What if life were less complicated, so we had more room for joy?
At Mighty + Bright, we believe an uncomplicated life is the ultimate self care.
Mighty + Bright was built out of one mom's vision: There must be a life beyond survival mode.
No one taught us how to be grown-ups. We had to teach ourselves how to run a household, raise kids, and take care of our own well-being.
It's no surprise that we're overwhelmed, overstimulated, and exhausted.
We dove deep into the research and discovered that sometimes the simplest solution is the most effective: our screens are out-of-sight, out-of-mind, and often distract us from actually getting things done.
Our visual structure increases communication, independence, and ease — for the whole family.
When you finally feel like you have control over the things you "have to do," you finally have room for the things you want to do.
By putting visual structure into place, we spend less time arguing and avoiding what we have to do, and more time enjoying one another's company.
We’re done with overcomplicated and overwhelmed. We believe in self-compassion, done is better than perfect, and teaching ourselves the things we were never taught.
Mighty + Bright was founded after this co-parenting calendar — made from a metal drip pan, electrical tape, and hand-illustrated magnets — completely changed Sara's family life.
This version of our visual schedules, which helps kids understand their own cancer treatment, is donated to children's hospitals as part of our charitable mission.
All of the reusable stickers are illustrated by our founder. They were originally done on paper, then scanned into a computer. Now she uses an iPad and Apple pencil.
About the Founder
Sara Olsher is a single mom and a young cancer survivor.
She started Mighty + Bright for the same reason many parents start companies: because she wanted to help her own daughter and invented a product to do it.
In 2013, after getting inspiration from a therapist's construction-paper visual schedule, Sara had a thought: why not make a calendar to show kids of divorce when they'll see each parent?
Sara's first calendar and hand-illustrated magnets weren't much to look at, but they completely changed her daughter's anxiety level — and Sara knew she was onto something.
In 2017 Sara was shockingly diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 34, and found herself frustrated by the lack of resources for cancer patients with young kids.
She started writing and illustrating children's books, which Mighty + Bright donates as part of its charitable mission.
As time went on, Sara realized that many of life's most complicated problems could be helped with visual structure.
Now Mighty + Bright sets people of all ages up for success by breaking big, abstract obstacles into concrete, manageable chunks.
You can learn more about Sara here.
