Make Your Damn Bed

By 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 episode is around 10 minutes and i

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February 06, 20261690 || action is the antidote to despair
“Everything is blowing up around us, but there are still those who care about a broken lock, and others who are dutiful enough to try to fix it … But maybe that’s the way it should be. Maybe working on the little things as dutifully and honestly as we can, is how we stay sane when the world is falling apart.”― Haruki Murakami, Desire: Vintage Minis

assess your capacity (energy, time, resources, boundaries, expectations)
prepare for challenges (doomerism protection)
set intentions
get connected with your community, assess who is already there, and how you can contribute to those relationships.
take the first step in improving your relationship with your community.
take personal actions, collective actions, or share resources in the direction of your goal.
reflect and learn from your experience.
celebrate all progress
rest
prepare for the next action steps

Read episode scripts on Julie's Medium Blog.

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February 05, 20261690 || how to ground yourself when the ground is on fire
“Everything is blowing up around us, but there are still those who care about a broken lock, and others who are dutiful enough to try to fix it … But maybe that’s the way it should be. Maybe working on the little things as dutifully and honestly as we can, is how we stay sane when the world is falling apart.”― Haruki Murakami, Desire: Vintage Minis

assess your capacity (energy, time, resources, boundaries, expectations)
prepare for challenges (doomerism protection)
set intentions

Read episode scripts on Julie's Medium Blog.

SUPPORT JULIE (and the show!)
DONATE to the Palestinian Children's Relief Fund AND THE Sudan Relief Fund
GET AN OCCASIONAL PERSONAL EMAIL FROM ME: www.makeyourdamnbedpodcast.com
TUNE IN ON INSTAGRAM AND YOUTUBE
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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.
Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/make-your-damn-bed.
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10min
February 04, 2026 1689 || what's next? idk.
Know your rights:
Defend yourself against ICE raids
ICE in your area.
How allies can help against ICE raids

RESOURCES: The House Democrats ICE oversight.
American Immigration Council on Student Harm
The Conversation on ICE impact on student Trauma
The UN "ending world hunger costs less than 1% of military spending"
Cost to end vs not end homelessness
ICE isn't arresting criminals
The American Immigration Council on Mass Deportation

Read episode scripts on Julie's Medium Blog.

SUPPORT JULIE (and the show!)
DONATE to the Palestinian Children's Relief Fund AND THE Sudan Relief Fund
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February 03, 2026 1688 || reclaim what you care about
Every step in the right direction is a step in the right direction. Energetic changes are the best form of resistance we have. When you reclaim your energy, it gets easier to see clearly where you’re giving it away for free.

Read episode scripts on Julie's Medium Blog.

SUPPORT JULIE (and the show!)
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Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/make-your-damn-bed.
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10min
February 02, 2026 1687 || they lack imagination
“The scariest place you can be is believing nothing can be done, because something can always be done.” Dutch on Tiktok

"Cause and effect assumes history marches forward, but history is not an army. It is a crab scuttling sideways, a drip of soft water wearing away stone, an earthquake breaking centuries of tension." Rebecca Solnit on Substack

Ben Sheehan's Substack
PBS Civics Made Easy

Huffington Post on what we can do now.

Know your rights:
Defend yourself against ICE raids
ICE in your area.
How allies can help against ICE raids

RESOURCES: The House Democrats ICE oversight.
American Immigration Council on Student Harm
The Conversation on ICE impact on student Trauma
The UN "ending world hunger costs less than 1% of military spending"
Cost to end vs not end homelessness
ICE isn't arresting criminals
The American Immigration Council on Mass Deportation

Read episode scripts on Julie's Medium Blog.

SUPPORT JULIE (and the show!)
DONATE to the Palestinian Children's Relief Fund AND THE Sudan Relief Fund
GET AN OCCASIONAL PERSONAL EMAIL FROM ME: www.makeyourdamnbedpodcast.com
TUNE IN ON INSTAGRAM AND YOUTUBE
SUBSCRIBE 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.
Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/make-your-damn-bed.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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10min
February 01, 20261686 || it's not useless, but it's not everything
The future is unwritten, and most of us have access to our respective pens. Pick that shit up and make your mark. We have an affect regardless of what we do.

Film ICE when you see them.
Call your representatives. IT WORKS.

When you get overwhelmed with information? Go do something with it. Anything. Action is the remedy.

Ben Sheehan's Substack
PBS Civics Made Easy

Huffington Post on what we can do now.

Know your rights:
Defend yourself against ICE raids
ICE in your area.
How allies can help against ICE raids

RESOURCES: The House Democrats ICE oversight.
American Immigration Council on Student Harm
The Conversation on ICE impact on student Trauma
The UN "ending world hunger costs less than 1% of military spending"
Cost to end vs not end homelessness
ICE isn't arresting criminals
The American Immigration Council on Mass Deportation

Read episode scripts on Julie's Medium Blog.

SUPPORT JULIE (and the show!)
DONATE to the Palestinian Children's Relief Fund AND THE Sudan Relief Fund
GET AN OCCASIONAL PERSONAL EMAIL FROM ME: www.makeyourdamnbedpodcast.com
TUNE IN ON INSTAGRAM AND YOUTUBE
SUBSCRIBE 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.
Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/make-your-damn-bed.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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12min
January 31, 2026 1686 || tip of the iceberg
We don’t hear about the wins, because that would motivate you to go out and make your own.

"Because here is nothing more dangerous to a regime predicated on lies than witnesses who capture the truth." Jon Stewart

When you get overwhelmed with information? Go do something with it. Anything. Action is the remedy.

My lighthouses:
Dutch on Tiktok
Dasia Does it on Youtube
Struthless on Youtube
Rebecca Solnit on Substack

Know your rights:
Defend yourself against ICE raids
ICE in your area.
How allies can help against ICE raids

RESOURCES: The House Democrats ICE oversight.
American Immigration Council on Student Harm
The Conversation on ICE impact on student Trauma
The UN "ending world hunger costs less than 1% of military spending"
Cost to end vs not end homelessness
ICE isn't arresting criminals
The American Immigration Council on Mass Deportation

Read episode scripts on Julie's Medium Blog.

SUPPORT JULIE (and the show!)
DONATE to the Palestinian Children's Relief Fund AND THE Sudan Relief Fund
GET AN OCCASIONAL PERSONAL EMAIL FROM ME: www.makeyourdamnbedpodcast.com
TUNE IN ON INSTAGRAM AND YOUTUBE
SUBSCRIBE 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.
Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/make-your-damn-bed.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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12min
January 30, 2026 1684 || they're watching all of us
The churches aren't safe, the schools aren't safe, the streets aren't safe. The government is running a terrorist organization making our streets volatile and terrifying. The federal government is using their overreach to spy on you and me, so they can more easily kidnap innocent human beings.

Though the full impact of the technology is still being assessed, its usage and reach are expanding rapidly. Without safeguards, these tools risk deepening mistrust in public institutions and further alienating vulnerable families.

Today we talk about the harm in that, tomorrow we'll talk about what we can do about it.

Know your rights:
Defend yourself against ICE raids
ICE in your area.
How allies can help against ICE raids

RESOURCES: The House Democrats ICE oversight.
American Immigration Council on Student Harm
The Conversation on ICE impact on student Trauma
The UN "ending world hunger costs less than 1% of military spending"
Cost to end vs not end homelessness
ICE isn't arresting criminals
The American Immigration Council on Mass Deportation

Read episode scripts on Julie's Medium Blog.

SUPPORT JULIE (and the show!)
DONATE to the Palestinian Children's Relief Fund AND THE Sudan Relief Fund
GET AN OCCASIONAL PERSONAL EMAIL FROM ME: www.makeyourdamnbedpodcast.com
TUNE IN ON INSTAGRAM AND YOUTUBE
SUBSCRIBE 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.
Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/make-your-damn-bed.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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14min
January 29, 2026 1683 || who polices the police?
Who the hell is ICE hiring? What if the enforcers of the law are the ones who break it? Who polices the police?

ONLY 5% of those detained by ICE have a violent conviction, 73% never had a single conviction in their life. Yet, ICE is constantly hiring criminals who don't pass basic background checks.

Read about Deportation Industrial Complex from Brennan Law Center.
Read the Slate article about getting hired by ICE with ease.

Know your rights:
Defend yourself against ICE raids
ICE in your area.
How allies can help against ICE raids

RESOURCES: The House Democrats ICE oversight.
American Immigration Council on Student Harm
The Conversation on ICE impact on student Trauma
The UN "ending world hunger costs less than 1% of military spending"
Cost to end vs not end homelessness
ICE isn't arresting criminals
The American Immigration Council on Mass Deportation

Read episode scripts on Julie's Medium Blog.

SUPPORT JULIE (and the show!)
DONATE to the Palestinian Children's Relief Fund AND THE Sudan Relief Fund
GET AN OCCASIONAL PERSONAL EMAIL FROM ME: www.makeyourdamnbedpodcast.com
TUNE IN ON INSTAGRAM AND YOUTUBE
SUBSCRIBE 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.
Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/make-your-damn-bed.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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January 28, 20261682 || ICE + the depravity of undermining democracy
(content warning: sexual violence) ONLY 5% of those detained by ice have a violent conviction, 73% never had a damned Conviction in their life, and those that did have prior convictions, a majority of those were traffic + paperwork issues, because they WERE on the damned books, and trying to immigrate legally when the government went and changed the rules on them.

In episode 1344, I debunked some immigration myths, in 1345 I shared some resources about the rights that immigrants have in this country, and as much as I would like to never talk about these assholes again, it feels like it’s past time to talk about the nightmare in the room. ICE itself.

FACTS:
Olivia Rodrigo is older than ICE.
When ICE was founded they were given 3 billion of our tax dollars annually. This year they are promised 42 billion* of our tax dollars. *According to DHS they’ll be using $170 billion over next 4 years (170/4) **+ for context what we could do with that much money? Ending WORLD hunger is estimated to cost just $93 billion a year and were spending $170 billion on an agency that has been around less time than Kelly Clarkson’s has been an American Idol.
Between January 1 and January 13th of this year - that’s not even TWO WEEKS, there have been 26 cases of violent misconducts DURING RAIDS ALONE that have been VERIFIED and reported by the people who are actively funding said raids.
They are unregulated and violent, so there are many crimes going without acknowledgement.
Last year was the deadliest year on record for ICE, yet it was also their most profitable.
The AP recently reported that ICE officers have been given permission to enter homes without a warrant.

Know your rights:
Defend yourself against ICE raids
ICE in your area.
How allies can help against ICE raids

RESOURCES: The House Democrats ICE oversight.
American Immigration Council on Student Harm
The Conversation on ICE impact on student Trauma
The UN "ending world hunger costs less than 1% of military spending"
Cost to end vs not end homelessness
ICE isn't arresting criminals
The American Immigration Council on Mass Deportation

Read episode scripts on Julie's Medium Blog.

SUPPORT JULIE (and the show!)
DONATE to the Palestinian Children's Relief Fund AND THE Sudan Relief Fund
GET AN OCCASIONAL PERSONAL EMAIL FROM ME: www.makeyourdamnbedpodcast.com
TUNE IN ON INSTAGRAM AND YOUTUBE
SUBSCRIBE 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.
Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/make-your-damn-bed.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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How many episodes does Make Your Damn Bed have?

The podcast currently has 1,749 episodes available.

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