellness checkups
Dental appointment
Eye exam
Immunizations blood taken
Asthma appointment
Assessments
ADHD Anxiety appointments
Surgery
Diabetic
Field trips ( support for social skills)
Outing/Errands with parents
Preparing for flying or traveling
Individual private sessions at target, Walmart etc to practice patience, waiting skills, communication etc
And more......

11/14/2025

11/14/2025

Are you having a hard time figuring out a problem?
Youth- Adult

Mind Dump.💙💙💙💙
Break it up:
Who is involved?
Who is your safe person you can go to about this?
What is going on?
What do you want/need?
When did it happen?
When does it feel heaviest?
Where did it happen?
Why did it happen?
Why do you think it's bothering you?

Put it on a big piece of paper.
It's easier to see it & sort through your thoughts 💙

11/11/2025

Honoring 2 Precious Lives 🥀 we wrap their families, friends, teachers and community in love and prayers for peace through this season.

11/09/2025

11/08/2025

Bluey toys are fun!

When training staff on Life Transitions or Youth sadness, you don't have to spend a ton or buy another program. Use your everyday toys for training lessons in Mental Health.

This is fun, engaging and they will remember it.

When your staff is struggling with their own grief, hard clients or big challenges with coworkers, offer fun, engaging training to help team morale.

Bluey Training for Mental Health

Send your participants 2 episodes to watch ahead of time.

Split your group evenly and have them break apart lessons learned from the episodes in 2 categories.

1. Life lessons they can teach youth through imaginative play, including emotional intelligence, social skills, communication, and resilience.

2. Parenting lessons by realistically portraying challenges, mistakes, and the importance of patience, adaptability, and self-care.

Have them create a fun game, art activity or put on a play to show what was learned vs talking about it.

Decorate your training with Bluey toys and decor cupcakes for more fun. Include your own tips from episodes to increase knowledge. 💙 Enjoy

11/05/2025

Our number one tip is to donate it to Troops. When deployed they love receiving gifts and boxes of goodies.

Use leftover Halloween candy to get creative and engineer some candy structures at home or great for teachers to do at school and Life specialist with bed bound children.

Making a candy structure offers multiple benefits for individuals with ADHD, anxiety, and brain development by engaging them in constructive play. This hands-on activity can help improve focus, reduce stress, develop problem-solving skills, and enhance emotional regulation. It's such a fun and engaging way to use some of the candy.

Journal or brain dump. Add a short easy question on the back of some of the individual candy and they have to journal while eating their candy. The act of chewing can boost cognitive function by increasing blood flow and neuronal activity and it supports attention by chewing, its linked to a positive effect on sustained attention.

11/03/2025

Grief can show up as big behaviors and sometimes school feels impossible. Grief Respite gives children short, daytime support so they can practice new ways to manage strong emotions and get back to learning.

We provide hourly, play-based care before, during, and after tough moments — not to “fix” feelings, but to teach skills that stop patterns from repeating. For example: one child used play to tell a story about “mommy in the hospital” and decided to make a small memorial. That simple act helped him process and move forward.

If your child is struggling with grief and school days are getting harder, DM us or visit our website to learn about our Funeral Buddy grief respite support and how to request help. You don’t have to do this alone. 💛

If a child is in immediate danger or experiencing self-harm thoughts, please contact local emergency services or a licensed clinician.

10/31/2025

Today we made Halloween-themed books. Each child wrote and drew their own story. 👻📖
Storytelling is more than fun: it helps kids “brain dump” emotions, build emotional words, and practice reading & writing in a gentle way. Tonight’s wins: imagination, courage, and a small space to be seen. 💛

Interested in bringing a Make-a-Boo session to your group or school? DM us