Micro Kindness, Major Impact: A Holiday Reframe for Parents and Allies of Queer Kids

DAY 9

MORE HUMAN MOMENTS FOR THE MOST WONDERFUL (AND COMPLICATED!) TIME OF THE YEAR

12 TINY REBELLIONS TO COUNTER HOLIDAY CHAOS

Are you finding it hard to celebrate the holidays when the world feels like it’s unraveling? If your heart is heavy with the weight of injustice, violence, and overwhelm, this episode is for you.

In Day 9 of the More Human, More Kind holiday capsule, Heather Hester invites you to stop trying to hold the whole world and instead embrace the power of one kind thing. For parents and allies of LGBTQ+ kids, this moment of reflection offers both emotional permission and grounded action.

You’ll learn:

1. Why world overwhelm hits especially hard during the holidays
2. How to recognize that your nervous system isn’t broken, it’s over-capacitated
3. Why micro kindness isn’t trivial, but transformative
4. One simple breath and reflection practice to help you reconnect with hope, agency, and joy

Today’s Strategy: Micro Kindness as Activism

You don’t have to do everything. Choose one small, authentic act of care, something that matters to you, your child, or your community.

Today’s Ritual: Ask yourself: “What is one kind thing I can do today?”

Then do it. With intention. With love. Without guilt.

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.

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More Human. More Kind. formerly Just Breathe: Parenting Your LGBTQ Teen is a safe and supportive podcast 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 human kindness through a lens of ally support and community engagement.