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Hi, welcome to the Merriment Making Podcast I’m your host, Uncustomary. Founder of Uncustomary.org and trailblazer of the Merriment Making Movement. This is where you want to be if you’re interested in embodying, creating, and spreading joy through a technique I call Merriment Making! I hope you take away what inspires you to create a life that’s colorful, creative, and feels good to you on purpose.
Episodes
Wednesday Apr 08, 2020
Wednesday Apr 08, 2020
I’m really excited to announce that I have my own podcast now! I’m really excited to explore this new medium! I’ll be talking about self-love, body positivity, mental health, creativity, and more!
Tuesday May 05, 2020
Monday May 11, 2020
Monday May 18, 2020
Monday Nov 23, 2020
Monday Nov 23, 2020
Alternate Title: Denim Backpacks And Tarzan Taps
+ What kind of funny college credentials Brad has you might not know about that goes perfectly with Merriment
+ Being skeptical about tapping/EFT and how people can't “promise results” with personal development tools changing something ‘overnight’ and my initial start with tapping (with Brad!)
+ Needing to be ready, willing, and able to utilize techniques such as tapping (and the difference between willing and able)
+ Being scared to remove trauma and pain because we’re scared of what unknown entity might fill it up
+ How to make tapping work for you! Including tapping with different (dis)abilities, making tapping scripts more specific to you, translating a script to your native language, tapping in the mirror, etc.
+ Brad creating a BHAG (Big Hairy Audacious Goal) of a million subscribers on his YouTube by the end of 2020 so he can help the most amount of people help themselves
+ It’s okay to set a goal and make progress but not the *exact* number by the set deadline
+ How if you can’t believe in someone else’s goal that seems impossible that doesn’t even affect you, how are you holding *yourself* back?
+ How personal development becomes a tool for for helping ourselves be happy so we can also be of service
+ The concept of quantum leaps and what can really happen in a short amount of time
+ How I manifested meeting Brad Yates in an elevator
+ Inspiring empowerment vs. enabling
Watch video interview on YouTube
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Mentioned in the interview: "The Vortex" membership and "Vortex Fest" event by Gala Darling
"Simply Be" podcast by Jessica Zweig
Thursday Feb 18, 2021
Thursday Feb 18, 2021
In this episode we talk about:
+ How we can brand ourselves in terms of self-love (not just for businesses)
+ How we can brand ourselves and honor a relationship/partner as part of us without it stripping of us our identify, worth, or freedom
+ Ways we have allowed ourselves to become more authentic and share ourselves, but were worried about the judgment we'd receive
+ Jealousy or judgment for different walks of life; difference between knowing what our values are and admonishing others for doing something different
+ The dichotomy of businesses where we go so hard to be of service and end up not being able to walk our own talk because we end up doing too much instead of being our own message
+ Jessica's amazing new book, Be
Be sure to follow Jessica on Instagram!
Monday Nov 15, 2021
Monday Nov 15, 2021
Today, I'm talking to Marlee Liss! She is a reclamation coach, speaker, author, and restorative justice advocate. She is a queer, Jewish, feminist sparkly queen, and I'm so glad I got the opportunity to connect with this trailblazer! She is sharing her story of not only being sexually assaulted, but how she sought out something that she didn't even know existed, which we now know is called "restorative justice".
If you want to know more about this incredible process, please listen to her story! Obviously, we talk about rape and sexual assault throughout the entire interview, so if that's something you don't want to listen to then please skip ahead!
She now has her own podcast, The Sensual Revolution, along with her book, Re-Humanize, so go check them out!
And don't forget the free Webinar, "Unstoppable Body Love", and find her on Facebook!
In this episode, we talk about:
+ What restorative justice is (and different options for it)
+ How non-consenting and traumatizing the culture and systems around rape set for victims is
+ The projection of society on victims who might have other desires beyond "press charges" or "nothing"
+ The logistics of her court proceedings and restorative justice
+ The vicious cycles for sexual assault victims and abusers; the difference between condoning something versus being compassionate and ending the cycle
+ How she knew what she wanted before she even knew there was a term for "restorative justice"
+ How difficult this was for a white cis-gendered woman to accomplish, and how much more difficult this process could be for marginalized groups
+ This is an option for justice, not something you have to do; if this doesn't align with your beliefs, that's okay
+ Restorative justice, while eye opening, is still a SHITTY option because it's in reaction to something traumatizing
+ How everything Marlee is doing is a "forever thing" and she is going to get pushback on these ideas forever
+ Normalize asking survivors what THEY want
+ How restorative justice is giving you closure on your terms outside of the patriarchy
+ There is no "right way" to deal with a trauma - be selfish in your trauma healing
+ How our bodies can still, so beautifully, demonstrate to us who we are even when we are in deep pain trauma
+ How to pave way for Merriment and our future without clinging to who were were before a trauma
Tuesday Nov 23, 2021
Tuesday Nov 23, 2021
In this solo podcast, I go over my FAVORITE topic: Merriment Making!
+ Origin of Merriment
+ My definition of Merriment Making
+ How and why embodying joy tends to be the most difficult part
+ We can't embody JOY unless we address FEAR
+ The use of spectrums
+ How we confront fear to unlock your pleasure
+ Being a student and a guide
+ The signature Merriment Making Book + Program Uncustomary.org/merriment-making
+ If you have any questions for me about Merriment Making, please let me know on Instagram @ uncustomarylove and I'll answer them in future episodes
I'm new to Apple Podcasts! Will you leave me my first 5 star review?!
Tuesday Dec 14, 2021
Tuesday Dec 14, 2021
Today, I'm talking to Gabriella Rosie, the amazing Creatrix. She's radically a believer in love, art, and magic and she walks her walk in a beautiful way. It's honestly difficult to introduce this creature, because she defies structure while maintaining her own.
I recorded this podcast over a year ago and am just releasing it like a jerk. It was stuck on an old hard drive after people moved and I told myself it was going to be much harder than it was. The reality is the worst thing is the quality of the audio because the raw audio file was deleted, but I was able to extract it from the Zoom audio thank goddess.
You can shop her incredible store to get your own affirmation decks and other unique art, listen to her podcast, check out her other wonderful classes and offerings, and of course follow her on Instagram.
In this episode, we talk about:
Monday Jan 10, 2022
Monday Jan 10, 2022
Opening up about struggling with sharing about mental illness or using labels for mental illness or body positivity.
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