Radio and PodcastRadio and PodcastLive Radio & Podcasts
Make Your Damn Bed cover
Education

Make Your Damn Bed

Julie Merica

@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 season is 66 days long to encourage lo...

Episodes

20 of 1,901 episodes

1873 || expressive emotions vs. suppression

How we display our emotions vary based on where we were born. There are consequences to our cultural influences. https://pressbooks.bccampus...

11:40Oct 10, 2026

1872 || socialized emotion

The 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 importanc...

10:41Oct 8, 2026

1871 || emotions are manufactured

Emotions feel so internally important, but they are actually impacted by so much more than my personal experience. Our society manipulates o...

8:55Oct 7, 2026

1870 || when our emotions aren't ours

Our emotional states are heavily influenced by the stories we hear, but we tend to forget the narrative and only remember the "feelings". Th...

11:25Oct 6, 2026

1868 || the emotion economy

Emotions circulate and accumulate value across our society through repetition. We must pay attention to what these emotions DO rather than w...

11:45Oct 4, 2026

1867 || empathy isn't a sin

Love 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 w...

9:23Oct 3, 2026

1866 || compassionate empathy

We must incorporate moral reasoning, altruism, and compassion into our empathy. Otherwise, we may end up blinded by biases we can't even see...

10:55Oct 2, 2026

1865 || the empathy trap

Too much empathy is not always a good thing. Human empathy is highly selective, which means it's not always "fair" or objective. Fortunately...

9:57Oct 1, 2026

1864 || your thoughts aren't real

Your thoughts aren't real until you make them real with your reactions. Don't let them snowball into something worse by giving them more cre...

9:37Sep 29, 2026

1863 || is it anxiety or intuition?

Anxiety yells, intuition whispers. Thoughts are not reality until you allow them to become it. Use discernment and don't act from a place of...

11:01Sep 28, 2026

1862 || neurotic needs (official version)

(The previous version was yesterday's episode, I am so sorry! But this is the updated one.) The three broad categories of neurotic needs ess...

11:57Sep 27, 2026

1862 || levels of neuroticism

We exist on a spectrum of neuroticism. Naturally, the more self-aware you are, the more anxiety you will experience about you existence. Tha...

11:19Sep 26, 2026

1860 || questioning yourself

It'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...

10:38Sep 24, 2026

1858 || automatic negative thoughts

cognitive dissonance is unavoidable and sometimes even helpful, but we have to be willing to consciously address the ways we're not aligning...

10:34Sep 22, 2026

1857 || don't bury the discomfort

cognitive dissonance is unavoidable and sometimes even helpful, but we have to be willing to consciously address the ways we're not aligning...

11:14Sep 21, 2026

1856 || we're all hypocrites

A lot of us are forced to make decisions daily that don’t align with our values. Many of us continue working for or otherwise supporting the...

11:08Sep 20, 2026