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Alright Warrior,
It’s Women’s History Month — and I don’t want to just post a pink graphic and call it a day.
I want to talk about the women who quietly (and loudly) changed the way we understand mental health and neurodivergence. Because the truth is? A lot of what we know today exists because women refused to stay small.
Let’s give some flowers.
🧠 Dorothea Dix
Before mental health reform was trendy… before it was even humane… she exposed the horrific treatment of people in asylums in the 1800s and pushed for more compassionate care. She fought for dignity when people with mental illness were literally chained in basements.
That’s warrior energy.
📚 Temple Grandin
Autistic. Scientist. Professor. Author. She didn’t just survive — she reshaped how the world understands autism. She showed us that different wiring isn’t broken wiring.
For so many autistic women and girls who were overlooked for decades, her visibility mattered.
🔥 Marsha P. Johnson
Mental health advocacy isn’t separate from social justice. It never has been. Marsha fought for LGBTQ+ rights and created space for people who were marginalized, traumatized, and dismissed. Safety and belonging are mental health issues. Always.
💬 Kay Redfield Jamison
A psychologist who openly lives with bipolar disorder and wrote about it with honesty and depth. She helped dismantle the idea that professionals can’t also struggle. Her transparency gave so many of us language for what we experience.
And here’s what I want you to really hear:
Women’s History Month is not just about the famous names.
It’s about the mom advocating for her neurodivergent child at an IEP meeting. The woman who checks herself into therapy for the first time. The one who speaks up about her bipolar diagnosis instead of hiding it. The entrepreneur building a business around mental health support.
It’s about you.
The fact that we can openly talk about ADHD, autism, bipolar disorder, anxiety, trauma — that didn’t happen by accident. Women pushed that forward.
And we’re still pushing.
So this month, I’m honoring the women who came before us… And I’m honoring the women who are doing the work right now — messy, brave, imperfect work.
If you’ve ever advocated for yourself. If you’ve ever broken a generational pattern. If you’ve ever said “I deserve support too.”
You are part of this history.
And that’s not cheesy. That’s real.
Tell me — which woman has influenced your mental health journey the most?
Love Always, Amy Your Mental Health Warrior & Neurodivergent Advocate 💚
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