The Well-Connected Life may be a new chapter, but the work behind it has been developing for years. Across classrooms, auditoriums, workshops, parent gatherings, and community organizations, Rachel has worked with students, educators, families, and adults to strengthen connection, belonging, emotional well-being, and community.
Working with students, educators & families
Schools & organizations across education, mental health & community
Presentations NAMI Ending the Silence
The Well-Connected Life brings relational health into schools and communities through speaking, workshops, parent education, mindfulness, and interactive experiences.
The goal is to leave people with more than an inspiring conversation.
Participants gain practical language, tools, and ways of thinking about how we connect with ourselves and one another.
My students truly love your sessions, and I always notice how much more centered, focused, and kind they are afterward. Even my most energetic students settle in and carry those mindfulness strategies with them throughout the day, often reminding each other to pause and breathe.
Rachel is amazing! She brings such a calm energy into our classroom environment. She is engaging, and the students appreciate and respect her. Her lessons are wonderful, and the students use her practices throughout the week and while at home.
Rachel Steinman's powerful testimony about her own family's journey breaking intergenerational cycles of trauma made a huge impact on our student population. She has done an amazing job addressing the stigma related to mental illness.
Rachel reliably sets a great example for students of how to lead with confidence, kindness, and genuine connection. I knew when she was leading NAMI's Ending the Silence presentations that we could trust her to help students understand that they were not alone, and that their wellness was a priority.
More than 50 presentations and counting.
As a NAMI Ending the Silence Lead Presenter, Rachel has delivered more than 50 presentations to students and school communities across California, both in person and virtually.
Through these conversations, she helps create space for honest discussion about mental health and encourages young people to replace shame, stigma, and secrecy with understanding, compassion, and connection.
Selected communities Rachel has worked with
Village School
Oakwood Elementary School
Campbell Hall
The Buckley School
Windward School
Flintridge Preparatory Academy
Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy
Venice High School
Birmingham Community Charter High School
Orange County School of the Arts
Palos Verdes Peninsula High School
Bellarmine College Preparatory
Berkeley High School
Los Gatos High School
Amador Valley High School
Carmel High School
Woodside Priory School
City of Calabasas Youth & Families
When people feel seen, heard, valued, and connected, something changes.
That's the work of The Well-Connected Life.