How Letting Go of the “Movie Reel” in Your Head Builds Real Connection With Your LGBTQ Teen

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Are you silently grieving the future you imagined for your child and feeling ashamed for having those feelings?

In this episode, I gently unpack the hidden grief that many parents of LGBTQ youth carry in silence. If you’ve been telling yourself “this shouldn’t be about me,” while secretly struggling with sadness, confusion, or fear, this episode gives you both permission and guidance to process those emotions in a way that strengthens your bond with your child.

1. Learn how unacknowledged grief can block connection, safety, and inclusion
2. Discover why processing your own emotions makes you a more grounded, loving ally
3. Get access to Permission to Feel — a free, powerful 7-step journaling tool to move from guilt to clarity

If you're ready to stop stuffing down your feelings and start showing up with clarity and compassion, press play now — and let your healing begin.

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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 grow their capacity for courageous, compassionate connection.

For parents, allies, and those 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 for parents and allies 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 love and human kindness through a lens of ally support and community engagement.