Make Your Damn Bed

Sympathy is recognizing + understanding someone else’s situation. Empathy is sharing in it. Sympathy typically focuses more on my personal experience or my own instinctual reaction to your situation,…

fast fashion? more like fast trashon... amirite?

BUY SOME MERCH: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/make-your-damn-bed-podcast?ref_id=27657

WATCH: www.youtube.com/juliemerica

GET A MONTHLY NOTE FROM ME: w…

Social prescriptions are popular in other countries but since it's not an option in the states, it becomes our responsibility to figure out what we need to support our mental health.

BUY SOME MERCH:…

When I feel resistance to leaving the house, it can be hard to understand if it's a legitimate reason or if I am just avoiding the transition of having to put on pants. Today, I share my strategies i…

self isolation is the objective lack of connectedness where loneliness is the perceived lack of connectedness. isolation from social things can be healthy - as long as it's restorative + restful.

WAT…

ever look at all the stuff you need to do and feel your ability to do anything about it fully SHUT DOWN? Just me? Finding my fight with executive dysfunction to be a very complicated one, what worked…

I've recently binged every piece of content from Aubrey Gordon + fallen deeper in love with her (and myself) as a result.

The article I referenced: https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/22276896/fat-aubr…

here are some common characteristics of a cult.

WATCH: www.youtube.com/juliemerica

GET A MONTHLY NOTE FROM ME: www.makeyourdamnbedpodcast.com

TUNE IN ON INSTAGRAM FOR COOL CONTENT: www.instagram.com/my…

Most people aren't self-aware about how much they lack self-awareness. Here's how to build that:

1. listen to honest feedback without judgement.
2. practice pausing between reactions to emotions.
3. learn how…

Josefin Hedlund rocked me with this mind-blowing article: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/transformation/revolutionary-love/ and I had to share it with you.

"Instead of seeing love as some mystical …

WATCH: www.youtube.com/juliemerica

GET A MONTHLY NOTE FROM ME: www.makeyourdamnbedpodcast.com

TUNE IN ON INSTAGRAM FOR COOL CONTENT: www.instagram.com/mydbpodcast

OR BE A REAL GEM + TUNE IN ON PATREON: …

This episode has a video element available now at https://youtu.be/wDRzlMI2H0U - in case you wanna see my face while we cover Emotional Intelligence and why I believe it's more a valuable/reputable t…

I tend to get quickly attached to people who are emotionally unavailable because it resembles the patterns I am trying to heal from my childhood. The more aware I get of this pattern, the less likely…

oh hi - please remember you are allowed (and encouraged) to set + uphold boundaries with people. you can let people know you won't be engaging in debates over the morality of food, weight gain or los…

we often feel the pull to focus on where we lack + the reasons why we lack; but lately I've noticed how focusing on bridging the gap between what is and what I most want, has made the gap feel so muc…

recognizing the lack I feel when people are telling me they care about me has been a major wake up call - but realizing I put myself in partnerships that reaffirm my fears of being unlovable was even…

hate to be the one to break it to you - but you're likable and I am here to show you the steps in how to allow yourself to be liked in the way you deserve for once, okay!?

RESOURCE USED TODAY: https:…

After sharing yesterday's tips, I second guessed how many "rules" we're put out as a methodology - when in reality? People who we're connected to - don't need rules. They don't need regulations. They…

Since the pandemic, the idea of making eye contact with someone is more terrifying to me than a bathtub full of spiders. I have practiced many techniques to improve my connectivity with others while …

How much of your sense of self worth relies on your relationship status? or the quality within them? Life gets better when we stop putting our self worth on partnerships + potential relationship stat…