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What happens here?

This corner of the internet is for people who:

💛 look fine on paper but feel oddly disconnected
💛 are smart enough to side-eye shallow self-help
💛 miss being playful, curious, or creatively alive
💛 want joy that feels real, not performative 
💛 crave more wonder and less doomscrolling
💛 suspect adulthood has become unnecessarily boring

 If that’s you, welcome in.

You'll find:

🫧 tiny ways to feel human again
💌 analog joy in a digital world
🌈 permission to be weird in public
🍌 playful psychology that actually helps
🌎 acts of kindness + creative rebellion
👀 proof life is still interesting
The Mission I create playful experiments in joy, creativity, and kindness that help people break autopilot and participate in the world again.
Mary England laughing and holding bananas like a phone — portrait of the Fun Philosopher
Hi, I’m Mary! 🍌

The Merriment Maker

Mary England

Psychology-informed Fun Philosopher, public artist & professional weirdo

I’m what happens when psychology meets a glitter cannon. I’ve spent years studying what helps humans feel better. But what changed my life most wasn’t becoming perfect. It was learning how to participate in life again. So I started making things. Dressing strangely. Leaving kindness in public. Celebrating tiny holidays. Talking to strangers. Creating tools that help people feel like themselves again. Now I share what works. I care about data and ducks. Nervous systems and banana phones. Meaningful conversations and delightfully unnecessary adventures. 

Psychology Background Public Artist Baltimore, MD @MerrimentMaker Published Author Event Speaker
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How it works

The Merriment Method

A psychologically grounded framework for getting back to feeling alive; built from lived experience + science, not tote bag slogans.

1
💛
Feel Good
Reconnect to yourself; your weird, fun, + safety.
Self-Love Inner Child Nervous System
→
2
🎨
Create Good
Turn the internal feeling into something external and tangible. Your version of the yarnbomb.
Creativity Play Expression
→
3
✨
Do Good
Take it outside yourself. If our cup is full, it's selfish not to share.
Kindness Street Art Advocacy
Movement
Expression
Rituals
Relationships
Inner Child
Merriment
Enchantment
Nervous System
Truth

You’re becoming a
Merriment Maker 🌈

When you feel good, it’s so much easier to do good. We need Merriment Makers from all walks of life.

✶ Notices strange beauty ✶ Questions invisible rules ✶ Interrupts routine with curiosity ✶ Creates small moments of delight ✶ Spreads kindness into the world ✶ Participates instead of drifting

What people say

Real words from real Merriment Makers
Cheaper Than Therapy
★★★★★
These are the kind of tools that people go to therapy for. For most people, actual therapy is not accessible in the way that this is. The tools you can learn are things you would get in that setting. I think that in itself is worth it to me.
Erin Allison
Erin Allison
Merriment Maker
Only Membership I’ve Kept
★★★★★
There’s so many memberships out there. Most I dip out after 1–3 months. But I’ve kept my membership for 6 years. The community is so refreshing! Others who embrace their authentic weirdness. My life is honestly so much brighter.
Lola
Lola
Merriment Maker
You Could Stay for Years
★★★★★
I don’t think it’s obvious the depth of information and resources that are actually in this group on the outside. If you interact with people, this can be as immersive as you want it to be. You could go for years and just deep dive into all the stuff.
Jenn M.
Jenn M.
Merriment Maker
So Much to Offer!
★★★★★
I don’t know if there’s even any other groups out there that exist like this. Having the ability to go beyond their own internal work and do some one on one coaching; if that’s something they need for a particular point in their life.
Elisha
Elisha
Merriment Maker
Laugh Until You Cry
★★★★★
This is one of the best and most cost effective things you can do to take care of yourself. Mary’s creativity never ceases to amaze me, a 68 year old woman. Mary is full of light and love, without being unrealistic. Laugh until you cry.
Jane
Jane
Merriment Maker
Perfect for ADHD Brains
★★★★★
If you have ADHD, Positive Pulse fits how your brain works; drop in when you need inspiration, joy, or creativity. No pressure. Just support that fits real life.
Alanna
Alanna
Merriment Maker
Real Results in Week One
★★★★★
Within the first week, I learned real self-care and new mental health techniques that are already helping my anxiety and depression day to day.
🌈
Lorraine
Merriment Maker
The World Needs You
★★★★★
Moving slowly through your program, I started to cry. I’m beyond thrilled to know you’re out there. The world needs you.
✨
Brandy
Merriment Maker

Ready?

If life has felt a little flat lately…

You do not need to become someone else. You may just need more color, more play, more honesty, more participation, and one tiny ridiculous action today. Come along.

Join Strange & Functional → Get the Full Method
Find me & follow along ✦
@MerrimentMaker everywhere that counts

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