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		<title>It&#8217;s Okay To Change Your Mind</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2026 10:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[You are allowed to change your opinion. You are allowed to change your plans. You are allowed to realize that something you once wanted isn&#8217;t what you want anymore. Changing your mind isn&#8217;t automatically inconsistency. Sometimes it&#8217;s growth.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Boundaries Aren&#8217;t Punishments</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 10:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A boundary isn&#8217;t necessarily about punishing someone. Sometimes it&#8217;s simply about communicating what you will and won&#8217;t accept. You can care about someone and still have boundaries with them.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Stop Comparing Your Behind The Scenes</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 10:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s easy to compare your entire life to somebody else&#8217;s highlight reel. You see their accomplishments. You don&#8217;t see every setback, insecurity, failure, or difficult day behind them. Give yourself some room to be human.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Your Feelings Don&#8217;t Need Permission</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[jaimedavid327]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 10:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[You don&#8217;t need someone else to agree with your feelings for those feelings to exist. Feelings aren&#8217;t always facts. But they are still experiences worth acknowledging.]]></description>
		
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		<title>You Can Outgrow People</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 10:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Growing as a person can sometimes mean realizing that certain relationships no longer fit your life. That doesn&#8217;t automatically make anyone the villain. People change. And sometimes growing apart is simply part of being human.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Rest Is Not Failure</title>
		<link>https://letsbedifferenttogether.com/2026/10/13/rest-is-not-failure/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 10:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[You are allowed to stop. You are allowed to take a break. You are allowed to have a day where you accomplish absolutely nothing. Rest isn&#8217;t laziness. Sometimes rest is exactly what you need.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Remembering RJ Mitte: Disability Representation, Mental Health, and the Importance of Being Seen</title>
		<link>https://letsbedifferenttogether.com/2026/10/12/remembering-rj-mitte-disability-representation-mental-health-and-the-importance-of-being-seen/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:45:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The news of RJ Mitte&#8217;s passing has been heartbreaking. Many people knew him as Walter White Jr., also known as Flynn, from Breaking Bad. But beyond his acting career, Mitte was also an advocate for disability awareness, inclusion, and representation. And today, I want to talk about that side of his legacy, particularly when it [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>You Don&#8217;t Have To Explain Everything</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 10:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Sometimes you know why you&#8217;re feeling something. Sometimes you don&#8217;t. And that&#8217;s okay. You don&#8217;t owe everyone a perfectly organized explanation for your emotions.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Both Things Can Be True: Heritage, Identity, and Mental Health</title>
		<link>https://letsbedifferenttogether.com/2026/09/24/both-things-can-be-true-heritage-identity-and-mental-health/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 22:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s Hispanic Heritage Month. And, well, fuck it. I&#8217;m Hispanic. More specifically, I&#8217;m Salvadoran. I&#8217;ve spent years writing about mental health, creativity, books, science, and whatever else is on my mind, and I almost never talk about this part of myself. So I&#8217;m going to now. Identity and mental health are more connected than we [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Why Hayden Panettiere’s Death Made Me Think of Connor</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2026 21:43:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hayden Panettiere is dead. That sentence is still strange to write. For me, my connection to Hayden Panettiere wasn&#8217;t primarily through Heroes or Nashville, even though I know those are the projects she&#8217;s best known for. My connection to her was largely through Kingdom Hearts. Hayden voiced Kairi, one of the central characters in the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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