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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!
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freaking out about WWIII?
Making this shit backfire in whatever way possible, is a great way to push back against further escalations. Keep talking about the protests, keep talking…
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if it makes you happy (a re-release)
Tomorrow I'll be back with a NEW episode, but for now, enjoy this fan favorite from episode 300 and something. According to science, humans kind of suck at…
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other your inner voice || re-release
On day 342 of this podcast, I said this: "If you’re like most people, the voice inside your head is probably pretty incessant. It’s probably very critical and…
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save the work for the work (a re-release)
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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32: my rant at the school board
Book bans are unconstitutional. Florida is in a crisis.I'm on my way to rant at these people. "What is unfolding in Hillsborough County is not the measured…
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31: fighting florida's book ban crisis
historically speaking, the good guys have never restricted access to information. In fact, well intentioned people tend to provide MORE information so everyone…
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30: the protests are working
Successful protests start by rupturing the narrative. It takes time to make real change, but we're moving the needle. Don't stop. THE SOURCES…
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29: hope after the protest
He's losing, and we the people are realizing our power. THE SOURCES: https://www.meditationsinanemergency.com/voices-of-resistance-and-insight-on-the-eve-of-no-…
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28: a lil hope for the protest
"Hope isn’t a mood. It’s a decision. And if you’re struggling to find it—borrow mine. I’ve lived through a coup. I’ve lived under martial law. And I’m telling…
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27: the heart of the matter
"I am not giving up. I'm hopeful because I believe in civil society, I believe in our power, and I believe in our idealism. I don't know what is going to…
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26: the optics of the american flag
The stage before the success stage is all about shifting public sentiment, and we do that by working on our communication. Optics are crucial. One tactic is to…
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25: are we in the success stage now?
Success often doesn't feel like success because of the backlash paradox: Authoritarians escalate violence when they lose control, not when they’re strong…
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24: continuing success
There is no end. There is only the continuing struggle, acted out in cycles of social movements. The process of winning one set of demands creates new levels…
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23: the pitfalls of success
The movement needs to recognize successes achieved, follow up on the demands won, raise larger issues, focus on other demands which are in various stages, and…
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22: what success looks like
Today we're going through steps 6 - 7 of Bill Moyer's 1987 Movement Action Plan (A Framework for Effective Social Movements). Normal Times - "Business as…
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21: overcoming disempowerment
"Rather than feeling depressed and powerless, activists now need to recognize the power and success of themselves and their movement." - Bill Moyer Today we're…
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20: remember, you're not powerless.
Today we're going through steps 4 - 5 of Bill Moyer's 1987 Movement Action Plan (A Framework for Effective Social Movements). In stage 5, large swaths of…
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19: the identity crisis of powerlessness
"The crisis of identity + powerless is a personal crisis for activists. After the experience of a movement in take-off stage, their view of the world and…
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18: when a movement takes off
Today we're going through steps 3-4 of Bill Moyer's 1987 Movement Action Plan (A Framework for Effective Social Movements). Normal Times - "Business as usual"…
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17: admit things aren't normal
Today we're going through steps 1 - 3 of Bill Moyer's 1987 Movement Action Plan (A Framework for Effective Social Movements). Normal Times - "Business as…
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16: WIN PUBLIC SENTIMENT
We are in a war for the hearts, minds, and support of the general public. The power holders are violating our values, so we have to raise consciousness around…
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15 : SHIFT POWER (hearts, mind, and public support)
The process of achieving social change through social movements is the struggle between the movement and powerholders of the hearts, minds, and support (or…
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14: UNDERSTAND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
"There needs to be a revival of democracy through "people power".The increasingly centralized power of the state and other social institutions, combined with…
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what can we do? || 13 : BUILD BETTER OPTIONS
"Authoritarianism thrives when people are isolated and dependent — when food, energy, housing and safety are controlled by a handful of elites. But when…
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what can we do? || 12 : stay engaged without getting overwhelmed
"You don’t need to tackle the entire regime to weaken its foundation. You need leverage points — clear, concrete places to act." I wanted to read the whole…
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what can we do? || 11 : MICROREVOLUTIONS
Most of us don't have the time, energy, or bandwidth to do anything extra right now, but I hope these guides can be a reminder that there are lots of different…
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what can we do? || 10 : TAKE ONE TINY ACTION
Most of us don't have the time, energy, or bandwidth to do anything extra right now, but I hope these guides can be a reminder that there are lots of different…
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what can we do? || 9: GROUP ACTION PLAN
Action Plan for affinity groups: Choose an action Make a plan Support each other Make decision on actions Debrief + evaluate Affinity Group guide…
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what can we do? || 8: START AN AFFINITY GROUP
An affinity group is a small group of people who come together to prepare for and take direct action. They make decisions together, and support each other…
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what can we do? || 8: START AN AFFINITY GROUP || patreon
An affinity group is a small group of people who come together to prepare for and take direct action. They make decisions together, and support each other…
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what can we do? || 7: MAKE POLITICAL VIOLENCE BACKFIRE
The HOPE-PV guide offers us some tactics in safely + effectively pushing back against perpetrators of political violence. Combat the cover-up with the Reveal –…
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what can we do? || 6: COMBAT POLITICAL VIOLENCE
Today we're talking about how to combat the common tactics that perpetrators of political violence rely on from the HOPE guide (linked below): Combat the…
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what can we do? || 5: UNDERSTAND POLITICAL VIOLENCE
The ideal of democracy is that it can contain ALL of our diversity and differences and channel into safe, institutionally protected representation without the…
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what can we do? || 4: REFRAME POWER
Thinking of power as an upside-down triangle is a great way to remember where power lies. Everyday individuals hold the structures of power up with their daily…
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what can we do? || 3: PICK A LANE
Things are chaotic (by design) so after we start to rebuild internal trust + social trust, we can start to address our own needs, and eventually our…
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what can we do? || 2: ASSESS YOUR CONTROL
Things are chaotic (by design) so after we start to rebuild internal trust + social trust, we can start to address our own needs, and eventually our…
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what can we do? || 1: REBUILD TRUST
Over the next few days we're gonna do a deep dive on the various ways, we as individuals, can actually resist this coup. Remember, it's easier to resist…
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1450 || promotion vs prevention mindset
"Those with “promotion-focused” mindset (i.e., those who tend to focus on achieving their goals and aspirations) are more resistant to conspiracy theories than…
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1449 || how to resist demoralization
Resisting subversion means we need to stop playing defense with our consumption habits and start playing offense. Get aggressive with deciding who and what you…
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1448 || why "facts" don't seem to matter anymore
Most of {demoralization} is done by Americans to Americans, due to a lack of moral standards. Exposure to true information doesn't matter anymore. One who is…
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1447 || dissecting an interview with a KGB defector.
"This is the greatest paradox in the history of mankind when the capitalist world supports and actively nourishes its own destructor." - Yuri Bezmenov THE…
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avoiding happiness (a re-release)
This is a re-release of an older episode because I found out my resource for the planned episode was bogus and I have to rewrite around a more reputable idea…
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1446 || our biggest study about misinformation
Interacting with misinformation only is nearly unavoidable at this point, but spreading it further can be reduced if we're conscious of how it works. THE…
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1445 || disinformation vs. misinformation
The difference is in the intention, but the intention may surprise you. SOURCES: https://commonslibrary.org/disinformation-in-the-digital-age/…
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1444 || art vs. entertainment
The goal is to “consume consciously” more often than you’re letting shit "consume you, unconsciously”. James Baldwin puts it like this: “The industry is…
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1443 || trad wife movement alternatives
We all have limited time and if shit doesn’t make us feel empowered or better or less nihilistic, then we have to remember we’ve ultimately got the power to…
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1442 || the hidden meaning of the trad wife movement
The title buries the lede, because there is no upside, but there are ways to avoid falling victim to the trap of consuming with no idea of the impact. It's…
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1441 || revealing the scam of trad wife movement
These influencers make careers out of convincing you to give yours up. It seems pretty obvious that it’s supposed to benefit men but in reality it benefits…
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1440 || the trad wife scam
I think the skeeziest lie about the trad wife movement is that it’s just a type of stay at home mom. Unlike stay-at-home moms, who may choose to stay home for…
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1439 || manufactured insecurities +. face filters
It's not the filters, or the photoshops, or the ads - it's a combination of all of it. It's keeping us so insecure that we don't do anything but focus on how…
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1438 || "reality" tv isn't real + why that matters
Bachelor Contestants have spoken out about how dates, meltdowns, and interactions were directed by producers. Pawn Stars admits to rehearsing and choosing…
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1437 || reclaiming agency through dancing
I think everything these days wants to steal our attention. And if it’s been a while since we checked in with that and how comfortable we are giving up all of…
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1436 || dance as an anti-depressant
Dance has been outperforming SSRI's, anti-depressants, and all other forms of exercise in combatting depression symptoms in multiple studies. It makes sense to…
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1436 || dance as an anti-depressant || patreon
Dance has been outperforming SSRI's, anti-depressants, and all other forms of exercise in combatting depression symptoms in multiple studies. It makes sense to…
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1435 || the key to effective self care
Reminder 1. The point of self care is to care for yourself, not add unnecessary shame or heighten the stakes. Reminder 2: You can’t optimize yourself out of…
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1434 || the problem with self care
THE PROBLEM WITH SELF CARE + HOW TO DEAL WITH IT PROBLEM 1: NO SIMPLE DEFINITION But because being a human includes incredibly diverse experiences, and…
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1433 || repost - passionate for food
Hey friend! I had a technical difficulty today + the episode I planned didn't upload properly but I have fixed it (I think) and it will be uploaded tomorrow…
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1432 || the final "rules of thumb" for a good life
Some rules of thumb we review today include: "Is there a better use of my time?" "Stress vs. Reward Analysis" "It's okay to not finish a book you were reading…
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1431 || some good "rules of thumb"
Feynman Razor: If you can't explain it to a 5 year old, you don't really understand it. The Luck Razor: Much of what we call "luck" is the macro result of…
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1430 || philosophical shortcuts
Alder's Razor: If something cannot be settled by experiment or observation, then it is not worthy of debate. Sagan Standard: Positive claims require positive…