SoulChild Play Therapy

29/08/2025

Love this! Same goes for our children... love and nurture the child in front of you for exactly who they are.....

28/08/2025

Be careful to look past behaviors from your children as they return to school, and recognize the struggle!

27/08/2025

Thank you Mr Rogers🥰 I hope this benefits some families

Fred Rogers once said, “Anything that’s human is mentionable, and anything that is mentionable can be more manageable.” He believed that even life’s most difficult moments become easier when we talk about them, because those conversations remind us that we are not alone.

We are pleased to share an updated resource; When Someone a Child Loves Gets Divorced or Separated. This guide shares Fred Rogers’ thoughtful approach to helping children navigate the challenges of divorce and separation. Inside, you will find guidance on how to talk with your child, insight into what they may be feeling, suggestions for ways you can help, and other resources for support. We hope it will be a meaningful resource for anyone navigating this experience.

View the resource:https://www.fredrogersinstitute.org/files/resources/37/when-someone-a-child-loves-divorce-2025.pdf

20/08/2025

Love this

Oh wow! This is beautiful, and so true ❤❤❤

19/08/2025

So beautiful and really resonants with me. Everyone warns you how time goes too fast when your children are little but it still can't prepare us! My wish for young parents now is that they understand that no camp, no friends, no activity and no gadget can make up for THEIR PRESENCE🙏 💜

“The air is still thick hot with summer

But there’s a snap of cold this morning
and the chamisas are beginning to bloom
Deep yellow
And the kids are off to school
Two thirds of my heart out there in classrooms
In brick buildings
That feel too far away

And I’m left sobbing in the drive-through line
Waiting for an iced coffee
Grasping at the comfort of
Caffeine and too many pumps of sugary syrup
Wondering where the time went
And who took the babies from my arms

It all happened too damn fast.
Where did the weekend go!??
Where did the summer go?!
Where did their childhoods go?!!

Time is such a sneaky b*tch

I was there. I promise! . . .
I was as present as any mom can be
with 8,909 unanswered emails in my inbox.
And still — it was all a blur.
I was so deep in the trenches that the years slipped through my fingers.

Their chubby hand dimples disappeared
They outgrew one shoe size and then the next
They passed milestones and lost teeth
and grew inch after inch.
And now they’re out there,
spreading their wings.

So I sit here in strange silence.
Swirling ice cubes between the sobs.
Wondering.
Why didn’t anyone tell me that happiness hurt this much?
Why didn’t anyone tell me that grief and gratitude would ache the same?
Why didn’t anyone tell me that motherhood would stretch my heart to such unbearable lengths?

And where is the rewind button please?
As deep as those trenches were, as exhausted as I was, I would relive it all again in a heartbeat.
Just to hold their tiny baby bodies one last time.
Just to breathe them in.
Just to know the safety of having them in my arms.”

~ Catie Atkinson
on Instagram

Art: Katie M Berggren, “Blessings”
Katie m. Berggren

24/07/2025

I am on Holidays till August 18th please email trish@soulchild.ie and I will get back to you on my return

24/07/2025

We carry the memory of being little—the joy, the pain, the need to be seen. When we pause and remember what it felt like to be misunderstood, dismissed, or lovingly heard, we reconnect with the hearts of our children. Parenting with empathy starts with remembering.
✨ Let’s not forget how powerful it was to be truly seen. Let’s give our children what we once needed.

23/07/2025

So true..

22/07/2025

Children's anxiety can be as unique as they themselves are....

12/07/2025

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