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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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Episodes
Make Your Damn BedDay 427 || building self knowledge
Do your beliefs, thoughts, actions, decisions align with your internal favorite version of yourself? The more you practice internally evaluating the things…
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Day 426 || internal self awareness
The key to building self awareness (that doesn't ebb into self-consciousness) is being aware internally of the things that align with you and your favorite…
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Day 425 || the look back
Taking an extra second to look back now can save you hours of stress and worry in the future. Read Julie's Medium Blog. Support JULIE (and the show!) Support +…
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Day 424 || how to be *less* self aware
Day one of a self awareness series in which I share strategies and techniques to become LESS self-aware about the stuff that removes you from your ability to…
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Day 423 || how to listen well
People generally just want to feel heard and being a good listener is a huge part of that. Practice waiting to respond, silence allows space for people to…
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Day 422 || how to change the subject
Sometimes it can be the right move to just change the subject. Whether to diffuse, or just escape an awkward situation - learning how to change the subject can…
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Day 421 || how to stop ruminating II
The more we remind ourselves that we don’t need to be positive all the time, we will realize there is also no need to be negative either - but by relaxing and…
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Day 420 || how to stop ruminating
If you’re finding yourself dwelling and turning the same concern over and over and over and over, you’re ruminating. And even though it’s incredibly common…
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Day 419 || a few extra pit stops
Take your time with the journey and lean into what YOU really want at a pace that works for you, not against ya. There's a freedom in traveling alone, don't be…
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Day 418 || Pareto Principle (80/20)
The Pareto principle states that for many outcomes, roughly 80% of consequences come from 20% of causes (the "vital few"). Increase productivity by focusing on…
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Day 417 || bail out on bail outs
Sometimes we think we're helping and we're actually making it worse. Protect yourself first, it'll show others they can do the same. Read Julie's Medium Blog…
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Day 416 || Parkinson's Law
Parkinson’s Law - according to wikipedia, is the adage the amount of work expands to fill the time available for its completion. If you wait until the last…
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Day 415 || bare minimum
I had high expectations for this trip, and while I only met a few of them - I am proud of myself for prioritizing the things that weren't optional for me. Read…
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Day 414 || chore III
Take care of sh*t before it compounds. Take care of future you. Ask yourself: "is this gonna cause me more pain/drama/stress in the future?" And if so, take…
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Day 413 || chores II
Cleaning tips for sloppy babes: NEVER LEAVE A ROOM EMPTY HANDED TOUCH IT ONCE STRATEGY - instead of putting it down, put it away CLEAN AS YOU GO DO EASY STUFF…
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Day 412 || chores I
Chores can be hella irritating because no matter how well you do them, you still have to show up and do them again in a day or so. I will be sharing some tips…
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Day 411 || green flags
In a healthy relationship, you will feel respected by your partner. Your emotions are validated and they don’t tell you how to feel or get angry with your…
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Day 410 || red + yellow flags
TW: ABUSE https://stopthehurt.org/is-your-relationship-headed-for-trouble-recognizing-red-and-yellow-flags/ Yellow Flags in a Relationship Early signs of abuse…
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Day 409 || things i stopped doing shoutout
@ALEX_ELLE on instagram: I stopped doing these things to create healthier relationships with others (and myself): Expecting people to read my mind. Instead, I…
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Day 408 || sunk cost fallacy: relationships II
If you’re struggling to know whether or not you’re falling victim to the sunken cost fallacy in your current relationships, there are some reflective questions…
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Day 407 || sunk cost fallacy: relationships I
People seem to think because they have invested months or years of time into a person that they shouldn’t give up on the potential for them to change, when…
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Day 406 || WWMFVOMD
staying aligned with that favorite version of you, in every situation, no matter how stressed, how hungry, how angry, how frustrated, how down, how unheard you…
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Day 405 || highest alignment
If you do find it to be a struggle to know what the next best choice is for your current self - channel that version of you that feels the most badass before…
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Day 404 || yes to mess
Don’t be afraid to go after anything you want even if you’re a lil scared its not the perfect fit because who the hell cares if its a temporary gig, at the…
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Day 403 || the downside to optimism
In the book, Stumbling on Happiness, Dan Gilbert says: "Most of us do have the expectation that our lives are improving and will get better and better, but…
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Day 402 || save the work for the work
Save the work until you get to the work. So often, we get caught up in our heads about potential problems and our workloads that we basically double the work…
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Day 401 || buy yourself time
When being propositioned for anything, practice saying oh that sounds great can I get back to you in ____ insert appropriate time frame here. I typically tell…
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Day 400 || google better 3
Today's (and tomorrow's) episode references: https://time.com/4116259/google-search-2/…
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Day 399 || google better 2
Good morning sunshine! Hope today is magic for you. Today's (and tomorrow's) episode references: https://time.com/4116259/google-search-2/…
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Day 398 || google better
I feel the need to remind us all that truly unbiased humans don’t exist so truly unbiased news sources can’t exist either. Buuuuuut, luckily there are some…
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Day 397 || imagine + curate the dream
sometimes when I am really missing the beach - and I can’t make it to the lake because it’s 17 degrees outside - I put on my insight timer to beach sounds, get…
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Day 396 || creativity discouragers
I don’t think there is any industry that people discourage more immediately and blindly than they do of anyone pursuing a life in the arts. People are happy to…
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Day 395 || prepared + unscared
Do the prep work, then forget about it. You’re more likely to be able to handle whatever the universe throws at you if you’re already ready to handle what was…
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Day 394 || SPECIAL: Guided Meditation Evening Release
SPECIAL EPISODE: Evening wind down guided meditation. Take and adapt this lil wind-down to fit your needs! Read Julie's Medium Blog. Support JULIE (and the…
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Day 393 || SPECIAL: Guided Meditation Morning Recharge
SPECIAL EPISODE: this is an adaptable guided meditation to help you wake up in the morning and recharge with positive, warm energy for the best possible start…
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Day 392 || meditation hesitation
if you’re like me - and you have ever felt resistance or a sense of overwhelm with trying to convince yourself that you need to meditate and seem to struggle…
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Day 391 || get your ass movin' II
In my opinion, the only true, long term solution to not wanting to stay in bed all day, and that is to create genuine motivation to get your ass out of bed and…
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Day 390 || get your ass movin'
When it’s time to start moving there are a variety of tactics I find myself cycling through to effectively get myself off my ass and in a better energetic…
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Day 389 || bad news overload II
If you want to participate in discourse get educated if you’d like to have opinions. Ideally you are only listening to multiple Reputable sources from…
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Day 388 || bad news overload I
I believe, in general, if bad news or even just the idea of news genuinely incapacitates you from life and you cant deal with learning or knowing or watching…
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Day 387 || relative comparison baseline finale
Be raw when you can because it shows others they can be raw too and it also shows the world it’s okay to need shit, to not be perfect, to have blemishes, and…
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Day 386 || woozy inspiration episode
Had a great revelation during the recording session of the relative comparative baseline series and wanted to share it with y'all! I am spending a lot of time…
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Day 385 || relative comparison baseline VI
And every new human I meet and every new story I learn only encourages me more to show up fully in my own life. I like knowing the wide world has lots of…
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Day 384 || relative comparison baseline V
if people who are raw and “UGLY” or messy or open or authentic online, and that is off-putting to you - check in on why - is the reason valid or is the…
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Day 383 || relative comparison baseline IV
A good place to start when it comes to expanding your baseline of comparison and relativity - is social media. And I recommend starting to realign that by…
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Day 382 || relative comparison baseline III
Day III of series. Please go back to day one if you're new here! If you chronically feel not good enough - your baseline of comparison is probably too fucking…
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Extended Episode: Dr. Darcy + The Trust Quiz
This extra special extended episode features the incredibly brilliant Dr. Darcy (you can find her and take the quick lil trust quiz at www.thetrustquiz.com)…
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Day 381 || relative comparison baseline II
Success as a whole is relative - which means it’s kinda bullshit. They did a study on people wanting to own nice cars based on the proximity to lotto winners…
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Day 380 || relative comparison baseline I
A big part of our personal baseline of happiness is based on our relative comparison to the world around us. Basically - we are only as happy as is appropriate…
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Day 379 || take time to make time
Take time to make time. I recently spent 30 seconds to fix a drawer that has been inconveniencing me only slightly for the last 8 years. My life has changed…
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Day 378 || come back kid
You’re not taking time for yourself you’re making more of it. When you're trying to catch up or get out of a funk, don’t focus on the tasks - focus on YOU and…
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Day 377 || sticking to your guns
https://www.nedratawwab.com/set-boundaries-find-peace I have always struggled with boundary setting and even though I recognize my people pleasing tendencies…
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Day 376 || magic tangent III
Keep an open mind and see if you can squeeze anything valuable out of the experience - you may be surprised at what you gain by doing so. How to set yourself…
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Day 375 || magical tangent II
even barring the magic altogether - tarot is such a powerful tool for reflection, connection, inspiration, insight, and perspective. Throughout my life there…
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Day 374 || magical tangent I
as always the case for me when it comes to Make your Damn Bed and basically ANY other content or human being that speaks to you ever - you should be generating…
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Day 373 || craw zaddy
On a recent episode of Queer Eye (Craw Zaddy) the client (Todd) said something that hit me hard: "ya know sometimes, it's too easy too exist and too hard to…
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Day 372 || eat your damn vegetables
I've been vegetarian or vegan for the past 16 years so here are some of my go-to tips and tricks for increasing your plant intake and decreasing your…
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Day 371 || booze snooze
CW: Been really reevaluating my relationship with alcohol lately. Follow Samantha: https://www.empoweredspirituality.online/ If you have strategies that you…
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Day 370 || Cleaning Out My Closet
good morning sunshine. This episode is Julie sharing a few thoughts about style, refreshing a space, and the energetic ties we hold to dust. Talk to you…
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Day 369 || Contagious Energy
We often let ourselves get swept up in other peoples problems as a way to avoid dealing with our own bullshit or sometimes just because it’s hard not to - like…