🧠 PLAY THERAPY: A little play can help your brain through trauma. Play releases endorphins and BDNF that help build new neural pathways around painful experiences. The neuroscience: 🎭 Trauma keeps amygdala hyperactivated & prefrontal cortex offline 🎭 Play activates parasympathetic nervous system for healing 🎭 Support with omega-3s and curcumin This is not to be taken as medical advice. Consult your personal doctor for your specific situation #neuroscience #playwithlife #bdnf #brainhack #resi

Often the simplest play ideas are the ones that work best. ✨ It’s so easy to overcomplicate play and make things harder for ourselves – but often our little ones find the most joy in the most straightforward activities. And if you do love setting up something a bit more elaborate (because let’s face it, that can be fun for us too!), that’s absolutely okay. Just try not to feel disheartened if your child doesn’t engage with it in quite the way you imagined. At the end of the day, play doesn’t nee