Get Merry

How do you do the things you need to do... when you don't want to do the things you need to do? There's just so much resistance and friction stopping you from doing these important things!

In this episode, we chat about doing the work, being productive and finding the flow.

Stuff we talk about…

• Struggling with resistance (laziness, comfort and overwhelm)
• Doing the work and being present
• The things that we do in our business to make it more productive, effective and run better
• Being organized and creating processes
• How assigning someone to do the tasks for you allows you some space to be more creative
• Use your calendar
• Setting up the right environment for the tasks you're doing
• How productivity isn't about using a tool or an app, but making sure that you do the things

We are excited to hear your takeaway from this in your life and business. While you're listening to this episode, we'd love for you to take a selfie and send it to us.

If you have a request on what topic to feature on this podcast, send us a DM on Instagram or Facebook, or email us.

If you loved this episode please rate and review our podcast and share it with someone you love. Thank you for tuning in and being here!

Always merrymaking,

Emma + Carla

P.s If you ever need help or guidance please contact Lifeline or Beyond Blue. Asking for help is pure courage.

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In this episode, we chat about underrated (and overrated)skills. 

You might have this whole set of amazing skills that you don't even recognize as skills!

But also, it's important to reflect, because maybe we need to give these underrated skills a little more attention!

Stuff we talk about…

• How being really smart or having a bachelor's degree is not necessary in order to be successful.
• How being a loud and boisterous person at a network meeting is overrated.
• Networking and relationship-building can both be overrated and underrated skills.
• Good conversation is an underrated skill, it's important to listen and respond without bringing yourself into it.
• Assertiveness is another underrated skill, especially for women as we somehow get the msg that it's something to be ashamed of.
• Empathy is the number 1 underrated skill but how can we work on it and not let our emotions take over?
• Everything is compromised if we cannot manage our stress and thoughts.
• Disciplined and the ability to overcome resistance, more underrated skills.

If you have anything to add, get in touch! We'd love to hear from you!

And, come join us in our Do It In 20 Challenge happening right now inside MerryBody. Get ready for 20 Days, 20 Yoga + Pilates Classes, 20 Meditations.

The best bit? You’ll do it in around 20 minutes a day. Move your body, find your joy and reignite your love for life. Come and join the fun! You can sign up here.

If you have a request on what topic to feature on this podcast, send us a DM on Instagram or Facebook, or email us.

If you loved this episode please rate and review our podcast and share it with someone you love. Thank you for tuning in and being here!

Always merrymaking,

Emma + Carla

P.s If you ever need help or guidance please contact Lifeline or Beyond Blue. Asking for help is pure courage.

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Using the before and after photos is the traditional way of marketing in the fitness industry. But, it sucks and it generally make you feel kind of crap about yourself.

We never share before and after photos within MerryBody Online Studio. We've stood by this for some time now and we've talked a lot about this and during this Get Merry Podcast episode we delve a little deeper into the reasons why we don't.

Stuff we talk about…

• Using before and after photos affects people's mental health.
• The seasons of life create fluctuations in weight.
• The core of MerryBody isn't about the before and after transformation but how moving your body invites joy back into your life.
• If your decision on why you exercise is based on obligation, there's no way it's gonna feel joyful.

Here in MerryBody, we're not about the before and after images... We are about the before and AHHHH, I feel amazing!

It's all about feeling amazing with who you are are at this very moment.

And, if you want more of this, come join us inside MerryBody. The best time to join is right now as we are about to start our next daily Yoga and Pilates.

It's the Do It In 20 Challenge. Get ready for 20 Days, 20 Yoga + Pilates Classes, 20 Meditations.

The best bit? You’ll do it in around 20 minutes a day. Move your body, find your joy and reignite your love for life. We start on Saturday 20 June. You can sign up here.

If you have a request on what topic to feature on this podcast, send us a DM on Instagram or Facebook, or email us.

If you loved this episode please rate and review our podcast and share it with someone you love. Thank you for tuning in and being here!

Always merrymaking,

Emma + Carla

P.s If you ever need help or guidance please contact Lifeline or Beyond Blue. Asking for help is pure courage.

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We feel like we are in a smooth-sailing zone. And, it feels kind of funny because we become used, almost addicted to the ups and downs. But isn’t this low stress, neutral feeling good?

It is a good thing when we feel a sense of contentment. And, self-acceptance is the first step to contentment. AHA!

This episode is us chatting about life, as always! The normal hot topics come up… of self-hate, self-disgust, body image stuff, etc. 

Also, we are going to start welcoming mini-podcast series’. We need to shake it up around here!

Stuff we talk about…

• In order to feel content, you must first accept where you are right here right now.
• You don’t need to change what you are, you just need to change how you see things.
• You can accept where you are but still have the desire to improve yourself.
• When you have a sense of disgust in yourself, you usually feel that for others too.
• We live in a world where non-acceptance is a more common practice
• Create something and contribute to the world and all the ‘self’ stuff become less important.
• Allow yourself to feel joy and you’ll feel acceptance.

Liz Gilbert says from her book City of Girls, “Life is both fleeting and dangerous, and there is no point in denying yourself pleasure, or being anything other than what you are.”

We’d love to hear from you about what brings you joy! Send us a DM on Instagram or Facebook, or email us.

If you loved this episode please rate and review our podcast and share it with someone you love. Thank you for tuning in and being here!

Always merrymaking,

Emma + Carla

P.s If you ever need help or guidance please contact Lifeline or Beyond Blue. Asking for help is pure courage.

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Join us for this guided breathwork meditation with Dreamy Guitar, the perfect way to celebrate the Get Merry Podcast's 250th Episode and the end of our 14-day Breathwork Challenge.

Thanks to Damiano Mex for creating the blissful magic guitar vibes and Carla taking us through the breathwork. You really are in for a treat! Warning... at about 21 mins there's a weird noise due to the live-ness of this recording!

Stuff we talk about…

• Yoga and Meditation, it's more about how you do it, finding time in your day and making it work for you without the pressure.
• The number 1 change we've felt from welcoming in the meditation practice.
• How meditation and yoga help you become more grateful and allow you to see opportunities standing right in front of you.
• How meditation, Pilates and yoga help you become less stressed and uncover the real you... the truth that you are amazing just as you are.
• Then you get to do the epic meditation!

How did you feel before the meditation and how did you feel after?

We'd love to hear from you! Send us a DM on Instagram or Facebook, or email us.

If you want to do join our next challenge (Do It In 20 Challenge) on the 20th of June, please join us at the MerryBody Online Studio. We'd love to see you there!

If you loved this episode please rate and review our podcast and share it with someone you love. Thank you for tuning in and being here!

Always merrymaking,

Emma + Carla

P.s If you ever need help or guidance please contact Lifeline or Beyond Blue. Asking for help is pure courage.

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Here in Australia everything is slowly opening and (maybe) going back to 'normal'. If you're feeling anxious or a little afraid of going back to your 'normal life'... then this Get Merry Podcast episode is for you.

Stuff we talk about…

• It's normal to feel anxiety and fear about going back to our normal lives.
• Our sense of freedom stopped during this lockdown.
• The realisation that you don't need a lot to feel contentment and happiness.
• How having a resilient mindset is more important than having a stable mindset.
• When going through a storm, are you going to stay put or adapt and come out stronger?
• Why we should also practise detachment from the things we don't like.
• We each get to decide what our 'normal lives' look like.

Tell us how you're feeling about all these changes. Remember, however, you're feeling is okay. Give yourself kindness and compassion. And when in doubt, move your body and shake it off. Do some yoga, breathe, dance and laugh, laugh, laugh.

We also mentioned our interview with Dani Smith and how we were in hysterics when we had a finger ice bath (haha), here's a link to Episode 246: The Wim Hof Method with Dani Smith.

If you loved this episode please rate and review our podcast and share it with someone you love. Thank you for tuning in and being here!

Always merrymaking,

Emma + Carla

P.s If you ever need help or guidance please contact Lifeline or Beyond Blue. Asking for help is pure courage.

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During this episode, we chat about compromise. Lately, we've been reflecting on the changes in our lives and how decisions lead to change and that every decision comes with compromise. 

As Joseph Campbell says "You must enter the cave that you fear in order to find the treasure." 

Right now, if you're feeling stuck in making a decision because you're afraid of the compromise, if you're afraid of the change... then tune in to this episode.

Stuff we talk about…

• Every decision comes with compromises and sacrifices.
• Every yes is a no to something else, and vice versa.
• Sometimes we live in a place of the 'fear of compromise' so we stay where we are, in the ocean of mediocrity.
• Is it time to step into the unknown and uncertainty?
• Learn from other people's mistakes.
• There's never a decision that never comes with a potential pro and con.
• When you compromise your self, your truth, your time and your love. It's time to check-in.

We really loved this episode, we feel like we had some personal moments of clarity. It's like when you become aware of compromise, it will help you make scary decisions and go towards your true dreams and goals. Ohhhhh life!

If you loved this episode, please rate and review our podcast and share it with someone you love. Thank you for tuning in and being here!

Always merrymaking,

Emma + Carla

P.s If you ever need help or guidance please contact Lifeline or Beyond Blue. Asking for help is pure courage.

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Before we get into this post let’s get you in the right frame of mind.

Find a comfy seat, or simply get comfy where you are, roll the shoulders, shift a little side to side and now… find some stillness.

Relax your shoulders. 

Relax your face, feel the expression melt away as you read these words

.

Now take a deep breath in… and open the mouth, let the breath go, like you’re fogging up the glass.

Let’s do two more like that…

Deep breath in and ahhhhh let the breath go.

One more, deep breath in…. and exhale let the breath go.

Let’s check-in, do you feel any different from when you first began reading this post?

Do you feel a little more settled, a little more grounded, a little more present? 

You just experienced the most potent healing modality (ever) and you’ve been doing it your entire life… you’ve just been doing it wrong.

BREATHING.

Wait, what? 

Yes! Breathing, which is usually an unconscious action that naturally occurs due to the intelligence of your body.

Unconscious breathing does enough to keep you alive… but what if you could do so much more with your breath? 

And what we’re about to share, is not rocket science. What you’re about to learn can be actioned in under 5 minutes.

These techniques have been practiced for thousands and thousands of years and are now backed by science literally heal your body from the inside out. 

Join us for our 14 Day Yoga and Breathwork Challenge here: programs.themerrymakersisters.com/studio

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In this episode, we had a chat with the amazing Dani Smith, a certified Wim Hof practitioner and Remedial Massage Therapist. Dani shared her Wim Hof experience and the importance of proper breathing.

Stuff we talk about…

• How Dani's dad got sick and made her interested in starting her Wim Hof training.
• Health is the most valuable commodity that we have.
• How Dani's Wim Hof training helped her arrive back to herself and positively change her relationships.
• How ice bath helps you feel in a state of euphoria that lasts for a significant amount of time.
• How the Wim Hof method started and the scientific proofs related to its effectiveness.
• Dani's training experience in Poland that included exposure to different cold temperatures and climbing a mountain for more than 2 hours.
• Importance of breathing correctly.
• How to release the diaphragm. Check out the video!
• Importance of opening up the muscles as humans are meant to be mobile, not sedentary.
• Connection to self, others, and her purpose to the world as Dani's idea of success.

Oh, we really LOVED this episode! So excited to do the Wim Hof breathing masterclass with Dani and share it with the MerryBody community.

If you loved hearing from Dani Smith, find out more info about her and everything she does RIGHT HERE.

If you loved this episode please rate and review our podcast and share it with someone you love. Thank you for tuning in and being here!

Always merrymaking,

Emma + Carla

P.s If you ever need help or guidance please contact Lifeline or Beyond Blue. Asking for help is pure courage.

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In the light of the situation (global pandemic) that we're all living through right now, it's like we've been given this time and space to take stock of everything, an opportunity to re-look and re-evaluate at our goals.

But with this also comes the pressure to get it all done and the anxiety of not doing enough during this time.

Stuff we talk about…

• Not having time is just an excuse. The truth is that we can always create this time and space for ourselves if we want to.
• The idea of setting a goal does not necessarily have to be more, more, more. It could also be less.
• A goal is not only about ticking your to-do lists but also being more present, living in the moment and being with the people you love.
• A sense of accomplishment and achievement is important, but what's more important is how we do it.
• Should we be teaching kids to strive right now? Instead of striving, how about teaching them how to survive and cope with change?
• Instead of using this time to achieve and strive, can we use this time to feel more joy?

If you're feeling excited and expansive about this time, then you gotta run with that, take action, create, make it happen.

BUT if you're feeling anxious and worried then maybe you need to stop for a moment, check-in and tune in to what you truly desire.

You're allowed to just breathe and live. Relax and give yourself permission to explore and get creative.

Remember that with or without goals, you are enough just as you are.

If you loved this episode please rate and review our podcast and share it with someone you love. Thank you for tuning in and being here!

Always merrymaking,

Emma + Carla

P.s if you ever need help or guidance please contact Lifeline or Beyond Blue. Asking for help is pure courage.

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