⚠️ TRIGGER WARNING - I will be speaking about my own Abuse and Trauma April is Child Abuse Prevention Month - it goes without saying that this is a very important cause to assign a month to There is a lot of great information that is being shared during the month. The different types of abuse our children are exposed to. The signs to look out for if a child is being abused. How to teach our children to avoid grooming and abuse. These are all very important themes. But for many children, the trauma doesn’t stop after the initial abuse. Children aren’t scooped up and taken to a magical fairy land where they heal from their pain. There isn’t...
Great news! The new prototype is ready with stickier velcro and they even sent me a video to show just how sticky it is! Sound up - it's so SATISFYING!
My manufacturer decided to move my prototype to a new factory when the original one told them they couldn't do a better job with the velcro. I sent Moody back so they could duplicate them. They did a great job!
Moody was busy visiting new friends who had a chance to play with them and learn more about how they can help when emotions get too BIG!
Judith, James, Gabe and James enjoyed mixing up Moody's parts to see where they could stick! They read from the Meet Moody coloring book and had fun coloring the pages. They were all so excited to see Moody again, after his upgrade at the manufacturer, where he will get new "stickier" velcro that withstands the BIG emotions that need his help.
Shame is a tough one. It definitely FEELS like a “negative” emotion. But, as with all the emotions, shame is very valid for our emotional wellness and learning.Ugh. Shame is so tricky - there are misconceptions of what shame is and why we feel it. I’m going to say it again - I’m not a mental health professional. I am a woman living with PTSD and Major Depressive Disorder. I come from a childhood background of abuse and so shame is an emotion I CONSTANTLY deal with and continue to work on even now at 46.There’s a difference between the emotion called Shame and Toxic Shame. I’m going to break it down the way I understand it. So let me know what...
