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Make Your Damn Bed
@MYDBpodcast is a bite sized, real talk, daily motivation podcast to play while you make your bed every morning. Build momentum - better your life.
Each episode is around 10 minutes and intended to encourage, motivate, and inspire you to get out of bed - so you can start making it!
Julie Merica and Make Your Damn Bed Podcast is not intended or implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.
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- Make Your Damn Bed
1378 || reclaiming agency || patreon
What sources remind you most of your own innate power? What saps you of it? What helps you feel the most "free to act" and how can you curate more of that…
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1377 || hopepunk isn't utopia
Hopepunk is a much needed reaction to decades of dystopian and nihilistic fiction. It explores how goodness, joy, optimism, and collective action can be acts…
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1376 || hopepunk
"We want the world to be better—kinder, more just, more merciful. We still yearn toward noblebright, toward an honest and desperate belief that love conquers…
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1375 || burnout refresh
Stage 1 – Honeymoon Initial commitment and excitement to engage in tasks. For example, when you first start your journey in a new activism group. Stage 2 –…
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1374 || what is a "wicked problem" + how do we solve them!?
Horst and Webber's examples of wicked problems: There is no definitive formulation of a wicked problem. Wicked problems are often ongoing. Solutions to wicked…
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1373 || expressive vs. instrumental resistance
“I had to examine, in my dreams as well as in my immune-function tests, the devastating effects of overextension. Overextending myself is not stretching…
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1372 || essential self care
“I had to examine, in my dreams as well as in my immune-function tests, the devastating effects of overextension. Overextending myself is not stretching…
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1371 || what can I do to fight the coup?
There are limitless ways people are showing up to resist the coup and protect democracy so today I want to share some more examples of ways we can personally…
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1370 || specific action suggestions to stop authoritarianism
There are 4 pathways to resisting authoritarianism: 1. Protecting people. 2. Defending Civic Institutions, 3. Disrupting + Disobeying 4. Building alternatives…
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1369 || pathways to stop authoritarianism
There are 4 pathways to resisting authoritarianism: 1. Protecting people. 2. Defending Civic Institutions, 3. Disrupting + Disobeying 4. Building alternatives…
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1368 || some simple ways to opt out
Some ways to opt out: Cancel superfluous subscriptions, Shop at local grocers and small ethnic markets for groceries. Reduce meat + dairy consumption. Boycott…
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1367 || opting out
Sometimes, the most powerful form of protest isn’t about what you do, it's about what you don't do. The simplest way to fight back against a system that…
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1366 || dysregulation as resistance
@pat.radical.therapist asks: "What if dysregulation is a form of resistance?" and "What if liberation isn't in the perfect regulation of our nervous systems…
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1365 || resistance motivation
You haven't heard about any major acts of resistance because they don't want you to think it's happening, but just because you can't see the helpers, doesn't…
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1364 || CIA guide to simple sabotage
“Insist on doing everything through ‘channels.’ Never permit short-cuts to be taken in order to expedite decisions.” “Make ‘speeches.’ Talk as frequently as…
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1363 || play: learning what comes naturally
The 3 elements to a full and productive life are love, work, and play. Self initiated play nourishes our imaginations and our creativity, and they are like a…
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1362 || a moving rant
Earlier this week I talked about the lessons I learned from moving, today I want to talk about how full of shit I was. Donate to Palestinian Children’s Relief…
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1361 || low-stakes creativity
If you've ever said, "I'm not creative" or "I'm not good at that", I'm here to remind you that creativity is not a personality trait but a skill that you…
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1360 || we are stronger than we think
"There will be more acts of repression, cruelty and abuses of power coming from federal, state and local officials in the weeks and months ahead. There is no…
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1359 || breaking the doom scroll loop
Doomscrolling feels like control but actually steals our energy, today we talk about how to take it back. Zeigernik Effect…
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1358 || moving day
I've been in the process of moving (again) and I've learned a lot about patience, flexibility, and acceptance. I have also learned that I have waaaaay too much…
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1357 || trans allyship
Do not comply with transphobic policy or rhetoric. Give money, time, resources directly to people who need it. Build solidarity. Call your reps and voice your…
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1356 || meditations in an emergency (rebecca solnit)
"But they are few and we are many. A coup, which is what we are having this week, is never the end of the story: all across the world we can find examples of…
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1355 || Rebecca Solnit fan club
"No one can deal with every issue at once, and choosing which part of the problem to commit to is part of the work of resistance. Some of you are already doing…
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1354 || finding your herd
"Some say that murmurations – those beautiful flights of thousands of starlings undulating and pulsating as they whirl through the sky together – create flocks…
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1353 || your overwhelm is the point
They are banking on us feeling so hopeless that we don’t fight back. This is why they constantly overload us with information about the constant threats and…
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1352 || the white rose papers (leaflet 5 + 6)
"Prove by your deeds that you think otherwise. A new war of liberation is about to begin. The better part of the nation will fight on our side. Cast off the…
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1351 || the white rose papers (leaflet 4)
"We will not be silent. We are your bad conscience. The White Rose will not leave you in peace!" THE SOURCE: https://libcom.org/library/white-rose-leaflet-4…
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1350 || the white rose papers (leaflet 3)
"Every individual human being has a claim to a useful and just state, a state which secures freedom of the individual as well as the good of the whole. For…
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1349 || the white rose papers (leaflet 2)
Nazi ideology cannot be engaged with on an intellectual level because it lacks the coherence, logic, and moral foundation required for meaningful debate. True…
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1348 || the white rose papers (leaflet 1)
Nothing is so unworthy of a civilised nation as allowing itself to be governed without opposition by an irresponsible clique that has yielded to base instinct…
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1347 || hope (re-release)
Today is a re-release about HOPE because it still feels really important. DONATE:www.pcrf.net GET AN OCCASIONAL PERSONAL EMAIL FROM ME…
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1346 || mutual aid refresher
Mutual aid is natural. Individualism is manufactured. Let's get back to our roots and tear down the walls that individualism has built. In the words of Open…
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1345 || know your rights (immigration edition)
The fundamental constitutional protections of due process and equal protection embodied in our Constitution and Bill of Rights apply to every person…
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1344 || debunking myths about immigrants
FACT: Immigrants are 60% LESS likely to commit a crime than an American born citizen. It's been studied for decades and immigrants make our community + nation…
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1343 || the white rose campaign
We don't often hear stories of non-violent resistance, today we explore the influential "white-rose campaign" used in 1942 to resist Nazi Germany. Today's…
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1342 || 8 steps to manage eco-anxiety
Dealing with eco-anxiety is easier with the UPSTREAM method, as introduced by Karen Magruder. Understanding + compassion Participating Self-talk Trauma…
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1341 || changeable optimism against doomerism
Optimism is the only thing that works — but only if we don’t assume that progress is inevitable. Hannah Richie's article for Vox…
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1340 || what to know about the impending doom
Understand how doom filled headlines aim to manipulate you. Focus on the science, and on the fact that scientists see a path forward. Take action, because the…
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1339 || rules for resisting authoritarianism
7 RULES on Approaching Authoritarian Supporters What if your neighbor, friend or family member supports the authoritarian regime? Rule 1 Don’t look down on…
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1338 || what to expect from an authoritarian regime
What to expect under an authoritarian regime: 1. Democratic election through fear mongering. 2. They will divide + rule. 3. They will subjugate media outlets…
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1337 || for the doomers
Doomerism is a self-fulfilling prophecy. If you don't think there's hope, you won't take the action towards a more hopeful future. It's in our best interests…
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1336 || a paradise built in hell (part II)
"In an era whose sense of the human psyche is dominated by entertainment and consumerism and by therapy culture—the personal and private are most often…
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1335 || paradise built in hell
"If paradise now arises in hell, it's because in the suspension of the usual order and the failure of most systems, we are free to live and act another way" -…
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1334 || debunking the myth of post-disaster chaos
Contrary to widespread belief, there is not an increase in crime after disasters. In fact, the opposite is true. After every disaster, there is an increase in…
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1333 || hypernormalization
Hypernormalization: Pretending everything is fine, when it is obviously NOT fine. The goal is to keep us overwhelmed and confused and disengaged. Resist your…
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1332 || responding to the dystopian reality
"The constant generation of novel and fantastic apocalyptic scenarios serves to extend the horizon for the arrival of the hellish conditions contained in…
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1331 || the dystopia is already here
The dystopia isn’t coming, it’s been here, and we’re finally starting to see it. Fictional dystopias are not imaginative horrors - they are reframed versions…
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1330 || "convenient" isn't always good
"We must never forget the joy of doing something slow and something difficult, the satisfaction of not doing what is easiest." - Tim Wu THE SOURCE…
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1329 || filling your cup IN community
"The burnt out don't need more alone time." - Ayesha Khan Ph.D. "A world where we are isolated is a world where it is easier to pit us against each other." -…
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1328 || true community is inconvenient, too.
Capitalism + consumer culture has taught us that independence = success, but what if our culture is wrong? What if community's inconveniences are less…
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1327 || true friendship is inconvenient
"That's why it's hard to make friends when you're older," she said. "Friendship is rude." Her friend's eyes widened. "What?" "Think about it! When we're kids…
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1326 || tyranny of the ideal woman (part two)
Jia Tolentino said "We have not “optimized” our wages, our childcare system, our political representation; we still hardly even think of parity as realistic in…
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1325 || the tyranny of the ideal woman
Jia Tolentino said "Figuring out how to “get better” at being a woman is a ridiculous and often amoral project – a subset of the larger, equally ridiculous…
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1324 || slow living as a resolution
"Slow living is a conversation inherently steeped in privilege. “So many systems are stacked against members of our society who are, in theory, desperate to…
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1323 || the best advice of 2024 (part 3)
It’s their first time being a person too. Grief distorts reality. Joy is not passive. Done > perfect. The obstacles in your path are your path. Be a good…
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1322 || the best advice of 2024 (part 2)
17. People show love in many different ways. At some point, we have to understand that just because someone isn’t capable of communicating love in a healthy…
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1321 || the best advice of 2024
1. You get one body. Be kind to it. Whatever sucks about it (more than likely) doesn’t compare to what doesn’t suck about it. Learn to appreciate the badass…
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1320 || advice article from 2024
Here's the 2024 compilation of articles from Vox, Atlantic, Medium, Linked in, and NYT, offering their advice from 2024. Stay tuned for mine! SOURCES…
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1319 || Best advice from the last year (2023) || patreon
I'm still a little under the weather but tomorrow I'm sharing advice from 2024 in preparation for 2025 so today, I thought I'd do a little recap of last year's…