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Today we chat with the amazing Judes Yang, she's our yoga instructor (one of them, anyway hehe) plus the founder of Sahaja Yoga Mats! We have the best ever conversation about everything: yoga, balancing life, darkness, depression, connection, family, friends, community, yoga, yoga, yoga! So much goodness inside 55 minutes!  We're pretty sure after listening you'll also want to run (or walk) to a yoga class. :D Merrymaker mantra of the week: you are not alone, you are very much loved.  And that is why you need to listen to this episode... SERIOUSLY. You are loved, you are not alone. We are all Merrymakers, together <3 yaaaaaay! Join the 14 day challenge! Judes is doing a 'Meditation and Yoga' masterclass! If you're keen to join our Get Merry Challenge fun, we're ready to welcome you in! It's 14 days of meal plans, brand new recipes, shopping lists, tips and expert masterclasses, and yes, Judes is back to talk you through meditation and yoga (she is blissful as). If you need some kick up butt motivation or want to start your healthy eating journey, then this is for you! Grab your spot here for $39! Links to Judes and Sahaja Yoga Mats... follow her everywhere! Sahaja Yoga Mats Follow Judes on Instagram Take a listen to the episode and share with anyone you know who needs to hear more on this topic or just needs some love. Don't we all?! :D Remember you can subscribe to the Get Merry podcast on your podcast app. Here are the links to iTunes and Stitcher for Androids. That way you stay up to date with all the episodes! YAY!  Always merrymaking, Emma + Carla P.s if you feel like you're struggling with anything in life, know that you're not alone, you can always talk with someone. Contact Lifeline or Beyond Blue

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Today we chat with the amazing Wellsome Jema Lee and we ask her ALL the questions on why and how to cleanse your liver. It's bloody interesting and ridiculously important. The best thing is that all the action steps Jema gives are super dooper easy.  This is the stuff we talk about: How the liver works. Why we need to cleanse the liver. The symptoms of an unhealthy liver. How to cleanse your liver (super dooper easy steps). Merrymaker mantra of the week: every day I am balanced, cleansed and in harmony with my body.  Oh that sounds nice... do the liver cleansing steps and you'll totally feel this yah! Join the 14 day challenge! Jema is doing a 'How to Make Your Skin Glow' masterclass! If you're keen to join our Get Merry Challenge fun, we're ready to welcome you in! It's 14 days of meal plans, brand new recipes, shopping lists, tips and expert masterclasses, and yes, Jema is back to talk all things glowing skin from the inside out. If you need some kick up butt motivation or want to start your healthy eating journey, then this is for you! Grab your spot here for $39! Links to Jem Jem  Jema's website Jema's Instagram Take a listen to the episode and share with anyone you know who needs to hear more on this topic.  Remember you can subscribe to the Get Merry podcast on your podcast app. Here are the links to iTunes and Stitcher for Androids. That way you stay up to date with all the episodes! YAY!  Always merrymaking, Emma + Carla

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Binge eating is something we've both experienced so we thought it was a good idea to talk about why the heck we do it and the steps we've taken to overcome this weird addiction/thing we do. Let's also just say that it comes back! Carla did it on the weekend! What the... yes, true story!  This is the stuff we talk about: Our personal binge eating stories. Why we think we binge eat. The steps we've taken to overcome binge eating. Merrymaker mantra of the week: become aware of what you're eating and how it makes you feel... make small changes to make you feel better. Not gonna lie, it's a wishy washy mantra! We reckon it's best if you tune into the episode to get the entire feel and the stories that match! Join the 14 day challenge! If you're keen to join our Get Merry Challenge fun, we're ready to welcome you in! It's 14 days of meal plans, brand new recipes, shopping lists, tips and expert masterclasses. If you need some kick up butt motivation or want to start your healthy eating journey, then this is for you! Grab your spot here: themerrymakersisters.com/challenge for $39! Take a listen to the episode and share with anyone you know who needs to hear more on this topic.  Always merrymaking, Emma + Carla

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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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