We live in a world where fear keeps us scrolling, striving, and bracing for the next crisis.
When I talk about glimmers, I’m not talking about fake positivity or pretending everything’s fine.
I’m talking about refusal, the refusal to comply with what harms us.
In times like this, noticing a glimmer, a small, ordinary moment of peace, isn’t naive. It’s rebellion.
It’s choosing to keep your nervous system connected to safety and softness when everything around you feels sharp and loud.
It’s remembering that joy, laughter, tenderness, and connection are still available – and that caring for yourself and others is part of how we resist the burnout machine.
Resistance means not letting exhaustion, fear, or despair define you. It’s choosing to notice the moments that remind your nervous system you’re still here, still safe enough to breathe.
So when you stop to feel the sunlight through your window, or hear your child’s laughter and let it sink in, you’re doing something quietly revolutionary.
Every glimmer, every small, ordinary moment that helps your body feel okay, is proof that softness still exists. That joy still lives here. That connection is still possible.
And that, in itself, is resistance. ✨
– Kylie ✨
11/12/2025
Glimmers aren’t just cute little feel-good moments.
They’re reminders, quiet signals to your nervous system that you’re safe enough to pause, to breathe, to exist without bracing for the next hard thing.
When we practice noticing glimmers, we’re teaching our brains and bodies that safety still exists, even when life feels heavy or unpredictable.
It’s not about ignoring the hard stuff; it’s about giving it something to lean on.
Every glimmer you notice, even for a second, is like adding a pebble to the side of the scale that balances out your triggers, stress, and overwhelm. Over time, that scale starts to shift.
This is the quiet power of awareness, of slowing down enough to feel the sunlight on your face or the softness of your favorite hoodie.
That’s why glimmers matter, because they remind us that safety and joy aren’t things we have to earn. They’re already here, waiting to be noticed.
- Kylie ✨
11/10/2025
This November, we’re hosting a food drive (led by our therapist Liz .quill.counseling) at Terrace House to support two local food banks: Food Outreach STL and The International Institute of St. Louis. Both organizations are doing essential work to help our STL community, especially with the increased need following the loss of SNAP benefits.
🗓️ When: November 3rd - November 28th
📦 Where: 1804 Lafayette Ave, St. Louis MO 63104
Drop off is available during the following times:
Monday: 9 am - 8 pm
Tuesday: 8 am to 8 pm
Wednesday: 8 am to 8 pm
Thursday: 8 am to 8 pm
Friday: 9 am to 6 pm
Saturday: 9 am to 4 pm
Sunday: 9 am to 4 pm
These are a few of mine, the everyday moments that help me feel calm, safe, and connected when life gets loud.
The soft light of a fall morning, the laughter of my kids, the smell of fresh bread, a quiet moment with a book, and the little kindnesses that brighten my day. It’s all about those micro-moments that remind us we’re okay.
They don’t have to be big or planned. Most of the time, they show up in the middle of an ordinary day, if we slow down enough to notice them. 💛
What glimmers have you noticed lately?
– Kylie ✨
11/04/2025
Gathering Glimmers: Finding Joy in Daily Life ✨
Lead by: Kylie Lowrie, MA, PLPC
Workshop Details:
Saturday, November 15th from 10-12 pm
1804 Lafayette Ave, St. Louis, MO 63104
This is a one-time experiential workshop designed to introduce the idea of glimmers—the small, everyday moments that help your nervous system feel safe and connected. Together we’ll slow down, reflect, and explore what brings warmth and calm back into our days.
Teens will leave with practical ways to notice glimmers in real life, creative exercises to help the body and mind reconnect, and a sense of community in doing this work alongside others.
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Early Bird Pricing: $60
Standard Pricing: $75
Sliding Scale Available!
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Kylie Lowrie is a warm and relational therapist who helps kids, teens, and families navigate life’s big feelings and everyday challenges. As both a therapist and a parent, she brings authenticity, humor, and compassion into her work, helping clients notice small moments of calm and connection — “glimmers” — that remind us we’re safe and capable, even when things feel hard.
Most people know the word trigger, those moments when your body reacts to something that feels unsafe or overwhelming.
Glimmers are the counterbalance to that. They’re the small, ordinary moments when your body remembers it’s safe. The warmth of a cup of coffee, a favorite song, sunlight through the window. ☕️🎶☀️
We spend a lot of time scanning for danger; it’s how our brains try to protect us. But when we’re always bracing for what might go wrong, we miss what’s already good.
Glimmers remind us that regulation isn’t just about calming down; it’s about noticing what helps us feel okay.
They don’t have to be big or fancy. They’re not “treat yourself” moments (though they can be). They’re the simple, daily cues that help you take a deep breath and settle into the present.
When we start noticing these moments, we begin to rewire the way we experience safety and connection. One small glimmer at a time. ✨
– Kylie ✨
10/30/2025
Meet Kylie ✨
Kylie Lowrie is a Provisionally Licensed Professional Counselor and a National Certified Counselor, and earned her Master’s in Mental Health Counseling and Behavioral Medicine from Boston University School of Medicine. Kylie supports children, adolescents, adults, and families navigating trauma, attachment wounds, anxiety, ADHD, grief, neurodivergence, and emotionally intense experiences. She is especially passionate about working with twice-exceptional (2e) kids and teens – those who are both gifted and challenged – and helping them feel seen, supported, and understood.
Kylie brings a grounded, relational presence to the therapy room, infused with creativity, humor, and deep care. Her approach draws from play therapy, expressive arts, mindfulness, CBT, and compassion-focused work. She believes therapy should feel like a relationship, not a performance. With a trauma-informed, person-centered lens, Kylie creates space for clients to explore who they are and what they need without pressure to be anything other than themselves.
As a parent with lived experience navigating the complexities of raising children with big feelings, unique needs, and developing identities, Kylie brings deep empathy and realness into her work. She is especially attuned to kids and caregivers who’ve been made to feel “too much” or “not enough” – and she is committed to creating a space where clients can simply be.
If you are in a moment in your life when you need to laugh through your tears, Kylie’s humor, compassion, and care might just be exactly what you need. Are you having big feelings (or is your child)? If so, Kylie will be right there with you (or with them)! She’ll make sure there’s space for those feelings–or for whatever anxiety, grief, trauma, or attachment wound you bring to therapy.
Kylie’s series, starting today, focuses on discovering "glimmers"—those small, everyday moments that make you feel safe and connected. ✨
Her series also introduces her upcoming workshop, Gathering Glimmers: Finding Joy in Daily Life. This workshop, for adolescents (ages 11-14), will provide an opportunity to slow down, reflect, and explore. Teens will leave with practical ways to notice glimmers in real life, creative exercises to help the body and mind reconnect, and a sense of community in doing this work alongside others.
I'm so excited for you to get to know Kylie through her series! She can definitely help you find the glimmers, even in the shadows.
- Jason ✨
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Terrace House is a private counseling space in St. Louis, Missouri, offering individual, relationship, adolescent, and group therapy services. Our fees are on a sliding scale.
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