Helping children understand their brains, bodies and big feelings, one Brain Friend at a time!
At The Brain Friends, we believe every child deserves to feel safe, understood, and empowered to manage their emotions. Using playful, science-backed tools, we make emotional regulation simple, engaging, and accessible—especially for neurodivergent and SEN learners.
Meet The Brain Friends – Your Child’s Guide to Understanding Their Brain
Our lovable characters bring neuroscience to life, helping children recognise their feelings, respond to stress, and build resilience.
- Lenny Lizard – The protector, managing fight, flight, or freeze responses.
- Mylo Monkey – The emotional friend, helping with big feelings and connections.
- Orla Owl – The wise thinker, guiding problem-solving and self-control.
- Brilliant Brain – Bringing it all together for balance and learning.
How The Brain Friends Helps Children Thrive
- Teaches self-regulation in a way that makes sense
- Supports children with SEN, anxiety, and emotional challenges
- Expands their ‘Window of Tolerance’ for learning and social situations
- Promotes connection between children, parents, and teachers
Perfect for Schools, Parents & Therapists
From classroom behaviour management to home routines and therapy sessions, The Brain Friends offer practical, easy-to-use strategies that help children feel calm, confident, and ready to learn.
The power of The Brain Friends lies in storytelling and characterisation—children learn how their brain works without even realising it.
By using the characters, children connect with their brain’s functions through engaging metaphors and stories. Rather than memorising complex brain science, they naturally internalise key concepts by relating to the characters.
🌟 They remember the story, not just the science.
🌟 They use the characters to process real-life challenges.
🌟 They develop emotional awareness, problem-solving, and self-regulation skills.
When children encounter a big emotion or struggle, they
instinctively use the Brain Friends to make sense of it, helping them understand, regulate, and respond more effectively.
This approach makes emotional intelligence and brain science accessible, engaging, and practical—helping every child build
resilience and self-awareness in a way that sticks.
"The Brain Friends® turn complex brain science into simple, relatable stories,
helping children understand themselves, regulate their emotions, and grow with
confidence from the inside out."
The Brilliant Brain Friends book on Amazon!
The Brilliant Brain Friends is an engaging story to help children understand more about how they experience and process emotions. The story introduces them to their Brilliant Brain Friends, Lenny Lizard, Mylo Monkey and Orla Owl.
Each character represents a different part of the brain and how we process feelings in our mind and body. By understanding more about how we do this children will develop more emotional awareness. The book introduces children to each Brain Friend's unique job.
Lenny Lizard runs the body and helps to keep us safe, Mylo Monkey helps us to notice our feelings and Orla Owl helps to make sense of them with our thinking mind.
The Brilliant Brain Friends is the perfect way to introduce children aged 5-11 to the power of the mind-body connection.
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