Make Your Damn Bed

we may not be able to completely change + affect our reality where it is currently - but with persistence, we can learn to enjoy the experience of where we are now, and set mindful motions towards where we'd like to be. TUNE IN ON PATREON: www.patreon.com/MYDBpodcast SEE MY FACE + OTHER CONTENT: www.youtube.com/juliemerica GET A MONTHLY NOTE FROM ME: www.makeyourdamnbedpodcast.com TUNE IN ON INSTA...

different days will call for different things, especially when it comes to what your garden needs to thrive. even if it feels like most days are just spent "waiting" for your harvest to sprout up + show ya something. that said, if you can find some joy in the process, the weeding, the tending, and the nourishing - you crack the code to loving the garden through loving the gardening. TUNE IN ON PAT...

Not every day will be harvest day but not every day has to be a fertilizer day, either. Most days will involve some nourishment + hydration (normal tending) but most days will feel like a whole lot of waiting. Learn to love the wait. Learn to embrace the down time. Learn to lean into the faith that your foundations + experience are working below the surface of the soil to provide you with whatever...

The Technique: It may help to think of our mental health like our own personal garden. Everyone's foundations, needs, goals, and process will be unique + nuanced. Adaptability + balance is a big part in sustaining a flourishing garden. We can (+ will want to) apply general tips + tricks but what we need to be successful will be hyper specific to our personal situation. When we plant seeds, we must...

Mental health is our emotional, psychological, + social well-being (as well as our past experiences + heredity) all have an impact on how we think, feel, + act. These factors combine + affect the quality of our mental health, which influences how we deal with stress, interact with others, + make decisions. Generally, if our mental health sucks, so can our outlook, which can make us feel like our w...

Give yourself adequate time to process the process. When life gets a little too: 'go, go, go!' I have to schedule in processing time to sit + think about my day so I don't get bogged down with experience. I find the more I just push + power through any experiences or feelings (big or small), the less comfortable I feel in my body. My brain feels stressed + it takes a while to decompress at night,...

When you fall the slightest bit behind, do you feel overwhelmed by all the shit you're not doing? If so, you're probably like me + instead of doing the thing you're freaking out about not doing, you spend all that time freaking out about the freak out, instead. I've begun to embrace my "it's on the list, it'll get done" energy by intentionally utilizing the list but never overthinking the list. Th...

This is the last day of my summer break, so I will share my favorite concept I have ever realized as an adult (which is basically the fact that all of us are just wingin' it) TUNE IN ON PATREON: www.patreon.com/MYDBpodcast SEE MY FACE + OTHER CONTENT: www.youtube.com/juliemerica GET A MONTHLY NOTE FROM ME: www.makeyourdamnbedpodcast.com TUNE IN ON INSTAGRAM FOR DAILY(ish) QUOTES: www.instagram.com...

In the second to last episode for my summer break, I wanted to share my personal favorite message I have been thinking of for a while: from day 215 - finding your purpose. TUNE IN ON PATREON: www.patreon.com/MYDBpodcast SEE MY FACE + OTHER CONTENT: www.youtube.com/juliemerica GET A MONTHLY NOTE FROM ME: www.makeyourdamnbedpodcast.com TUNE IN ON INSTAGRAM FOR DAILY(ish) QUOTES: www.instagram.com/my...

Still on summer break for a few, enjoy this fan favorite from day 77. TUNE IN ON PATREON: www.patreon.com/MYDBpodcast SEE MY FACE + OTHER CONTENT: www.youtube.com/juliemerica GET A MONTHLY NOTE FROM ME: www.makeyourdamnbedpodcast.com TUNE IN ON INSTAGRAM FOR DAILY(ish) QUOTES: www.instagram.com/mydbpodcast   luh you. and don't forget to drink your damn water.   Support this show http://s...

Summer break is coming to an end for me so I wanted so share one of my favorite tips again. This one is from day 267: Change your language to improve your mindset.  YOU are not fat. You have fat. YOU are not depressed. You have depression. YOU are not insecure. You feel insecure.  You are far more than the identities you have created for yourself. And you need to change your language to...

we are always searching for evidence to confirm the way we think/feel/believe. insecurities become self-fulfilling if we don't take the time + conscious effort required to improve your mental health in the long run. reassure yourself + deny unhelpful/untruthful thoughts that pop up to convince your thoughts become beliefs, beliefs become what you search for, and what you search for becomes your re...

From day 269, Glimmers are incredibly welcomed shifts from the standard, anxious thoughts that often overtake our day. That said, like anything else, there's power in nuance + balance, so don't get too caught up in toxic positivity, but it may help to think about when you do get distracted - throughout the day - even if it’s good thoughts or positive distractions, it can easily interrupt our flow....

Taking a brief summer break and releasing the fan faves. Today I am featuring the most commented on episode from day 44 - Why demonize the coping mechanisms that potentially saved your life? Thank them, and move on graciously. Demonizing yourself or your behavior doesn't rectify it. Reflect, grow and move on. TUNE IN ON PATREON: www.patreon.com/MYDBpodcast SEE MY FACE + OTHER CONTENT: www.you...

Taking a summah break + re-releasing the fan favorites and today is 349 and the science behind our ability to know what makes us happy. Spoiler alert: we're pretty bad at it. TUNE IN ON PATREON: www.patreon.com/MYDBpodcast SEE MY FACE + OTHER CONTENT: www.youtube.com/juliemerica GET A MONTHLY NOTE FROM ME: www.makeyourdamnbedpodcast.com TUNE IN ON INSTAGRAM FOR DAILY(ish) QUOTES: www.instagram.com...

Taking a summah break + re-releasing the fan favorites. Today's feature is from day 248, all about outgrowing yourself. TUNE IN ON PATREON: www.patreon.com/MYDBpodcast SEE MY FACE + OTHER CONTENT: www.youtube.com/juliemerica GET A MONTHLY NOTE FROM ME: www.makeyourdamnbedpodcast.com TUNE IN ON INSTAGRAM FOR DAILY(ish) QUOTES: www.instagram.com/mydbpodcast   luh you. and don't forget to drink...

Taking a summah break + re-releasing the fan favorites. Today's feature is day 345 TUNE IN ON PATREON: www.patreon.com/MYDBpodcast SEE MY FACE + OTHER CONTENT: www.youtube.com/juliemerica GET A MONTHLY NOTE FROM ME: www.makeyourdamnbedpodcast.com TUNE IN ON INSTAGRAM FOR DAILY(ish) QUOTES: www.instagram.com/mydbpodcast   luh you. and don't forget to drink your damn water. Support this show ht...

Taking a summah break so re-releasing the fan favorites and most shared. This is day 234 - all about reframing regret. You can’t change the past - but you can learn from it. Don’t be afraid to sit in your regret for a moment, as long as you’re comfortable recognizing it as a signal of strength, too. You wouldn’t be the person you are today, unless you were bold enough to make the mistakes you made...

Taking a brief summer break and releasing the fan faves. Today I am featuring the most-shared episode - so hopefully it resonates again for ya. DAY 271 I generally advise we steer clear of obsessing over problems and people. The only thing you should obsess over is your own wellbeing. Feel free to get caught up in a new hobby or joy, but when day in and day out your thinking is always coming back...

Regardless of how we cut it - we live in a society that is constantly bombarding us with ideals and ways to think, live, abide by, - but when we let society dictate how we’re “supposed” to carry ourselves, how we’re supposed to live, breathe, be, do, go, do, act, be -  And as humans go - conformity makes sense, it allows us security - a sense of community, the safety of acceptance + being par...

Sober curious movement can have downsides, it can blur the lines and downplay the red flags of alcohol use disorder. Here are some common red flags to watch out for: You feel as if you need to cut back on drinking You can’t stop thinking about drinking/you’re preoccupied with alcohol cravings You can’t stop drinking If you do stop drinking, the effects of not drinking are worse than the side effec...

You're not broken, you just need a little break. The reason theres not a one size fits all fix to depression, suicidal ideation, etc is because you are unique and your experiences are unique, so we have to approach our own treatment + management as a recipe/guidebook that can be adaptable + reasonable to bridge from your current state.  TUNE IN ON PATREON: www.patreon.com/MYDBpodcast SEE MY F...

social drinking has become such a normalized part of culture that there is little nuance between sobriety and social drinkers. lately, I have become increasingly "sober curious" which means I am getting more comfortable taking breaks, moderating, and being more intentional with my consumption of alcohol in general. https://www.healthline.com/health/alcohol/sober-curious#takeaway TUNE IN ON PATREON...

We don't know what we don't know. The Dunning-Kruger effect is a cognitive bias in which people wrongly overestimate their knowledge or ability in a specific area. This tends to occur because a lack of self-awareness. TUNE IN ON PATREON: www.patreon.com/MYDBpodcast SEE MY FACE + OTHER CONTENT: www.youtube.com/juliemerica GET A MONTHLY NOTE FROM ME: www.makeyourdamnbedpodcast.com TUNE IN ON INSTAGR...

Our wardrobe can reflect our mood but it can also affect our mood.   TUNE IN ON PATREON: www.patreon.com/MYDBpodcast SEE MY FACE + OTHER CONTENT: www.youtube.com/juliemerica GET A MONTHLY NOTE FROM ME: www.makeyourdamnbedpodcast.com TUNE IN ON INSTAGRAM FOR DAILY(ish) QUOTES: www.instagram.com/mydbpodcast   luh you. and don't forget to drink your damn water. Support this show http://supp...