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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 248 || Outgrow Yourself
I realize now, if you’re doing it right, life is just a series of outgrowing yourself. Those choices, behaviors, routines, friends, experiences, and priorities…
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Day 247 || Past Self Mosaic
The world hardened me through experiences, and time and time again I would work to soften myself back up. Eventually, I established a ratio of softness and…
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Day 246 || Natural Beauty
I am starting to believe they want us all to turn into robots. Last time I checked robots we’re free of cellulite, body hair, farts, and emotions. But robots…
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Day 245 || Beliefs Become Reality
A repeated thought becomes a belief. A belief becomes a feeling. Those feelings and beliefs create your reality. The insecurities that we have about ourselves…
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Day 244 || Over Sharer
It’s good to be aware of when we’re talking just to talk or if we’re talking out of a place of insecurity or if we’re talking because we really believe it will…
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Day 243 || Ask More Questions
Unfortunately, we can’t have everyone we love be with us all the time forever, but we can ensure their legacies live on through our preservation of their…
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Day 242 || Closure Part II
I really don’t think there is such thing as closure unless you’re actually ready to close the door yourself. And some doors may never close fully, and thats…
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Day 241 || Closure
Closure does not really exist, at least how we’ve been taught. It’s more of an internal process than an external one. Read Julie's Medium Blog. Support JULIE…
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Day 240 || Rest Days Part II
A lot of us are working very hard on our lives, on ourselves, and on our development. We don’t even realize how quickly we are growing and changing because…
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Day 239 || Rest Days
I encourage you to try to respect the fact that our bodies know what is best sometimes better than we do. Because I personally know that my inability to slow…
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Day 238 || Comments are Forever
We cant control anyone else - thank god - but we can have an impact. Wouldn’t you rather impact people to believe in the things they enjoy rather than to feel…
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Day 237 || Good Taste Bad Art
Objectively speaking, you’re an artist if you make art. even if it’s not up to your standards. If you paint, you are a painter, objectively, regardless of if…
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Day 236 || Helper's High
The perk of being selfless, is it’s never fully selfless. You will feel good, the more you do good and the more you see good. And the more we feel the…
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Day 235 || Bucket List Challenge
If you’re feeling stagnant or bored and don’t know what to do to get out of your rut - and want an activity to feel less directionless? Try writing down all of…
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Day 234 || Regret is a Good Thing
You can’t change the past - but you can learn from it. Don’t be afraid to sit in your regret for a moment, as long as you’re comfortable recognizing it as a…
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Day 233 || Cancel Culture
Growing and living life means you will sometimes make mistakes or bad choices. Making mistakes means you will sometimes have to deal with natural consequences…
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Day 232 || Emotional Expectations
Regardless of where you’re at shouldn’t be any extra shame when dealing with your emotional process. It’s hard enough as is and society really did us all dirty…
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Day 231 || Who Am I?
Are you a person who acts mostly out of fear or acts mostly out of love? Do you show up to your day to day tasks because you feel like you have to and are…
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Day 230 || Unfamiliar Discomfort
Familiar will typically always be more comfortable than the unfamiliar. Even if that familiar is fairly unhealthy. Many people are miserable and comfortable…
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Day 229 || Burning Bridges
You’re allowed to take breaks - even from your partners - to reassess, come back, and refocus on what you need, expect, and desire in a relationship - and you…
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Day 228 || Nuance is Complicated
I talk about the importance of recognizing nuance in everything all the time - but we still often fall back into black and white, all or nothing thinking…
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Day 227 || Underutilizing Tools
I think we get inundated with the knowledge that information, tools, and assistance is limitless - and we don’t often know where to begin. Start with something…
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Day 226 || Enjoy the Process
It’s about doing what works for you - at a pace that feels good for you. It’s about finding your path to success in whatever that means to you. And since this…
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Day 225 || Be About the Action
Get in the Practice of making and keeping promises to yourself that make your life better in the long run - and not just the now. Start by setting an intention…
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Day 224 || Are They Accountable?
It’s important to allow yourself criticism but it's also just as important to expect other adults to bear constructive, fair, and essential criticism too. If…
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Day 223 || Looming To Do's
There is nothing better than getting a lurking task off of your to do list - especially if it’s been nagging you for more than a few weeks. Get out of your…
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Day 222 || Plannin + Stressin
Stop stressing and procrastinating because "it’s not going to be perfect” and make the process of planning it enjoyable - which will feel better than perfect…
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Day 221 || Walking Miracle
Cars are a literal miracle we have become so used to - we forget how amazing it is. Think about the fuel itself. Gasoline is combustible, dangerous, and…
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Day 220 || Prioritize Feeling Good
Feeling Good should be the focus of your day to day. This does not mean to only do the things that feel good in the moment - what it means is to actively…
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Day 219 || Invite Them into the Kitchen
Your friends and loved ones often won’t feel comfortable inviting themselves into parts of your life because it’s yours and they don’t understand a thing about…
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Day 218 || Optimizing Overload
Like anything, optimizing your space can be a slippery slope - and you may feel like it’s never perfect and can always be better. To you, I say relax. Fix what…
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Day 217 || Optimize Your Space
Optimizing your space takes time, self awareness, and it means getting comfortable rearranging as often as you need to to ensure that your space continues…
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Day 216 || Dopamine Hunter
The more you consciously DECIDE to feel excited about your healthier choices, the more your brain associates these healthy things with dopamine too. This is…
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Day 215 || Honing in on a Purpose
Jumping around searching desperately for a purpose is a lot more difficult than honing one based on the shit you’ve already got going for you - but that’s not…
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Day 214 || Big Spender
Be conscious of your purchases because it is too often, too simple for us to go full Ariana grande and “I want it I bought it” ourselves into the cumbersome…
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Day 213 || Chaotic Spending
If you’re like me and you struggle to limit your spending in any capacity - next time you want to buy something new, ask yourself this: Can I afford this? And…
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Day 212 || Overthinking + Guessing
Because when you’re too busy analyzing what the other person might mean you’re not being present with what they actually said or did. Learn more about your ad…
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Day 211 || Versions of Reality
There are so many versions of reality - often with substantiated evidence that coincides with it - that if you don’t perpetually do valuable research on the…
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Day 210 || Reparenting Struggles
what would the younger version of you think about your life right now? Pretend they came for a visit- what would they want to do with you? What cool stuff…
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Day 209 || Chasing Childlike Joy
Children don’t like being bored - and neither do adults. It’s our job to make sure we’re having the best possible time, just like it’s a parents job to make…
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Day 208 || Embrace Temporary
Remember that there is not enough time in the day to connect deeply with every person you’ve ever known or loved, commit yourself to every project you’ve ever…
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Day 207 || Get to the Bottom of it
It’s not easy to admit you have these problematic beliefs lying dormant inside of you - but the sooner you address them - the sooner you can free yourself of…
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Day 206 || Feeling Your Best
You should never go after something simply because you want to be the best you should go after things because you want to feel your best. Doing your best and…
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Day 205 || You're Accountable
When people criticize us or call us out on our bullshit - it’s because they believe in us. They know we can do better and expect better and trusted us enough…
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Day 204 || Let Them Misunderstand You
If you’re worried they may spread rumors that hurt your reputation in the long run. Don’t. Your real life actions and character choices are far more valuable…
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Day 203 || Avoiding Coded Language
The better you get at communicating openly and vulnerably and clearly, the better everyone around you can get with understanding you where you are now - and…
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Bonus Episode: The Sh*t They Never Taught You - w/Adam Jones + Adam Ashton
In this very special extended episode Julie is joined by Adam Jones and Adam Ashton for a conversation about reading, self help, and their new book "The Sh*t…
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Day 202 || Saving the World
You already are changing the world - by simply being in it. If you can easily make some choices that can directly improve the world around you - why wouldn’t…
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Day 201 || Everything's Working Out
Practice extreme optimism today. Look at everything that happens to you today as another opportunity to make your life the best possible life on this planet…
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Day 200 || Optimism is Deep
If you believe it’s all hopeless, you are correct. It is hopeless. If you believe there is hope for a better tomorrow - you are correct, there is hope for a…
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Day 199 || Season 4
Sign up for a Vision Quest: the ideal workshop for those who are feeling stuck and want a little support in establishing a sense of direction in their lives…
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Day 198 || Mutual Aids
Mutual aid participants work together to figure out strategies and resources to meet each other's needs, such as food, housing, medical care, and disaster…
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Day 197 || Equity vs. Equality
Equality means everyone is treated the same exact way, regardless of need or any other individual difference. Equity, on the other hand, means everyone is…
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Day 196 || Restricting Restrictions
Restricting doesn’t work. Live fully. At full volume. Intentionally. Be laid back in the results but don’t be afraid to voice what you really want. Because…
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Day 195 || Othering Yourself
Try the restaurant. Book the vacation. Share the date if you’re really desperate for the company but fuck me if you don’t stop wasting your life in hopes that…
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Day 194 || Commit to Your Damn Self
if I’d do it for a man who betrayed me - I should definitely not hesitate to do it for me who would never betray me. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit…
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Day 193 || Practice What Feels Good
As you get more comfortable understanding what brings you that long term joy - you will also stop avoiding the things that can get you there faster - thus…
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Day 192 || Avoiding Avoidance
If you avoid people for fear they will make you deal with the bad shit once in a while you are gonna have to face the cold hard truth that you will miss out on…
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Day 191 || Community Building
Don’t limit yourself because you might get hurt by connecting with people - you will guarantee that hurt by avoiding connection. Be kind. Lead with love…
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Day 190 || Save the Planet
While we definitely cant save the world if we put it all in our own hands - we should NEVER doubt our personal power. Stand up for the planet, the future, and…