Get Merry

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 other things (physical health, mental health, etc.) would follow.

Ahhh what a question! And what an amazing topic of discussion! We are pumped about this episode. Tune in.

Stuff we talked about…

• Think about your mornings as a child, what were they like? Did you grow up with morning people? 
• A lack of purpose makes it harder to get out of bed. Find your purpose become a morning person.
• Link waking up and working out to your core values.
• Why sleep is so important and should be your health priority. 
• The importance of a sleep pattern, going to bed at the same time and waking at the same time.
• The 5,4,3,2,1 method from Mel Robbins to make you a morning person.

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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 began to hide her intelligence as people were so mean to her throughout primary/high school/TAFE and even the workplace. 
• Carla is reading the book Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg, we chat about this (if you have not read it get your copy!).
• We are opening up the conversation, send us your stories! We want to learn more about feminism and gender equality. Email us [email protected] or get in touch via social media.

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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 was holding us back from life itself! 

Maybe it's time to question whether your lack of body confidence is holding you back?

Stuff we talked about…

• Lack of self-worth and body confidence is BIG BUSINESS to many companies. 
• Advertising taps into our emotions... literally it's designed to make us feel crap so we buy stuff.
• Our obsession with our body and everything external keeps us thinking small. We don't have the space to dream bigger because our energy is so deeply focused on the body and how we need to change it.
• We give you a heap of ways to help strengthen your body confidence (this is gold). 
• The 21 Day Body Confidence Challenge is happening inside the MerryBody Online Studio, we start 23 September. You can JOIN HERE.

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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 that will help you with so many aspects of life!

Stuff we talked about…

• We ask clinical psychologist Miriam Emad, what are emotions? Her answer is epic and will help you understand your emotions better.
• Miriam tells us about her Bliss Following story, it's super inspiring. She actually studied for 3 whole years to be a dentist and then transitioned to psychology! 
• The importance of emotional self-care and the intention behind you self-care action eg. you can't say a bubble bath is self-care while also thinking about all the 'bad things' about yourself while in the bubble bath!
• Mindfulness, yoga, movement... so much more!

If you'd like to contact Miriam you can chat to her via email at... [email protected]

More about Miriam Emad, clinical psychologist

Miriam is a registered psychologist and holds a Masters degree in Clinical Psychology. She is experienced providing individual and group-based psychological interventions to clients with complex needs across a range of settings, including private practice, psychiatric hospitals, and outpatient services. Her work has spanned alcohol and other drugs, harm reduction programs, and adolescents and youth.

Miriam’s clinical practice is focused on supporting clients with severe mental illness to live meaningful and productive lives. She has worked extensively with individuals diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder, mood disorders, and complex trauma. Miriam is especially skilled in assisting patients to enhance emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness.

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"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, well we think it is... it's more loving, it welcomes more freedom. How we live now lets us breathe deeper, relax deeper, feel deeper. It's filled with more joy, more light, more laughter, more magic.

Sounds good, yeh?

During this Get Merry Podcast episode, we chat more about this and how we stepped away from the toxic relationship we had with health kicks. It's filled with actions steps and inspiration. 

Stuff we talked about…

• Self-love, self-respect, self-acceptance... this is what you need, not another health kick.
• What is the obsession with losing weight and your looks stealing from you? 
• How do you FEEL about yourself right now? Why will a health kick, or losing weight make you feel better? Let's dig a little deeper. 
• How we changed. The action steps we took and continue to take to create a healthy, loving, nourishing relationship with food, exercise and what we look like.
• So much more.

We talked lots about Yoga and Pilates and the magic of community. If you're looking for more support come and try MerryBody. You can read more HERE. 

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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: An optimistic outlook 'means you live longer' it's over here.

Stuff we talked about…

• Positive people are more likely to live to the age of 85 or more.
• Optimists are more mindful of their emotions and therefore less reactive and live with less stress.
• The mind and gut link. How your food choices impact your moods (read more: 5 foods to your diet and feel happier)
• The power of positive visualisation.
• The people in your life impact your optimism levels. You're allowed unfollow friends in real life not just social media!  
• So so so much more. 

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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 we talked about…

• We talk about our personal journey with meditation.
• We each share the benefits we have felt and the biggest blocks that stopped us from meditating.
• Meditation is known to help you manage stress and anxiety. In a research study it showed that Cortisol, the stress hormone was significantly lower after meditating.
• A consistent meditation practise helps you to self-regulate your emotions, you're less likely to react and blow up at dumb stuff (yes, we've all been there).
• Decreases inflammation in the body and boosts immunity, it also makes you happier, more grateful... and a nicer human. No brainer!
• We talk about habits and HOW to create a consistent meditation practice.

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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 decisions and actions come from unconscious thoughts? They are fully programmed.
If you wish to introduce a new habit you have 5% of your brain to create your conscious thoughts, the NEW thoughts that create the NEW actions. It's kind of like we are swimming upstream when we want to make a change.
But once we are aware of this... we can better understand and accept ourselves when we might struggle or 'fail'. Especially when attempting to change a habit, like talking about JOY instead of problems or maybe a new exercise habit.
“When you become the master of your mind, you are master of everything.” Swami Satchidananda
Do you feel like you're in control of your mind? When you are angry or frustrated do you let the emotion take over... do you stew on things for hours? (maybe days!?).
This podcast episode is about your limiting beliefs. It's about your ego holding you back. It's about the power you're withholding from yourself by yourSELF.
Stuff we talked about…

• You can not control anything external to you. You can only control how you respond to the situations.
• We can not create a NEW future while we live in our past.
• Manifestation, what is it, how do we do it?
• You are the observer of your thoughts and emotions.
• Meditation and slowing down.
• What the feeling of gratitude can create.
• The importance of consistency.
• You can change how you think and this will change EVERYTHING.

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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 goal. But how do we create consistency?
• How to hack the Dopamine system by setting small milestones towards bigger goals.
• In order to reach a new goal AKA create a different reality, you must first BELIEVE that you can.

If you loved this episode let us know! We’d love to hear from you on social media or email us.
This Get Merry podcast episode is brought to you by our 21 Day Yoga and Pilates Move Every Day Challenge. We start today, Tuesday 6 August. Now is the perfect time to join if you've been wanting to create a new exercise habit.
MerryBody Yoga, Pilates and Meditation classes will help you create a consistent exercise practise and finally feel at home in your body. Every day, Members see positive changes to their bodies, minds, and lives. Imagine what might happen when you join?
Always merrymaking,
Emma + Carla

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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 life.
And let's remember most Instagram feeds are carefully curated. They are not showing a whole story, especially the accounts that make you feel poor, fat and unloved... those accounts are most certainly NOT showing you the full story.
Give us the depth, the real, give us the magic in the mess over perfect, shiney, fake, surface-level any day!If you're missing some depth and realness in your Instagram feed or your life in general... tune in to this Get Merry Podcast episode!
And if you love the episode let us know and share it with someone who needs to listen. You can also subscribe so you never miss an episode.
Stuff we talked about…

• We did a massive social media cull. It was amazing. Do this and do this regularly!
• It's getting stuck with comparison... it's not Instagram, it's just become easier to compare now.
• Know you are amazing and beautiful just as you are RIGHT NOW.

If you loved this episode let us know! We’d love to hear from you on social media or email us.
Always merrymaking,
Emma + Carla
P.s if you ever need further help or guidance please contact Lifeline or Beyond Blue. Asking for help is pure courage.

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