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Emma’s in Rome with two weeks to go, Carla’s settling into her new apartment on the Gold Coast, and we’re catching up across a nine-hour time difference. From Giotto and regional Italian food to downsizing and the new MerryBody class everyone’s loving, this one is a proper sister chat.

• Why Rome is Roma, and how Italy’s regional dialects came to be (another faulty history lesson)
• Padova and Bassano del Grappa: Giotto, Donatello and the Basilica of Sant’Antonio
• Stumbling across a peaceful protest of 20,000 people
• Eating by region: baccalà, butter up north, olive oil down south, and a persimmon and chestnut mousse
• Emma’s wobbly (helmet-free) e-bike ride on the Appia Antica
• Flashback to our first Rome trip at 20 and 23, with no phones and a broken pair of thongs
• Fast trains in Europe and dreaming of one from the Gold Coast to Brisbane
• Carla’s new apartment and why small living feels so much better
• The scary side of tech and AI right now
• Book chat: the new ACOTAR and the Windy City series
• Inside our Yoga Teacher Training: sequencing week
• Super Balance Yoga and why balance matters for longevity
• A parent reminder: anchor your chest of drawers to the wall

Key takeaways:

• Travel opens your eyes. Stepping outside your own bubble shows you how much more there is to the world.
• Small is good. Less space means less stuff, less clutter and less stress.
• Adaptability is a superpower. Getting annoyed at things outside your control doesn’t make life any better.
• It’s never too early or too late to work on your balance.

Resources mentioned:

• Giotto’s frescoes, Padova
• Basilica of Sant’Antonio (with Donatello’s sculptures), Padova
• Bassano del Grappa
• Via Appia Antica, Rome
• A Court of Splintered Harmony by Sarah J. Maas
• Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
• The Windy City series by Liz Tomforde, including Rewind It Back (Rio and Halle) and In Her Own League (Monty)
• Super Balance Yoga and the posture reset class, in the MerryBody app
• The MerryBody Treasure Map, our class sequencing formula

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Emma + Carla,

The Merrymaker Sisters

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It is Sister chat time. This week Emma’s in Rome eating all the chestnuts, while Carla’s on the Gold Coast juggling two kids, a house move and a late-night website security scramble. We chat about the latest beauty trend (dissolving fillers, apparently), why ageing is a privilege, the unsolicited “are you in a mothers’ group?” question, and how Pilates finally fixed Carla’s lower back pain. Plus, a sneak peek at the brand new teacher training app and heavy weight sessions coming to MerryBody!

• Business means pivoting fast. When a crisis takes over your plans for the day, having a Plan B (and C) makes all the difference.
• Beauty trends come and go, and someone is usually profiting from your insecurity. Choosing not to jump on the train is a lot less tiring.
• Admiring beauty in older women helps undo our own fears about getting older. What a lucky thing it is to age!
• We all need a village, but it doesn’t have to look like anyone else’s. Even one person counts.
• Consistent Pilates with a focus on glute re-engagement took Carla’s postpartum lower back pain away. Strength holds everything in place.

• The global PHP and Node.js security vulnerabilities, and what it taught us about worst case scenarios
• Fuel protests, empty supermarkets and student protests in Italy
• The Fourth Wing cast drama and AI-perfect beauty standards
• Bringing back recipes (Carla’s peanut butter cookies are coming to Instagram)
• Raising two high-energy kids and the backhanded “worried about you” judgement
• The Rocca di Papa chestnut festival and why sagre belong on your Italy itinerary
• Building the new teacher training app and hitting the halfway mark with our fourth cohort
• Carla’s new apartment (no mortgage!) and adding heavy weight sessions to MerryBody
• Julia Stiles’ Heath Ledger tribute on Dancing with the Stars

• Sagra delle Castagne (chestnut festival), Rocca di Papa, Castelli Romani
• Nemi’s strawberry festival (June) and its little strawberry tarts
• Fourth Wing series (Prime Video)
• 10 Things I Hate About You (1999)
• Julia Stiles’ Dancing with the Stars tribute to Heath Ledger
• Australian Cyber Security Centre updates on the PHP vulnerability
• Carla’s peanut butter cookie recipe, coming soon on our Instagram

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Emma + Carla

The Merrymaker Sisters

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In episode five of our Sorelle Sessions, Emma’s in Rome, Carla’s on the Gold Coast, and the chat goes everywhere. From what Savasana teaches us about death (and living), to meeting one of our teacher training grads in Testaccio, to what the new Yoga Alliance changes actually mean (spoiler: less has changed than the internet thinks). Plus two very long Italian family lunches, a $17.60 smoothie, and Carla’s first solo outing with a toddler and a newborn. GO CARLA!!! Yep, she is amazing!

• Why the whole point of yoga is to contemplate death, and how Savasana helps us live more present lives
• Emma’s visit to the Pyramid of Cestius and the cemetery where John Keats is buried (plus a brave attempt at reading Keats aloud (hahahaha, yes we need to educate ourselves)
• Meeting MerryBody YTT grad Barbara for pizza and pasticcini at Testaccio Market, and why we want more real-life meet-ups
• A chat about racism, migration, identity and respecting First Nations culture in Australia
• The Yoga Alliance update explained: registered yoga schools now hold “designations”, and the 200 hour is still here
• Week 8 of our 2026 200 hour cohort, and celebrating Louise, our newest Yin Yoga Teacher Training graduate
• Carla’s week: weaning, chaotic packing (wine glasses in a nappy box, anyone?) and a solo walk, park and café trip with both boys
• Italian feasts, €10 Tavola Calda and Carla’s “dinosaur pasta”
• The new 3 Day Arms & Abs Challenge inside MerryBody

• Yoga is so much more than down dogs. Remembering life has an ending helps us let go of the grasping and focus on what brings joy, peace and calm.
• Real-life connection matters more than ever. In a world full of screens and AI, putting a face to a name deepens everything.
• Don’t panic about Yoga Alliance. The 200, 300 and 500 hour designations still exist. Mostly, the naming has changed.
• Your body is built differently, literally. Yin yoga (taught the Paul Grilley way) shows how our skeletons shape what we can do, making it a powerful practice of self-acceptance.
• When life changes, start small. Time and new seasons of life are the biggest exercise hurdles. A short challenge rebuilds momentum without waiting for Monday.

Resources mentioned:

• John Keats, Ode to a Nightingale and Bright Star
• Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love
• Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo + Juliet (1996)
• Pyramid of Cestius and the Non-Catholic Cemetery, Rome
• Testaccio Market, Rome
• Yoga Alliance
• Paul Grilley’s approach to Yin Yoga
• Gold Coast Greeks Facebook group
• MerryBody 3 Day Arms & Abs Challenge

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Emma + Carla

The Merrymaker Sisters

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Grab a spritz (it's always spritz o'clock somewhere) and join us across an eight hour time difference, with Emma in Rome and Carla on the Gold Coast.

This week we wander through a 102-year-old wine festival, debate whether romantasy writing is "bad" (spoiler: we don't care, we love it), we chat about pesticides in Aussie produce, and share a proud moment about why MerryBody does not use before and after photos. Plus a very special guest appearance from Denny singing Five Little Ducks. HAHAH.

Content note: this episode includes discussion of domestic violence and eating disorders. Please look after yourself while listening.

In this episode:

• The Marino Grape Festival, 50 kinds of spritz and why the little towns outside Rome are our favourite
• Castel Gandolfo, souvenir shopping regrets and the Florence coin purse that disappeared
• Carla's week: weekends at Mum's, Leo's milestones and a new apartment on the way
• What it's like running our Yoga Teacher Training with a brand new cohort (week seven already!)
• Why meditation is where yoga philosophy actually starts to transform you
• Finishing Threshing Day, the hero's journey and why every great story shares the same bones (warning spoilers)
• Pesticides, BPA-free bottles and choosing glass and organic where we can
• Small business, AI and finding gratitude when the world feels heavy
• Our stance on before and afters, and the Instagram post that made us proud

Key takeaways:

• Knowing isn't doing. You can know every benefit of meditation, but nothing changes until you actually sit and breathe.
• Presence is the big lesson of yoga. Mess in the house and imperfect days matter far less than the moment you're in.
• Gratitude helps, and so does a walk. When things feel heavy, finding one thing to be thankful for (and getting outside) helps you move again.
• Your before is just as worthy as your after. The wins that matter most, like better sleep, less back pain and feeling calmer, can't be photographed.
• Values over trends. We've got things wrong before, but we'll always choose what feels right over what sells fastest.

Resources mentioned:

• Sagra dell'Uva (Marino Grape Festival), Castelli Romani, Italy
• Castel Gandolfo, Rocca di Papa and Lake Albano
• Villa Borghese and the Pantheon, Rome
• Aperol Spritz (invented 1919)
• Threshing Day by Rebecca Yarros, a collection of thirteen Empyrean stories, released 29 September 2026
• Fourth Wing, Iron Flame and Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros
• Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
• The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell (the hero's journey, 1949)
• Carl Jung's archetypes
• Harry Potter, The Lord of the Rings and Throne of Glass (the giant spiders)
• Gossip Girl
• The Dirty Dozen list of high-pesticide produce
• Our MerryBody Instagram post: "Why you'll never see before and after photos from us"

Feel good in your body, without the before and afters

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Always merrymaking,

Emma + Carla,

The Merrymaker Sisters

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Okay, this one goes everywhere. Actually... everywhere!

Emma's just back from a week in Puglia (and yes, she ate all the bocconotti), and Carla's had a five-day birthday fesitval on the Gold Coast. Even though she organised it herself... virgo dream, right?

So we start with pasta, figs and beach days… and then somehow end up in an existential crisis about social media, AI yoga teachers and all the bad news in the world. Then we swing right back to fictional dragons.

Basically, it's exactly what our coffee catch-ups sound like. Grab a coffee or a spritz and come sit with us. Or walk with us. Or drive with us!

Denny also makes a little surprise appearance at the end, CUTE!

Warning: we chat about sexual assault, violence against women and some heavy world news in this one, so please look after yourself while listening. If you need support in Australia, 1800RESPECT is there on 1800 737 732.

Oh, and a few little Fourth Wing spoilers too! If you have not read book 1, block your ears when we get to that part! haha.

What we chat about:

• Emma's Puglia must-eats: bocconotti for brekkie, orecchiette with cime di rapa, bombette, octopus panino and figs straight off the tree (maybe don't do that last one)
• The cutest towns: Martina Franca, Ostuni, Locorotondo, Monopoli, Lecce and Cisternino
• Why the late-night passeggiata is the most Italian thing ever
• Watching five groups doing photoshoots at lunch… and then scheduling our own reels like, what are we doing?!
• The AI yoga accounts taking over our feeds (so weird)
• Why we really want to bring back in-person events
• Speaking up about the hard stuff, and raising little boys who step in
• Carla's birthday week, newborn life and 2am squats while rocking Leo
• Emma's local chestnut festival and a bike ride on the Via Appia Antica
• Threshing Day is out!! Our fave stories so far (Xaden, obviously)

Our takeaways:

• Live it first, photograph it second. Take the pic, sure, then put the phone down.
• Real humans matter more than ever. Especially when half your feed is AI.
• If you're safe to speak up, speak up. Be the one who calls it out.
• The hard seasons pass. Dinnertime chaos won't last forever (and maybe it's the whole point anyway).

Stuff we mentioned:

• Bar Adua, Martina Franca (THE bocconotti)
• La Pasteria, Martina Franca (fresh pasta, so good)
• Threshing Day by Rebecca Yarros
• Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
• Windy City series by Liz Tomforde
• Sherele Moody and Australian Femicide Watch: australianfemicidewatch.org
• 1800RESPECT: 1800 737 732

Come hang out with us in MerryBody

Like we said in this ep: if you need a bit of yoga or Pilates, a reminder that you're already amazing, or just a break from all the "fix yourself" stuff online, come join us! MerryBody is yoga, Pilates and meditation with real teachers and real bodies. No before-and-afters here, promise. Quick classes for busy days, longer flows when you've got time, and lots of positivity but also embracing reality.

And if you're loving this little series, please tell a friend. It really helps us so much.

Join us direct via the app store: http://geni.us/merrybody

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Thanks for tuning in, see you next week!

Emma + Carla

The Merrymaker Sisters

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Sorelle Sessions #2 is here! Emma is in Rome, Carla is on the Gold Coast. We hit record on the chat we would have had anyway. No script, no plan, just sisters catching up. Grab a coffee (or a spritz) and enjoy!

In this episode:

• The full play-by-play of the Tuscan wedding menu, from the aperitivo to the never-ending courses to the cake.
• Why Emma wore her Year 12 formal dress (bought at 17, worn again at 38) and why it looked even better this time.
• The sisters' teenage hair eras, thanks to one very persuasive hairdresser in Canberra.
• Radicchio, breadcrumbs on baked veggies, and other Italian kitchen tricks worth stealing.
• Dance floor lifts, near misses by the pool, and the group chat wedding song.
• Carla on life with a toddler and a newborn.
• Sorelle Sessions Italian lessons, how to actually say Fiumicino, and the best pizza al taglio near the airport (called Sancho).
• For extended Europe stays, car lease option.
• Why Emma regrets not making the Puglian wedding bigger (but the 40th birthday party idea that might fix it).

Links mentioned:

• The Tuscan wedding food.
• The dress! Worn at 17 and 38.

Join us on the mat

Whether you're in Rome, on the Gold Coast, or somewhere in between, MerryBody is your home for Yoga, Pilates and meditation. Move in a way that feels good, with two sisters who get that life is busy and bodies change. Try it here: http://geni.us/merrybody

Ready to go deeper? The School of MerryBody Yoga Teacher Trainings are Yoga Alliance approved and fully online, so you can study from anywhere (even between courses at an Italian wedding). Choose from the 200 Hour, Yin Yoga or Yamas and Niyamas trainings.

• 200 Hour YTT: https://themerrymakersisters.com/online-yoga-teacher-training/
• Yin Yoga YTT: https://themerrymakersisters.com/yin-yoga-teacher-training/

Got questions for the next Sorelle Session? Send them our way. We'll be back in your ears next week!

Always merrymaking,

Emma + Carla 

The Merrymaker Sisters

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Welcome to our very first episode of the Sorelle Sessions! I am (Emma) in Rome (well, Rocca di Papa, a town just outside of Rome), Carla is on the Gold Coast, and we thought, why not hit record on the catch ups we'd be having anyway? No plan, no script, just the two of us talking about what's really going on. Grab a coffee or a spritz, depending on your time zone.  

• Italy vs the Gold Coast: 11pm piazzas full of kids vs cafés closing at 2pm, and why Italians don't need a name for "the third place"
• The real cost of living comparison: €2 chicken Marylands, €7 pizza and €4 spritzes vs $22 spritzes and $26 margheritas back home.
• Why we chose to buy a little house in Italy instead of renovating in Australia.
• The ongoing cost of living crisis, small business closures and the hard part of being "in touch with reality" without being consumed by it.
• Parenting from Instagram: praising effort over "you're so smart," and the "you can walk or mummy carries you" trick that actually worked on Denny.
• Postpartum recovery done properly the second time: rest, the recovery pants Carla swears by, and why the "bounce back" pressure does more harm than good.
• Why we'll never sell MerryBody with before and after photos, even though it would probably make us more money
• Mum at 68 doing 2 to 3 classes a day and racing Denny down the flying fox. This is what MerryBody is for.

Emma's blog post on her pituitary gland tumour diagnosis, read it here!

The skincare Carla is loving (not sponsored): Froya Organics.

The film Emma watched on the plane: Hamnet

MerryBody snack size classes, the physio-approved sessions Carla is easing back in with: sign up to a 7 day trial!

Got a question for next week's Sorelle Session? Italy, small business, Gold Coast life, Yoga, Pilates, teacher training, anything. Send us an email or a DM and we'll add it to the list. And if you have a sister, send her this one. Apparently Harvard says it's good for you.

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Always merrymaking,

Emma + Carla

The Merrymaker Sisters

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This one's a wild ride (literally!). In this episode Carla shares her Leo James birth story for the very first time... and it could not be more different to her first birth with Denny.

What started as a calm morning of contractions at home turned into a very speedy, very dramatic dash to the hospital… and baby Leo arrived in the car, right out the front of the hospital, with an audience.

The hypnobirthing breathing, the birth affirmations, the M1 traffic drama, and the rip... and recovery that followed.

A reminder of just how amazing the female body is.  

(Please note: this episode includes detailed descriptions of childbirth and bodily fluids.)

In this episode:

• This birth was very different to the first birth with Denny
• Why she wanted to avoid an induction and go into spontaneous labour
• The tools that helped: the TENS machine, pranayama breathing, hypnobirthing and birth affirmations
• Recognising the "I don't want to do this anymore" transition moment
• The dramatic 13-minute drive, Gold Coast drivers and waters breaking in the car
• Leo's arrival in the car, a BBA (Baby Before Arrival!) — right outside the hospital
• The tear, the stitches and Carla's speedy recovery
• Why the second newborn bubble has felt so different (in the best way)

What a birth story! We'd love to hear your thoughts... come say hi over on Instagram or send us an email.

Ready to move, breathe and feel good in your body? Come join us inside the MerryBody app for yoga, Pilates and meditation you'll actually look forward to — start your free trial here: http://geni.us/merrybody.

Emma + Carla,

The Merrymaker Sisters

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Well, we're on a roll! With baby number two still keeping us waiting (any day now!), we've squeezed in another podcast, and this one goes everywhere (as usual haha). We start with the bump update and Carla's wild nose job saga (two surgeries, a skin graft from her bum, and a two-year swelling situation no surgeon ever warned her about).

It turns into a real conversation about why we've normalised changing our faces, and how a society so obsessed with "fixing" bodies got this far from self-acceptance.

Then we dive into Off Campus, th show everyone's talking about... and what it's teaching us about emotionally intelligent men, healthy relationships, and supportive friendships. We get into men's mental health, the pressure to "achieve" and s much more!

Heads up: we briefly touch on suicide and men's mental health in this episode. Please skip or come back to it if you need to. 

A few things we chat about:

• Plastic surgery is never "just" a procedure. Carla's story is a real reminder that surgery is major, healing can take years and the before-and-afters never tell the whole story.
• Our bodies are meant to change... bloating, puffiness, swelling, all of it. Recognising it as completely normal (periods, pregnancy, travel, being human) is so good for us.
• Off Campus is displaying emotional intelligence, its leading men celebrate the women in their lives, hold space for feelings and show us what supportive, healthy relationships can actually look like.
• Men's mental health matters... so many men were raised to bottle it all up, and creating safe spaces to feel and talk can literally save lives.
• Money won't buy happiness (but we keep having to relearn it!)... chasing achievement and external validation is part of life... but real happiness and wellbeing comes from within (as long as you have the essentials).

Stuff we mentioned:

• Off Campus — the hockey-romance series on Prime Video, based on Elle Kennedy's Off-Campus books (starting with The Deal)
• Coop on YouTube — the creator whose plastic surgery reaction videos kicked off the chat. He's so funny! Probably the coolest and most decent Gen Z guys we've seen online. Admittedly we don't follow many (haha).
• Emily in Paris — on Netflix
• A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas — our current Romantasy obsession (no spoilers… mostly haha)
• "Boys" — the upcoming book on raising boys we mention, will chat more about this soon.
• Episode 444 — Ozempic, Botox & binge eating
• Episode 443 — our Romantasy book recommendations

Before you go… 

Next time you're feeling puffy, premenstrual, or just plain over it, press play on a Yin Yoga class and feel the magic. That's exactly what MerryBody is for... Yoga, Pilates and meditation you can do anytime, anywhere, without the external pressure to look like anyone else but YOU. Start today! Find us in your a store over HERE!

Always merrymaking

Emma + Carla 

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Ever get that feeling that everyone else has it all figured out and you're somehow running late on your own life? In this episode we chat about that "I'm so behind" feeling... the milestones we think we should have hit by now, the comparison spiral, the endless should-be's and the ancient Yoga practice that helps us let it all go: Santosha, or contentment.

We chat about why fixing one thing only ever reveals the next thing to fix, why acceptance isn't toxic positivity (it's simply letting things be as they are), and how true contentment comes from the inside out, not the outside in.

We talk through money fears, relationship timelines, the "good life vs good day" reminder, and how shifting your energy, shifts your results. 

In this episode:

• Why the "I'm behind" feeling is so universal, and a little pointless once you really look at it
• Santosha (contentment + acceptance) and why it's a daily practice, not a one-and-done
• How acceptance isn't positivity, it's letting reality be as it is, so you can move through it with less suffering
• Releasing the "should-be's": milestones, money, relationship timelines and everyone's different path
• "Don't get so obsessed with a good life that you forget to give yourself a good day"
• How shifting your energy and mindset shifts your actions, and your results
• Why diving into Yoga philosophy ripples out into every corner of your life

Mentioned in this episode:

• Santosha — the second Niyama, contentment, from the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
• The Daily Guide to the Yoga Sutras by Susan Fendler
• Eddie Stern's One Simple Thing
• Steve Jobs on connecting the dots looking backwards
• Byron Katie's "Is it true?" question
• Episode 444 — our binge eating, Ozempic + Botox chat
• Our earlier podcast episodes on the Yamas & Niyamas

Ready to go deeper?  If this episode lit something up in you, our School of MerryBody Yoga Teacher Trainings are where this philosophy really comes alive. Our next 200-Hour Training (fully online and Yoga Alliance accredited) begins 23 August 2026 and right now there's an early bird offer plus a 12-month payment plan to make it doable around real life, families and work.

Come learn the practices that changed everything for us: 200-Hour Teacher Training themerrymakersisters.com/online-yoga-teacher-training/

Got questions or wondering if it's for you? Reach out anytime, we love a chat. 

Always merrymaking,

Emma + Carla

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