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🎙️ Welcome to the Merriment Making Podcast—a soft rebellion in your earbuds. I’m your host, Mary “Uncustomary” England—creator of the Merriment Making Method™, sacred disruptor, joy strategist, and founder of the Merriment Movement at Uncustomary.org. This podcast is your permission slip to step off autopilot and into something more meaningful. Each week, we explore creative tools, playful philosophy, rebellious optimism, and science-backed strategies to help you feel more alive—not just “okay.” Whether you’re burned out, bored, or bright but buried, you belong here. Let’s reclaim your weirdness, reawaken your joy, and create a life that feels good on purpose. Happiness isn’t fluffy. It’s radical. And you don’t need to be fully healed to choose it.
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In 2013, I quit my day job, got my heart broken, danced in bars dressed like a mermaid, and filled my bedroom with 60 balloons. I swam in the ocean at 3am, measured a train platform with a banana, got interviewed on the news for guerrilla art—and was told by my blogging heroes that my work didn’t matter.
Spoiler: they were wrong.
This episode is a time capsule. I'll walk you through everything that happened in 2013.
It's A love letter to the version of me who didn’t wait for permission to be weird, wild, or wonderful—and a reminder that you don’t need permission either.
Inside this episode:
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What quitting my psych rehab job taught me about joy
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The street art challenge that changed my life
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How I built magic from heartbreak
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Why 2013 Mary still guides everything I do
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What I wish I had said to the people who didn’t “get it”
💛 Plus: A special 13% off celebration for 111 FM—my joy sanctuary built on everything 2013 Mary believed in.
📻 Tune into the frequency: https://uncustomary.org/111
PS - I got the math wrong, it's not my 13th year of being in business, it's my 12th! It's my 13th year of MERRIMENT MAKING! But we're celebrating 2013 Mary and 13 years of Merriment Making so it still works.
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