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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.All content, including text, graphics, images and information, is for

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7:30

1539 || how to escape an awkward conversations

Make Your Damn Bed ·

2025/08/15

Some people are bad at reading social cues, and they'll hold you hostage in a conversation. Today we talk about how to deal with those people. The Source: https://www.upworthy.com/people-who-talk-too-muchResources for Resisting a Coup: https://makeyourdamnbed.medium.com/practical-guides-to-resisting-a-coup-b44571b9ad66SUPPORT Julie (and the show!): https://supporter.acast.com/make-your-damn-bedDONATE to the Palestinian Children's Relief Fund: www.pcrf.netGET AN OCCASIONAL PERSONAL EMAIL FROM ME:

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7:37

1538 || the final points of connection we all need

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2025/08/14

Research indicates that a variety of different social behaviors help prevent loneliness and foster a sense of community and belonging.1. Have a neighborhood emergency contact2. Belong to a community of identity3. Join an activity-based community4. Connect with a friend or family member at least twice a week5. Finding your third place in the community6. Volunteering in the communityThe Source: https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/the_six_points_of_connection_we_all_needResources for

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9:11

1537 || the points of connection we all need

Make Your Damn Bed ·

2025/08/13

Research indicates that a variety of different social behaviors help prevent loneliness and foster a sense of community and belonging.1. Have a neighborhood emergency contact2. Belong to a community of identityTomorrow we cover the next four pieces to the puzzle: 3. Join an activity-based community4. Connect with a friend or family member at least twice a week5. Finding your third place in the community6. Volunteering in the communityThe Source:

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7:51

1536 || finding support in difficult times

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2025/08/12

Research from theHeartMath Institutehas shown that our bodies pick up on the electromagnetic field of information that radiates from another’s heart. READ THE ARTICLE: https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/how_to_find_support_in_difficult_timesResources for Resisting a Coup: https://makeyourdamnbed.medium.com/practical-guides-to-resisting-a-coup-b44571b9ad66SUPPORT Julie (and the show!): https://supporter.acast.com/make-your-damn-bedDONATE to the Palestinian Children's Relief Fund:

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6:22

1535 || how to actually respond (the conclusion)

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2025/08/11

Today is the final day of the how to deal with "bad faith actors" series. I share an article from "Honor the Earth" about how to respond to fascism in real life. https://www.honorearth.org/news/what-is-fascism-and-how-can-we-fight-itThe Alt Right Playbook on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJA_jUddXvY7v0VkYRbANnTnzkA_HMFtQOther Sources:"Troll Wars": https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/culture-shrink/201411/troll-wars-and-narcissistic-rage"The Case for NOT Debating Fascists":

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8:49

1534 || antagonists gonna antagonize

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2025/08/10

Bad Faith Actors (or BFA's) don't give a fuck about the argument itself, they're playing a very different game altogether, and they're very skilled at baiting people into engaging with them in bad faith. The Alt Right Playbook on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJA_jUddXvY7v0VkYRbANnTnzkA_HMFtQOther Sources:"Troll Wars": https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/culture-shrink/201411/troll-wars-and-narcissistic-rage"The Case for NOT Debating Fascists":

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9:57

1533 || how to create an open + tolerant society

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2025/08/09

OKAY WE SHOULDN’T ARGUE WITH BFAS, WHAT SHOULD WE DO? We should not bury our head in the sand about these beliefs, but amplifying problematic, anti-social ideas is does not help. We can’t win in debates but we can't do nothing. And for me, that starts by understanding the tolerance paradox. Read Popper's Original Work (for free): https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.59272/page/n211/mode/2up?view=theaterThe summary:

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9:32

1532 || why you can't argue with a BFA

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2025/08/07

Bad Faith Actors (or BFA's) don't give a fuck about the argument itself, they're playing a very different game altogether.PROBLEM #1: The point is: You cannot win because the game is rigged and the points don’t matter.PROBLEM #2: You are validating and platforming the position of the agitator, even if you “win” because (see problem #1).Other Sources:"Troll Wars": https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/culture-shrink/201411/troll-wars-and-narcissistic-rage"The Case for NOT Debating Fascists":

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9:32

1531 || discipline vs. devotion || a special patreon...

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2025/08/06

Tune into the full episode on Patreon: www.patreon.com/MYDBpodcastResources for Resisting a Coup: https://makeyourdamnbed.medium.com/practical-guides-to-resisting-a-coup-b44571b9ad66SUPPORT Julie (and the show!): https://supporter.acast.com/make-your-damn-bedDONATE to the Palestinian Children's Relief Fund: www.pcrf.netGET AN OCCASIONAL PERSONAL EMAIL FROM ME: www.makeyourdamnbedpodcast.comTUNE IN ON INSTAGRAM FOR COOL CONTENT: www.instagram.com/mydbpodcastOR WATCH ON YOUTUBE:

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8:31

1530 || brandolini's law

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2025/08/05

fascists don't give a shit about facts, logic, or reality. They only care about framing their narrative as legitimate, and as soon as you engage with them, you lose. "A lie can travel half way around the world before the truth can even get its boots on."Sartre's Words: https://redsails.org/sartre-reason-falsely/Other Sources:"Troll Wars": https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/culture-shrink/201411/troll-wars-and-narcissistic-rage"The Case for NOT Debating Fascists":

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1529 || the how + why of bad faith actors

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2025/08/04

BFA's are hell bent on preserving their identity, and they'd rather avoid reality completely than address the contradictions in theirs. Trolls don't care about reality at all, as long as they can engage you at all? They win.And it bears repeating: You cannot reason with the unreasonable.The Sources:"Fascism is not an idea to be debated but a set of actions to fight": https://lithub.com/fascism-is-not-an-idea-to-be-debated-its-a-set-of-actions-to-fight/Psychology Today's "Troll Wars":

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10:00

1528 || Defining "bad faith actors"

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2025/08/03

Bad Faith Actors - meaning going into interactions with either 1. the intention to deceive or 2. A belief and conviction and faith so profound that they become unable to confront facts or logic or reality that contradicts that belief in any way.The Sources:"Fascism is not an idea to be debated but a set of actions to fight": https://lithub.com/fascism-is-not-an-idea-to-be-debated-its-a-set-of-actions-to-fight/Psychology Today's "Troll Wars":

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10:28

1527 || my fight with a bigot (a true story)

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2025/08/02

"He had sown chaos between me and my friend and he truly didn’t give a fuck.In fact, he looked like he was enjoying it. He was manipulating me and I was watching it happen but unaware of how to make it stop.I couldn’t let a man who didn’t deny being a nazi get away with this, but I truly had no idea how to stop him."Later I learned, defusing and mediating and compromising ONLY works with people who are willing to compromise, mediate, and be defused.THE LESSON: DON’T DEBATE WITH FASCISTS, DON’T FEED

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8:19

1526 || the problem with tragic optimism

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2025/08/01

According to Meg-John Barker at rewriting the rules, "My own way of dealing with meaninglessness in life, has also been to embrace it as an inevitable part of life which will happen with some regularity. There will be times – perhaps quite frequently – when we feel that our projects are pointless in the grand scheme of things, or when the world feels an overwhelming and cold place to live in, or when disconnections and conflicts with others feel unbearable and we feel utterly broken by life. If we

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9:39

1525 || the case for tragic optimism

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2025/07/31

Because humanity has been here a while, and books exist where people write down what they do to deal with hard shit, there are plenty of first hand accounts of people not just surviving but thriving after dealing with the impossible. Survival is context based and has no rules or generalizations that would be fair, so I’ll skip that - but beyond surviving, if you want to feel like you’re actually filling that deep, dark void that has been strategically implanted into all of us when we were born into

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9:19

1524 || filling the "hole"

Make Your Damn Bed ·

2025/07/30

Maybe you don't need more things, you just need a thing. What happens when the shit that surrounds us starts to feel like it’s weighing us down rather than free us? When it feels like more shit to deal with, rather than tools and resources, or sources of joy.Resources for Resisting a Coup: https://makeyourdamnbed.medium.com/practical-guides-to-resisting-a-coup-b44571b9ad66SUPPORT Julie (and the show!): https://supporter.acast.com/make-your-damn-bedDONATE to the Palestinian Children's Relief Fund:

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8:30

1523 || becoming optimistic using the ABCDE method

Make Your Damn Bed ·

2025/07/29

The ABCDE coaching model has five stages: Activating event or situation, Beliefs, Consequences, Disputation of the beliefs and Effective new approach to dealing with the problem. It's a coaching model that can help challenge your more pessimistic beliefs and actually improve how you respond to life. The Source: https://worldofwork.io/2019/06/abcde-coaching-model/A lil Worksheet: https://www.dau.edu/sites/default/files/Migrated/ToolAttachments/The%203Ps%20Worksheet.pdfMore sources:

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8:40

1522 || learned optimism

Make Your Damn Bed ·

2025/07/28

Some of us are predisposed to less optimistic than others. Fortunately, there are ways we can LEARN to be more optimistic with time and practice.The source: https://positivepsychology.com/learned-optimism/Resources for Resisting a Coup: https://makeyourdamnbed.medium.com/practical-guides-to-resisting-a-coup-b44571b9ad66SUPPORT Julie (and the show!): https://supporter.acast.com/make-your-damn-bedDONATE to the Palestinian Children's Relief Fund: www.pcrf.netGET AN OCCASIONAL PERSONAL EMAIL FROM ME:

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7:46

1521 || why don't I remember my childhood?

Make Your Damn Bed ·

2025/07/27

You weren't absent, you were on high alert. Survival mode means. you can't make memories. Let's talk about ways to get out of survival mode, and why it's so important to do so with intention, regularly. @TheCafeScrawls Post on Threads: https://www.threads.com/@thecafescrawls/post/DMBSvjtzCsqResources for Resisting a Coup: https://makeyourdamnbed.medium.com/practical-guides-to-resisting-a-coup-b44571b9ad66SUPPORT Julie (and the show!): https://supporter.acast.com/make-your-damn-bedDONATE to the

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1520 || shame, cringe, + the fear of being perceived.

Make Your Damn Bed ·

2025/07/26

Cringe is the ultimate vibe killer. Plus, when I fear being judged that's me writing your story for you, and that's not fair for either of you. Today we talk about the fear of being perceived and how I'm working around it. THE INSPIRATION VIDEO: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8k8BVdo/Resources for Resisting a Coup: https://makeyourdamnbed.medium.com/practical-guides-to-resisting-a-coup-b44571b9ad66SUPPORT Julie (and the show!): https://supporter.acast.com/make-your-damn-bedDONATE to the Palestinian

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