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Rituals welcome in a sense of sacredness. They connect us to something bigger, they add magic to life. Whether you know about them or not, every single day you perform rituals. You wake up and you get out of bed, maybe you order your coffee, you make your brekky, you say hi to your work colleagues, you tick off your to-do list. Yes, every day you do many tasks that are done every single day. The c...

This Get Merry podcast episode is a reminder that change can be scary and that you'll most probably never feel ready to take that leap. You'll never feel ready to quit the job, say yes to the first date, move overseas, you'll never quite feel ready to say yes to your dreams and desires. It's also a reminder about the fact that YOU are not here for an infinite time, so although you may not feel rea...

It's December... 'tis the season to be festive! And whatever holidays you celebrate... they're supposed to be filled with love, joy and happiness BUT at times seem to welcome more stress and angst! In this episode, we give you our best tips for not just surviving the festive season but actually ENJOYING it!  Let us know where you're tuning in from, send us a selfie of you listening to the sho...

During episode 221 we touched on the topic of loneliness and it sparked interest from many of you. Next minute we read an ABC article talking about a recent Aussie study on loneliness. The study found that the most lonely age group is 18-24 and that inner-city dwellers are more lonely than rural communities. It also mentioned that loneliness increases the risk of death more than things as poor die...

Have you stopped exercising? What do you think and feel when we mention exercise? Does it create a sense of dread in your body? Do you feel a hint of guilt or shame because you don't exercise? It's something you know you should do but you just can't stand it... so why would you?  Maybe the word exercise instantly brings back horrible memories. You slogging away on the treadmill. You getting p...

Topics we've been chatting about all week and had to record because no doubt you can connect to one or all of these topics. Loneliness, self-partnering and the bad news that continues to grow... global warming, cancer, drug addiction, all the injustice. We can not ignore it, but can we still find joy amongst the bad news?  We loved this episode. If you did too, share it with someone you love....

We've all done it... we've all self-sabotaged our success and goals. Whatever area it may be in... health, fitness, career, relationships. Everything is going well and then boom you do something to help it all fall apart. In this episode, we give you actionable advice on how to stop self-sabotaging.  DISCLAIMER: the episode is not designed to bring shame on anything you may or may not be doin...

We chat with our amazing friend Jasmin, the beautiful creator and founder of The Jasmin Room.  Jasmin created The Jasmin Room as a place for women to reconnect with their divine beauty. It is a place to release blocked energy, to heal and feel truly nurtured. We've both experienced her magic, it is the ultimate self-loving gift. You walk in one person and leave more connected to self, with mo...

"Grit is the perseverance and passion to achieve long–term goals. Sometimes you will hear grit referred to as mental toughness." Angela Duckworth, a researcher at the University of Pennsylvania.  Angela's research shows that grit is a strong predictor of success and the ability to reach your goals. What is grit? We say grit is doing the hard thing, not running away from the discomfort. It's l...

It's Breast Cancer Awareness month (October) and to motivate you all to check your breasts and so we can all learn more, we've interviewed our good friend Dr Lea Freeman, GP and Senior Breast Clinician.  Stuff we talked about… 1 in 8 Australian women are diagnosed with breast cancer. Symptoms of breast cancer, if we can notice earlier we have more opportunity of early detection and survival....

If you are a people pleaser listen to this episode! It might just change your life! You see, we are both recovering people pleasers... and let us tell you something... it feels so much better to not be a people pleaser. Because once you stop your obsession with pleasing others you end up choosing YOU!  If you find yourself constantly saying yes, when you really wanted to say no, then feel res...

This week on the Get Merry podcast show we chat to author Alex Hadassah Anzalone about all things crystals, meditation and following your intuition.  We love Alex, we met her at the Institute for Integrated Nutrition (IIN) back in 2014. Before that she was a successful New York attorney but when her job began to affect her health and happiness, Alex left that life behind to pursue a life that...

This Get Merry Podcast episode was inspired by one of our amazing MerryBody Members (thanks Rebecca!). We asked our members... What would you love to welcome in as a result of being part of MerryBody? This was Rebecca's reply... Waking up and wanting to work out. I want it to become natural to jump on the mat, just as natural as it is to breathe. Because I know if I could do that, all the oth...

Do you ever act less intelligent to make people like you more? We'd never thought about it until we read that it's actually a common thing women do. Then we realised we both used to do this often.  It's time to stop acting dumb to make people like you.  Stuff we talked about… We both remember acting dumb in high school to be liked by boys.  Carla talks about her bullying and how she...

We're interested in the topic of Body Confidence because we've lived through many years of having a serious lack of body confidence. We hated our bodies. We wanted to change our bodies so badly and this is why we were obsessed with dieting and exercise. This is why our minds were filled with negative thoughts.  This way of living, this way of thinking was holding us back from so much. It...

What are emotions? How would you answer? We all feel them, we all react when we feel them... but what actually are emotions? In this Get Merry Podcast episode, we ask clinical psychologist, Miriam Emad this question and her answer gives us 45 minutes of magic. Literally we feel like we can human better after this amazing, uplifting conversation. It's filled with useful and actionable information t...

"I can't stick to my health kick" how many times have you said this? Thought this? How many times have you 'fallen off'. How many times have you marked Monday as THE day to start your health kick? Then Friday comes and you're bingeing on pizza and chocolate, then Sunday comes and you feel this wave of guilt. And here we go again. We lived like this for many years... and now we don't. It's better,...

We are in celebration mode because optimists are more likely to live longer than those who have a more negative approach to life... since we are born optimists, boom shake the room. In this week's episode, we chat more about this and we give you our Merry tips on how to be more optimistic. It's 100% a thing you can learn (say the optimists anyway hahahaa). If you want to read the BBC article:...

How stressed are you? Heaps? Yeh, we thought that might be your answer. Every day we see a new recommendation for dealing with stress. In this podcast episode, we chat meditation and why it's the one practise you need to live with less stress. It's a super fun episode filled with MAGIC! This episode is brought to you by our FREE 3 day intro to meditation course. You can sign up right HERE. Stuff w...

This Get Merry podcast episode is about the power of your mind and the infinite potential you have right NOW. The power that we give away to our egos, to the obsession with external validation, obsession with losing weight, obsessions with earning more money, promotions, achieving and forever comparing your life to someone else's. Did you know that by the time we are about 35 years old 95% of our...

We had a blast during this episode. The vibes were high because we are just so excited about this subject. The idea that you can use your mind to get closer to your goals. “When you become the master of your mind, you are the master of everything.” - Swami Satchidananda Stuff we talked about… To reach a goal, what you really need is consistency, then you form a habit. Then you get closer to the go...

We heard Jameela Jamila say these words on a Feminists Don't Wear Pink podcast episode and we were like OMG YES Instagram will 100% make you feel poor, fat and unloved (aka not enough) if you let it. The good thing is that we can CHOOSE who we follow. The not so good thing is that it's so easy to forget this and find yourself following all the accounts that make you feel bloody crap about your lif...

At some point, you got the idea that your body is wrong. You didn't come into the world thinking this but somewhere along the way you got this idea. At some point, you were told you had to change to be accepted, to be beautiful, to fit in, to be enough. How long have you had 'lose weight' on your goals list? How long have you felt that you'll be happy with your body after you lose those 5 extra kg...

This was an unplanned podcast episode and sometimes these are the actual best. We chat all things guilt. It was a super interesting topic and we feel like we only just scraped the surface and will do more episodes on it down the track! Stuff we talked about… Why do we feel guilty? We're not responsible for other peoples happiness. It's time to honour yourself and what your heart truly desires. It'...

Do you find yourself forever procrastinating and making excuses? Has something been on your goals list for what seems forever and you just can't seem to make any progress? You see we are both great at getting results and great at procrastinating so we have a high level of experience (hehe). If you're completely over your excuses and you're ready to see and feel results, tune in to this Get Merry p...