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@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. All content, including text, graphics, images and information, is for general information purposes only. This content is presented on an "as-is" basis.
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- Yesterday10 min
1896 || stop trying to earn love
True safety doesn't come from a partner promising they will never hurt you (a promise no human can permanently guarantee). True safety comes from promising yourself that if your boundaries are crossed, you love yourself enough to walk away. Unfortunately there is no cheat code to finding a better relationship that is safe in every way. Being a human being, having a human experience means you’re not bigger than the program. “You are loved just for being who you are, just for existing. You don't have to do anything to earn it. Your shortcomings, your lack of self-esteem, physical perfection, or social and economic success - none of that matters. No one can take this love away from you, and it will always be here.” — Ram DassTHE SOURCES:Eliza Day on Fearing being Judged National Library of Medicine Research on exposure based therapy ShineMommyShine on Believing the Judgement Anxiety Specialists on Why the Fear of Judgement is not about other people Other important stuff: Support the BDS movement.organize clothing swaps with your friends.Get free resources from Annas Archive.Join your local DSABecome a READING PARTNERRead Julie's Medium Blog.Support JULIE (and the show!)Support + get some bonus stuff over on PATREON.Get an occasional personal email from me: www.makeyourdamnbedpodcast.comTune in on INSTAGRAM AND YOUTUBE or TIKTOK.Info on War Tax Resistance.Donate to the Palestinian Children's Relief Fund and the Sudan Relief FundThe opinions expressed by Julie Merica and Make Your Damn Bed Podcast are intended for entertainment purposes only. Make Your Damn Bed podcast is not intended or implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Read Julie's Medium Blog.Support JULIE (and the show!)Support + get some bonus stuff over on PATREON.Get an occasional personal email from me: www.makeyourdamnbedpodcast.comTune in on INSTAGRAM AND YOUTUBE or TIKTOKSupport this show <a target="_blank" rel="payment" href="http://supporter.acast.com/ma
- 2 days ago9 min
1895 || dumbasses deserve love, too
I’ve been thinking a lot about trust and consideration and love. Naturally, I’ve been very bitter about some things going on in my personal life and it convinced me for a second there that I didn’t love or trust the world around me and that I would never trust another human again. Wen in reality, I didn’t hate the world around me I hate the internal process I wasn’t allowing myself to fully experience. One way Ive been combatting this line of thinking is through reality checks and one of the most important reminder for myself lately is that I dont actually distrust everyone and everything. Every time I get in my car I Trust the manufacturer, the guy who does my brakes, my oil changes, the guy who makes the roads. Maybe I dont know or trust them in intimate ways, but ti doesn’t mean I don't have some love and compassion and appreciation for the version of that person who made the road or changed my tires or did my oil. Some people are really fucking… not smart… and some people really fucking annoying and some are a combination of dumb and annoying. We have to love them anyway. Perfection is not a prerequisite for human connection or emotional care. Every human being has limitations, mistakes, and vulnerabilities; expecting flawlessness is unrealistic. A person's intrinsic value and capacity for belonging do not depend on constant performance or error-free conduct.Plenty of flawed people are in real, loving relationships. Do I believe they don’t deserve to be loved just because they are flawed? I try my best to be perfect, because in some way it makes me feel like I can get away from being abandoned or cheated on or lied to or hurt. But that’s not how any of this works. Part of what makes falling and being in love so magical and deep and beautiful is that it is inherently a risk. You are putting your faith in another person. And sometimes those people will disappoint you. Sometimes those people will disappoint themselves. There’s nothing you can do about that. But being hotter (or richer or cooler or more botoxed or whatever) won’t protect you from that. Meg Thee Stallion, Beyonce, Dolly, Sandra Bullock, Halle Berry, Eva Longoria, Reese Witherspoon, Shakira, Robert Pattinson, Every Kardashian, Nia fucking Long, and these are just the publicized ones. Nobody is safe from heartbreak and being disappointed by a person. We often weaponize self-improvement. We try to become the hottest, smartest, or most flawless version of ourselves as a subconscious shield. But you can't save yourself from other people's weaknesses + mistakes. You can only CHOOSE to love yourself despite it all. “You are loved just for being who you are, just for existing. You don't have to do anything to earn it. Your shortcomings, your lack of self-esteem, physical perfection, or social and economic success - none of that matters. No one can take this love away from you, and it will always be here.” — Ram DassTHE SOURCES:Eliza Day on Fearing being Judged National Library of Medicine Research on exposure based therapy ShineMommyShine on Believing the Judgement Anxiety Specialists on Why the Fear of Judgement is not about other people Other important stuff: Support the BDS movement.organize clothing swaps with your friends.Get free resources from Annas Archive.Join your local DSABecome a READING PARTNERRead Julie's Medium Blog.Support JULIE (and the show!)Support + get some bonus stuff over on <a href="https://www.patreon.com/c/MYDBpodca
- 3 days ago10 min
1894 || don't cosign your fears + insecurities
When you’re afraid of someone else judging you, you are only afraid of the confirmation of things you already believe about yourself. I am never offended by a claim I know is untrue. You can call me a liar, and I won’t flinch - because I know I am not a liar. You can say I’m unfunny, but I know for a fact that is not true at all. But the second you say something that I have some prior belief in, it triggers my defenses. It feels like a confirmation of my worst fears. If I suspect I’m unlovable, and someone says I’m unlovable, it triggers that fear and feels like a confirmation of something I already “knew”. So when we shield ourselves from the judgement of others, we’re not actually protecting ourselves from these judgements or these fears, You still experience those fears just the same. In fact, you cosign them, by not allowing the judgments to come without agreeing with them. If I don’t let myself be seen because I think I’m too ugly or dumb or whatever, you adopt that fear as an identity and you make choices in accordance to those ideas and you live your entire life within these boundaries you create for yourself. The thing is, these may have absolutely no basis in reality. And they’re definitely not things you WANT to believe. So in an effort to protect yourself, you actually work from a place that confirms your worst fears, and as a result, created life that aligns with your greatest fear about yourself. Whereas, if you put yourself out there anyway, it trains your brain that it’s safe to do so. It proves to yourself that you were wrong. If you're afraid of being judged socially, speak up, deliberately go to the social event anyway. Don't reinforce the insecurity. Don't shrink your comfort zone. Don't build your life around your insecurities. THE SOURCES: Eliza Day on Fearing being Judged National Library of Medicine Research on exposure based therapy ShineMommyShine on Believing the Judgement Anxiety Specialists on Why the Fear of Judgement is not about other people Other important stuff: Support the BDS movement.organize clothing swaps with your friends.Get free resources from Annas Archive.Join your local DSABecome a READING PARTNERRead Julie's Medium Blog.Support JULIE (and the show!)Support + get some bonus stuff over on PATREON.Get an occasional personal email from me: www.makeyourdamnbedpodcast.comTune in on INSTAGRAM AND YOUTUBE or TIKTOK.Info on War Tax Resistance.Donate to the Palestinian Children's Relief Fund and the Sudan Relief FundThe opinions expressed by Julie Merica and Make Your Damn Bed Podcast are intended for entertainment purposes only. Make Your Damn Bed podcast is not intended or implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or
- 4 days ago9 min
1893 || how + why to vote if you haven't
"War doesn't end when one side dies, it ends when one side surrenders. If you have given up, it's already over. When you understand a system, what it feeds on, you can see there a lot of ways to change it for the better." "When you see people arguing that your vote doesn't matter, there's a REASON that's the message that gets pushed. Democracy is the bloodless revolution." - Portable OrangeFun facts: You should RESEARCH YOUR SAMPLE BALLOT and BRING NOTES to use while you vote. Don't post The source: A youtube video of Portable Orange on Curated Consent A google doc of The sources HE used, (source inception) Other important stuff: Support the BDS movement.organize clothing swaps with your friends.Get free resources from Annas Archive.Join your local DSABecome a READING PARTNERRead Julie's Medium Blog.Support JULIE (and the show!)Support + get some bonus stuff over on PATREON.Get an occasional personal email from me: www.makeyourdamnbedpodcast.comTune in on INSTAGRAM AND YOUTUBE or TIKTOK.Info on War Tax Resistance.Donate to the Palestinian Children's Relief Fund and the Sudan Relief FundThe opinions expressed by Julie Merica and Make Your Damn Bed Podcast are intended for entertainment purposes only. Make Your Damn Bed podcast is not intended or implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Read Julie's Medium Blog.Support JULIE (and the show!)Support + get some bonus stuff over on PATREON.Get an occasional personal email from me: www.makeyourdamnbedpodcast.comTune in on INSTAGRAM AND YOUTUBE or TIKTOKSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/make-your-damn-bed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- 5 days ago9 min
1892 || intentional friction
Modern design demands that your brain should constantly focus on productivity, metrics, optimization, and achievement. In late-stage consumerism, convenience is sold as a tool to save you time. But when technology strips away everyday friction (like instant delivery or one-click checkouts), it rarely gives you back leisure. Instead, it simply frees up your cognitive bandwidth so you can handle more work and consume more digital assets.Treat friction as a shield against expectations. Intentionally choose the inefficient route.The sources:Jerry Z. Muller's The Tyranny of Metrics. https://danielmiessler.com/blog/how-to-create-bad-metrics-incentivize-wrong-behaviorsGrading is ineffective (Medium Post) (YouTube) Can Metrics Destroy Societies?Well's Fargo Scandal Other important stuff: Support the BDS movement.organize clothing swaps with your friends.Get free resources from Annas Archive.Join your local DSABecome a READING PARTNERRead Julie's Medium Blog.Support JULIE (and the show!)Support + get some bonus stuff over on PATREON.Get an occasional personal email from me: www.makeyourdamnbedpodcast.comTune in on INSTAGRAM AND YOUTUBE or TIKTOK.Info on War Tax Resistance.Donate to the Palestinian Children's Relief Fund and the Sudan Relief FundThe opinions expressed by Julie Merica and Make Your Damn Bed Podcast are intended for entertainment purposes only. Make Your Damn Bed podcast is not intended or implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Read Julie's Medium Blog.Support JULIE (and the show!)Support + get some bonus stuff over on PATREON.Get an occasional personal email from me: www.makeyourdamnbedpodcast.comTune in on INSTAGRAM AND YOUTUBE or TIKTOKSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/make-your-damn-be
- 6 days ago10 min
1891 || spirit of the goal vs. the reward
Humans will always focus on the easiest path towards positive feedback (or avoiding negative feedback). We love a little treat. If we're not careful (and we forget the human element), we will get so focused on the reward that we will forget the reason why we started the reward program in the first place. Sometimes our emotional world's and subjective experiences are what make us MORE reliable, not less.The focus on getting a high score actually distorts what we're scoring. The problem is not measurement, but a fixation on it. This is why teachers teach to a test, or why cops create fake crime accusations to meet quotas, or why doctors reject patients who need the most care. Quality quickly falls to the wayside to quantity, which is often a bad thing. More examples: The cobra effect, the Hanoi rat problem, the broken dinosaur bone problem, tax refunds for carbon credits, "bug bounties" for programmers, rage bait being "engagement" on social media, banks selling loans to meet quotas, The McNamara Strategy", "No child left behind", are all examples of well intentioned incentive programs being distorted to meet metrics over spirit."When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure." - Goodhart’s LawThe sources:Jerry Z. Muller's The Tyranny of Metrics. https://danielmiessler.com/blog/how-to-create-bad-metrics-incentivize-wrong-behaviorsGrading is ineffective (Medium Post) (YouTube) Can Metrics Destroy Societies?Well's Fargo Scandal Other important stuff: Support the BDS movement.organize clothing swaps with your friends.Get free resources from Annas Archive.Join your local DSABecome a READING PARTNERRead Julie's Medium Blog.Support JULIE (and the show!)Support + get some bonus stuff over on PATREON.Get an occasional personal email from me: www.makeyourdamnbedpodcast.comTune in on INSTAGRAM AND YOUTUBE or TIKTOK.Info on War Tax Resistance.Donate to the Palestinian Children's Relief Fund and the Sudan Relief FundThe opinions expressed by Julie Merica and Make Your Damn Bed Podcast are intended for entertainment purposes only. Make Your Damn Bed podcast is not intended or implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Read Julie's Medium Blog.Support JULIE (and the show!)Support + get some bonus stuff o
- 1 weeks ago11 min
1890 || the spirit of the metrics
Sometimes our emotional world's and subjective experiences are what make us MORE reliable, not less.The focus on getting a high score actually distorts what we're scoring. The problem is not measurement, but a fixation on it"When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure." - Goodhart’s LawThis is why teachers teach to a test, or why cops create fake crime accusations to meet quotas, or why doctors reject patients who need the most care. The cobra effect, the Hanoi rat problem, the broken dinosaur bone problem, tax refunds for carbon credits, "bug bounties" for programmers, rage bait being "engagement" on social media, banks selling loans to meet quotas, The McNamara Strategy", "No child left behind", are all examples of well intentioned incentive programs being distorted to meet metrics over spirit. Quality quickly falls to the wayside to quantity, which is often a bad thing. The sources:Jerry Z. Muller's The Tyranny of Metrics. https://danielmiessler.com/blog/how-to-create-bad-metrics-incentivize-wrong-behaviorsGrading is ineffective (Medium Post) (YouTube) Can Metrics Destroy Societies?Well's Fargo Scandal Other important stuff: Support the BDS movement.organize clothing swaps with your friends.Get free resources from Annas Archive.Join your local DSABecome a READING PARTNERRead Julie's Medium Blog.Support JULIE (and the show!)Support + get some bonus stuff over on PATREON.Get an occasional personal email from me: www.makeyourdamnbedpodcast.comTune in on INSTAGRAM AND YOUTUBE or TIKTOK.Info on War Tax Resistance.Donate to the Palestinian Children's Relief Fund and the Sudan Relief FundThe opinions expressed by Julie Merica and Make Your Damn Bed Podcast are intended for entertainment purposes only. Make Your Damn Bed podcast is not intended or implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Read Julie's Medium Blog.Support JULIE (and the show!)Support + get some bonus stuff over on PATREON.Get an occasional personal email from me: www.makeyourdamnbedpodcast.comTune in on <a href="htt
- 1 weeks ago11 min
1889 || the tyranny of metrics
The focus on getting a high score actually distorts what we're scoring. The problem is not measurement, but a fixation on it"When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure." - Goodhart’s LawThe sources:Jerry Z. Muller's The Tyranny of Metrics. Grading is ineffective (Medium Post) (YouTube) Can Metrics Destroy Societies?Well's Fargo Scandal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_TaylorismMore Perfect Union's expose on spyware at work.Ronan Farrow's "Bossware" video Other important stuff: Support the BDS movement.organize clothing swaps with your friends.Get free resources from Annas Archive.Join your local DSABecome a READING PARTNERRead Julie's Medium Blog.Support JULIE (and the show!)Support + get some bonus stuff over on PATREON.Get an occasional personal email from me: www.makeyourdamnbedpodcast.comTune in on INSTAGRAM AND YOUTUBE or TIKTOK.Info on War Tax Resistance.Donate to the Palestinian Children's Relief Fund and the Sudan Relief FundThe opinions expressed by Julie Merica and Make Your Damn Bed Podcast are intended for entertainment purposes only. Make Your Damn Bed podcast is not intended or implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Read Julie's Medium Blog.Support JULIE (and the show!)Support + get some bonus stuff over on PATREON.Get an occasional personal email from me: www.makeyourdamnbedpodcast.comTune in on INSTAGRAM AND YOUTUBE or TIKTOKSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/make-your-damn-bed.<p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75
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