Make Your Damn Bed

title credit: Alkaline Trio or read today's episode, here.The only thing that has helped me to stop doom scrolling was remembering that worst people in the world want me to doom scroll.We've become inundated and confused and overwhelmed and scared. And that's by design.They're banking on us disconnecting. They've invested a lot in forcing us to tap out. I don't like people telling me what to do and how to think. You're gonna buy in sometimes, but when you realize it? Resist that shit as hard as you can.Action is the remedy to hopelessness. Hope is a verb.Someone once said, if you’re scared to lose your life you already have, and that stuck with me.If we want real change in the long term? That requires us to be comfortable changing something now.Things don’t change unless I do, and if I’m being honest with myself? It’s beyond time for a few changes.Future Hope: https://transitionnetwork.org/Read Julie's Medium Blog.SUPPORT JULIE (and the show!)DONATE to the Palestinian Children's Relief Fund AND THE Sudan Relief FundGET AN OCCASIONAL PERSONAL EMAIL FROM ME: www.makeyourdamnbedpodcast.comTUNE IN ON INSTAGRAM AND YOUTUBESUBSCRIBE FOR BONUS CONTENT ON PATREON.The opinions expressed by Julie Merica and Make Your Damn Bed Podcast are intended for entertainment purposes only. Make Your Damn Bed podcast is not intended or implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.

"Easy to spot a yellow car when you are always thinking of a yellow car.Easy to spot opportunity when you are always thinking of opportunity.Easy to spot reasons to be mad when you are always thinking of being mad,You become what you constantly think about. Watch yourself." - @CryptoSenecaRed Balloon Post on Tumblr Mary Oliver's poem: Don't HesitatePriming on very well mind: https://www.verywellmind.com/priming-and-the-psychology-of-memory-4173092 Youtube Video on Priming: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onSJvUgBG38Pete Holmes on Self-Priming https://www.tiktok.com/@unconquerable_life/video/7547849798762663198Wiki Priming: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priming_(psychology)Read a few episode scripts on Julie's Medium Blog.SUPPORT JULIE (and the show!)DONATE to the Palestinian Children's Relief Fund AND THE Sudan Relief FundGET AN OCCASIONAL PERSONAL EMAIL FROM ME: www.makeyourdamnbedpodcast.comTUNE IN ON INSTAGRAM AND YOUTUBESUBSCRIBE FOR BONUS CONTENT ON PATREON.The opinions expressed by Julie Merica and Make Your Damn Bed Podcast are intended for entertainment purposes only. Make Your Damn Bed podcast is not intended or implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.

What is the most you'd pay for lunch? What about baby formula? What about an uber home when your battery is on 1%? Those numbers will be different depending on your mood, location, and personality. Dynamic Pricing is a way for companies to exploit us out of the most possible money, by creating a personalized "profile" they can use to manipulate you into more profits. This is a form of priming that we all need to pay attention to. Watch: RONAN FARROW ON DYNAMIC PRICING. “The world makes much less sense than you think. The coherence comes mostly from the way your mind works.” - Daniel Kahneman, Thinking Fast and SlowPriming on very well mind: https://www.verywellmind.com/priming-and-the-psychology-of-memory-4173092 Youtube Video on Priming: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onSJvUgBG38Pete Holmes on Self-Priming https://www.tiktok.com/@unconquerable_life/video/7547849798762663198Wiki Priming: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priming_(psychology)Read a few episode scripts on Julie's Medium Blog.SUPPORT JULIE (and the show!)DONATE to the Palestinian Children's Relief Fund AND THE Sudan Relief FundGET AN OCCASIONAL PERSONAL EMAIL FROM ME: www.makeyourdamnbedpodcast.comTUNE IN ON INSTAGRAM AND YOUTUBESUBSCRIBE FOR BONUS CONTENT ON PATREON.The opinions expressed by Julie Merica and Make Your Damn Bed Podcast are intended for entertainment purposes only. Make Your Damn Bed podcast is not intended or implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.

How do you naturally prime yourself for your day? Brushing your teeth to feel refreshed, playing hype music to get in a better mood, opening windows to let in fresh air. These are all forms of priming that affect how our mind feels going into things. We associate familiarity with ease. What do we do when people use priming with negative intentions?"Start by cultivating environmental awareness. Look around your workspace, your living room, and your digital feeds. What are they priming you for? Does your phone's home screen, filled with news and social media apps, prime you for distraction and outrage? Does your desk, cluttered with unfinished tasks, prime you for anxiety? You have the power to curate your environment." -  madeupmind.org “The world makes much less sense than you think. The coherence comes mostly from the way your mind works.” - Daniel Kahneman, Thinking Fast and SlowPriming on very well mind: https://www.verywellmind.com/priming-and-the-psychology-of-memory-4173092 Youtube Video on Priming: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onSJvUgBG38Pete Holmes on Self-Priming https://www.tiktok.com/@unconquerable_life/video/7547849798762663198Wiki Priming: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priming_(psychology)Read a few episode scripts on Julie's Medium Blog.SUPPORT JULIE (and the show!)DONATE to the Palestinian Children's Relief Fund AND THE Sudan Relief FundGET AN OCCASIONAL PERSONAL EMAIL FROM ME: www.makeyourdamnbedpodcast.comTUNE IN ON INSTAGRAM AND YOUTUBESUBSCRIBE FOR BONUS CONTENT ON PATREON.The opinions expressed by Julie Merica and Make Your Damn Bed Podcast are intended for entertainment purposes only. Make Your Damn Bed podcast is not intended or implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.

“The world makes much less sense than you think. The coherence comes mostly from the way your mind works.” - Daniel Kahneman, Thinking Fast and SlowPriming on very well mind: https://www.verywellmind.com/priming-and-the-psychology-of-memory-4173092 Youtube Video on Priming: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onSJvUgBG38Pete Holmes on Self-Priming https://www.tiktok.com/@unconquerable_life/video/7547849798762663198Wiki Priming: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priming_(psychology)Read a few episode scripts on Julie's Medium Blog.SUPPORT JULIE (and the show!)DONATE to the Palestinian Children's Relief Fund AND THE Sudan Relief FundGET AN OCCASIONAL PERSONAL EMAIL FROM ME: www.makeyourdamnbedpodcast.comTUNE IN ON INSTAGRAM AND YOUTUBESUBSCRIBE FOR BONUS CONTENT ON PATREON.The opinions expressed by Julie Merica and Make Your Damn Bed Podcast are intended for entertainment purposes only. Make Your Damn Bed podcast is not intended or implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.

Priming is not some all-powerful button that can reliably control someone's complex actions. Instead, they are small nudges that interact with a person's existing goals, personality, and environment. - Madeupmind.org on primingPriming on very well mind: https://www.verywellmind.com/priming-and-the-psychology-of-memory-4173092 Youtube Video on Priming: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onSJvUgBG38Pete Holmes on Self-Priming https://www.tiktok.com/@unconquerable_life/video/7547849798762663198Wiki Priming: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priming_(psychology)Read a few episode scripts on Julie's Medium Blog.SUPPORT JULIE (and the show!)DONATE to the Palestinian Children's Relief Fund AND THE Sudan Relief FundGET AN OCCASIONAL PERSONAL EMAIL FROM ME: www.makeyourdamnbedpodcast.comTUNE IN ON INSTAGRAM AND YOUTUBESUBSCRIBE FOR BONUS CONTENT ON PATREON.The opinions expressed by Julie Merica and Make Your Damn Bed Podcast are intended for entertainment purposes only. Make Your Damn Bed podcast is not intended or implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.

shame thrives in secrecy. sometimes just recognizing your shame arising is enough to stop it, but when that isn't enough? maybe you need a break. grounding exercises have changed my life. sometimes i really just needed a sandwich or a nap. but when noticing + grounding isn't enough? there's the art of priming. Priming on very well mind: https://www.verywellmind.com/priming-and-the-psychology-of-memory-4173092 Youtube Video on Priming: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onSJvUgBG38Pete Holmes on Self-Priming https://www.tiktok.com/@unconquerable_life/video/7547849798762663198Wiki Priming: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priming_(psychology)Read a few episode scripts on Julie's Medium Blog.SUPPORT JULIE (and the show!)DONATE to the Palestinian Children's Relief Fund AND THE Sudan Relief FundGET AN OCCASIONAL PERSONAL EMAIL FROM ME: www.makeyourdamnbedpodcast.comTUNE IN ON INSTAGRAM AND YOUTUBESUBSCRIBE FOR BONUS CONTENT ON PATREON.The opinions expressed by Julie Merica and Make Your Damn Bed Podcast are intended for entertainment purposes only. Make Your Damn Bed podcast is not intended or implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.

YOU DON’T HAVE TO READ THE FILES. There are plenty of people pulling all nighters with this shit for their actual job, you (likely) don’t have to. You can’t retroactively stop these crimes by learning about them. Also, this has been one of the biggest assaults on victims privacy in history, the reductions protect the criminals, not the victims. You don’t have to fucking read them. If you’re going to read them? PROTECT YOUR ENERGY. You can’t be an effective person that makes any type of change if you’re incapacitated by fear and despair. We talked about “flooding the zone” at the beginning of his presidency, and we’re talking about it again today. This is a tactic to overwhelm the masses into inaction. Don’t feed the machine. Set boundaries. Set limits. Put on an invisible cloche and protect your energy subconsciously. Respect yourself enough to know when a conversation isn’t productive or an article isn’t helpful or a feeling isn’t permanent. Don’t engage with the information, engage with the emotions + what they make you want to do. Rage and grief are normal reactions, but feeding into the things making you feel that way, instead of what the feelings are attempting to communicate, can create a cycle of inaction and frustration. Engage with what the feelings are communicating, not the content making you feel those feelings. Let that push you into some sort of connection or advocacy. Not just because it’s the right thing to do, but because it will make you feel better about doing the right thing, and we need more of that energy right about now. Watch Therapy Jeff's Post from a therapist about the epstein files. Read a few episode scripts on Julie's Medium Blog.SUPPORT JULIE (and the show!)DONATE to the Palestinian Children's Relief Fund AND THE Sudan Relief FundGET AN OCCASIONAL PERSONAL EMAIL FROM ME: www.makeyourdamnbedpodcast.comTUNE IN ON INSTAGRAM AND YOUTUBESUBSCRIBE FOR BONUS CONTENT ON PATREON.The opinions expressed by Julie Merica and Make Your Damn Bed Podcast are intended for entertainment purposes only. Make Your Damn Bed podcast is not intended or implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.

(Content warning) The whole point of patriarchy is to dominate. To exert power over the powerless. To brutalize people to the point of submission. Imperialism, colonialism, slavery… These things were never about having enough resources to survive, as the dirty ass settlers and hideous ass enslavers tended to have plenty of means. Hierarchy will always result in someone being on top, and someone being on bottom. The patriarchy has always been about power. And what could offer a more efficient way to exploit others for power than in committing the most heinous, violent, volatile, and truly unbelievable acts on literal children? Nothing.  Patriarchy, unchecked and in its purest form, is pedophilic. BUT this is a cultural problem, and cultures can adapt. Many cultures don't have this same hierarchy. There are better options. Sure, this has been a huge issue for generations, which is why I think we should take advantage of the fact that we're finally talking about it and change the fucking culture. Read a few episode scripts on Julie's Medium Blog.SUPPORT JULIE (and the show!)DONATE to the Palestinian Children's Relief Fund AND THE Sudan Relief FundGET AN OCCASIONAL PERSONAL EMAIL FROM ME: www.makeyourdamnbedpodcast.comTUNE IN ON INSTAGRAM AND YOUTUBESUBSCRIBE FOR BONUS CONTENT ON PATREON.The opinions expressed by Julie Merica and Make Your Damn Bed Podcast are intended for entertainment purposes only. Make Your Damn Bed podcast is not intended or implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.