Andrea Schneider, MSW, LCSW

21/08/2025

Sometimes your body remembers what your mind forgets ✨

13/08/2025

Good resource:

💛 Need help for your mental health during pregnancy, postpartum, or after loss? You're not alone — and support is just a call or text away.

Here are three trusted helplines to guide you based on your needs:

📞 PSI HelpLine – Call or text 1-800-944-4773 (4PPD)
• Not a crisis line — it's a safe and confidential place to get support, information, and resources
• Staffed by trained volunteers who return messages within a few hours during business hours
• Available in English and Spanish
• For pregnant, postpartum, and post-loss individuals and families worldwide

📞 National Maternal Mental Health Hotline – 1-833-TLC-MAMA (1-833-852-6262)
• For 24/7 support from licensed counselors
• Free and confidential
• Serving pregnant and postpartum individuals in the U.S.
• Offers real-time support and warm handoffs to services in your area

📞 988 Su***de & Crisis Lifeline – Dial 988
• For anyone experiencing suicidal thoughts or a mental health crisis
• Free, confidential, and available 24/7
• Connects you with trained crisis counselors, with access to maternal mental health resources when needed

👉 Visit: postpartum.net/get-help

✨ You are not alone. You are not to blame. With help, you will be well.

03/07/2025

Urges States to Act After Congress Passes Harmful Budget Cuts Devastating to Families & Social Work Profession | We’re grateful for the thousands of social workers who joined our call urging lawmakers to stop the harmful House bill passed this afternoon. This destructive legislation not only impacts families and communities making it harder for people to meet their basic needs, health insurance costs, and get food and other services—but it will also make it more difficult for current social workers to pay off their student loans and for future students to choose the social work profession.

Together, let’s demand state leaders protect Medicaid, SNAP, and essential programs Congress failed to safeguard. State action can shape the future — and only by standing united can we protect health, fight poverty, and invest in communities so everyone thrives.

Meanwhile, will continue to push federal lawmakers to replace cuts with policies that meet basic needs and uphold dignity for all.

03/07/2025

NAMI is devastated that Congress passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which will leave millions without access to critical mental health care & support.

While we are disappointed, we are encouraged by our advocates, who contacted Congress more than 155,000 times and who haven't given up. NAMI will not give up either -- our fight will continue to & .

Learn more: https://bit.ly/44dSGIx

03/07/2025

QOTD: "Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists." --Franklin D.Roosevelt

21/06/2025

The summer solstice marks the peak of the sun’s power,
the longest day, when light reigns and shadows retreat.

It is a time to pause and honor the warmth that sustains life,
the energy that fuels growth,
and the clarity that comes with illumination.

As nature stretches into full bloom,
so too are we invited to open,
to reflect on how far we’ve come,
and to celebrate the abundance within and around us.

In the stillness of this sun-drenched moment,
we are reminded to live fully,
to shine brightly,
and to trust in the rhythms of light and life.

'In the Light of the Longest day' by Spirit of a Hippie

~ Art by Gemma Koomen

19/06/2025

🥰❤️✊🏼🫶

15/06/2025

May we all cherish peace not just as a distant ideal, but as a guiding principle in our daily lives. Let us set aside our differences and unite as one human family, bound by our shared hopes, our common dignity, and our collective desire for a better future.

In our unity lies the strength to heal, to grow, and to build a world where compassion triumphs over conflict, and where peace is not merely a dream, but a living reality for all. May we all cherish peace and unite as one, for in our unity lies the strength to build a better world.

~ 'Building a Better World' by Spirit of a Hippie

~ Art by Mikenzi Mitchell

14/06/2025

Happy Father’s Day to the amazing fathers, father figures and caregivers who do the work of fathers - you are celebrated today and always 🥰❤️🫶🙌

14/06/2025

✊🏼✊🏼✊🏼✊🏼❤️

13/06/2025

Happiness isn’t always about what’s happening around you — it’s more about how you respond to what’s happening.

Sometimes, the solution is clear: leave the toxic job, walk away from unhealthy relationships, set boundaries, start over. That’s changing your situation — taking action to remove yourself from what’s making you unhappy. It's bold, empowering, and necessary at times.

But not everything can be changed. Some storms must be endured. Some challenges can't be avoided. That’s when you need the second way — changing your mindset. Accept what you can’t control. Focus on what’s still good. Learn. Grow. Shift your perspective, and even the same situation can start to feel lighter.

Real strength is knowing when to act — and when to adapt.

🔑 Choose either path, but choose peace. 💭 Because happiness begins with you — your actions or your attitude.