Grief is hard. Journaling helps. ❤️🩹
We had a beautiful session last week processing all of the complex emotions that come with loss by putting pen to paper. ✍️
Add in some colors and quotes and it provided a safe and open space for creativity and healing. 🤍🩷🩵
Forever grateful for the opportunities that continue to align for us to support children and families through the hard seasons of life.
Happy Saturday, friends. ✨
#childlife #grief #love #support #heal #memories #loss #journaling #beauty #forever #gratitude #work #purpose #children #families
⭐️IT’S LAUNCH DAY!! ⭐️
Introducing The Big Feels Coping Kit….
A caregiver-friendly toolkit designed to make emotional regulation easier and feel more connected.
Including a mix of sensory and calming items, each kit was thoughtfully curated to help children express, process and regulate emotions, no matter where you are!
And that caregiver card tucked inside? 💌
It gives you quick, grounding guidance so you know exactly how to guide your child in the moment, without feeling stuck or embarrassed in public.
Big feelings don’t wait for the perfect moment. ❤️🩹
Whether you’re at home or on-the-go, this kit keeps emotional support within reach when it matters most.
Click the link in our bio or visit our website to purchase yours!
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Grief isn’t something we experience only after the death of someone we love ❤️🩹
We experience grief through other losses too.
Maybe your person is still physically here, but you’ve lost them as the person you knew them to be.
Illness, injury, addiction, abandonment, etc.
While loss in any form can make this Season feel heavy, we can still honor our loved ones even if things might be different.
We spent some time with some kiddos this month honoring Christmas traditions in the midst of atypical grief and loss. 🎄
Intervention:
⭐️Creating a stocking for their special person
⭐️Creating personalized ornaments
⭐️Making Christmas cards
⭐️Writing Christmas letters
No matter what life throws our way, we can still build new relationships with our most favorite people, even if those relationships change moving forward. ⭐️
We can honor what was, but find ways to make new. ❤️
#childlife #grief #atypical #loss #christmas #holiday #stockings #support #families #kids #resilient
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Our coping kits were designed to help kiddos learn self-regulation and coping skills when navigating big feelings, while also empowering caregivers with educational tools.
WHAT’S IN THE CANVAS BAG?!
⭐️A variety of sensory tools and toys
⭐️iSpy card
⭐️Feelings Zone & coping strategies card for littles
⭐️Caregiver Card with co-regulation education
These kits make the perfect gift for any kiddo learning how to identify and cope with big feelings. ✨
Click the link in our bio to purchase yours today and enter: 👇
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Thanks for supporting our small business ❤️
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Introducing our Coping Kits! 🤩
We’re excited to share what we’ve been thoughtfully creating behind the scenes!
These kits are designed to support children (ages 2–7) and their caregivers through stress, transitions, and all the big feelings. 🧒👦
Each kit is filled with purposeful, play-based tools like sensory mazes, lava bubblers, and pop-its, plus a caregiver resource to help grown-ups feel confident supporting their child in tough or uncertain moments.
Everything comes neatly packed in a durable, grab-and-go canvas bag, making it easy to use at home, school, appointments, or anywhere life takes you.
These kits were created by child life specialists with one goal in mind:
✨ to bring comfort, connection, and support to families when they need it most.
Thank you for cheering us on as we bring this to life.
We can’t wait to get these into yours (and your kiddo’s) hands! 💛
#support #childlife #love #empower #families #children #play #coping #copingkits #connect #coregulation
Emotions aren’t black and white. 🖤
They’re complex—often bubbling beneath the surface.
With the right tools and interventions, kids can bring those feelings to light and express them effectively.
By creating supportive spaces, we’re not just helping them in the moment—we’re building lifelong coping skills. 🤍
#childlife #support #feelings #emotions #familysupport #sad #mad #angry #happy #life #loss #grief #education #love #care #ccls
When Malcolm and I first sat down a couple of years ago to talk about how we could bring this vision to life, we never imagined how many lives it would reach.
Thank you all—not just for your support along the way, but for trusting us to help guide your children.
We’ve learned so much from this experience and absolutely love hearing your feedback—both from you and your kids! We’re excited to keep creating more episodes and diving into the topics families have been asking for.
Please keep watching, following, and sharing—it means the world to us, and we truly feel the love.
And of course, huge shoutout to the team behind the scenes who helped bring this show’s vision to life.
Thank you.
Director/showrunner: @malcolmbodon
Puppeteer: @safinazzal
Producer: @czirkel16
Executive Producer: @luisfromtampa
Roberto Torres
Music: @mikeldi.official
Sound Designer: @rxbxt
Editor: Kathy Choi
VFX Supervisor: @jonny_jonny8675309
Animator: @arenasvfx
Colorist: @adam.moses
Director of Photography: @paulhouston
Production Stills: @darrenstone_photography
Sound Mixer: @sonictitansound
Production Coordinator: @chandewww
Production Assistant: @_falonveccia
Studio PA: @ernestaleman
Studio: @vu.network
Locations:
@zootampa@cmaquarium@glazerchildrensmuseum
Consultants:
@bobamatt324@jennienthebets@coping.creative@les992@mrsdpalomo@_edieparsons
Episode 2 is coming this week! 🎧
This Is How We Do It – Supporting Children’s Emotional Needs ❤️
How do you prepare children for situations that might cause emotional distress? 🤔
Should you tell them in advance?
What should you say? 🗣️
In episode 2, we dive into how to support children emotionally and developmentally during stressful moments—especially in medical settings.
A must-listen for parents, caregivers, and anyone working with kids in healthcare. 💪
#stopcollablisten #stop #collaborate #listen #childlife #nursing #podcast #support #emotional #developmental #needs #empower #ageappropriate #learning #adapt #fear #medical #experiences #preparation #procedures
Empowering parents and caregivers is kind of our thing! 💪
If you haven't checked out our podcast yet, click the link in our bio to listen on Youtube or Spotify. ✨
#caregiversupport #support #childlife #nursing #families #children #podcast #knowledge #skills #share #empower #love #hospital #community #kids #cope #resilience #strength
🚨ANNOUNCEMENT!!🚨
The Stop, Collaborate and Listen Podcast is LIVE!!!!
We hope you enjoy our first episode “Allow us to Re(Introduce) Ourselves” as much as we enjoyed recording it! 🤗
While we don’t claim to be podcast experts (yet!), we ARE experts in our fields and are excited to share our knowledge, passion and perspectives with the world!
Click the link in our bio to check out our first episode on YouTube and Spotify! ⭐️
#podcast #childlife #record #passion #nursing #support #love #empower #families #fun #children
