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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August 07, 20261817 || forgiveness is complicated
Forgiveness doesn’t mean forgetting everything they did and letting them back in. It means you’ve stopped poisoning yourself trying to hurt them.

SOURCE:

https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/adult-health/in-depth/forgiveness/art-20047692
https://envisiontherapydfw.com/forgiveness-isnt-trust-its-releasing-the-burden-they-left-behind/

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11min
August 06, 2026 1816 || trust your wings
“And if happiness should surprise you again, do not mention its previous betrayal. Enter into happiness, and burst.” Mahmoud Darwish

https://psychcentral.com/health/when-joy-feels-scary-resilience-building-practices#tips

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskWomen/comments/kmz35o/how_did_you_get_over_the_habit_of_constantly/

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DZFuUBNgY9npG08L_36uTE6cvYNBGfT3gMxEmU0/

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11min
August 05, 2026 1815 || access the self
The goal isn't to be constantly regulated, but to understand how to regulate so you can cope with disregulation appropriately. It's about building trust with your healing self, rather than being "healed" fully in some "final" way.

SOURCE:
https://worthyselfcare.com/why-calm-isnt-the-goal-nervous-system-resilience-is/

https://ifs-institute.com/resources/articles/evolution-internal-family-systems-model-dr-richard-schwartz-ph-d

https://www.cethni.com/awakening-the-inner-light-a-guide-to-buddha-nature-and-daily-practice/

https://www.enotalone.com/article/mental-health/therapy/10-tips-to-harmonize-your-inner-world-with-ifs-therapy-r13980/

https://www.mentallyfitpro.com/c/free-therapy-worksheets/internal-family-systems-worksheets

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11min
August 04, 2026 1814 || your true self
Our different parts are there to protect the true self, but these parts aren't static, permanent parts there to keep us from ourselves.

Through systems thinking + the multiplicity of the mind, we can integrate these parts to center our selves and allow them to act without interference.

SOURCE:
https://ifs-institute.com/resources/articles/evolution-internal-family-systems-model-dr-richard-schwartz-ph-d

https://www.enotalone.com/article/mental-health/therapy/10-tips-to-harmonize-your-inner-world-with-ifs-therapy-r13980/

https://www.mentallyfitpro.com/c/free-therapy-worksheets/internal-family-systems-worksheets

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11min
August 03, 2026 1813 || Internal Family Systems How To
There are no bad parts, only parts that need to be integrated.

SOURCE:
https://www.enotalone.com/article/mental-health/therapy/10-tips-to-harmonize-your-inner-world-with-ifs-therapy-r13980/
https://www.mentallyfitpro.com/c/free-therapy-worksheets/internal-family-systems-worksheets

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10min
August 01, 2026 part 2 friction is valuable
This is a re-release.

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10min
July 31, 2026 friction is valuable
This episode is a re-release.

"This is the economy now. Not a distribution of opportunity. A redistribution of friction. But friction isn’t the enemy!!!! It’s information. It tells us where things are straining and where care is needed and where attention should go.
And it's not all bad news. Because friction is also where new systems can emerge. Every broken interface, every overloaded professor, every delayed flight is pointing to something that could be rebuilt with actual intention."

THE SOURCE: https://kyla.substack.com/p/the-most-valuable-commodity-in-the

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10min
July 30, 20261812 || Internal Family Systems
In the therapy aspect you tend to work on learning to sit with each of the parts, hearing and respecting their roles, so you can better understand your own system and how to work alongside it.

centered self: Compassionate, curious, calm, clear, courageous, confident, creative, connected. Present, patient, playful, persistent, and keeps perspective
Exiles: wounded and carrying pain. Abandonment, fear, loneliness, shame, anxious,
Protectors: firefighters and managers. Firefighters deal with immediate threats, Distract, avoid, dissociate, Mangers work to keep you from future problems. Hyper-vigilant, avoidant,
The goal is to access the qualities of the Centered self to work with these wounded parts to

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9min
July 29, 20261811 || no bad parts
Similarly to the Pixar movie, INSIDE OUT, where her emotions are portrayed as totally different characters that experience different experiences and roles and access different memories. In IFS therapy, they refer to these characters as parts. A majority of your parts will take on protective roles, he uses the example of managers and firefighters, but other parts carry pain or trauma from past experiences, exiles, but crucially, there are NO BAD PARTS.

In the therapy aspect you tend to work on learning to sit with each of the parts, hearing and respecting their roles, so you can better understand your own system and how to work alongside it.

centered self: Compassionate, curious, calm, clear, courageous, confident, creative, connected. Present, patient, playful, persistent, and keeps perspective
Exiles: wounded and carrying pain. Abandonment, fear, loneliness, shame, anxious,
Protectors: firefighters and managers. Firefighters deal with immediate threats, Distract, avoid, dissociate, Mangers work to keep you from future problems. Hyper-vigilant, avoidant,
The goal is to access the qualities of the Centered self to work with these wounded parts to

SOURCE:

https://www.ceangail.ie/blog/tips-for-starting-internal-family-systems
https://ifs-institute.com/
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapy-types/internal-family-systems-therapy

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9min
July 28, 2026 1810 || vary some variables
the challenge of the unknown > the disappoint of the familiar

you have to change some variables if you're trying a new experiment

Study what you avoid. What makes you scared to act. Defensiveness is often protecting you from something you are afraid to face, but if you face it, you may realize your guard being up against it was the biggest hurdle.

Leverage your effort into longterm upkeep of all the goodness in your life. Small repeated actions are what add up to create your life, so don’t let it pass you by waiting for it to arrive.

"It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the most responsive to change." - Charles Darwin

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