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What are your favorite activities to do with friends or loved ones?

A great way to strengthen the relationships and bonds you have with the people who are important to you is to engage in fun activities or hobbies together. From watching movies to craft projects, board games, going out to eat, or even tried-and-true conversation, the possibilities are endless!

What are your favorite ways to pass the time with those you love?

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How does your health affect your relationships?

Having a mental health condition, chronic illness, and/or disability can affect your life in many different ways, including the relationships you have with the people around you. From work connections, to building and maintaining friendships, familial relationships, or even dating — health can either strengthen or weaken bonds. It can even cause bonds to break.

What have your experiences been like? How does your health play a role?

Share with us below. ⬇️

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#Autism #Parenting #PTSD #BorderlinePersonalityDisorder #BipolarDisorder #Fibromyalgia #Lupus #MultipleSclerosis #Migraine #Spoonie

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What do you value most when building relationships with others?

We’ll be talking about relationships this week, Mighties! 🌸

Whether it’s with a family member, friend, co-worker, medical professional, or someone else in your life (neighbors! boss! your kids’ teacher!), we are continuously building relationships with those around us. And it’s our values in those relationships that help us to stay true to ourselves while also maintaining the connections we find important.

Mighty staffer @sparklywartanks values consistency, open and honest communication, and transparency in her relationships. There’s nothing more important to her than feeling safe enough to be fully herself.

What do you value most?

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Give yourself a compliment.

Mighties, let’s give ourselves an end-of-the-week round of applause because we, in fact, deserve it . 👏👏👏

@sparklywartanks says her compliment to herself is that she did awesome getting through this tough week and should be super proud of herself. ☺️💌💪

⭐ Bonus: If you’re up to it, give someone else a compliment in the comments below as well!

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#Autism #Parenting #PTSD #BorderlinePersonalityDisorder #BipolarDisorder #Fibromyalgia #Lupus #MultipleSclerosis #Migraine #Spoonie

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What are some feelings that come up for you after receiving a compliment?

PSA: There is no "right" way to react to a compliment. Depending on what we’ve been through, we won’t all feel, react, or respond to praise in the same ways; and it’s totally valid to have positive, negative, or neutral feelings and reactions around them!

What feelings come up for you when someone tosses a compliment your way?

Mighty staffer @sparklywartanks says she sometimes gets confused or doesn’t know how to react or feel, but other times compliments make her feel confident and great.

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Often, it’s important to celebrate myself!
Sometimes, but only when it’s something big.
Every once in a while.
Never, it’s not a habit for me.
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What’s the biggest compliment someone can give you and why?

We all have something we’re good at (yes, this includes you too!). 😊 And receiving a compliment based on those things — a talent, a skill, a personality trait — can mean the world.

What’s the biggest compliment someone can give you that would mean a lot? Why is that?

For Mighty staffer @sparklywartanks , the biggest compliment she can get is someone telling her they enjoy her company. She loves to know that she is valued is the spaces that she’s in.

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TRUE or FALSE: It’s easy for me to accept compliments from others.

Happy Monday, Mighties! 🌸

A new week means a new theme and our theme this week is ✨compliments✨.

Praise can come from a lot of places: a loved one, friend, co-worker, or stranger on the street. And, depending on the person, those compliments can elicit different feelings or reactions. Some of us may feel a sense of excitement, relief, or pride; while others are more hesitate or doubtful, which is also completely valid — no judgment here. 🙋

What is your experience? Is it easy for you to accept compliments from others?

Answer "true" or "false" in the comments below. ⬇️

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#New #week , new #Opportunity

It's #monday , I'm going to hold #positive #vibes even though I've got to fight my Ex in court tomorrow. I'm going to give #Jesus the wheel🙏🏾💯💞 focus on things in my control & push negative thoughts away #Selfcare #Autism #MentalHealth #PTSD #Surviving #Dream big 🤗

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Boundaries

I had a conversation with a woman who doesn’t understand the awesomeness of boundaries.

I sent her the meme about those people for whom I have room in my life. She said it was so very selfish.

I felt sad. Not for me but for her. If a person lets anyone nilly willy into their lives, one can end up putting small fires out, being exhausted and in deep need of self care.

#boundaries #puttingoutsmallfires
#needs #Selfcare