Make Your Damn Bed
@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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- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 7 minutes
- Episodes
- 1580
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
1287 || hope guide to resisting political violence
"When threats achieve their intended results, they embolden those who use them. It’s clear that inciting PV has become politically or economically profitable for certain individuals and groups. Some …
1286 || stay engaged
"We shouldn’t think of our struggle as a finite game, but an infinite game in which there will be many different opportunities to engage. We should be learning how to do better from our failures and …
1285 || an activist's take on all this
"People also need to avoid conspiracy theories — and they need to avoid scaring people and doing the job of authoritarians for them. Political violence is a key strategy of authoritarians because it …
1284 || waging nonviolent resistance
Today I'm sharing some strategies on how to stay grounded during a trump presidency.
THE SOURCE :https://wagingnonviolence.org/2024/11/how-we-can-meet-challenges-of-authoritarianism/
THE OTHER SOURCE: …
re-release - reprioritizing survival mode
This is a re-release of episode 745: "getting out of survival mode" because I had a microphone issue and didn't want to ghost you on the final episode of the "grounding yourself after a Trump win" se…
re-release - core beliefs
This is a re-release of episode 888 "core beliefs" because I had a microphone issue and didn't want to ghost you on the final episode of the "grounding yourself after a Trump win" series.
But this one…
1283 || grounding yourself for a Trump presidency
Today I'm sharing some strategies on how to stay grounded during a trump presidency.
THE SOURCE: https://wagingnonviolence.org/2024/11/a-new-wave-of-movements-against-trumpism-is-coming/
THE OTHER SOUR…
1282 || staying grounded in a Trump win
Today I'm sharing some strategies on how to stay grounded during a trump presidency.
THE SOURCE: https://wagingnonviolence.org/2024/11/a-new-wave-of-movements-against-trumpism-is-coming/
THE OTHER SOUR…
1281 || more grounding strategies
Today I'm sharing some strategies on how to stay grounded during a trump presidency.
THE SOURCE: https://wagingnonviolence.org/2024/11/a-new-wave-of-movements-against-trumpism-is-coming/
THE OTHER SOU…
1280 || ways to feel grounded
there's a new wave of valuable movements on the horizon, and I highly suggest you catch one.
THE SOURCE: https://wagingnonviolence.org/2024/11/a-new-wave-of-movements-against-trumpism-is-coming/
THE OT…
1279 || new wave of movements
there's a new wave of valuable movements on the horizon, and I highly suggest you catch one.
THE SOURCE: https://wagingnonviolence.org/2024/11/a-new-wave-of-movements-against-trumpism-is-coming/
DONAT…
1278 || the first step
Some of us have work to do. Some of us are terrified, but we're ready to take action. This is your reminder to do it scared. Time will pass either way, so we may as well put in a fight along the way.…
1277 || the glass cliff + election anger
Another day of election grief ranting and some information on a "new-to-me" term: "The Glass Cliff".
Links to the inspirational resources I referenced are here:
Glass Cliff: https://en.wikipedia.org/w…
1276 || election hangover
Today I'm ranting about my election grief in lieu of a regular style episode.
Links to the inspirational resources I referenced are here:
Rebecca Solnit's Twitter: https://x.com/RebeccaSolnit ref_src…
1275 || build + broaden positive emotions
Today I'm sharing even more techniques using neuroscience to help us escape negative thought spirals. All this is extremely subjective and not meant to be used all at once. Pick one, try it, and give…
1274 || escaping doom spirals
Today I'm sharing even more techniques using neuroscience to help us escape negative thought spirals. All this is extremely subjective and not meant to be used all at once. Pick one, try it, and give…
1273 || dealing with a thought spiral
Today I'm sharing various techniques using neuroscience to help us escape negative thought spirals. All this is extremely subjective and not meant to be used all at once. Pick one, try it, and give i…
1272 || negative thought spirals
Today we're talking about some common cognitive distortions. Not to brag or anything, but I’m kind of a professional spiraler. I have done it so well for so long that my internal anxious voice has ta…
1271 || final thoughts on hope for cynics || patreon
"Cynicism is a tool of the status quo." - Jamil Zaki
"Billions of us are taught that life is a battle where winners take all and losers are everywhere. Our trust and hope are mocked as naive. By now,…
1270 || creative maladjustment || hope for cynics 9
"I am sure that we will recognize that there are some things in our society, some things in our world, to which we should never be adjusted. There are some things concerning which we must always be m…