This week we interview the amazing Michelle Cassidy! She is the founder of Essence of Living (our yoga/pilates studio which is kind of our second home!). We think you're gonna love it! This is the stuff we talk about: The pursuit of happiness and how to change that to lasting contentedness. The magic of yoga and pilates. How to be mindful every day. How to bring more balance into your life. Sister bonds and why they're amazing.  Merrymaker mantra of the week: are you acting in fear of love? Oh the question to always come back to. 

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We first met/saw Bronnie Ware when we attended the Hay House Writers' workshop in 2016. We instantly fell in love with her real-ness and humor... oh and her EPIC story (which you'll have to tune into to hear!).  We have no doubt that when you listen to this interview that you'll feel a calmness come over you, because that's what Bronnie does to the world. She makes you feel like everything is ok and that everything is happening just as it should be.  During the interview Bronnie Ware shares words of wisdom that made us go "AHA!" and "holey sh1t... yes!" We loved every minute and we know you will too! This is the stuff we talk about: The top 5 regrets of the dying (not just the regrets but the story of how Bronnie Ware published her best-selling book (titled the same :D))... over 1 million people have read this book and they're making a movie! We hear Chris Hemsworth is up for the love interest! UM OMG YES! Read it! Surrendering to the flow of life. Giving and receiving. Allowing space in your life. The importance of connection. Following your heart and intuition. Trusting that the 'bad times' won't last and that you'll become a better you from them. Bronnie's new book: Bloom (you must get a copy! Yah!). Merrymaker mantra of the week: the greatest show of gratitude we can give to life is to enjoy it as fully as possible.  Read it twice. Read it again. Epic. Links to Bronnie Ware's events and website Bronnie is heading to Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney and Perth during May 2017. Join her for a 3 hour personal growth event that will be filled with fun, meditation, music, connection and more! Grab your tickets here! Check out more from Bronnie Ware here! Let us know what you think of the interview and share it with friends who need these messages! Always merrymaking, Emma + Carla

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You know we always say we love each and every #GetMerry podcast episode but this one was ah-freaking-mazing. We LOVE LOVE LOVE Therese Kerr. This is why we love our new format of podcasting. YAY for live IRL podcasting.  Chatting to these amazing people, feeling the energy, the passion, the eye contact, the hugging after, etc etc. It wins! It makes podcasting oh so fun and meaningful. We're so grateful for each and every guest. We feel so excited to share them out to you, each and every week (except when we are busy or we forget, ooooopsie!). This is the stuff we talk about: Chemicals in skin care and the health damages they do to us. How Therese Kerr started The Divine Company. We chatted about all the amazing Divine products. This was super interesting as there was a heap of science behind it all. Therese knows a lot!  The importance of family. Conscious shift happening around the world. Especially with young women. How we can detox from chemicals. How to get them out of the system! And more! Merrymaker mantra of the week: As I embrace the riches of nature to cleanse and nurture my body, I restore myself, my divinity and the service I am to all that is. Loved this mantra shared by Therese! 

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This is definitely an explicit interview, swear words = tick! This week we chat to not one but two of our awesome, new Gold Coast friends! We've sparked quite the friendship through LOTS of good food, dancing, laughter and connection (hence the title of this episode!).  They're both EPIC-AS-GOOD humans who have so much knowledge and inspo to share with the world.  During this episode live angel card readings kind of take us on a journey of topics... but it all comes back to self-connection and truly embracing who you are.  It's an hour full of good convo and serious amounts of fun/laughter... we know you're gonna love it!  This is the stuff we talk about: Acceptance... of everything. Self-connection: why it's so important and how to practice more of it. Being honest with yourself and others. Unpacking your baggage and letting go of that sh1t. Yoga and why it's the ultimate practice to get to know yourself. Relationships and how to create meaningful ones.  Merrymaker mantra of the week: Embrace your own authentic connection. Everything we spoke about kept coming back to self-connection and awareness. They're kind of the same thing. Life is a discovery of who we truly are, peeling back all the layers and really getting to know ourselves... even though this can be a really difficult thing to put ourselves through. In being vulnerable, we allow ourselves to FLOURISH and blossom.  Links to Ambz and Jem Jem! Check out Amber's stuff over here (including her #1 book, online program and more!). Check out Jema's stuff over here (she can help you with all your nutrition needs!). Amber's book launch is happening Sunday 23 April on the Gold Coast, RSVP here! Jema's Liver Cleansing event is on Sunday 7 May on the Gold Coast, RSVP HERE! Take a listen to the episode and share with anyone you know who needs to hear more on this topic.   

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This week we chat to Nate Hamon, who is an epic Personal Trainer (been doing it for 17 years) as well as the founder of Fitness Training Academy. Carla is currently studying for her Certificate 3 and 4 in fitness with Nate which is a lotta fun (which means we'll be sharing some fun workouts here on the bloggity blog soon!). It's an hour full of good convo we know you're gonna love!  This is the stuff we talk about: Body image from the male perspective (listen to THIS episode if you want our personal stories). Why people fail at their fitness goals and how NOT to do this. Other ways to motivate you to exercise besides always trying to hit PBs.  Comparison and how it sucks. WE talked in more detail about this topic in THIS episode.   Actual beauty, the inside stuff is what really matters.  Merrymaker mantra of the week: Don't train to get a better body. Train to be a better body. We talked a lot about exercise since Nate is a PT and we love love LOVE this mantra! It was so interesting to hear Nate talk about body image issues from a male perspective and also from a trainers perspective.  Like how he would train one person and they would look at someone else in the gym and make a comment like... "Ohhh.... she has lovely legs. I'd love legs like that" Then Nate would go and train lovely leg lady and she would say... "I really need to work my legs more, I hate them!" Take a listen to the episode and share with anyone you know who needs to hear more on this topic. 

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This week we chat to the epic man Marcus Pearce. It was a heap of fun. Marcus is such a lovely dude we have a lot of love for this man!   This is the stuff we talk about: Setting goals and why so many of us fail How to get re-motivated Human connection, self-connection Social media taking over human connection Importance of physical touch How good exercise is The relationship between lack of exercise and dementia (YES, dementia!) AND MORE! Merrymaker mantra of the week: Social media is not socialising. How much time are you spending on social media? Is it replacing in real life (IRL) connection? For us... yes it was. So we love that this topic came up and we love this mantra Marcus shared with us.  Don't get us wrong we LOVE (love love love) social media! It's bloody amazing BUT we started to use it way too much and it does have a way of getting in the way of REAL life human connection.  So if you're feeling a bit off with your relationships... where are you putting your focus? The real life people or the people on your social media? Because where your focus goes energy will flow (as Tony would say!). We go into way more detail on the episode. Listen and let us know what you think! If you love it, be sure to subscribe on your podcast app. Here are the links to iTunes and Stitcher for Androids. If you love the episode we'd be forever grateful if you left us a review and a 5 star review (ok, we'll accept 4 star but really what's an extra star hehe). We're already excited about next week's live interview in da studio! YAY! Always merrymaking, Emma + Carla

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Ok, so we just got back from recording this podcast in the studio. Before that, we had coffee and delish brunch, before that we spent like 90 minutes surfing (well floating around, trying to catch waves and getting dumped), before that we did yoga.  Yeh... as you can imagine we are 100% in some kind of Merry bliss land and things get kinda cray cray in this episode. Whoops! But we're also 100% sure there are a couple of golden moments amongst the cray cray. Surely! This is what went down in Merry Land.... The Merry News update. We are in some kind of workflow river. It's pretty epic and we are way more organised than normal so this rocks.  GetMerry recipe app update. Becuase it's our fave project. Three words: Easter Chocolate Bundle.  Beauty and the Beast. How epic the movie was. We sing, just a little bit. Also how good that Disney added the multi-cultural and same-sex relationship aspect.  LOL moment Emma talks about her wedgie slide incident at White Water World. Haha. Actually such fun times! Minus the wedgie violation.    Merry Mantra of the week In this week's episode we talk about how the answer to everything is always to come back to gratitude BUT actually, this week's mantra is Comparison is the thief of joy. This little mantra has helped us in so many ways! Whether you compare your business, your body, your family, your job, your life etc. we have a few actions steps that will help. We also talk about our own experiences because guess what... it's super easy to fall back into comparing yourself. Even when you know it is thief of all good. Yahuh.  Super pumped to bring you even more #GetMerry podcasts yewww! Next week we are interviewing our good friend Marcus Pearce. We have a feeling it's going to be a heap of fun.  Always merrymaking, Emma + Carla

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We swear a little bit in the episode (whooooooops). We also talk over each other. But we reckon you should all go and listen! Ahh we're super pumped to share this #GetMerry episode with you all. Karly Nimmo is an amazing human and we're really beginning to realise that one of the best things about this whole Merrymaking journey is meeting the people we get to meet. Meeting amazing people doing different things who share their magic with the world. This episode is filled with a lot of laughter and conversation about some pretty big and important topics. We've kind of realised that we want to talk about the real stuff. And Karly is the real deal. We talk about stuff like... Depression and anxiety Failure Woo-woo stuff and the universe Intuition Imposter syndrome Business struggles (lack of cash flow!) Why surface level convos suck a little bit Connection and friendships Self-connection  Being you and living your truth Yoga and meditation And a heap more. Merry Mantra of the week We asked Karly to share her current fave mantra and it's a good one.  This too shall pass. A good reminder for us all. To know that whatever struggle you are going through right now, it will pass.  But also to remember that the good times will pass too... so really stop to enjoy them.  

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This is what went down in this week's #GetMerry episode! Yes we talk about cake but mostly it's about body image. Listen!  Yay competition to win Get Merry in-a-box! Be sure to check out all the deets at getmerry.com Ohh we discuss our super cute cartoon-a-fied selves (yes, we just called ourselves cute) Checkout getmerry.com to see our video! Body image! We go a little (actually, a lot!) deeper into our body image issues past and current and the tools we use to overcome them.  LOL Moment Emma had an itchy right palm, we googled it (as you do) it means money is coming in! Yewww! Carla had an itchy stomach... we googled it. LOL. Gotta listen! #MerryFan question of the week!  Our featured question this week is thanks to Shannon! We'll be sending you a prize-y! How do you order when you are out to dinner? Do you always pick a place suitable to your diet? Yes, super simple question. BUT something that can bring a lot of anxiety. Always love talking about going out for dinny! Hehe fun and yum!    Merry Mantra of the week Because... cake (and yes this is one of our Get Merry quote cards, you can buy them in our new shop!). Yes, we touch on the topic of cake but actually, this episode is mostly about body image and the ups and downs of our journies. We both have the best body image mindset we've ever had right now. But, not because we're the thinnest and fittest we've ever been. We don't want to bang on about it here in the post. You gotta listen to get the good stuff yah! Let us know what you think, can you relate? Do you have any tips to add? Can you think of someone else who'd get a lot from this episode? Pass it on!  Always merrymaking, Emma + Carla 

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Check out the run down from this week's #GetMerry episode! Listen and get inspired to practice gratitude, laugh more and well... get merry!  Mum and Dad visited us and we ended up enjoying their holiday (HAHA). Salsa classes... again. Talked about our brand new Starter Kit!  Kept it short and sweet this week as we got bored listening to this section in our last episode so we gather you guys did too. Let us know if we are wrong LOL! LOL Moment Let's just say... it's about salsa dancing and it's about natural deodorant. LOL moment of the week and embarrassing moment of the week (year?). #MerryFan question of the week!  Our featured question this week is thanks to Veronika Pasalic! We will be sending you a ur brand new Merrymaker Mantras as your prize! YAYAYAYAY!  How do you figure out which opportunities to say NO to? I've been putting my hand up for too many things at work and had a much-needed convo with my mentor last week who gave me some invaluable advice in being strategic. About which opportunities I commit to and trying to look at the bigger picture and how it's going to benefit my future goals.  I would love to hear your thoughts on this and maybe some examples if you've got any? Oh this is a good one! Loved talked on this topic!  We used to be big YES YES YES people then we realised it was holding us back from what we really wanted. Then we turned into these NO people. Now we balance it all out and we take our time to make decisions.  Good one to listen to coz we all have so much going on in our lives.  Subscribe so you don't miss out! You can SUBSCRIBE on iTunes or Stitcher and if you LOVE the episode, give us a 5 star rating and write us a merry-filled review!  Merry Mantra of the week Gratitude is the game changer. Heck to the yeeeah! We were always taught to be polite and use our manners. We always expressed our thanks. BUT gratitude is where it's at. We 100% believe that adding gratitude to your life. Living it and breathing it will make your life better. We love this quote by Melody Beattie, we think it explains the power of gratitude so perfectly. "Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. It's all about perspective really.  We're going through this thing called life and stuff happens to us and we make stuff happen. We can either CHOOSE to be grateful for all of it or we can choose to be angry, fearful, sad, negative, cynical.  What do you think? Do you practise gratitude?

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