https://www.healthline.com/health/hedonic-treadmill#bottom-line The hedonic treadmill is a metaphor for the human tendency to pursue one pleasure after another. That’s because the surge of happiness that’s felt after a positive event is likely to return to a steady personal baseline over time. In the same way, the negative feelings you experience after a traumatic event also tend to soften with time. However, there’s good evidence to show that some kinds of happiness are more durable than others...
Feb 13, 2022•11 min
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Feb 13, 2022•38 min
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY MY LOVE! (how stinkin' amazing is it that the episode was somehow 11:11!? I almost cried. literally.) Truly couldn't be more excited to have pushed through my initial plan for 66 days and commit to 6 full ass beautiful seasons together. This episode is one of gratitude and genuine love for YOU for being the type of person in the world that the world needs right now - because if this show resonates with you, YOU ARE the magic. I am ridiculously excited to see where the next 365 ...
Feb 12, 2022•11 min
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Feb 11, 2022•7 min
Check out the full article here: https://www.healthline.com/health/hedonic-treadmill#bottom-line Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/make-your-damn-bed . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 10, 2022•7 min
https://www.healthline.com/health/hedonic-treadmill#bottom-line Medically reviewed by Timothy J. Legg, PhD, PsyD — Written by Rebecca Joy Stanborough, MFA : Rebecca’s article says: Psychologists say that when human beings experience something good — a long-awaited promotion, a new car, a winning lottery ticket, for instance — the surge of happiness that’s experienced is likely to return to a steady personal baseline over time. It’s a phenomenon known as the “hedonic treadmill,” sometimes also re...
Feb 09, 2022•8 min
@TIKTOKTRAUMADOC shared an amazing technique for battling our negative self talk that truly has made a huge difference in the way I speak to myself. She asks us to try WHAT IFFIRMATIONS instead of affirmations. Instead of saying: ‘I deserve love.’ Ask yourself, ‘what if I deserve love?’ ‘I’m beautiful.’ Try ‘What if I believed I was beautiful?’ ‘I love my body.’ Try ‘What if I loved my body?‘ When we form our affirmations into questions - our minds open up to the possibilities behind whatever it...
Feb 08, 2022•7 min
Good news source for this week: https://www.theskimm.com/news/10-good-news-moments-from-january-2022-5TvAkrstAJUyONg807dw8k Mj Rodriguez reaction: https://twitter.com/PopCrave/status/1480389921810444293?s=20 Inspiring story: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-12-24/conservationists-create-home-for-wildlife-north-of-l-a Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/make-your-damn-bed . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Feb 07, 2022•7 min
Learning how to take the note is not easy but it’s an important practice to master. The more you put yourself out there, and ask people for support the more you open yourself up to constructive criticism. Eventually, you may even seek it out as a way to level up because effectively applying constructive criticism can sometimes be the missing link between good and great work. Having someone else’s objective eyes on our process can be a great way to grow and level up, and shouldn’t be overlooked j...
Feb 06, 2022•8 min
How to handle constructive criticism without crumbling like a nature's own bar: Breathe, stay calm, & just listen. Imagine a protective bubble that allows you to listen objectively & feel safe (you are!) Feel the feelings without reacting. If needed: cool down, ask relevant & productive follow up questions, and take appropriate accountability without deflecting. Reflect, apply any applicable notes, and be gentle with yourself in the process. Get cathartic: release in a healthy way (j...
Feb 05, 2022•8 min
Once you reframe the ideas around criticism, you can better hear out the words that are being communicated to you and you may just walk away with a new perspective.That said, even if you get good at knowing why something is happening, it can still be difficult to have to actually bone up and sit through the experience in real time. Tomorrow I will share a structured way to get through a personal critique and hopefully give you a few tips to make the process a little less painful and a bit more c...
Feb 04, 2022•8 min
Any time I feel particularly discouraged, hopeless, or lost and need a pick me up, I play a very fun call and response game with the universe to remind me that life can be fun and more malleable if we get intentional with ourselves and our thoughts. How to initiate a play date with the universe: 1. Choose something to visualize + manifest. 2. Keep searching for that thing over the next week. That’s it. All you have to do is ask to see more _____ and you see get more ______. You’ll be shocked at ...
Feb 03, 2022•8 min
Michael Pollan's How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence "over time, we tend to optimize and conventionalize our responses to whatever life brings. Each of us develops our shorthand ways of slotting and processing everyday experiences and solving problems, and while this is no doubt adaptive—it helps us get the job done with a minimum of fuss—eventually it becomes rote. It dulls us. The muscles ...
Feb 02, 2022•7 min
Commercial breaks are actually good for you. Take a pause once in a while to remind yourself you're actually really enjoying the regularly scheduled programming. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/make-your-damn-bed . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 01, 2022•7 min
https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/wellness/story/81-year-tiktok-influencer-fitness-inspiration-75036202 "I think my advice is fairly simple: Do not do anything extreme - there is no need to -- and start slowly," said Rischko. "Just eat healthy, but do not chastise yourself." "And figure out what works for you," she added. "Find a sports activity that you enjoy because if you do not enjoy it you will not last, and if you are not as disciplined as I am, find a workout partner as it is not that ea...
Jan 31, 2022•7 min
Travel and vacationing is incredibly amazing for your brain and your emotional and mental well-being. And according to Forbes 63% of Americans say they go six months or longer without a vacation, with more than a quarter (28%) of respondents going a year or more between trips. So, if you’re one of these people who rarely take time off to vacation and can’t see how you could afford one, reframe your life to be one big ass vacation, instead. And maybe plan a real vacation for yourself to look forw...
Jan 30, 2022•7 min
Learning what I want took a lot of trial and error. Learning how to communicate it properly took even more trial and error. Now I know what I want and I've surely narrowed the playing field but at least now I am only scouting people who could actually make the roster. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/make-your-damn-bed . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jan 29, 2022•6 min
I took what scared me and listened to why - I realized it scared me because it was important to me not because the act itself was scary and I followed that fear home. Since then, my relationships with myself, others, and my passions have changed. I want you to take the amazing advice of Jay Sukow and follow your own fear. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/make-your-damn-bed . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jan 28, 2022•7 min
According to science, humans kind of suck at knowing what will genuinely make us happier in the long run. Society tells us what we really want is to find love and money and success, but in reality, we may already have all the things that we could ever want to be happy people, but were too busy trying to meet some arbitrary societal deadline to notice. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/make-your-damn-bed . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jan 27, 2022•8 min
Get comfortable being wrong. Get comfortable being criticized and called out. We practice getting comfortable with this by allowing ourselves to get vulnerable. Put yourself out there, open yourself up to feedback, and practice listening without getting defensive. You are a human being living a human experience which means you’re gonna fuck up sometimes. You’re gonna make mistakes. You’re gonna say the wrong thing. You’re gonna embarrass yourself sometimes. All of this is to be expected. Let it ...
Jan 26, 2022•7 min
From Glennon Doyle’s Untamed: “Easy” buttons are the things that appear in front of us that we want to reach for because they temporarily take us out of our pain and stress. They do not work in the long run, because what they actually do is help us abandon ourselves. “Easy” buttons take us to fake heaven. Fake heaven always turns out to be hell. You know you’ve hit an “easy” button when, afterward, you feel more lost in the woods than you did before you hit it. It has taken me forty years to dec...
Jan 25, 2022•7 min
If you come across any good news or positive headlines, send 'em my way! We’ve got a long way to go - especially with human rights, but remember, there are good people fighting the good fight and they would love to have you among their ranks. Make your voice heard. Social media isn’t just for stalking your ex anymore, with enough noise, we can change companies practices and political loyalties. We just have to be vocal about the changes we want to make and support t hose out there doing that shi...
Jan 24, 2022•6 min
If you are struggling with negative thoughts, it’s normal. Our brains are programmed to think negatively. But just because it’s normal doesn’t mean it’s helpful. If you practice redirection long enough, you can shift your mindset completely which can literally improve your life, by changing nothing else. If you start to notice yourself falling back into negative thinking patterns, pay attention to where they stem from. When does it start in the morning? What triggers these negative thoughts? As ...
Jan 23, 2022•7 min
Saturday Scatterbrain: We’re in control of our own happiness. We have the power to control a lot of our environment. So, if you want the sheets untucked, get up and untuck them yourself. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/make-your-damn-bed . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 22, 2022•8 min
BE FEARLESS THIS FRIDAY: When it comes to job interviews and the like, we all know how intimidating it can be. Whether you’re going on a date, having a performance review, auditioning, whatever… there are gonna be sometimes, that the idea of having to “perform” like this can shake your confidence, but I encourage you to remember… you are the prize. They are interviewing you because they need you. They want you to do well. And if it’s really meant to be, you will! As a person who has been on both...
Jan 21, 2022•9 min
If you’re like most people, the voice inside your head is probably pretty incessant. It’s probably very critical and anxious. That voice is not you. If it was you, it wouldn’t need to share all of it’s wild ideas with you. You would know the message and have already made decisions, instead you engage in these dialogues or arguments with yourself because you’re not that voice. You know it’s wrong or mean or negative and you recognize it. The work you must do is continue to recognize it. Continue ...
Jan 20, 2022•6 min
Next time you find yourself hesitating in asking for help, remember that it not only helps cut out a lot of confusion - it also invites others to connect with us on a real level and it creates deeper trust in your relationships. You’re not just asking for help, you’re deepening a bond. You’re creating more trust. And you’re showing other people it’s okay to be human. We all need help sometimes, the better we get at communicating directly, the better our lives become in return. Support this show ...
Jan 19, 2022•6 min
ACTIONABLE TIP TUESDAY: It’s good to consider your goals, visions, and dreams once in a while. It’s even better to meditate on it through the process of creating a dream board. So next time you need to do a little creative introspection, consider creating a visual tool of all of the things that inspire you, that fire you up, that you want to see or do in your life, or that you’d like to focus more on. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/make-your-damn-bed . Hosted on Acast. See acast.co...
Jan 18, 2022•6 min
THE ARTICLE I USED: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/19/well/mind/covid-mental-health-languishing.html Languishing is not merely in our heads — it’s in our circumstances. You can’t heal a sick culture with personal bandages. We still live in a world that normalizes physical health challenges but stigmatizes mental health challenges. As we head into a new post-pandemic reality, it’s time to rethink our understanding of mental health and well-being. “Not depressed” doesn’t mean you’re not strugglin...
Jan 17, 2022•8 min
This means we all need to consciously create room and space for play. I personally have a fun bin where I collect goodies and activities for play time that actually make ME excited and I really want to encourage you to create your own! OOOH YOU NASTY! This can be bag, basket, box, bin, shelf, or drawer - where you will start a collection of all the things that make your inner child sing. Add toys, squirt guns, play doh, tops, games, crafts, coloring books, markers, magazines for collages, paint ...
Jan 16, 2022•8 min
