Make Your Damn Bed

A big part of our personal baseline of happiness is based on our relative comparison to the world around us. Basically - we are only as happy as is appropriate to the level of happiness we believe the people around us are. In the most laymen terms - we are constantly comparing to what we know but we typically don’t know the whole story. Even when we’re aware of this shortcoming, we still seem...

Take time to make time.  I recently spent 30 seconds to fix a drawer that has been inconveniencing me only slightly for the last 8 years. My life has changed dramatically since taking that 30 seconds out of my day and probably saved me 5 minutes of frustration already, and I only just fixed it. Look for ways in your life and surroundings where you can take a little time to make a little time....

You’re not taking time for yourself you’re making more of it.   When you're trying to catch up or get out of a funk, don’t focus on the tasks - focus on YOU and your systems and your foundations and the rest will fall into place. It sounds counterintuitive but when you take the extra time to eat your veggies and drink your water and shower and tidy and show up for yourself first - it ac...

https://www.nedratawwab.com/set-boundaries-find-peace I have always struggled with boundary setting and even though I recognize my people pleasing tendencies now and avoid falling into the same patterns most of the time - I still struggle with saying no to things I like doing. It’s a weird thing - I can say no without explanation to any fucking thing that doesn’t interest me -but I will rework my...

Keep an open mind and see if you can squeeze anything valuable out of the experience - you may be surprised at what you gain by doing so. How to set yourself up for a resounding TAROT session: 1. Get in an energetic alignment with the part of you that wants to gain insight from the reading. Even if its just a general reading - really take your time to breathe, get comfortable in the space and allo...

even barring the magic altogether - tarot is such a powerful tool for reflection, connection, inspiration, insight, and perspective.  Throughout my life there have been certain people that just inspire the heck out of me and fill the hell out of my cup so that when were done hanging my creativity is piqued and my inspiration is sparked and I want to clean my space and write and live. But thos...

as always the case for me when it comes to Make your Damn Bed and basically ANY other content or human being that speaks to you ever - you should be generating your own informed opinions by looking at diverse and credible sources before communicating, or honestly even formulating, any opinions of your own, and I Julie Merica have not ever claimed to know what the hell I am talking about - so it’s...

On a recent episode of Queer Eye (Craw Zaddy) the client (Todd) said something that hit me hard: "ya know sometimes, it's too easy too exist and too hard to live." and as someone who as fully agreed with that statement at certain times in my life, I now believe it's a trap. The effort you put into LIVING will make life easier - which will in turn make it easier to exist altogether which you'll no...

I've been vegetarian or vegan for the past 16 years so here are some of my go-to tips and tricks for increasing your plant intake and decreasing your consumption of meat. I would love to challenge you to do a meatless day every week or a meatless meal Monday or at least a mindful minute in which you search for more locally sourced products and research where your meat that you’re consuming actuall...

CW: Been really reevaluating my relationship with alcohol lately. Follow Samantha: https://www.empoweredspirituality.online/ If you have strategies that you use to set boundaries with yourself like “ill only spend $30, I’ll set intentions for every sip, I’ll switch to water after 2” whatever - let me know. Tag me @MYDBPodcast on IG or mydbpodcast@gmail.com   Support this show http://supporter...

good morning sunshine. This episode is Julie sharing a few thoughts about style, refreshing a space, and the energetic ties we hold to dust. Talk to you tomorrow! Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/make-your-damn-bed . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We often let ourselves get swept up in other peoples problems as a way to avoid dealing with our own bullshit or sometimes just because it’s hard not to - like I said - energy is contagious as fuck and toxic energy is the most contagious of all. So we have to definitely be aware of that reality and get comfortable catching ourselves when we start sinking into the cycles that we don’t want to get i...

Thank y'all for understanding I needed a minute. Sometimes all ya have to do is communicate you're having a problem and people may surprise you with a solution. There really is a lesson in everything, huh? Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/make-your-damn-bed . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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https://www.healthline.com/health/hedonic-treadmill#bottom-line The hedonic treadmill is a metaphor for the human tendency to pursue one pleasure after another. That’s because the surge of happiness that’s felt after a positive event is likely to return to a steady personal baseline over time. In the same way, the negative feelings you experience after a traumatic event also tend to soften with ti...

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HAPPY ANNIVERSARY MY LOVE! (how stinkin' amazing is it that the episode was somehow 11:11!? I almost cried. literally.) Truly couldn't be more excited to have pushed through my initial plan for 66 days and commit to 6 full ass beautiful seasons together. This episode is one of gratitude and genuine love for YOU for being the type of person in the world that the world needs right now - because if t...

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https://www.healthline.com/health/hedonic-treadmill#bottom-line Medically reviewed by  Timothy J. Legg, PhD, PsyD  — Written by  Rebecca Joy Stanborough, MFA : Rebecca’s article says:  Psychologists say that when human beings experience something good — a long-awaited promotion, a new car, a winning lottery ticket, for instance — the surge of happiness that’s experienced i...

@TIKTOKTRAUMADOC shared an amazing technique for battling our negative self talk that truly has made a huge difference in the way I speak to myself. She asks us to try WHAT IFFIRMATIONS instead of affirmations. Instead of saying:  ‘I deserve love.’ Ask yourself, ‘what if I deserve love?’  ‘I’m beautiful.’ Try ‘What if I believed I was beautiful?’ ‘I love my body.’ Try ‘What if I loved my...

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Learning how to take the note is not easy but it’s an important practice to master. The more you put yourself out there, and ask people for support the more you open yourself up to constructive criticism. Eventually, you may even seek it out as a way to level up because effectively applying constructive criticism can sometimes be the missing link between good and great work. Having someone else’s...

How to handle constructive criticism without crumbling like a nature's own bar: Breathe, stay calm, & just listen. Imagine a protective bubble that allows you to listen objectively & feel safe (you are!) Feel the feelings without reacting. If needed: cool down, ask relevant & productive follow up questions, and take appropriate accountability without deflecting. Reflect, apply any appl...

Once you reframe the ideas around criticism, you can better hear out the words that are being communicated to you and you may just walk away with a new perspective. That said, even if you get good at knowing why something is happening, it can still be difficult to have to actually bone up and sit through the experience in real time. Tomorrow I will share a structured way to get through a pers...