The Merriment Making Podcast
Hi, welcome to the Merriment Making Podcast!
I’m your host, Mary ”Uncustomary” England. Founder of Uncustomary.org the Merriment Making Movement.
This is where you want to be if you’re interested in continuing your personal evolution by confronting your fears so you can reconnect to your childlike sense of wonder through merriment, creativity, and optimism.
I hope you take away what inspires you to create a life that’s colorful, creative, and feels good to you on purpose.
- Update frequency
- every 8 days
- Average duration
- 25 minutes
- Episodes
- 126
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Why My Membership Group Is Better
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17 Happy Habits + Tips To Boost Your Mental Health
What boxes have you evolved out of, like a hermit crab moving onto a different shell?
In this episode, I talk about some of my boxes and differences between 2012 and 2022 Mary. Plus, I share some (17…
A Brain Scare, Relationship Roles, + My Second Book!
An update on my brain, discussion of relationship role dynamics, and finishing my second book!
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I Can Do Anything And I Don’t Have To Do Anything
An excerpt from Chapter 11 of my second book, Merriment Making: A Guide To Getting Back Your Joy!
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I Have Autism
I found out I have Autism a week before I turned 34. Let's talk about the grieving process, stigma, overwhelm, jargon, creating perspective, gratitude, hope, and radical self-love.
A Free Book Chapter On Magic
This is the audio version of Chapter 10 of my second book, "Merriment Making: A Guide To Getting Back Your Joy". This chapter talks about MAGIC!
This chapter is part of a much greater work that is my…
Getting Split Wide Open
Warning: Discusses PTSD
An overview of the most profound week of my life where I feel like I got all the answers my body and brain were waiting for.
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Synchronistic Seal Story
That time I saw a seal that pulled everything together. Let's celebrate rest and remember to play!
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Merriment Making Is Magic
We are all Merriment Makers. Merriment Makers are one with Magic. Magic is Merriment Making. Merriment Making is Magic.
Come join me, to dance around inside the triple M's what I believe to be the m…
Bullsh*t Breakthroughs
Why breakthroughs are bullshit and how to capitalize on the epiphanies instead.
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Full Circle Softenings
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Plus a general life musings update.
Be On The Side Of Kindness
First, examining the language we are using about what "side" of the war we're on and how damaging and toxic that can be all the way down to a micro level.
Second, imploring you to play for yourself a…
Operation Merriment: Why Action Beats Theory
Getting out of the sparkly allure of theory and labels and into the action of what we really care about.
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Bringing My Business Back To The Basics
In this episode I share the results of my three week reflection period after announcing I'm purging self-help and where I'm taking my business in the future, as well as some tips about how to celebra…
Why I’m Purging Everything Self-Help
After 10 years, I'm purging everything self-help and I've never been happier. Here's why...
Relationship With Life: No Longer Complicated
I have always chosen and believed my relationship with life has been and needed to be complicated. Recently, I've had a bit of an "Office Space" epiphany and started creating art again, and I'm reali…
Why I Struggle With Mental Illness Labels
Opening up about struggling with sharing about mental illness or using labels for mental illness or body positivity.
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Gabi Rosie: Creating Our Own Reality
Today, I'm talking to Gabriella Rosie, the amazing Creatrix. She's radically a believer in love, art, and magic and she walks her walk in a beautiful way. It's honestly difficult to introduce this cr…
What Is Merriment Making?
In this solo podcast, I go over my FAVORITE topic: Merriment Making!
+ Origin of Merriment
+ My definition of Merriment Making
+ How and why embodying joy tends to be the most difficult part
+ We can…
Marlee Liss: Restorative Justice - Compassion In The Grey
Today, I'm talking to Marlee Liss! She is a reclamation coach, speaker, author, and restorative justice advocate. She is a queer, Jewish, feminist sparkly queen, and I'm so glad I got the opportunity…