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We’re excited to dive into the topic of languishing. It was a topic inspired by one of our community members, Steph. Stuff we talked about… The difference between a flourishing mindset and a languishing mindset from a psychologist’s perspective. Listen to  Episode 231: Create a flourishing mindset with psychologist Ellen Jackson At the beginning of COVID lockdown when we were forced to slow d...

We received a message from someone talking about how triggering Facebook photo memories are. Can you relate? Maybe you see the picture and you see how young and ‘good’ you looked, you think ‘WOW, I looked so good, and I actually thought I was fat’ or something like that. Then you feel sad and disappointed. Then regret. And down you go into that self-criticism loophole. This is because we live in a...

Welcome to Episode 320 of the Get Merry podcast and our first official episode for 2022! It took us a little while to get back into it but here we are! Every month inside MerryBody, we have a collective theme, and it’s something that we’ve been doing since the beginning. Sometimes, because life happens, we can find ourselves going through the motions without adding anything new or learning somethi...

We are back for 2022! YAY! We recorded this late in 2021 and we're so excited for this episode because the amazing Miriam Emad, clinical psychologist, is back on the show! During the episode, she offers insight on the before and after photo trend and how it can be unhealthy for all of us. We've spoken on the podcast and across our social media about how we don't market MerryBody (our Yoga and Pila...

This is our last episode for the year 2021. And oh my! We feel like this had been the quickest year we've ever had. It really does feel like the older you get, the quicker time goes. We've had a great year, but there's lots of heaviness, sadness and troubles around the world. And, as we wrap this year up, we reflect on business, our milestones and the biggest takeaways we've had for the year. Stuf...

In this episode, we have an amazing guest, Kevin Basham, all the way from UK and we’re so excited that he’s back on the show. If you’ve been with us since the beginning, you would have heard from him on  Episode 45: How to Succeed When No One Else Believes in You with Kevin Basham .  We love him and lately, we’ve been loving his Instagram content on living intentionally while building su...

We've had a big journey with this whole mindset around change, especially change to self, whether it's a body, mindset or a life change. When we first began, it came from a place of "I don't like who I am now so I'm gonna change and then I'll love myself." Then we realized, the only way to love yourself in the future is to love yourself now. In this episode, we're talking about the full circle whe...

Are you trying to grow your business or get that job promotion and you feel like it's going nowhere? Does it feel like opportunity is going to all those around you? Everyone, except you? We understand, we have been there and we've also been in situations where opportunities are flying left, right and centre. Hear us chat more about opportunities and what to do when it feels like you have none. Stu...

In this episode, we chat excitement for life... and the lack of it. Recently we've had several people reach out for advice on how to find that zest for life again, how to rediscover that feeling of excitement for the small things and also the big things in life. Stuff we talked about... Feeling excited is a practice.  Comparison can be what stops the excitement. Comparing our lives to someone...

We published a new eBook about Yoga and Chakras. You can get your copy over here! We want to first mention that the Chakra System is an ancient philosophy, we are not experts at all. We first heard of the Chakra system through our Yoga practice. Working with the Chakras has helped us feel more self-connection and created more self-awareness. It's also helped us through hard times, mainly through b...

This guided meditation: I Am Strong will guide you to create inner strength. Use the mantra, I Am Strong, along with your breath to cultivate this strength from within. Breathe in: I am. Breathe out: Strong. This is just one of the many guided meditations we create every month for our MerryBody Members. Currently, there are over 60 guided meditations and 300 Yoga and Pilates classes to stream and...

Over the last week, we've been telling each other to be more patient, right now we are in the process of selling our investment house, we also started investing in NFTs (non-fungible tokens) and also there is that whole running a business thing! All areas where patience is required. We've been reminding each other that all is coming. So of course, our real-life experiences make the best topic for...

For us in Australia, Summer is coming and it's very exciting! But we also understand if the idea of cooling off at the beach brings you more anxiety than joy. And yes let's all prepare for the marketing like 'Summer Shred' and 'get bikini body ready'. Urgh, insert *eye roll* can we please stop?! We used to feel the anxiety, nowadays we feel differently, from a whole lot of work in the unlearning o...

We’ve had a busy week, lot’s of to-do items to tick off. More than normal! And this leads us perfectly into this week’s topic of living in your to-do list… and why you should try NOT to! Stuff we talked about… Multitasking is a complete lie! Everybody told us that multitasking is a skill we should acquire and that we should have. But really it doesn’t bring any form of productivity to our lives. Y...

‘Blossom’ is this month’s theme inside our  MerryBody Studio . It feels good to set an intention for the month, it allows self-reflection on a topic where you can dive a little deeper and become self-aware of yourself and what you want from life. Reflect, take a moment to define what it is you want to see blossom in your life. Sometimes we can get so distracted in the doing of life. How about...

In this episode, we give you actionable practices to help you through stressful situations. Speaking of stressful situations, yesterday, Carla got swooped by a full-grown crow that was about 70cm tall (actually more like 45 cm, she exaggerates) while she was walking Chino. Not once, but four times! When she got back to the apartment, it took her about five minutes to finally calm herself down...

Maybe your mediocre life is amazing after all? We read the following words from Mark Manson’s Facebook post the other day. These words inspired this conversation. This right here is in defence of being average: Today, I want to take a detour from our “make more, buy more” culture and argue for the merits of mediocrity, of being blasé, boring and average. Not the merits of pursuing medioc...

Are you continually feeling not good enough? Do you have a deep fear of rejection and that you are not likeable or loveable? It’s an extremely common feeling that most humans experience in all different aspects of life, whether it be at work, career, relationships, or simply when you are starting something new. Stuff we talked about… When you’re feeling not good enough you’re stuck with fear and a...

This episode was inspired by the many questions we’ve been receiving about meditation from our 1 on 1 conversations with MerryBody members. We keep hearing things like “I want to be good at meditating, but my mind just goes on and on” or “I just can’t meditate, I want to, but it feels impossible”. Can you relate?  Stuff we talked about… The spinning thoughts are actually normal. This doe...

If you’ve been listening to the Get Merry Podcast for the last two hundred episodes, you know we enjoy talking about money. It’s a very important subject as this impacts every part of our lives. Today, we’re talking about how to spend your money. This subject was inspired from a podcast with  Tim Ferris and Ramit Sethi , it got us thinking about our ‘rich lives’. That is, figuring out where t...

During this episode, we chat about the current theme inside the MerryBody Studio. The theme is ‘One Step at a Time’. It’s great to have the end goal in mind, a big vision, but this message and this mindset shift is a reminder that all massive goals can be broken down into increments, into small steps. This action alleviates unnecessary suffering and stress. This one mindset shift has got us throug...

In this episode, we chat about giving up. That is knowing when you should actually give up on your goals or whatever it is you’re working towards. Oftentimes we’re told to never give up and keep going. But, is there a right time to actually stop and let go of a dream?  Stuff we talked about… Attachment to a goal, is this the real problem? Find out what it is you actually want from life. It’s...

As we celebrate our 300th episode, we go back to where it all began and reflect on why beginning something new is so hard (or maybe it really is all very simple!). When we decided to record our very first podcast episode, there was a thought that we were too late and that there were too many, should we even bother? We had the same thought process when we started our blog. It can be really overwhel...

How do you react less and respond better? We chat about this and more during this episode. Can you relate? You’re having a simple chat with your partner, sibling or best friend and they say something that frustrates you. You then blow up with a reply that almost shocks you?!   We both can definitely relate to this! And this is why learning to respond rather than react reduces a whole lot of s...

In this episode, we chat about my nose job. Emma has been asking me to write a blog post about my nose job experience and finally, I did. Here’s the full story:  No, you shouldn’t get a nose job (advice from someone who has had two).   It got so many comments I wanted to chat about it further on the podcast. Stuff we talked about…   I thought I had a ‘bad and ugly nose’. I thou...