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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
1318 || use your fancy equipment (and take care of it)
Gratitude is a practice that gains momentum as we do it. Slowing down takes brain power, which forces us to remember that this is worth the extra effort…
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1317 || brain plasticity (re-release)
Another re-release for the holiday. Hope you enjoy! GET AN OCCASIONAL PERSONAL EMAIL FROM ME: www.makeyourdamnbedpodcast.com TUNE IN ON INSTAGRAM FOR COOL…
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1316 || favors for future me (re-release)
Another re-release for the holiday. Hope you enjoy! GET AN OCCASIONAL PERSONAL EMAIL FROM ME: www.makeyourdamnbedpodcast.com TUNE IN ON INSTAGRAM FOR COOL…
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1315 || conflict resolution highlights
1. Let go of winning. 2. Share your story and invite others to do the same. 3. Ask questions to understand. 4. Acknowledge the role of emotions. 5. When…
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1314 || inner voice check (re-release)
(this is a re-release) If your inner voice manifested into a human form today, would you be friends with it? I think a lot of us would have to teach our new…
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1313 || perfectionism is the enemy
"Perfectionism is just control dressed up in a different costume." - Seth Hughes "Perfection is just another attempt to tidy up a scruffy universe. You see…
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1312 || so many possibilities so little time
You can pivot whenever you need to. Maybe you’ve been on a path that felt right for a while, but now it doesn’t. That’s okay. We outgrow shit. Goals that used…
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1311 || digging holes (a re-release)
This is a re-release. DONATE:www.pcrf.net Get Involved:Operation Olive Branch: Spreadsheets + Links GET AN OCCASIONAL PERSONAL EMAIL FROM ME…
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1310 || food is my passion (so why do I struggle with it?)
The real thing I enjoy about cooking and working out - is when the effort is the least interesting part about it. I hate treadmills, but give me a cocktail and…
- Make Your Damn Bed
1309 || always go to the funeral
"In my humdrum life, the daily battle hasn't been good versus evil. It's hardly so epic. Most days, my real battle is doing good versus doing nothing." -…
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1308 || to quit or not to quit
One way to know if it's time to quit is to ask: "If I weren’t already invested in this, would I choose it today?" The key to quitting "well" is: Honesty —with…
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1307 || rules for radicals
RULES FOR RADICALS: "Power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinks you have." "Never go outside the experience of your people." "Whenever possible…
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1306 || buying a lifestyle
In today’s world, we're sold far more than just products. We're sold lifestyles/belief systems that tell us who we should be, how we should act, and what will…
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1305 || just a little movement can help your brain
How much exercise do we need to impact our mental health? 15 minutes. That's it. Just 15 minutes (of any type of movement) can improve your well-being. Maybe…
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1304 || exercise for your brain
What if I told you that aerobic exercise was as valuable for our cognitive health as our physical health? What if there was a way to exercise that multiplied…
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1303 || dopamine dressing
When was the last time you dressed for joy? What we wear has a greater impact on us than we think. Don't be afraid to step out of your comfort zone and wear…
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1302 || ethical contradictions
How do we make ethical decisions? Are there "universal moral truths"? What can we do if a situation is not morally "black and white"? There are countless…
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1301 || intro to ethics
At its simplest, ethics is a system of moral principles that affect how we make decisions and lead our lives. Ethics (or moral philosophy) is about with what…
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1300 || Keep Hope Alive by Ayesha Khan (revisited)
This is a re-release of an episode I got great feedback from: "Hopelessness is often most pervasive among the privileged who are more insulated from from overt…
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1299 || sponge cities
Sponge cities use nature and science to work with the environment and improve the ecosystem. Sustainable infrastructure is not only good for the people in the…
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1298 || the right to swing your fist
"your right to swing your fist ends where my nose begins" "The Paradox of Tolerance disappears if you look at tolerance, not as a moral standard, but as a…
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1297 || the tolerance paradox
"The paradox of tolerance is a philosophical concept suggesting that if a society extends tolerance to those who are intolerant, it risks enabling the eventual…
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1296 || what's really getting me through it
Here are some things that helped me survive lately: Thinking of rest and joy as resistance. Intentional rest and joy are essential to the whole thing. When I…
- Make Your Damn Bed
1295 || coping tools vs. weapons
If we look at our coping mechanisms at face value, it can add to the stress that we’re attempting to take away. It can feel like a bandaid for a symptom rather…
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1294 || a break from politics
Listen, we’ve gotten pretty political over the past month, and I wanted to defend my reasoning for the seasoning before I talk about why I wanna switch it up a…
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1293 || make amazon pay day
"My medium spicy take is that it takes a lot of pressure off of you. You can celebrate any holiday any way you want because taking the holiday and changing it…
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1292 || contextualized history of thanksgiving
I tend to get a bit overwhelmed when thinking about Thanksgiving. When I feel overwhelmed by something, it's typically because I lack context. Here is some of…
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1291 || reframing violent rhetoric
Often these methods are effective at preventing or reducing backre. However, sometimes the perpetrators’ tactics fail, and backfire occurs. When it does, it is…
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1290 || backfire method in action
Often these methods are effective at preventing or reducing backre. However, sometimes the perpetrators’ tactics fail, and backfire occurs. When it does, it is…
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1289 || backfire tactics
Often these methods are effective at preventing or reducing backre. However, sometimes the perpetrators’ tactics fail, and backfire occurs. When it does, it is…
- Make Your Damn Bed
1288 || reveal, redeem, reframe, redirect, resist
Often these methods are effective at preventing or reducing backre. However, sometimes the perpetrators’ tactics fail, and backre occurs. When it does, it is…
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1287 || hope guide to resisting political violence
"When threats achieve their intended results, they embolden those who use them. It’s clear that inciting PV has become politically or economically profitable…
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1286 || stay engaged
"We shouldn’t think of our struggle as a finite game, but an infinite game in which there will be many different opportunities to engage. We should be learning…
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1285 || an activist's take on all this
"People also need to avoid conspiracy theories — and they need to avoid scaring people and doing the job of authoritarians for them. Political violence is a…
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1284 || waging nonviolent resistance
Today I'm sharing some strategies on how to stay grounded during a trump presidency. THE SOURCE…
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re-release - reprioritizing survival mode
This is a re-release of episode 745: "getting out of survival mode" because I had a microphone issue and didn't want to ghost you on the final episode of the…
- Make Your Damn Bed
re-release - core beliefs
This is a re-release of episode 888 "core beliefs" because I had a microphone issue and didn't want to ghost you on the final episode of the "grounding…
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1283 || grounding yourself for a Trump presidency
Today I'm sharing some strategies on how to stay grounded during a trump presidency. THE SOURCE…
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1282 || staying grounded in a Trump win
Today I'm sharing some strategies on how to stay grounded during a trump presidency. THE SOURCE…
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1281 || more grounding strategies
Today I'm sharing some strategies on how to stay grounded during a trump presidency. THE SOURCE…
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1280 || ways to feel grounded
there's a new wave of valuable movements on the horizon, and I highly suggest you catch one. THE SOURCE…
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1279 || new wave of movements
there's a new wave of valuable movements on the horizon, and I highly suggest you catch one. THE SOURCE…
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1278 || the first step
Some of us have work to do. Some of us are terrified, but we're ready to take action. This is your reminder to do it scared. Time will pass either way, so we…
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1277 || the glass cliff + election anger
Another day of election grief ranting and some information on a "new-to-me" term: "The Glass Cliff". Links to the inspirational resources I referenced are…
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1276 || election hangover
Today I'm ranting about my election grief in lieu of a regular style episode. Links to the inspirational resources I referenced are here: Rebecca Solnit's…
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1275 || build + broaden positive emotions
Today I'm sharing even more techniques using neuroscience to help us escape negative thought spirals. All this is extremely subjective and not meant to be used…
- Make Your Damn Bed
1274 || escaping doom spirals
Today I'm sharing even more techniques using neuroscience to help us escape negative thought spirals. All this is extremely subjective and not meant to be used…
- Make Your Damn Bed
1273 || dealing with a thought spiral
Today I'm sharing various techniques using neuroscience to help us escape negative thought spirals. All this is extremely subjective and not meant to be used…
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1272 || negative thought spirals
Today we're talking about some common cognitive distortions. Not to brag or anything, but I’m kind of a professional spiraler. I have done it so well for so…
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1271 || final thoughts on hope for cynics || patreon
"Cynicism is a tool of the status quo." - Jamil Zaki "Billions of us are taught that life is a battle where winners take all and losers are everywhere. Our…
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1270 || creative maladjustment || hope for cynics 9
"I am sure that we will recognize that there are some things in our society, some things in our world, to which we should never be adjusted. There are some…
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1269 || peace vs. justice || hope for cynics
Peace does not always represent justice or equity. Sometimes, it's good to be agitated. I think we can be hopeful AND angry. I truly believe there is room for…
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1268 || disagree better || hope for cynics || 7
"Studies reveal a recipe for disagreeing better: Good disagreers ask questions instead of making statements. They work to get underneath people’s opinions to…
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1267 || trust is created, not earned || hope for cynics || day 7
"Ernest Hemingway once said, "The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them." He was half right. Trust doesn't just teach us about…
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1266 || hope for cynics (day 5)
"Any of us can seek out more accurate, less cynical news. But don't forget that the stories you tell influence others, too. Gossip is our ancient media, and…
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1265 || hope for cynics (day 4)
Researchers find that people regularly fail to realize how charitable, trustworthy, and compassionate others are. Helpers are all around; we just don’t see…
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1264 || hope for cynics (part 3)
"Cynics often get people wrong, but that doesn’t mean it’s smart to put faith in everyone, all the time. Skeptics update their beliefs based hundreds of…
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1263 || hope for cynics (part 2)
"Cynicism is the theory that people are selfish, greedy, and dishonest. Like any theory, it changes how we see reality and react to it—in this case, the social…
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1262 || hope for cynics
"Cynicism is an understandable response to injustice and inequality. But in many cases, it is misplaced. Dozens of studies find that people fail to realize how…
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1261 || habits to bridge gaps (2)
Today, we're reading the first few tips from "Eight Habits of Effective Bridge-Builders" and discussing what it means to build these habits. RESOURCES…