Bloom Between, LLC

04/05/2026

Happy Easter!

04/04/2026

You’re not getting their worst…

You’re getting their safest 💛

04/03/2026

If you say it 5 times… they’ll wait until the 5th time 👀

Consistency > volume.

You don’t need to get louder.
You need to get clearer.

03/29/2026

You don’t need more time.
You need more intentional connection.

Most of these take 5–10 minutes… but they change everything.

Because your kid isn’t keeping track of how much you do for them—
they’re paying attention to how it feels to be with you.

Start small. Stay consistent. 🔥

03/26/2026

Your child’s anxiety didn’t come out of nowhere.

It’s built from patterns:
⚡ unpredictability
⚡ pressure without support
⚡ what they see modeled
⚡ not knowing what to do with big feelings

And the sneaky one?
👉 Avoidance.

Every time we remove discomfort, we feed anxiety long-term.

The goal isn’t a fearless kid.
It’s a kid who knows:
“I can handle hard things—and I don’t have to do it alone.”

03/25/2026

The power of play. 💕 his girls were trying to make sense of something bigger than their understanding, so they played it out the best they could.

Gosling is promoting Project Hail Mary, which opened to a 95% on Rotten Tomatoes with 100% audience score. Inc magazine ran a piece titled “Ryan Gosling Is Going to Save Hollywood.” Rolling Stone went with “Ryan Gosling Saves the Universe and the Movies.” USA Today called it 2026’s first great movie.

But Drew couldn't help asking about another monumental movie of Gosling's: Barbie. His initial reason for saying no was practical and funny: the doll is 70 years old, has no crotch, and never wears a shirt. That’s a real problem for an actor trying to figure out what to play. There’s no character there. There’s a plastic torso.

His daughters gave him the character. They were holding a Ken funeral because someone in their life had arthritis and they needed to process it. They didn’t know what arthritis was. They just knew it was something that happened to people and they wanted to understand it, so they gave it to Ken and let him die of it. That’s a child using play to metabolize a world that doesn’t explain itself to them. Gosling recognized that Greta Gerwig was doing the same thing at a different scale.

The Ken in the mud beside the squished lemon is the image that unlocked the performance. His daughters owned Barbies. They played with Barbies. Ken was face down in the yard, abandoned, next to a piece of rotting fruit. Nobody cared about him. That absence of interest was the character.

Gosling played Ken as someone who exists entirely in relation to someone who doesn’t need him, and he found that dynamic in his own backyard before he ever performed a line of dialogue.

03/25/2026

If you or someone you know is impacted by the partial federal government shutdown, Colorado has resources to help with housing, food, bills, and mental health. I call on the federal government to reopen fully as soon as possible. Find support today:

🏠Financial & Housing Assistance
Utility Bill Help: https://puc.colorado.gov/utilitybillhelp
Energy Outreach: https://energyoutreach.org/find-agency/
Emergency rental assistance & shelters | 2-1-1 Colorado https://www.211colorado.org/

🍎Food & Child Support
Support for parents & children | Raising Colorado Kids: https://raisingcoloradokids.com/en/
Nutrition & WIC | Colorado WIC: https://www.coloradowic.gov/homepage
Food Bank of the Rockies | Find Food: https://www.foodbankrockies.org

🧠Mental Health & Crisis Support
24/7 support | 988 Colorado https://988colorado.com
Crisis navigation/ Colorado LIFTS https://ownpath.co
Youth therapy | I Matter Colorado https://imattercolorado.org

🏛️Federal Employee Resources
Benefits in Action: https://www.benefitsinaction.org/

03/24/2026

Yes! You are more than a mom. If you aren’t taking care of you then you won’t have anything left for them.

03/22/2026

Spring break isn’t the problem.
The pressure to make it magical is. 😅

Kids don’t need constant entertainment—they need connection, rhythm, and a regulated parent.

Lower the bar. Keep it simple. Let boredom do its thing.

You don’t need a perfect week.
You need a survivable one. 🔥

03/19/2026

🚨 “Why did you do that?” is not the parenting move you think it is.

When kids are overwhelmed, they’re not making thoughtful choices—they’re reacting.

So when we ask them to explain themselves in that moment, we’re expecting logic from a brain that’s offline.

And let’s be honest…
“Why did you do that?” often feels like blame to a kid.

✨ Try this instead:
✔️ Regulate first
✔️ Reflect what you see
✔️ Connect before correcting

Then come back to the “why” later—when their brain can actually access it.

Because the goal isn’t just behavior change…
it’s raising a kid who feels safe enough to be honest with you 💛

03/16/2026

Hot take from a play therapist 🔥

Parents often think their job is to control behavior.

But the real job is protecting the relationship with your child.

Because connection is what makes everything else work.

Kids who feel emotionally safe with their parents are more likely to:
• cooperate
• talk about hard things
• trust guidance
• come to you when they mess up

Perfect parenting isn’t the goal.

A strong relationship is.

And that relationship will matter long after the rules, chores, and bedtime battles are forgotten.

– Dr. Jay
The Spicy Play Therapist 🌶️

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03/11/2026

If this week feels harder since the time change… it’s not just you. 😴

Kids’ circadian rhythms don’t adjust overnight. Most children need 3–7 days to fully reset after daylight saving time.

That means you may see:
• More meltdowns
• More irritability
• Earlier wake-ups
• Harder bedtimes

This week the goal isn’t perfect parenting.

It’s more sleep, more connection, and fewer battles.

Give their nervous system a few days to catch up. 💛

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