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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 Bed
1605 || habit hacking
optimize your cues + your environment to create + reinforce better habits + discourage your "not so good" ones. Time cues < (paired with another) action cues…
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1604 || old dog, new tricks
You can, in fact, teach an old dog new tricks - if you use a couple of old ones. Habits are formed and reinforced through repetition, salience (how much it…
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1603 || repetition (for good vs. evil)
Repetition is how we learn, so be careful what (and who) you're listening to. The source…
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1602 || satisfaction vs. pleasure
Today we talk about how to build your tolerance for discomfort. THE SOURCE: https://shoesandshots.substack.com/p/discomfort-is-the-price-you-pay-for Further…
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1601 || urge surfing
It's not about giving in, and it's not about fighting it. Sometimes, you can just observe, ride the wave, and allow it to pass. Resisting Impulse Spending…
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1600 || broke, but connected
You are not a failure if you’re struggling right now, though it may feel like it. But your value and worth is not reflected in your ability to pay your bills…
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1599 || becoming less reactive
Did you know you can "hack your brain" for things beyond your productivity? You can become more resilient, more conscious, more in control, through a few…
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1598 || a few more brain hacks
Feeling disconnected or unsure? Dr. Pat suggests: Body Check-In: When you consume news about social or political issues, what sensations do you notice in your…
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1597 || easy brain hacks
Did you know you can "hack your brain" for things beyond your productivity? You can become more resilient, more conscious, more in control, through a few…
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1596 || your brain is play-doh
Our brains are malleable, and we can actually enrich our experiences to encourage more "plasticity" or adaptability in our own heads - if we know what to look…
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1595 || brains are lazy, we are not
Think about a good joke. If you knew the punchline right away? It's less funny. If you had to have the punchline explained? Less funny. But if you understood…
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1594 || dropping the cognitive load
It's not about spinning all the plates, it's about setting most of them down so you can actually focus on the spinning process. THE SOURCES: Reducing cognitive…
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1593 || parenting yourself with love + logic
When I’m having a rough time, trying to treat myself like I liked to treat my students, with empathy, compassion, patience, kindness, attention, care, time…
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1592 || consulting with love + logic
Instead of trying to control others, become a consultant. "Children need thoughtful guidance and firm, enforceable limits. We set those limits based on the…
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1591 || micromanager vs. drill sargent
"Effective parenting centers around love: love that is not permissive, love that doesn’t tolerate disrespect, but also love that is powerful enough to allow…
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1590 || tools for skeptical thinking || throwback
Enjoy this throwback episode (from day 872) before the new series drops on Monday! "There's a sucker born every minute." - P.T. Barnum Carl Sagan shares…
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1589 || the list for getting unstuck || throwback
ENJOY THIS THROWBACK EPISODE FROM DAY 751, BEFORE THE NEW SERIES DROPS ON MONDAY - Make a list of all the shit you're good at + a list of all the good shit in…
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1588 || why learning sucks
Curiosity is fragile. Learning is difficult as hell. Our brains are built for efficiency, not thinking. We can trick our brains into motivation by worrying…
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1587 || a silly + true teacher story
Some of the lessons I prioritize, still: Stop being so hard on yourself when you’re struggling to learn or master or understand something new. You’re actually…
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1586 || some of my teacher stories || birthday episode
And that’s the beauty of math, right? There are many ways to get there, but there is one answer. It’s tidy, if you’re tidy. It’s also why I hate math - because…
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1585 || dirt in a cog
Dirt in a cog is a way to embody resistance. It focuses on slowing down, jamming up, creating little bits of friction that make it difficult to keep attacking…
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1584 || the next best choice
Joy is part of the practice. When you can't find it and don't know where to start? Start small. Start by reminding yourself that joy still exists, and it's a…
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1583 || tactical frivolity (joy is our way out)
Tactical frivolity is what happens when you use humor, whimsy, and joy to make those in power look ridiculous. It flips the script and reclaims agency. The…
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1582 || mental gymnastics (and how to stop)
Beliefs require faith, rationality requires flexibility. Unless your belief is rooted in rationality, these things can conflict. Refusing to acknowledge or…
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1581 || analysis paralysis
Our brains have a tendency to over-value the effect of TINY inconsequential differences when comparing options. Distinction bias is a cognitive bias that…
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1580 || contrast effect
The contrast effect is a bias where the perception of something is distorted by being compared to something else, making the differences between them seem…
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1579 || omission bias
The omission bias refers to our tendency to judge harmful actions as worse than harmful inactions, even if they result in similar consequences. SOURCES: BUSTER…
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1578 || different versions of negativity bias
Our brains are designed to notice interesting (or negative) events. This can lead us to make decisions based on the negative experiences in our lives, and…
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1577 || how the brain copes with too much information
Too much information means our brain needs to take some shortcuts. Let's discuss how they work so we can know what to watch out for. SOURCES: BUSTER BENSON'S…
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1576 || frictionless leads to swaglessness
Friction is a type of resistance that leads to consideration, growth, and unique solutions. Without friction, we all flatten into the same, boring, identity…
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1575 || our frictionless society
Loneliness isn’t just personal. It’s institutional. It’s fiscal. It’s a bit engineered. It’s purposeful. - Kyla Scanlon The Sources: Kyla Scanlon's Substack…
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1574 || there is a better way forward
We are not cooked. We just have to learn how to imagine all the ways it CAN be better, first. The Sources: Faron Sage's Medium Post…
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1573 || inside you are two wolves
Which wolf will you feed? The Source: https://theacademy.sdsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/two-wolves-cherokee-story.pdf Resources for Resisting a Coup…
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1572 || the life audit
How often are you checking in with your values to see if your actions are aligning with them? Today we're doing a life audit - starting with our personal…
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1571 || in the zone (where even winning is a distraction)
Sometimes, when you're dissociating effectively, and really "in the zone" of distraction? You can find ANY interruption to be an inconvenience. Even winning. I…
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1570 || state sponsored disinformation
Did you know that your* government has run official, formal, propaganda campaigns against its own citizens to spread disinformation. They have manipulated…
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1569 || alive internet theory
We've discussed the "dead internet theory" a bit in the past, but today I want to remind you that is by design - and the people who profit off of you believing…
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1568 || are ads inescapable?
Tech companies + advertising executives are manipulating us, no matter what. Today we're talking about how they do it. Tomorrow we'll talk about what to do…
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1567 || gamergate + why it matters
Today we're talking about #gamergate and how it can help us understand what has been going on in our culture, just beneath the surface. Understanding that has…
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1566 || the ideology of consumerism
We ALL have ideology that guides us. Developing a personal, social, and cultural ideology is an inescapable fact of life. So let's consider your consumer…
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1565 || finally back from the depths of despair
Hello! I am alive. Thank you for reminding me of my humanity. I needed it. It was really bad there for a minute. Sometimes I take one mistake and turn it into…
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1564 || identity = consumerism
"Embracing conscious consumerism is not about deprivation; it’s about re-prioritizing what truly matters. It’s about building an identity based on values…
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1563 || prosperity gospel
"Prosperity Preachers" target people who belong to a culture that encourages "blind faith" and a lack of questioning. They target those are harmed most by the…
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1562 || prosperity gospel (the church of consumerism)
If you thought the church was safe from the cult of capitalism + culture of consumerism? Well, I hate to inform you, they're both victims + perpetrators of it…
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1561 || to have or to be?
"Detaching our self-worth from our accomplishments is easier said than done. This difficulty stems, in part, from societal pressures that equate success with…
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1560 || the two definitions of consumerism
"In contemporary consumer society, the purchase and the consumption of products have evolved beyond the mere satisfaction of basic human needs,[1] transforming…
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1559 || history of consumerism + why it matters
Consumerism is made up. Imagined. Fake as hell. A kayfabe that we're all playing along with. Let's discuss the history, so we can better understand what we're…
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1558 || kayfabe economy
We've been funneled into playing into the kayfabe of our current systems, and I want out. Today we talk about what a kayfabe is and how to push back against…
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1557 || reducing shame around ethical consumption
“GROCERY STORES BASICALLY ASK US TO VOTE WITH OUR WALLETS FOR THE WORLD WE WANT TO LIVE IN. And in doing so, they shift the responsibility away from billion…
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1556 || how supermarkets rewired the planet
PBS truly offers a light in a dark world, please consider donating if you can + want!!!! "We can’t have it all. The convenience we crave comes at a cost that…
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1555 || culture = consumerism
Consumerism is addicting, attractive, seemingly Language of economists + violence. Consumerism has literally seeped into every crack of our lives. Socially?…
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1554 || murder of the middle class + cult of consumerism
Death of the middle class: What is it: Anyone who has had to work to pay for rent, bills, food, etc. How to reestablish it: Corporate regulation, People over…
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1553 || wheel of awareness (rerelease)
I'm suffering from severe PMDD symptoms, so I'm re-releasing an oldie but goodie. I plan to be back tomorrow with a new one! Read Julie's Medium Blog. Support…
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1552 || a better option than capitalism
Yesterday I shared a few alternatives to capitalism. Things like Doughnut Economics, resourcebasedeconomy.org, degrowth, Progressive Utilization Theory…
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1551 || alternatives to capitalism
Maybe it's Doughnut Economics or resourcebasedeconomy.org or degrowth or Progressive Utilization Theory (PROUT) or Economic Democracy or Participatory…
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1550 || envisioning a better system
Tax the fucking rich. End corporate bailouts. Divest from war machine. Divest from the surveillance + data collection machine. Divest from the “Great American…
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1549 || the hard truth about America
It seems like there's nowhere to focus lately except on the crumbling of America’s foundation, but that disregards the fact that America’s foundation was never…
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1548 || leaving my own pity party (NEW)
Often I tend to exacerbate my problems by incapacitating myself with shame. Sometimes it helps to combat this thinking with psychologically verified…
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1547 || the meaning of life (fan fave)
Embrace the idea that life may lack inherent meaning, but that doesn't mean you can't create your own. Define your own values, goals, and purpose in life, even…
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1546 || how to finish tasks (rerelease)
Don't get down on yourself if you're unable to "visualize" your future + your goals. Focus on finding the feelings that drive you. RESOURCES…