Are you overwhelmed by the speed, noise, and pressure of the season and craving a moment of genuine connection?

In a world obsessed with performance and big gestures, we often forget the transformative power of the quiet, small moments: eye contact, a text, a name used correctly. Heather shares how these micro-moments of humanity can reset our nervous systems and ripple out more powerfully than we realize, especially for parents and allies of LGBTQ+ kids.

✔️ Discover how small acts of kindness affect the brain and body in measurable, healing ways

✔️ Learn a 3-step daily ritual to bring more presence, empathy, and grounding into your life

✔️ Understand why tiny affirming behaviors are life-saving for LGBTQ+ youth

✔️ Challenge the myth that if it’s not big, it doesn’t matter

Press play now to reconnect with what really matters: being human, being kind, and being here.

Key Takeaways

• Kindness is not a performance, it’s a nervous system reset for everyone involved
• LGBTQ+ youth thrive on small affirming acts, which drastically reduce risk of depression and suicide
• Making eye contact, offering silent blessings, or simply listening with presence are radical acts of love
• You don’t need to “fix” everything, just feel, notice, and act from empathy
• Kindness isn’t weakness. Kindness is healing.

What if kindness wasn't about being noticed, but about noticing? This simple shift in intention can change the way we parent, partner, and participate in the world.

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At the heart of my work is a deep commitment to compassion, authenticity, and transformative allyship, especially for those navigating the complexities of parenting LGBTQ+ kids. Through this podcast, speaking, my writing, and the spaces I create, I help people unlearn bias, embrace their full humanity, and foster courageous, compassionate connection.

If you’re in the thick of parenting, allyship, or pioneering a way to lead with love and kindness, I’m here with true, messy, and heart-warming stories, real tools, and grounding support to help you move from fear to fierce, informed action.

Whether you’re listening in, working with me directly, or quietly taking it all in—I see you. And I’m so glad you’re part of this journey.

More Human. More Kind. formerly Just Breathe: Parenting Your LGBTQ Teen is a safe and supportive podcast and space where a mom and mental health advocate offers guidance on parenting with empathy, inclusion, and open-minded allyship, fostering growth, healing, and empowerment within the LGBTQ community—including lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer individuals—while addressing grief, boundaries, education, diversity, human rights, gender identity, sexual orientation, social justice, and the power of human kindness through a lens of ally support and community engagement.

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