{"podcast":{"title":"Make Your Damn Bed","slug":"make-your-damn-bed-1372987","podcast_index_feed_id":1372987,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/6152264dc28ad2001383af42","website_url":"https://www.makeyourdamnbedpodcast.com","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/6152264dc28ad2001383af42/1653268330489-302af9cc8ab6429897ac2b239aed39d6.jpeg","author":"Julie Merica","episode_count":1822,"summary":"@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 intended to encourage, motivate, and inspire you to get out of bed - so you can start making it! Julie Merica and Make Your Damn Bed Podcast is not intended or implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. All content, including text, graphics, images and information, is for general information purposes only. This content is presented on an \"as-is\" basis. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/make-your-damn-bed . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-14T14:18:32.146541+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/make-your-damn-bed-1372987"},"episode":{"title":"1754 || judge your options not your choice","slug":"1754-judge-your-options-not-your-choice","published_at":"2026-04-29T04:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/make-your-damn-bed-1372987/1754-judge-your-options-not-your-choice","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/make-your-damn-bed-1372987","url":"https://shows.acast.com/make-your-damn-bed/episodes/1754-judge-your-options-not-your-choice","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6152264dc28ad2001383af42/e/69f173f37beb8128699dad9b/media.mp3","summary":"When I act in alignment with my core values I feel more confident but what if the decisions I’m stuck with leave me with no choice but to make choices that don’t align and dont fit my desired values for the future?  The beauty of judging the choices I had rather than the decision I made, is that it opens me up to the nuanced reality.  It’s not about perfect alignment because that’s not possible or available but it’s about attunement. Alignment with context. You’re not discovering your values, you’re practicing them. Doing what you can, learning from the mistakes, and not being so analytical and precise.  This whole universe is chaos. We can, realistically, make sense of very little. So instead of trying to solve a puzzle that doesn’t exist, just practice existing. Practice staying present as often as possible. Practice moving with the inherent knowledge that things only get better when we start doing better, where we are, with the context we’re given.  Read Julie's Medium Blog . Support JULIE (and the show!) Support + get some bonus stuff over on PATREON . Get an occasional personal email from me: www.makeyourdamnbedpodcast.com Tune in on INSTAGRAM AND YOUTUBE or TIKTOK . Info on War Tax Resistance. Donate to the Palestinian Children's Relief Fund and the Sudan Relief Fund 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.","meta_description":"When I act in alignment with my core values I feel more confident but what if the decisions I’m stuck with leave me with no choice but to make choices tha…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":576,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/make-your-damn-bed-1372987/episodes/1754-judge-your-options-not-your-choice/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/make-your-damn-bed-1372987/1754-judge-your-options-not-your-choice.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}