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Orem, UT : Rachel - Connection Makes The Heart Grow Stronger⁣
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Ask healthcare if ‘connection’ is important... what would they say? Probably some bu****it about there not being any evidence to support it. ⁣
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Ask Rachel if ‘connection’ is important... what would she say? Yes! What would Nicole say? Yes! What would nearly each one of you say? Yes! ⁣
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We need each other!! But we don’t need the fake, guarded versions of each other. We don’t need competition between each other. We don’t need to be questioned or called out by one another. We just need authentic, genuine love and support. ⁣
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It isn’t our job as a community to police each other. It isn’t our job to play CSI Chronic Illness. And it’s definitely not our job to worry with what the Kiwi Farms or Reddit crew have to say. ⁣
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The important thing to understand is that we all have unique healthcare experiences just like we all have unique DNA... so the only option is to know this and offer love and support. After all, we all have to fight to get the care we deserve from a system that doesn’t always care about us. So let’s not make it harder on each other. We have the opportunity to show love, compassion, and empathy toward each other. We can be each other’s inspiration, motivation and safe place. ⁣
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A big thank you to all of you, so many of you, who genuinely love and care for each other! 🧡🧡 Keep it up! 🍊🍊⁣
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We can either fight against each other or for each other. But fighting for each other is the only option that we choose to entertain.⁣
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To anyone out there who doesn’t have the feeling of love and support, reach out. We will be love and support for you. We’ll also help you find more of it! 🐝🍊⁣
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Minneapolis, MN : Mickey .with.stripes (Oct 19) - Experience > Passion⁣
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Our life experiences make up how we see the world. They alone have the power to shape us. Our personalities, our passions and purposes can all be framed by lens in which we experience the world. Our ⁣
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Mickey is living proof of this. But her approach is the thing that makes her rare. Throughout Mickey’s health journey, she has experienced the good, the bad and the ugly sides of healthcare. But she has taken something valuable from each of these experiences. And these lessons have and are still helping to inspire her vision and passion for the future. ⁣
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Mickey has used her negative experiences as a fuel to make an impact. And her positive experiences are becoming part of the compass the guide her. She observes and absorbs her environment so authentically that those lessons are laying the foundation for life in almost real-time.⁣
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Mickey has a natural passion for helping people and a hunger to learn and grow to be part of making an impact for them. Mickey will be a great doctor because she has the ability to see with great clarity. She knows that healthcare isn’t about just she has already seen, but also that it’s about everything that most healthcare people can’t, don’t or won’t see. Looking past ‘what is’ and seeing ‘what can be’ is a true gift. We are excited to be part of Mickey’s story it continues to evolve and she as she continues to grow.⁣
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Mickey has been through a lot of difficult things already in life. The hard things in life can break us or make us. Mickey knows that the hard thing about the hardest things is to not be defined by them. Instead, she redefines what they could be so she can create a better future for herself and others. ⁣
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We applaud all of you that we’ve met number who are inspired by the good, the bad and the ugly of their healthcare experience to be part of the change👏. Taking off your blinders and seeing the world for exactly what it is... that is a gift. But don’t let the world sand off the rough edges of your gift. Meaning... embrace the thing that makes your perspective unique. The rough edges are where the magic happens.⁣🍊
@ Minneapolis, Minnesota

Treat Me Human : Mental Health⁣⁣⁣
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Why are mental health diagnoses viewed ⁣⁣differently than physical health ones? A lot of it comes down to the lack of certainty by health ‘professionals’. The lack of certainty is from a lack of effort and consideration by the industry to truly understand. Let’s be honest, not that long ago, people with serious mental health issues were thrown into psych wards (which are basically prisons). ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
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This effortless beginning by healthcare got the stigma rolling. And the judgmental and ego filled culture of today’s healthcare just adds more fuel to the stigma fire.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
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So what’s the point? The point is, when It comes to mental health, there is a historical lack of consideration by the healthcare system. This is so problematic because the general public takes it cues from the ‘healthcare professionals’. So the compassionless mindset gain roots. Those roots have really taken hold as Hollywood have taken the same cues to portray mental illness itself as the villain of the story. The result... even more deeply rooted stigmas. ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
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The truth is things that can’t be easily seen or explained get treated differently. And this lack of clarity has become a really simple scapegoat for healthcare to do less. But more is what is needed. Medication (alone) isn’t the answer. We need more competent people who care enough to take a professional approach to mental health. They are out there but they are the exception and not the rule.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
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Last time we checked, the mind is part of body. Let’s help make sure those who are impacted by mental illness aren’t treated any differently to those impacted with cancer. ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
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