#138 | Your Guide to a Supported and Connected 2025: LGBTQ Allyship, Courage, and Community Guidance

Feeling exhausted by the noise of 2024, yet unsure how to reclaim your energy in 2025?

In this intimate solo episode, Heather shares her deeply personal reflections from a year of grief, boundary-setting, and advocacy, and invites you to begin your own ritual of looking back with compassion. If you’ve felt overwhelmed, under-resourced, or disillusioned by last year’s political, personal, or parenting challenges, you’re not alone.

• Learn how boundary-setting became a vital form of self-preservation and modeling for LGBTQ families.
• Discover Heather’s 3-part reflection ritual for processing a year’s worth of joy and grief with grace.
• Get a sneak peek into what’s coming in 2025 - from meaningful episodes to a private, supportive community space.

Press play to ground yourself, reflect with intention, and start 2025 feeling centered, connected, and far from alone.

Hi, I’m Heather Hester, and I’m so glad you’re here!

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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 explores connection, courage, and community for every concerned parent, mom, or ally navigating fear, grief, and bigotry with hope, resilience, and empathy. Through open-minded education, inclusive parenting guidance, and advocacy for mental health, safety, and a human first approach, we support LGBTQ youth and stand for human rights and social justice. More Human. More Kind. empowers listeners to shift their mindset, embrace activism and allyship, and lead with kindness, healing, and purpose.