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Using Photography To Promote Self-Love And Boost Self-Esteem

Using Photography To Promote Self-Love And Boost Self-Esteem

by Uncustomary | Jan 21, 2019 | Uncategorized

50% of women have low self-esteem, and a massive 85% of women opt out of important life events due to how they look and perceive themselves. A lot of women put this down to how the media represents people, particularly in a world of selfies and social media, where...
4 Baking Essentials You Need To Have In Your Kitchen

4 Baking Essentials You Need To Have In Your Kitchen

by Uncustomary | Jan 21, 2019 | Uncategorized

Baking is pastime we can do year-round, from holiday cookies to summer pies and everything in between. And if you’re working your way up towards Martha Stewart-status, you know you need an arsenal in your kitchen to get these recipes done right. It doesn’t...
Does Your Employer Have A Duty To Make Reasonable Adjustments For The Disabled?

Does Your Employer Have A Duty To Make Reasonable Adjustments For The Disabled?

by Uncustomary | Jan 21, 2019 | Uncategorized

In the United States, every citizen is supposed to have an equal chance at being able to succeed and to pursue happiness.  In many cases, the pursuit of happiness rightfully involves working toward a satisfying career. Most readers likely know that discrimination on...
Fall In Love With Yourself In The Help Of Medical Marijuana

Fall In Love With Yourself In The Help Of Medical Marijuana

by Uncustomary | Jan 21, 2019 | Uncategorized

. z credit: Releaf – UK Clinic  Using cannabis to reframe limiting self-beliefs might be the solution that people with low self-esteem needs. Marijuana doctors have long recognized that it can help them cultivate self-love and build self-confidence. If you’re...
A Marriage Counseling Therapist Could Save Your Relationship!

A Marriage Counseling Therapist Could Save Your Relationship!

by Uncustomary | Jan 14, 2019 | Uncategorized

I’m not married, and I have never been married, but I imagine that it gets both easier and harder. I’ve always imagined that once you get married, no matter how long you’ve been together, you feel a renewed sense of commitment and all the promises you’ve been making...
Premarital Therapy Is A Responsible, Proactive Step Before Marriage

Premarital Therapy Is A Responsible, Proactive Step Before Marriage

by Uncustomary | Jan 14, 2019 | Uncategorized

Recently, I’ve been seeing a lot of articles about all the things Millenials are “killing”, which I think is really interesting and funny. My favorite one is honestly the flat sheet in the bedding packages. No one I know uses those! Soon a thing of the past? Save the...
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The to do list can wait. 💕 Put a Cigar Crooner The to do list can wait. 💕 Put a Cigar Crooner on your car. 💕 Vote for Baby Billy. 💕 Park a tiny truck in your parking spot to make your HOA mad. 💕 Share rocks. 💕 Wear your children as hats. 💕 Bring your bunny to a baseball game.

There’s no rules. The weirder you get, the better you’ll feel.

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What if you had a manual for the days that feel im What if you had a manual for the days that feel impossible?

That’s exactly why I created The Existential Survival Guide! It’s a weird, wildly honest, deeply compassionate zine you get as soon as you join Everything Sucks, Now What? (before the program even starts Oct 5th)!

Inside, you’ll find: ⤵️

🌥️ The Survival Menu (five flavors of coping: soft, sharp, silly, still, sweaty)
🌥️ Absurd micro-missions + practical check-ins
🌥️ Flip-the-script exercises + future-self notes
🌥️ Stoic & absurdist wisdom + poetic pep talks
🌥️ Flowcharts, rituals, + tiny scripts for big feelings

Print it. 🖨️ Scribble on it. 🖌️ Tape it to your fridge. 🪧

You’re still here. Let’s make that count. ❣️

💛 Pre-sale price ends Sept 21st → uncustomary.org/everythingsucks

#MentalHealthSupport #WellbeingJourney #GentleReminders #YouMatter #HealingIsntLinear #ProgressNotPerfection #SilentBattles #CalmMind #RealityCheckIn #SupportSquad #CommunityCare #HereForYou #StrongerTogether
This week’s group mission: Wear Your Joy 🎉

👑 Dress like you raided a toddler’s imagination closet.
💅 Wear the thing that feels “too much.”
👠 Treat it like it’s completely normal.

Post a photo, tag @merrimentmaker, and we’ll add your outfit to the 11K Acts of Merriment tally.

✨ What’s the weirdest accessory you’d dare to wear in public?
📌 Bookmark this week’s mission!

💬 Are you joining? Comment YES!

#11KActs #WearYourJoy #JoyChallenge #CollectiveMerriment #PlayfulLife #DressForDelight #JoyTogether #GroupEnergy #OutfitOfJoy #CommunityMakers #MerrimentMission #SpreadFun #BeTheWeird
Nine voices, nine perspectives, one message: joy, Nine voices, nine perspectives, one message: joy, creativity, + connection matter. Hearing how my work works for YOU is the best part of what I do.

🦄 Want to try this for yourself? Come join the Positive Pulse with 200+ free resources on mental health + happiness habits waiting for you.

💛 uncustomary.org/PP

#PositivePulse #CommunityJoy #VoicesOfJoy #TestimonialLove #KindnessCommunity #SpreadGoodVibes #InspirePositivity #WellbeingJourney #JoyTogether #UpliftVoices #PeopleWhoShine #GratitudeCrew #AltJoy
Our younger selves are the ones who have the wisdo Our younger selves are the ones who have the wisdom for us today. 💛

This summer at the Hampden Highlights Festival, I got to share why the Bubble Parade matters to me:

🌈 Listening to your inner kid
🌈 Finding reverence in simple joys
🌈 Saying yes to life while we’re here

When we feel good, we do good. That’s why these parades matter, they’re happiness + fun tangible + visible!

And guess what? The Bubble Parade is BACK! Flash mob edition 🎉

📅 Sunday, Sept 28
📍 Across from Patterson Park (outside St. Michael’s Ukrainian Church)
🕔 2:30–3 sharp (be on time, it’s a flash mob!)
💸 Free to attend

RSVP: uncustomary.org/BP2025

#BubbleParade #BMoreFun #CharmCity #OnlyinBaltimore #BaltimoreLove #BaltimoreHappenings #BaltimoreLife
🚦 What if resetting the universe was as simple 🚦 What if resetting the universe was as simple as pressing a button?

When you’re DEEPLY down, feeling good can feel a million miles away. Euphoria, energy, and just “functioning” …  it all blurs into “not me, not possible.” The same way a million dollars and a hundred million both feel equally out of reach when you’re broke.

But when you get closer, you realize there are levels. Nuance. Small steps that matter and DO make a difference.

The truth is messy. Complicated. Sometimes painful. But it’s also where real possibility + opportunity lives.

Our brains don’t just respond to what’s happening, they respond to what they EXPECT will happen. (That’s why placebo surgeries can work. Why hotel maids lose weight when told cleaning is exercise. Why expectancy theory is such a big deal.)

Fear likes to masquerade as power. But what if we gave more power to POSITIVE expectations? What if we believed that a tiny action, like a “push to reset”, could create a ripple?

That’s what I’m experimenting with in Everything Sucks, Now What?

It’s not about pretending the world isn’t broken. It’s about pressing “reset” in your own way, in your own time, until you can feel again.

#MentalWellness #EndTheStigma #HealingJourney #FeelToHeal #YouAreNotAlone #CheckInOnYourFriends #MindfulMoments #ProgressNotPerfection #BaltimoreStreetArt #GroundingTechniques #HopeDealer #TogetherWeCan #GentleReminders
Nothing is too weird for the Bubble Parade Flash M Nothing is too weird for the Bubble Parade Flash Mob! 🫧

👑 Props + accessories encouraged (butterfly wings, capes, crowns, outrageous outfits collecting dust… bring them out!)
🤹‍♀️ Show off your special gifts! Hula hooping, ribbon twirling, juggling, dancing, whatever you’ve got.
 🌈 Either way, just come as you are and blow bubbles with us 

📅 Saturday, Sept 28
📍 Across from Patterson Park
🕑 2:30–3
💸 Free to attend

Are you coming? Leave a 🫧 if you’ll be there!

#BubbleParade #BaltimoreEvents #BmoreFun #CharmCity #OnlyInBaltimore #DMVEvents #BaltimoreLove #BaltimoreHappenings #BaltimoreLife #BmoreTogether #BaltimoreCreatives #JoyTribe #EventPromo
Throwback to 2013: I made a fake infommercial at 4 Throwback to 2013: I made a fake infommercial at 4 AM in my old room at my dad’s house.

Rainbow lab coats, giant jeans, miniature sombreros, bad voiceovers, and … Ricky Martin. 🪩 It’s absurd, silly, and somehow still one of my favorite “what even was I doing?” creations.

If you ever wondered what the early days of my business looked like… here’s a clue. You won’t regret this one.

⚠️ This video is a parody/satire. Music clips are used under fair use for comedic effect.
🎶 Music credits: ‘Shake Your Bon-Bon’ by Ricky Martin. Used in tiny parody snippets only.
This is a transformative parody work for humor/education — not a replacement for the original song.

#ThrowbackThursday #FakeCommercial #AltJoy #AbsurdistArt #MakeLifeWeird #JoyfulChaos #PerformanceArt #RainbowScience #DIYArt #WeirdAndWonderful #JoyMovement #TBTJoy #EverydayAbsurdity
Let’s hear it for this week’s Community Featur Let’s hear it for this week’s Community Feature: D from Kansas!

Her friend, an incredible woman in her 60s, recently retired from her job as a breastfeeding coach and deeply involved in local social justice organizing, had just had knee surgery. Despite being well cared for, her friend was struggling with receiving support and feeling guilty for stepping back from leadership roles.

So D followed a quiet little (Merriment Making) nudge.

During a Saturday meetup with her women’s group, Coffee Love, she felt the spontaneous urge to send a “just because” gift. No occasion, no expectations, just love! She picked out a few small but meaningful items (peep the adorable pins 💕), wrote a note, and sent it off anonymously… or tried to. 😂 Her friend figured it out pretty quickly thanks to a not-so-secret return address and D’s adorable lack of a poker face (SAME, BABE!)

🎈It was small. It was silly. It was secret(ish).

And it absolutely counted. 💌

📮 Every random act like this adds to the 11,111 Acts of Merriment we’re tracking. You don’t have to go viral to make someone feel seen. (Although I think ALL of our acts are viral-worthy!! You just have to say yes to the impulse.

🫧 Want to be featured too? Submit your story at uncustomary.org/11K

#11KActs #CommunityJoy #KindnessMatters #YourStoryMatters #GratitudeCrew #SnailmailLove #PostalLove #SendMoreMail #WomenSupportingWomen #ContagiousKindness #InspirePositivity #PenpalCommunity #JoyAmbassador
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