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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 kgs? How many times a month, week or maybe day do you look at your body and find something you dislike? How often do you feel self-conscious about your body and say NO to things because you feel this body shame?
Lose 5kg was on our to-do list for at least 15 years, if not more.
And every now and then it comes back.
During this episode, we tell you exactly how we deal with these times. How we help each other see the truth. How we don't allow ourselves to spiral down the comparison and shame black hole of emptiness.
Stuff we talked about…

• Can we remove shame all together?
• What creates this shame? The materialistic ego-driven world we live in? Or the innate hunger to be accepted? The patriarch? Fatphobia?
• How about we just don't ever think about our bodies. What is the concept of body neutrality?
• How much time are you spending obsessing about weight and feeling bad about your body? What are you missing out on?
• Society and media create this obsession with weight loss and body image to keep us small. To keep our ideas small. To keep us quiet.

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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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's ok to put yourself first.
• Expectations... why it's ok to change your mind!

If you loved this episode let us know! We'd love to hear from you on social media or email us.

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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 podcast episode.
“You can have results or excuses. Not both.”
Stuff we talked about…

• How it's natural for humans to make excuses and procrastinate. But it doesn't mean it's a good thing!
• The most common things we all make excuses for: exercise, work and career success, relationships, social life, eating healthy, family time, learning and development... oh wait. Everything.
• How we do one thing is how we do everything!
• How to stop procrastinating and stop making excuses.
• What are the most common excuses? No time, too tired, not educated enough, I have to look after the kids, born in the wrong era, not enough money, there's too much competition - so no point to start, I'm on this path and have dedicated so much time to it - I can't change, I am stuck in my ways, don't have support, not smart enough, not pretty enough, NOT ENOUGH.
• Accept where you are right now, stop dwelling on the past you CAN NOT CHANGE IT! Focus on what you can do right NOW to create a brighter present and future.
• Do the important stuff first. Work out what is actually important, what are your core values (not what you SAY they are what do your actions say your values are?).
• Get organised, batch work, schedule workouts, get accountability.
• Let go of perfection.
• Get rid of non-required distractions eg. aimless social media scrolling, TV time.

You might also like Episode 194: Follow these 3 steps and you won't fail your goal.

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Far out, 200 podcast episodes, boom! And we reckon after 6+ years it's the perfect episode to reflect on our business journey so far.
If you have a biz or if you're inspired to start one, this episode is perfect for you. It's a personal reflection, free-flowing and filled with tangents but interwoven you'll hear some of our most favourite business lessons. We chat wins, failures and struggles.
Stuff we talked about…

• How our unhappiness and general discontent led us to create a blog and business.
• Why we do what we do.
• All the things we've tried from eBooks, to challenges, to health coaching, to multi-level marketing, to building an app and creating a membership.
• Working through the mindset of selling and making money... this was hard for us!
• The importance of purpose.
• Why the best thing we ever did was STOP and make space for the next idea and the biz pivot.
• We get our gratitude on. We are so lucky we have each other.

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How often do you find yourself comparing your life to someone else's life? You compare your beauty to their beauty, their career success to yours, their relationship to yours (or lack of).Right now, we are living in a time where it's the easiest it has ever been to compare our lives to someone else's. All we have to do is pick up our phones, scroll on Instagram and boom you instantly see 'perfection'.
But we can not blame social media, we must take responsibility for our actions and HOW we use social media. Because comparison, jealousy and envy have been a part of human existence for much longer than Instagram!
Stuff we talked about…

• Comparison, jealousy and envy have been a part of life since human existence... well since Greek Myths anyway (haha).
• How to not be jealous.
• Check your self-worth and self-esteem.
• Celebrate other people's success! Why make everything about you?!
• Get your gratitude on! Count your blessings instead of focusing on what you don't have.

"Comparison is the thief of joy" Theodore Roosevelt

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During this episode, we chat relationships and breakups. We share lots of personal stories experiences, with some very actionable advice. If you're going through heartbreak right now, TUNE IN and know you're not alone and that some times a break up can lead to the most amazing breakthrough.
“Someday you're gonna look back on this moment of your life as such a sweet time of grieving. You'll see that you were in mourning and your heart was broken, but your life was changing...” Elizabeth Gilbert
Stuff we talked about…

• The different ways we have dealt with our break ups.
• How after each break up we learn SO MUCH about ourselves and what we want and need from a relationship.
• Women Who Run with the Wolves (the book that forever changed our lives).
• Reminder to check in with yourself, recover, rediscover and remember you are pure love.

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During this episode, we chat STRESS! We go through a bunch of mindset shifts, daily action steps and techniques that help us be less stressed. If you just bring in one of these things we know you will benefit.
Stuff we talked about…

• Impermanence. The realisation that life is not forever, that everything will end one day and should we really be this stressed?
• Yoga... ahhh it is all yoga! Yoga was life-changing for us and it's a great action step to take to become less stressed. You can even try MerryBody Yoga for free HERE.
• Planning and reflecting on what actually brings the most stress. Example, if you're stressed organising weekday dinners, what can you do on a Sunday to help you?
• The power and magic of being present. Presence is everything.
• It's more about HOW you do something and not WHAT you do.
• Detachment, do the work for the sake and the magic of the work. Not the results.

This episode is actual Merry gold, we loved this topic so much. If you tune in and take action any on the stuff we chat about, let us know!

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Does the idea of networking make you sick? Tune into this episode to get our top networking tips and learn how to get better at networking! Also, hear some of our personal networking stories.
Networking and building relationships have been game changer for our business and personal lives! This episode is filled with actionable advice and upon reflection, we realise without our networking building our lives would be completely different! We are so grateful we took the time to build solid networks and relationships.
Stuff we talked about…

• We chat about a bunch of personal stories that will inspire you to direct more energy to the magical skill of networking.
• The importance of networking without an end goal in mind.
• Look sideways! We are all the same, don't put people on pedestals, don't think people are below you.
• What is reciprocity - the practice of exchanging things with others for mutual benefit.
• Ways you can be more memorable.
• Let go of the fear around networking, the fear of judgment from others and of rejection.

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During this episode, we chat about the pressures and dangers of body trends. It's a great episode if you've been on a mission to get a thigh gap or if you're obsessed with booty gains or desperate to get flat as rock hard abs. Maybe you've heard of this thing called the toblerone tunnel, apparently, this is the current trend.
Stuff we talked about…

• We walk down memory lane of all the trends. From teeny wastes to no waists. From flat butts to big butts. From big busts, to no cleavage, to some cleavage, to none again. OMG how ridiculous is this?
• We chat about women's body ideals compared to men's body ideals. Are they the same pressures?
• How we must focus on embracing and accepting who we are. This is the only way things will change. It's time to celebrate our differences.
• Focus on more than our physical bodies.
• Someone to follow, iWeigh and Jameela Jamil. Her IG is here.
• We also chat action steps on ACCEPTANCE!

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We've always been super goal orientated... not obsessive but conscious that if we don't set goals the likelihood of achieving anything is limited. This episode is filled with actionable advice that will help you get closer to your personal goals.
Stuff we talked about…

• The 3 easy steps you can take to help set and actually stick to goals.
• Using the 'if, when, then' implementation plan.
• Why sharing your goals makes you stay on track. Even just writing it down!
• Sharing your goals on social media is scientifically proven to help you succeed.
• Why your mindset is super important.
• Detachment from the goals so you still enjoy the process.
• Who you hang out with will help or hinder your goals.
• We chat about the 21 day MerryBody Yoga Challenge (you can join us here)

Always merrymaking,
Emma + Carla

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