Gloria Steinem died on Wednesday, September 2nd at her home in New York City. She was 92. Her official Instagram account announced her death, saying she passed away “surrounded by some of the many who loved her.” The world will remember her for the movement she built. She helped launch Ms. magazine and co-founded the…
People and practices for meeting loss with care Grief moves at its own pace. It shows up in more forms than we expect, after a death, or the quieter loss of a life you thought you were building. No calendar tells it when to arrive or when to ease. For anyone sitting with loss right…
Our interns have started plenty of school years between them. Some walked into a new building on day one, some logged into a first class from a desk at home. We asked what helps them begin a year well, and their advice had more to do with mindset and setup than with any supply list.…
On June 13, the New York Knicks won their first NBA championship in 53 years. Five days later, a crowd estimated in the millions filled Lower Manhattan for a ticker-tape parade down the Canyon of Heroes. We celebrated alongside the rest of the city, and three moments from the week stayed with us. Each one…
Reflections from #JEDGala2026 Recently, the Flawless team attended the JED Foundation Gala in New York City. We came as attendees. We left thinking about what it means to stand alongside people who have decided that youth mental health is worth fighting for, and what each of us owes to that commitment. The evening opened with…
You’re scrolling your phone. Your chest is tight, your jaw is clenched, and you can’t quite name why. Maybe something happened earlier. A tense conversation, a deadline, a piece of news that landed wrong. Or maybe nothing happened at all, and that’s the hardest part to explain. What you’re feeling has a name: nervous system…
There is an idea at the center of Internal Family Systems therapy that, the first time you hear it, feels almost too gentle to be true. There are no bad parts of you. Not the anxious one. Not the angry one. Not the one that shuts down when life gets heavy. Each of those inner…
Mental Health, the Justice System, and the Miami Center for Mental Health and Recovery Judge Steve Leifman is a retired Miami-Dade County court judge who continues his advocacy work through the Leifman Group. He sat down with us to talk about what brought him to this work, what Miami has built over the last twenty-five…
Inside Our Somatic Movement and Chair Yoga Workshop at NAMI Special thanks to Jennifer Baez, our Wellness Facilitator, for sharing her experiences and reflections from the workshop. We’ve gathered her insights here to share them with our wider community. When the Flawless team arrived at NAMI Palm Beach County for our wellness workshop, the room…
Today, we celebrate our dear friend and collaborator, Bernadette Pleasant. A grief educator, somatic healer, and creator of Femme!, Bernadette has spent her career building a practice in which movement and honesty do the work that words alone cannot. Certified in the Nia Technique, Nia 5 Stages, Ageless Grace, Somatic Healing, Reiki, and Integrated Energy…
