Gentle Insight

10/12/2025

“ We are all human trying to navigate this adventure of life. So please treat yourself gently and remember we are all in this together. “

- Alessandra Kellermann
Gentle Insight

10/12/2025

Wow !!! We are in love with Stephen and his drawings and talent ! The sky is the limit and why we must never stop supporting our students with challenges with any need for support. Our humanity is needed now to protect their rights and ability to follow their dreams as everyone else can without challenges .

You rock Stephen !

10/12/2025

Beyond Happiness — Creating Space for Authenticity

As parents, we often say, “I just want my child to be happy.” But the truth is, happiness is not a constant state—it comes and goes. Instead of chasing happiness for our children, the deeper gift is creating an environment where they feel safe enough to be fully themselves.

This means raising a child who knows they can cry when they fail without shame. It means teaching them that their feelings, even the hard ones, are valid and worthy of being expressed. It means encouraging them to set boundaries and respect the boundaries of others, because that is how healthy relationships are built.

It looks like giving them room to be endlessly curious, to question, to explore, and to stand in their own power. It means showing them self-acceptance by modeling it ourselves, so they grow up knowing they are enough just as they are.

When children are raised in an environment of authenticity, safety, and respect, happiness naturally follows—but so does resilience, confidence, and the ability to thrive no matter what life brings. Our job isn’t to hand them happiness—it’s to give them the roots to be true to themselves and the wings to carry that truth into the world.

10/12/2025

Never be afraid of who you are. You are loved here and you matter. Hold on and be proud of being you .

10/12/2025

10/12/2025

As an educator and mental health professional,
I am in shock.
For over 40 years, since I was in high school I have been a disability advocate and worked with children, teens and families of all abilities including countless students protected by the former true Department of Education and its Special Ed department with the strong support of FEDERAL laws to include IDEA, ADA, and Section 504.
These laws have helped me assist families and advocate for these shining stars so that their needs were met, rights preserved and they could follow their dreams too in the least restrictive environment, more often than not in their own communities where being different in 2025 is a strength not a weakness and the sky is the limit.

This can’t be a political issue. This news is unacceptable and heartbreaking. Saddest of all is that many of us have family members who have different challenges and every student in this free country deserves a chance to excel every single day without any barriers like this.

Schools comply often as they don’t want visits from .of.education and their Office of Civil Rights . They could lose federal funding or worse and our caring amazing teachers do not want to see this happen either as they need support in their classrooms not LESS support when children face challenges cognitively, physically or emotionally. This is such a sad day if we allow this to happen to our most vulnerable citizens .

Please email the White House and President because this affects all students through even grad school. He and his wife could afford special private schools in NYC and Washington but most Americans could not, including our military families who move every few years to new school districts depending on services NOT to be cut or eliminated in Education especially our families with loved ones with exceptional challenges .

You can think perhaps you have no time or it does not apply to your life but you never know when your own loved one might need these services and support.
Silence enables. Please ask they reverse this devastating and far-reaching decision & stand up for all children.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/

10/12/2025

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10/11/2025

“When we invest in our mind and we invest in therapy, our whole world can literally open up.” — Raymond Braun

In this special rerelease from NAMICon 2025, mental health champions Raymond Braun, James Longman, and Dr. Don Mordecai share their stories of resilience, recovery, and hope.

From lived experiences of obsessive-compulsive disorder and depression to expert perspectives on men’s mental health, this episode reminds us that therapy isn’t weakness—it’s an act of courage that can change everything.

🎧 Listen to the full episode wherever you get your podcasts: https://bit.ly/46WKH45

10/10/2025

💚 Today is World Mental Health Day, first initiated in 1992 by the World Federation for Mental Health to raise awareness and support for mental well-being across the globe.

Dr. Maya Angelou often wrote about healing and the strength we find within and alongside others. In her poem “Alone,” she reminds us:

✨ “Lying, thinking / Last night / How to find my soul a home / Where water is not thirsty / And bread loaf is not stone / I came up with one thing / And I don’t believe I’m wrong / That nobody / But nobody / Can make it out here alone.”

Her words encourage us to remember that caring for our mental health is not something we must do in isolation. Reaching out, leaning on community, and offering compassion to ourselves and others are all acts of strength.

Today, and every day, let us choose connection, kindness, and hope.