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Mighty staffer @sparklywartanks was recently having an interesting conversation about the definition of “normal,” especially as it relates to managing a mental health condition. It got her thinking about how she defines “normal” and how she learned to recognize the difference between her symptoms and her true personality.

She realized that her definition of “normal” has changed over time. Ultimately, she feels it’s her relationship with self-awareness that helps guide what “normal” means to her each day.

What are your thoughts? How do you define “normal” while living with a health condition? How does your relationship with your health shape that definition?

Feel free to share your insights below! 👇💭

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Mighties, let’s picture ourselves on a road trip right now. If your symptoms were in charge of the music, what song would they choose to play? What makes that song a good fit for today? 📻🎵

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As we take in information from educational spaces, our environments, or our lived experiences, certain strategies, patterns, or methods may work best for retaining and processing that information. This might look like listening, seeing visuals, engaging in hands-on activities, being in specific environments, taking notes, relying on particular resources, or even using a combination of styles depending on what we’re learning.

What’s your favorite way to learn something new? What learning style works best for you?

Share your insights and experiences below and/or choose from the following list:

a. Visual: I learn by seeing 👀
b. Auditory: I learn by listening 👂
c. Kinesthetic: I learn by doing 🙌
d. Reading/Writing: I learn by writing things down and reading information 📝📖

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Happy Monday, Mighties! 🌄

How was your weekend? What’s the week ahead looking like? Share the theme you’re stepping into, a plan you have, or something highlighted on your calendar — all using emojis below!

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Every year around Valentine’s Day, Mighty staffer @sparklywartanks reflects on what love really means to her. Having experienced a lot of rejection in the past, she’s often met with heartbreak, grief, and sadness around this time.

This year, though, she wants to reflect on how much effort she’s put into developing a better understanding of love—not only in the romantic sense, but as an energy and a practice. Her relationship with herself, as a person in recovery, hasn’t always been bright. But she has created more light by learning to love herself unconditionally, even through the darkest moments.

She’ll never give up on herself—and love has taught her that.

What about you? What has your health taught you about love?

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Fears can develop or resurface for many different reasons and at various points in our lives. Identifying, acknowledging, processing, and eventually overcoming them can take time, patience, self-awareness, and practice. That doesn’t mean the fear won’t come up again—but responding to it with more confidence, care, and compassion when it does is also part of overcoming it.

What’s a fear you want to overcome—or are currently working through? What would overcoming that fear look like for you?

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Happy Monday, Mighties! 🌄

How’s your week starting off? Drop an emoji in the comments that best represents how you’re feeling today—an intention or goal you have, something you’re looking forward to, or something important coming up this week.

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Mighties, we know all too well what it’s like to spend time waiting—whether that’s in a physical waiting room, on hold over the phone, or virtually through telehealth. Depending on the type of appointment, where we go and how we communicate with a medical professional can look very different.

What’s the longest amount of time you’ve spent waiting to see or speak with your doctor or another medical professional for an appointment?

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Making mistakes is a normal part of life. Through them, we learn, adapt, adjust, change, and ultimately grow. Whether a mistake led to short- or long-term consequences, coming to terms with what happened can take time and patience.

Often, the hardest part isn’t the mistake itself, but the process of understanding it over time.

💌 Gentle reminder: We are still worthy of good things even if we've made mistakes!

How do you come to terms with past mistakes? What helps you process, heal, or move forward? Feel free to share a thought, strategy, or reminder with us below.

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