Embrace Educate Empower Love
"Sometimes the people around you won't understand your journey.
They don't need to.
It's not for them."
~ Joubert Botha
Discover Chrysalis Mama
Transforming the Conversation
Hi, my name is Heather. Welcome to Chrysalis Mama, a unique website, podcast, and blog for you to explore. Chrysalis Mama is the product of our family's journey with depression, anxiety, and embracing our son, who, among many wonderful traits, is gay. It is my desire to pass on valuable information and offer support to those who are on a similar journey of loving and raising an LGBTQ child. You may be asking - how do we change this conversation? I believe it starts within each one of us, blossoms within our families, and then grows within our communities and beyond. My principles are simple yet effective - To embrace, educate, empower, and love. I am grateful for this opportunity to share my passions and thoughts with my readers and listeners. Read on, listen, join in, and enjoy!
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What People Are Saying
S. Geidner
I have loved and admired you and your family for over 30 years now, but the honor I have always felt to call you friend truly quadrupled yesterday after listening to your podcasts. Every word was true and authentic, and real, and beautiful-even those that made me cry to the point where I had to pause for a bit before continuing.
I know the last few years have been pure hell. Yet somehow you, Steve, and your kids somehow managed to navigate it with grace, dignity, love, vulnerability, and acceptance. I am in awe of each of you. Messiness sucks, but you are showing the world how beautiful life can be if we find a way to embrace it and breathe. Thanks to all of you for sharing your story and resources-it WILL make a difference for so many others.