Happy New Year!! Whether this is your first time visiting the blog or you’ve been part of the BraveBrains community for a while now, I’m glad you are here! We need each other. As I write this, we are heading into 2022. I want to invite you into a season of nurturing your upstairs brain. Not sure what that means? Check out this short video or this webinar to learn more. We have been living...
Why Saying “Use Your Words” Isn’t Working…
Find yourself wondering why kids can’t use their words sometimes? This is true of all of us, but especially true for brains that have been impacted by trauma. Here’s an excerpt from Riley the Brave’s “afterword for grown-ups” to help make sense of this complicated topic… The brain has two main operating systems, social-approach/engagement mode (“the upstairs brain”) and defense mode (“the downstairs brain”). At birth, the downstairs brain is the operating system at work....