The Jeff Loeffelholz IRIS Foundation

Home
United States
New York, NY
The Jeff Loeffelholz IRIS Foundation

Founded in honor of Jeff Loeffelholz, the IRIS Foundation uplifts artists and advocates for mental health.
(1)

In a time of rising su***de rates, we stand for compassion, awareness, and the belief that every voice deserves to be heard.

07/19/2026

In rain and in sunshine. 💜🌧️☀️

Everything is aligning for you.
Trust it. ✨

06/03/2026

💜 Some seasons are for blooming.

Some are for healing.

Some are for waiting, learning, and quietly becoming.

If life doesn’t look exactly the way you imagined right now, that doesn’t mean you’re off course. Often the season you’re are in is preparing you for the one still ahead.

You don’t have to have all the answers today.

In rain and in sunshine. 🌸✨

05/29/2026

For months now, I’ve been taking screenshots whenever I happen to notice 2:22, 3:33, 4:44, 11:11…

Some people call them signs.

Others call them coincidence.

For me, they’ve become reminders to pause, breathe, and come back to the present moment.

Maybe the meaning isn’t in the numbers.

Maybe the meaning is in the noticing.

💜

In rain & in sunshine.

04/04/2026

Easter reminds us
something within us
still knows how to bloom 🌸

Gently,
in its own time 💜✨

In Rain & In Sunshine

MentalHealthAwareness Hope Healing SpringEnergy Forsythia NewRochelle Gratitude QuietStrength

03/29/2026

Palm Sunday 🌿

A quiet reminder…
to slow down,
to walk gently,
and to hold both hope and memory in the same breath.

Today, I’m thinking of those who honored this day with quiet faith…
and carrying that spirit forward —
in stillness, in gratitude, and in love.

— In Rain & In Sunshine 💜✨

Hope

03/27/2026

✨ The universe doesn’t wait for proof.
It waits for belief.

And when you begin to trust yourself—
even gently, even quietly—
something shifts.

The path opens.
The light returns.
The magic flows… through you.

— In Rain & In Sunshine 💜

IRISFoundation

03/01/2026

After the rush.
After the noise.
After the long stretch of holding everything together…

There is the simple act of being.

A cleared path.
Bright winter light.
A small companion walking beside you.

Take life in small moments.
They restore more than we realize.

— In Rain & In Sunshine 💜

Resilience

02/13/2026

Starting over isn’t failure.
It’s not weakness.
It’s not giving up.

Sometimes it’s the most honest sign that something inside you is still alive.

If this season feels like a beginning again —
you’re not behind.
You’re growing.

— In Rain & In Sunshine 💜

GentleStrength

Anaïs Nin (1903–1977) was a French-Cuban diarist whose journals explored reinvention, artistic courage, and the quiet power of beginning again.

02/01/2026

💙✨ A reminder from William James:

Belief is not denial.
It’s not pretending the hard parts don’t exist.

It’s choosing — even quietly — to stand on the side of possibility.

Some days belief is loud and confident.
Other days, it’s just a whisper that says,
“I’m still here.”

And sometimes… that whisper is enough.

— In Rain & In Sunshine 💜

BroadwayCommunity GroundedLiving

01/26/2026

Today, Jeff would have turned 65. 💜🌊

So I’ve been thinking about the ocean.

Jeff didn’t grow up with it. Coming from Oklahoma, he’d only seen it a handful of times — maybe Padre Island once or twice. I only had to mention the Caribbean, and suddenly we were planning a dive.

We became certified scuba divers, and before long, Jeff was advancing quickly — always curious, always wanting to go a little deeper.

One early morning in Grand Cayman, the water impossibly clear, Jeff wanted to descend beyond 100 feet. I told him I’d stay there and wait.

So there I was — suspended at 100 feet — watching my partner disappear into the blue below me.

Time stretched. Five minutes felt like forever.

I stayed where the oxygen was good, watching the light, holding steady.

Then I saw the bubbles.

They rose — and Jeff appeared, surfacing with the biggest smile I had ever seen on his face. Pure joy. Pure life.

On his birthday, I remember this:
Sometimes loving someone means staying where you can breathe, holding space, trusting they’ll rise again.

— In Rain & In Sunshine 💜

Address

New York, NY

Telephone

+19292713894

Website

http://jeffloeffelholzirisfoundation.org/

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when The Jeff Loeffelholz IRIS Foundation posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Contact The Organization

Send a message to The Jeff Loeffelholz IRIS Foundation:

Featured

Heart River Center for Intuitive Healing

Want your organization to be the top-listed Non Profit Organization in New York?