Make Your Damn Bed

1521 || why don't I remember my childhood?

You weren't absent, you were on high alert. Survival mode means. you can't make memories. Let's talk about ways to get out of survival mode, and why it's so important to do so with intention, regularl...

27 Jul 20257min

1520 || shame, cringe, + the fear of being perceived.

Cringe is the ultimate vibe killer. Plus, when I fear being judged that's me writing your story for you, and that's not fair for either of you. Today we talk about the fear of being perceived and how ...

26 Jul 202510min

1519 || the "value" of nature part 2

Why have some gifts of nature remained free? By: Alyssa BattistoniTHE RESOURCE: The Value of Nature: https://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/the-value-of-nature/Resources for Resisting a Coup: https:/...

25 Jul 202510min

1518 || the "value" of nature

24 Jul 20258min

1517 || escaping the "skinner box"

NOTE: This is an old episode that never got published!!!! I decided to release it today before we move on to new topics. Science confirms that facebook is a skinner box and we are just rats but we can...

23 Jul 20255min

1516 || revisiting the "skinner box"

Note: This is a revisitation of a past episode from 2023. I used uptime.app to check out the brief spark notes version of "Antisocial Media: Siva Vaidhyanathan's How Facebook Disconnects Us and Underm...

22 Jul 20256min

1515 || mixed emotions are worse than negative ones

Did you know that mixed emotions can be more emotionally taxing than purely negative ones? Today we talk about this + how to deal with it through things like “dialectical thinking," which is the attit...

21 Jul 20258min

1514 || you don't really look like that

I am starting to think some of us are looking at ourselves too much, and if you stare at anything too long, it will start to look weird after a while. Plus, the internet has warped our perception of w...

20 Jul 20258min