Make Your Damn Bed

We're doing a deep dive on Julia Cameron's 12 Week Process of The Artist's Way. This is week 3: "Remember that in order to recover as an artist, you must be willing to be a bad artist. Give yourself permission to be a beginner. By being willing to be a bad artist, you have a chance to be an artist, and perhaps, over time, a very good one." https://juliacameronlive.com/ GET AN OCCASIONAL PERSONAL E...

We're doing a deep dive on Julia Cameron's 12 Week Process of The Artist's Way. This is week 2: "Remember that in order to recover as an artist, you must be willing to be a bad artist. Give yourself permission to be a beginner. By being willing to be a bad artist, you have a chance to be an artist, and perhaps, over time, a very good one." https://juliacameronlive.com/ GET AN OCCASIONAL PERSONAL E...

We're doing a deep dive on Julia Cameron's 12 Week Process of The Artist's Way. This is week 2: "Remember that in order to recover as an artist, you must be willing to be a bad artist. Give yourself permission to be a beginner. By being willing to be a bad artist, you have a chance to be an artist, and perhaps, over time, a very good one." https://juliacameronlive.com/ GET AN OCCASIONAL PERSONAL E...

We're doing a deep dive on Julia Cameron's 12 Week Process of The Artist's Way. This is week 1: "Remember that in order to recover as an artist, you must be willing to be a bad artist. Give yourself permission to be a beginner. By being willing to be a bad artist, you have a chance to be an artist, and perhaps, over time, a very good one." https://juliacameronlive.com/ GET AN OCCASIONAL PERSONAL E...

We're doing a deep dive on Julia Cameron's 12 Week Process of The Artist's Way. This is week 1: "Remember that in order to recover as an artist, you must be willing to be a bad artist. Give yourself permission to be a beginner. By being willing to be a bad artist, you have a chance to be an artist, and perhaps, over time, a very good one." https://juliacameronlive.com/ GET AN OCCASIONAL PERSONAL E...

"We are all creative. Creativity is a natural life force that all can experience in one form or another. Just as blood is part of our physical body and is nothing we must invent, creativity is part of us and we each can tap into the greater creative energies of the universe and pull from that vast, powerful spiritual wellspring to amplify our own individual creativity. As a culture, we tend to def...

The overwhelm is real, and until I return to a more regular sense of whelm, I am going to go easy on myself if I don't have time for an explicit "date" with myself. Today's resources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Artist%27s_Way https://juliacameronlive.com/basic-tools/artists-dates/ Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/make-your-damn-bed . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mo...

counterwill is an important developmental function, but it can be a hindrance to healthy relationship develeopment. it's important to recognize it is an instinct, albeit a frustrating one. so remember when dealing with counterwill, it's important not to ignore the rebellion but also important not to force control. instead, we should pay attention + focus on our attachment in the relationship, inst...

“We may not be responsible for the way the world creates our mind, but we can learn to take responsibility for the mind with which we create our world.” - Gabor Maté If you didn't know, Gabor Maté is truly a great educator and I aspire to communicate ideas as meaningfully and effectively as he can. Until then, I'll just encourage everyone to check out the other amazing work he does: GABOR MATÉ'S W...

“We may not be responsible for the way the world creates our mind, but we can learn to take responsibility for the mind with which we create our world.” - Gabor Maté If you didn't know, Gabor Maté is truly a great educator and I aspire to communicate ideas as meaningfully and effectively as he can. Until then, I'll just encourage everyone to check out the other amazing work he does: GABOR MATÉ'S W...

Today I'm sharing some thoughts on and from Gabor Maté's book, Scattered Minds . While many of us don't have ADD/ADHD, I think learning about psychology at any specificity can be helpful to anyone with a brain - especially if you choose to communicate with anyone who also has a brain. Basically, we're all lil weirdos who's brains crave and need attention + it gets a little tricky if we're not awar...

let's get out there and make some beautiful trouble, shall we? LINK: https://ia600504.us.archive.org/4/items/BoydAndrewEdBeautifulTroubleAToolboxForRevolution/Boyd_Andrew_ed_Beautiful_Trouble_A_Toolbox_for_Revolution.pdf GET AN OCCASIONAL PERSONAL EMAIL FROM ME: www.makeyourdamnbedpodcast.com TUNE IN ON INSTAGRAM FOR COOL CONTENT: www.instagram.com/mydbpodcast OR BE A REAL GEM + TUNE IN ON PATREON...

Believe it or not, there's some great news coming in + I will do everything in my power to share it with you. From methane trackers, to AI medical advancements, there are plenty of brilliant people fighting the good fight with and for us. RESOURCE: https://www.positive.news/society/good-news-stories-from-week-10-of-2024/ GET AN OCCASIONAL PERSONAL EMAIL FROM ME: www.makeyourdamnbedpodcast.com TUNE...

Key quotes:  "...the way to keep the hungry hordes from storming the gates is by getting them food security now." "I made pro-social arguments for partnership and solidarity as the best approaches to our collective, long-term challenges. The way to get your guards to exhibit loyalty in the future was to treat them like friends right now, I explained. Don’t just invest in ammo and electric fen...

Solving any type of problem can be likened to digging a hole. It is laborious work. And as you continue to dig, the uprooting becomes tougher because the problems you deal with are more compacted and nuanced. That said - it's CRUCIAL we remember that it's a great sign that the work is getting harder. It means you're making progress. Don't get discouraged. Take breaks, be proud you have come this f...

"Tech billionaires are buying up luxurious bunkers and hiring military security to survive a societal collapse they helped create..." "Their extreme wealth and privilege served only to make them obsessed with insulating themselves from the very real and present danger of climate change, rising sea levels, mass migrations, global pandemics, nativist panic and resource depletion. For them, the futur...

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As soon as we label something that is ambiguous, we begin to "substitute the map for the territory". Learning to embrace uncertainty may quite possibly be the most valuable thing you can do for yourself. From Oxford Languages  · ambiguity: the quality of being open to more than one interpretation; inexactness. Wikiversity: https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Embracing_Ambiguity NIH:h ttps://...

I have spent so much time searching for that ONE hack/tip/trick/secret that was gonna change my life. I realized recently, that it's dramatically easier to change your entire life, when you stop focusing on changing your entire life + you simply focus on where you are NOW. Let me be clear, that won't stop me from sharing every decent "hack" I find along the way, but it may stop me from putting so...

Everyone wants to save the world, but nobody wants to help mom with the dishes. Resources: https://www.wikihow.com/Be-a-Hero-in-Real-Life GET AN OCCASIONAL PERSONAL EMAIL FROM ME: www.makeyourdamnbedpodcast.com TUNE IN ON INSTAGRAM FOR COOL CONTENT: www.instagram.com/mydbpodcast OR BE A REAL GEM + TUNE IN ON PATREON: www.patreon.com/MYDBpodcast OR WATCH ON YOUTUBE: www.youtube.com/juliemerica &nbs...

a pal on IG asked for this episode and I couldn't find the original post, so I figured I'd repost it for a Sunday special since i feel like most of us could use a lil pick me up again. Sending good vibes and I'll talk to you tomorrow!!!! GET AN OCCASIONAL PERSONAL EMAIL FROM ME: www.makeyourdamnbedpodcast.com TUNE IN ON INSTAGRAM FOR COOL CONTENT: www.instagram.com/mydbpodcast OR BE A REAL GEM + T...

Did y'all know about this??? I didn't and I think I'm obsessed. "Culture jamming  (sometimes also  guerrilla communication ) [1] [2]  is a form of protest used by many  anti-consumerist   social movements [3]  to disrupt or subvert  media culture  and its mainstream cultural institutions, including corporate  advertising . It attempts to "expose the met...

“White supremacy is a toxin. The older history textbooks were like syringes that injected the toxin of white supremacy into the mind of many gene rations of Americans.” - Historian Donald Yacovone . here's to ridding ourselves to that toxin, as best we can. resources for relearning: pbs program: https://www.pbs.org/hueypnewton/actions/actions_platform.html   Kenneth Stampp's article: https://...

Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, and _________. Lewis Howard Latimer has been erased from history lessons but the man should absolutely be a household name. Here's what I found: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Howard_Latimer   https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/04/us/biden-lightbulb-black-man-trnd/index.html   https://www.edisonfordwinterestates.org/historical-connection-lewis-latimer/...

Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, and _________. Lewis Howard Latimer has been erased from history lessons but the man should absolutely be a household name. Here's what I found: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Howard_Latimer   https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/04/us/biden-lightbulb-black-man-trnd/index.html   https://www.edisonfordwinterestates.org/historical-connection-lewis-latimer/...