Playful Connections Sandtray Institute

10/26/2026

🎉💜 HAPPY BIRTHDAY, LEANNE! 💜🎉

Wishing the happiest of birthdays to a VERY important part of our Playful Connections family! We are so incredibly grateful for your heart, your knowledge, your creativity . . . and ALL the magic you bring to PCSI! 🥰✨

We hope your day is as fabulous as YOU are! 🎂💜

10/22/2026

Calling all incredible therapists!! Do we have a date night for you?!? Join Momma Owls Minis tomorrow night for an incredible opportunity to shop live with them from 6:30 to 8:30pm CST. They will post their zoom link on their page at go time to share stories and ready to ship products.

These are some of our most favorite people. They are family. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to support these incredible ladies at Momma Owls Minis

09/30/2026

So exciting!!! 🥰

What story made you who you are? Maybe it was a game you played with your family, a comic you reread until the spine gave out, or a show you were a little embarrassed to love.

The TAGGS 2027 theme is Reclaiming Our Stories, Revisiting Our Past, and we want to hear how those stories show up in your work. Proposals are open until October 16.

https://geektherapy.org/now-accepting-proposals-for-taggs-2027/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=taggs-2027-cfp&utm_content=sustain

Know someone who should present? Tag them below.

09/11/2026

🇺🇸 We Remember.

This year began for me in a place I had only ever experienced through a television screen.

On January 1st, I had the incredible honor of standing beside One World Trade Center . . . walking to the memorial pools . . . reading the names . . . and looking upon the Survivor Tree.

I remember standing there.

And I remember where I was on September 11, 2001.

I first heard that something had happened while I was on my way to psychology class . . . and then sat in that classroom watching it unfold on television.

I remember the fear. The confusion. The heartbreak. The lives lost and the families forever changed. The first responders who ran TOWARD what everyone else was trying to escape.

But I also remember 9/12.

I remember watching a country that had been shattered the day before somehow come TOGETHER.

For a moment, the things that divided us seemed smaller. People helped people. Strangers cared about strangers. We grieved together. We stood together.

There was something incredibly beautiful in that unity . . . born from something so terribly painful.

Twenty-five years later, standing at Ground Zero, I felt the weight of both.

The LOSS . . . and the resilience.

The devastation . . . and the rebuilding.

The memory of what happened on 9/11 . . . and the reminder of who we became on 9/12.

Today, Playful Connections Sandtray Institute and Serendipity Sand & Play Shop pause together to remember those whose lives were lost, honor those who ran toward danger, hold space for those who still carry the grief . . . and remember what we are capable of when we choose to come together.

May we NEVER FORGET 9/11.

And maybe . . . may we remember a little more of 9/12, too. 🇺🇸 ❤️🤍💙

09/10/2026

I am seriously so in LOVE with my new shoes!!!! 😍😍😍

Glittery . . . rainbow . . . ridiculously colorful . . . a little LOUD . . . a little EXTRA . . . and basically JOY in shoe form. 🌈✨

Tell me you’re a PLAY therapist without telling me you’re a PLAY therapist. 🤪

I saw these on Amazon and knew immediately . . . yep . . . those belong on MY feet. 😂

Now . . . I am waiting on that Reading Rainbow T-Shirt to deliver. 💜😍

09/09/2026

What does a sandtray therapist do while waiting on the Target pharmacy. . . 🤭

09/03/2026

Whoo Hoo! Already saved it on the calendar!! 😍

🌍 SAVE THE DATE!

The International Association for Sandtray Therapy invites you to the:

🏖️ 2027 Mini Sandtray Summit
✨ Every Story Belongs
Many Cultures. Many Stories. A Place to Belong.

📅 April 23, 2027
💻 Online Around the World

Join our global sandtray community as we explore cultural awareness, diversity, and inclusivity—and continue creating therapeutic spaces where people feel seen, valued, respected, and welcomed.

More details and speaker announcements are coming soon!

09/03/2026

We are SO proud of our sister company, Serendipity Sand & Play Shop! 💜🌎

What started as a little shop supporting the work we love is now sending miniatures across the WORLD into the hands of therapists. 🥹

Watching Serendipity grow has been pretty incredible. Canada, Great Britain, and now AUSTRALIA! 🇨🇦🇬🇧🇦🇺

Way to go, Serendipity! We’re cheering you on every step of the way! ✨

Okay, I KNOW it’s a late-night post… but I’m sitting here packing orders and having a little “HOW DID WE GET HERE?!” moment. 🥹💜

Look closely at that box. See that CUSTOMS LABEL?! 🌎📦

That’s right… Serendipity is officially shipping INTERNATIONALLY!

We’re keeping it limited while we learn all the ins and outs, but we are currently shipping to Canada 🇨🇦, Great Britain 🇬🇧, and — as of TONIGHT — our very first order is headed to AUSTRALIA! 🇦🇺

Y’all… who knew this little shop would grow like this?! 🥹

From printing miniatures here in Texarkana to sending them across the WORLD for sandtrays and playrooms… that is just WILD to me.

Thank you for growing with us. 💜✨

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09/01/2026

Happy Heavenly birthday to one of our biggest supporters. . . . Carmen, We miss you so much. . . You are still so loved. 🥹 We will keep your message spreading across the globe!

07/10/2026

That moment you pull a friend’s book off your shelf to read to a client and find the signature of your friend who passed. . . Instant tears . . . And now I (PCSI) have to buy another book from myself (Serendipity) because that one is now pulled for my own private collection. . . 🥹 That shows how often I look at the inside cover . . . I did not remember that being there. I miss her . . .