Are you constantly showing up for others while quietly falling apart inside?

In this deeply moving and timely conversation, Heather welcomes Aransas Savas, a leadership coach, podcast host, and mother who shares how real self-care, vulnerability, and trust can radically shift how we lead, love, and parent, especially in times of crisis. From a harrowing personal story about protecting her daughter to the quiet power of reclaiming your energy, this episode is an unfiltered look at what it means to be a fully present woman in a demanding world.

• Discover the powerful framework Aransas uses to help women reclaim their meaning, energy, and time (MET).
• Learn how to cultivate safe, brave spaces for your children so they come to you when it matters most.
• Hear what real self-care looks like for high-capacity women and how to start practicing it daily, not just occasionally.

Press play to learn how to lead with intention, parent with trust, and live from a place of grounded resilience, even when life is messy.

Connect with Aransas Savas: https://www.aransassavas.com/

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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 space where a mom and mental health advocate offers guidance on parenting with empathy, inclusion, love, and open-minded allyship, fostering growth, healing, connection, and empowerment within the LGBTQ community while addressing grief, boundaries, education, diversity, human rights, social justice, and the power of human kindness through a lens of ally support and community engagement.

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