Make Your Damn Bed
by Julie Merica
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1902 || rewire your brain in a few weeks
1902 || rewire your brain in a few weeks
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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!
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Episodes
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- 1902 || rewire your brain in a few weeks · 10 minYour brain is adaptable as heck, and it's adapting to our behavior whether we realize it or not. Why not get involved? Mindfulness changes your brain structure, in just a few…
- 1901 || proven ways to enhance neuroplasticity · 10 minIt's about consistency, not perfection. 10 Proven Strategies to Enhance Neuroplasticity 1. Embrace Continuous Learning 2. Aerobic Exercise 3. Mindfulness Meditation 4…
- 1900 || focus on what you want, not what you don't · 11 minWhat if you focused on all the things you wanted, rather than what you didn't? We are pattern making machines. What you tend to, you help thrive. Your attention is the most…
- 1899 || we're only doomed if you feed into it · 12 minDoomerism is an epidemic (by design) so it's time we push back against it. The future is only hopeless, if you give up hope. If you believe “Everything’s broken, and nothing…
- 1898 || the rest is unwritten, the pen's in your hand · 9 minWe don't notice the progress because it's everywhere. We notice the terrible stuff because of cognitive biases, which is fair. But doomerism is a dangerous and slippery slope…
- 1897 || doomerism is dead · 11 minChoosing to look at the future as something you have a say in, is punk as fuck. Meliorism: The belief that the human condition can be improved through concerted effort. The…
- 1896 || stop trying to earn love · 11 minTrue 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…
- 1895 || dumbasses deserve love, too · 9 minI’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…
- 1894 || don't cosign your fears + insecurities · 10 minWhen 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…
- 1893 || how + why to vote if you haven't · 10 min"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…
- 1892 || intentional friction · 9 minModern 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…
- 1891 || spirit of the goal vs. the reward · 10 minHumans 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…
- 1890 || the spirit of the metrics · 11 minSometimes 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…
- 1889 || the tyranny of metrics · 11 minThe 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…
- 1888 || when the measure becomes the target · 11 min"When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure." - Goodhart’s Law We're not cogs in a machine. We are so much more than that. When we put all the emphasis on…
- 1887 || bossware: is your company spying on you 24/7? · 11 minAccording to Ronan Farrow, over 70% of employers use some form of digital monitoring. They rank you against your coworkers and flag you if they deem you as unproductive. They…
- 1886 || avarice (the greed is limitless) · 8 min"Every product is a bait with which to seduce away the other’s very being, his money; every real and possible need is a weakness which will lead the fly to the glue-pot." - Karl…
- another argument against billionaires · 9 minToday is a re-release of an old episode, I'll be back Monday with the follow up to the Karl Marx series. The inequality crisis is obscene and violent. You cannot be an ethical…
- the case against billionaires · 10 minToday is a re-release of an old episode, I'll be back Monday with the follow up to the Karl Marx series. The inequality crisis is obscene and violent. You cannot be an ethical…
- 1885 || money reduces everything to a need for more money · 10 min"Every product is a bait with which to seduce away the other’s very being, his money; every real and possible need is a weakness which will lead the fly to the glue-pot." - Karl…
- 1884 || Karoshi · 10 minWe’ve been strategically stripped of our ability to relax, which has taken away our ability to create, and most of us have completely forgotten how to have fun and goof off and…
- 1883 || addiction vs expansion · 10 minThe addict has found the right door but is using the wrong key. Research: People hate to think Reading: Jung on addiction Article: How to Stop Phone Addiction Video: 7…
- 1882 || your focus is a commodity · 10 minYou are born worthy, and you are worthy now. No matter how productive you are, you are still inherently valuable. It's time we designed a system that reflected that reality. •…
- 1881 || practice strategic underachievement · 10 minRemember, C's get degrees and nobody is checking your grades after you graduate. Resist identifying with your work ethic. Resist the hedonic treadmill. Resist shaming yourself…
- 1880 || refusing without withdrawal · 11 minDoing nothing doesn't mean turning your back on the world. Instead, we must "stand apart" and view things from a new perspective without withdrawing completely. You can't…
- 1879 || the art of refusal not withdrawal · 10 minRather than fleeing society completely, the idea of "doing nothing" means disengaging from the toxic demands of continuous capitalist productivity, social media optimization, and…
- 1878 || doing nothing is doing something · 10 minThis is real. You are real. You reading this is real. Extend the time you have by paying attention to what is real. Even when it's uncomfortable. This is how you reclaim your…
- 1877 || unproductive and still worthy · 10 minCapitalism has shaped our economies, our politics, and our emotional psychology. A society that puts profits > people will trickle down into our own personal value systems. We…
- 1876 || the cost of living is killing yourself to stay alive · 11 minCapitalism has turned the natural, balancing, grounding act of creation into just another way to make money. It’s turned every feeling into a hostile takeover of our money making…
- 1875 || emotions are rational, actually · 11 minWe have been conditioned to believe emotions are irrational, feminine, and something to be suppressed. But rationality and emotionality are not mutually exclusive. In fact, they…
- 1874 || rights don't actually exist · 10 minRights are social agreements. If they can be taken away by the "higher power" at any time, they are not "rights" they are privileges. What constitutes a right changes over time…
- 1873 || expressive emotions vs. suppression · 12 minHow we display our emotions vary based on where we were born. There are consequences to our cultural influences. •…
- 1872 || socialized emotion · 11 minThe expression of our emotions, the value we put on them, and how we're affected by them is dependent on how we're socialized. The importance we put on certain emotions varies…
- 1871 || emotions are manufactured · 9 minEmotions feel so internally important, but they are actually impacted by so much more than my personal experience. Our society manipulates our emotions and exploits us through…
- 1870 || when our emotions aren't ours · 11 minOur emotional states are heavily influenced by the stories we hear, but we tend to forget the narrative and only remember the "feelings". This means we can be influenced by…
- 1869 || emotions are stories that impact our behaviors · 12 minWe should be paying attention to what emotions DO rather than what they ARE. We assign emotional values to things because of the way we're taught in our culture. Our emotions…
- 1868 || the emotion economy · 12 minEmotions circulate and accumulate value across our society through repetition. We must pay attention to what these emotions DO rather than what they ARE. We assign emotional…
- 1867 || empathy isn't a sin · 9 minLove should not be harsh or tough. Empathy isn't a sin. It's a crucial aspect to our humanity. If you hear that empathy is a sin, that's a way to avoid the cognitive dissonance…
- 1866 || compassionate empathy · 11 minWe must incorporate moral reasoning, altruism, and compassion into our empathy. Otherwise, we may end up blinded by biases we can't even see. THE SOURCES: •…
- 1865 || the empathy trap · 10 minToo much empathy is not always a good thing. Human empathy is highly selective, which means it's not always "fair" or objective. Fortunately, there are ways to be empathetic…
- 1865 || when it's all too familiar, make life strange · 10 minWhen things become familiar, we ignore their magic. Defamiliarization is a way to reclaim that magic. It's a way to renew our perception and reclaim meaning. It is the function…
- 1864 || your thoughts aren't real · 10 minYour thoughts aren't real until you make them real with your reactions. Don't let them snowball into something worse by giving them more credit than they are due. Learning to…
- 1863 || is it anxiety or intuition? · 11 minAnxiety yells, intuition whispers. Thoughts are not reality until you allow them to become it. Use discernment and don't act from a place of fear. THE SOURCES: •…
- 1862 || neurotic needs (official version) · 12 min(The previous version was yesterday's episode, I am so sorry! But this is the updated one.) The three broad categories of neurotic needs essentially describe how people can cope…
- 1862 || levels of neuroticism · 11 minWe exist on a spectrum of neuroticism. Naturally, the more self-aware you are, the more anxiety you will experience about you existence. That said, neuroticism is manageable with…
- 1861 || put in your 2 cents or end up 2 cents short · 12 minWe've been conditioned to betray ourselves at every turn, so much so that many of us don't have a clue on what we actually want or who we actually are. We have been taught to…
- 1860 || questioning yourself · 11 minIt's not a problem that you didn't know, it becomes a problem if you're not willing to update your understanding based on evidence. Ask for clarification, evidence, and be…
- 1859 || negative thoughts are the "fake news" of the psyche · 10 minCore beliefs are our most deeply held assumptions about ourselves and the world around us. They shape our behaviors and our reality. Some need to be challenged and some just need…
- 1858 || automatic negative thoughts · 11 mincognitive dissonance is unavoidable and sometimes even helpful, but we have to be willing to consciously address the ways we're not aligning with our values so we can be a part…
- 1857 || don't bury the discomfort · 11 minHaving negative core beliefs doesn't just affect how we see the world, but it affects how the world sees us. We all have rules that guide our behavior and choices. We might not…
