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Finding your centre is a phrase often used in spiritual, mental health, and wellness context. It is referring to a state of being internally balanced, calm and clear. Clear in your thoughts, emotions and your overall being. The theme inside MerryBody for November is about finding your centre.

This is what we spoke about during the episode

• Finding your centre is having a sense of balance, calm and presence.
• All three gunas: tamas, rajas and sattva.
• Tamas is the state of being flat and blah. Rajas is the state of being in action. Sattva is the bliss state.
• It all begins with awareness. 
• You have to get out of balance to know where the balance is.
• Being centred is being present in the here and in the now. Not overthinking about future events or living in the past.
• Being in alignment with your heart or purpose is also being centred.
• If you are a MerryBody member, our new meditation called Find Your Centre is now live. Otherwise, download the app and start your FREE 7-day trial. 

If you loved this episode, we would love to hear from you, send us an email to [email protected] or [email protected] or message us on our Facebook and Instagram accounts @themerrymakersisters.

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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In this episode, we chat about handling the sense of underachievement. Something we all feel, at some point in life. If you've ever felt like you're falling short or struggling with a sense of underachievement, this episode provides action steps to redefine your sense of achievement and embrace your journey.

The waitlist for the MerryBody Teacher Training Program is now open. Our second cohort will start in March 2024. if you have an inkling that this is maybe for you, we encourage you to join the waitlist so you are first to know about when our early bird opens.

This is what we spoke about during the episode

•  Comparison with others can be a trap as it often leads to overlooking your own progress and accomplishments. So it's crucial to set realistic and personalised goals.
• It's important that we redefine our sense of achievement in terms of personal development, fulfilment and the impact that we make. Rather than the external validation or societal standards.
• What's your own idea of success? Stop and look at what you see as success and change it if needed. Make sure your goals aren't someone else's goals.
• Embrace your journey. Act for the sake of the action itself, not for the fruits of your actions.
• The true magic lies in the day-to-day moments.
• Check in with your goals and make sure they are realistic.
• Practise gratitude regularly. Reflect and appreciate what you've already accomplished.
• Focus on your continuous growth.

It's never too late to redefine what happiness and success mean to you!

If you loved this episode, we would love to hear from you, send us an email to [email protected] or [email protected] or message us on our Facebook and Instagram accounts @themerrymakersisters.

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 month's theme inside the MerryBody App is all about purpose. Purpose adds passion and meaning to life. Finding your purpose brings a deep joy that money can't match. Or perhaps you can link the 2?! That's what we did.

The waitlist for the MerryBody Teacher Training Program is now open. Our second cohort will start in March 2024. if you have an inkling that this is maybe for you, we encourage you to join the waitlist so you are first to know about when our early bird opens.

This is what we spoke about during the episode

• Don't know your purpose? Then get looking! Get to know yourself a little deeper, ask the important questions, and allow time for the answers to come.  
• Purpose is very individual. It doesn't look the same as anyone else's.
• Purpose doesn't need to connect with something that makes money.
• Our purpose can change.

If you loved this episode, we would love to hear from you, send us an email to [email protected] or [email protected] or message us on our Facebook and Instagram accounts @themerrymakersisters.

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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Stemming off from last week’s episode, 390: Fad diets sabotage real health progress, we talked about self-acceptance, self-compassion, self-respect, self-care and self-love. We spoke about how these practices create genuine health.

We continue the discussion in this week’s episode.

We’re also excited to invite you to our free online event happening on the 26th of October, where we share with you how to stop the yo-yo on and off-again diet and exercise regime. It’s about making healthy living easier than ever.

This is what we spoke about during the episode

• Thoughts Are Things, a poem by Ella Wheeler, makes you realise how important our thoughts are. Your thoughts affect how you feel, and how you feel affects your actions.
• Skip the ritual of waking up, looking at your body, judging and hating your body. When you wake up, instead of saying the list of mean things about yourself, maybe swap it for just one good thing.
• Our MerryBody mantra, “You’re amazing just as you are”, is a combination of self-acceptance and self-celebration.
• Self-compassion is being kind and “forgiveful” of yourself.
• Yoga, Pilates and meditation practices work because they’re present practices. When you connect to the present, where you are here and now, you are more mindful of your thoughts and how you feel. 
• If you need something more than a post-it of affirmations, try our MerryBody class, Mood Lifter Fusion!
• Exercise is so much more than just a weight loss tool. How about we unlink it from our self-hate practices and relink it to our self-accepting practices?
• Link exercise to your self-care, self-respect and self-celebration!

If you loved this episode, we would love to hear from you, send us an email to [email protected] or [email protected] or message us on our Facebook and Instagram accounts @themerrymakersisters.

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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In this episode, we chat about fad diets and how they can sabotage real health progress. We share our experiences in order to inspire but we also want to let you know that during this episode we talk about weight loss.

We share our own experiences with yo-yo dieting and the detrimental effects it has on our physical and mental well-being. We talk about how we've overcome these fads and found a healthier mindset towards food and exercise. Now we can now talk about weight loss without the anxiety. We don't connect our identities or worth to our weight.

If you're feeling vulnerable about your weight and relationship to your body, still listen but be mindful. We are each on our own journey, so if any subjects trigger you please look after yourself.

We're also excited to invite you to our free online event happening on the 26th of October, where we share with you how to stop the yo-yo on and off again diet and exercise regime. It's about making healthy living easier than ever.

This is what we spoke about during the episode

• We reflect on our past travels in Europe, can you believe we were reading a diet book while travelling in Europe!! 
• How we look is the least important thing and the least interesting thing about ourselves.
• You can lose weight without being obsessed with the number on the scales. It's all about the daily choices you're making.
• When we discovered self-acceptance, Yoga and Pilates, our whole life changed.
• No matter what, you are amazing and you're enough!
• If we love ourselves, we treat ourselves differently. It is our self-acceptance, self-compassion, self-love and self respect.
• The changes in our mindset, and how we think and feel about ourselves are what helped us overcome the ongoing yo-yo effect.

If you loved this episode, we would love to hear from you, send us an email to [email protected] or [email protected] or message us on our Facebook and Instagram accounts @themerrymakersisters.

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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In this episode, we dive into a powerful story of transformation and how one tiny shift in your words, mindset and goals can change everything. This is inspired by our friend's story about their journey towards achieving their health goals.

It's so simple with a profound impact! It will help you create healthy habits that stick!

The simple swap is: saying "I'm going to get healthy" versus "I'm going to be healthy".

Also, there's a slight audio issue with this episode. We are not sure what happened but we tried to correct it as best as possible!

This is what we spoke about during the episode

• Our friend had this continuous cycle of yo-yo dieting and exercising. Her goal was to always get healthy but it wasn't working. So she shifted one thing and everything changed.
• How this shift in words and mindset can lead to long-term success.
• Our words and thoughts influence our actions and ultimately impact our results. The conversation that goes on in the mind is important.
• Everyone's version of health is different, so always check in with yourself.
• It's not one big action that leads you to the goal. It's the realisation that it's step by step, and tiny choice after tiny choice that leads you there.

If you loved this episode, we would love to hear from you, send us an email to [email protected] or [email protected] or message us on our Facebook and Instagram accounts @themerrymakersisters.

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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In this Get Merry podcast episode, we chat about the glimmers in your life. Glimmers are brief moments of joy, hope or inspiration even during challenging times. This episode will inspire you to look for the glimmers and live a life with more presence, hope and vibrance.

This is what we spoke about during the episode

• Life is filled with ups and downs. Being adaptable in challenging times is essential.
•  Live in the present, not in the past or the future.
• Being present and mindful helps you become more aware of the glimmers that are in the here and the now.
• To come back to the present, bring awareness to your breath and your physical body. 
• Gratitude is the gateway to glimmers. Noticing the the good things around you and cultivating a gratitude practice, such as keeping a gratitude journal or a gratitude jar, help you feel a sense of hope and joy.
• Listening to a beautiful song (such as Gabriel's Oboe by Ennio Morricone) or admiring art in all its forms helps change your state of being.

If you loved this episode, we would love to hear from you, send us an email to [email protected] or [email protected] or message us on our Facebook and Instagram accounts @themerrymakersisters.

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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In this episode, we delve into the importance of self-belief and how it helps you to overcome obstacles and achieve more. It's something that needs to be practised, it's not like you believe in yourself once and you're good to go! We chat about ideas, tools and practices that build self-belief.

This is what we spoke about during the episode

• If you're not going to believe in yourself, why would you expect anyone else to believe in you?
• “You should never have a plan B. Your plan B should always be to make plan A. happen.” — Jeff Bezos, Amazon founder
• “You can fail at what you don't want, so you might as well take a chance on doing what you love.” — Jim Carrey
• Train yourself to believe and visualise abundance and all the things you want in life, and you'll feel better. See: Unlocking Your Potential: A Beginner’s Guide to Visualisation Meditation
• When you feel better, you feel like you can go out into the world and say yes to the opportunities. You can put your best foot forward.
• Ishvara Pranidhana, one of the Niyamas, means surrendering to the divine.
• Our current mantra: See it. Believe it. Feel it. Real it.
• Do things that you've never done before. And then you have more belief in yourself.
• Meditation and Yoga are powerful tools to help you feel the potentiality of everything.
• Surround yourself with people who believe in you.
• So often, the reason why we don't believe in ourselves is because of the anxious and busy mind.  

If you loved this episode, we would love to hear from you, send us an email to [email protected] or [email protected] or message us on our Facebook and Instagram accounts @themerrymakersisters.

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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Over the last 10 years, we've found so much value in motivational quotes and sayings. They've been our go-to during tough times, and they have truly helped boost our self-confidence. We're big believers in the impact words can have!

During this episode, we go through a bunch of amazing quotes and discuss them. We have no doubt that once you've tuned in to this episode you will feel instant motivation to step towards your goal! 

This is what we spoke about during the episode

• “Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.” — Vincent Van Gogh
• It's easy to forget that the small things are important as well. Focus on that single first step and the next step feels so much more achievable.
• "Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts." — Winston Churchill
• It's the journey that counts, not the destination.
• “The secret of change is to focus all your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.” — Socrates
• Visualise what we wish and what we desire to welcome into our life, it's more likely to become a reality.
• “All great things begin with a vision; a dream.” — Estée Lauder
• “Be strong. Be confident. Be the star of your own life.” — Estée Lauder
• “I didn’t get there by wishing for it, but by working for it.” — Estée Lauder
• “If you believe it’ll work out, you’ll see opportunities. If you don’t believe it’ll work out, you’ll see obstacles.” ―Wayne Dyer
• Failure is when you decide to stop.
• “Nothing will work unless you do.” ―Maya Angelou
• “Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.” ―Maya Angelou
• “Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.” — Thomas Edison
• Be prepared to do the work, it's not always fun but a lot of the time it is! 
• “I choose to make the rest of my life the best of my life.” ― Louise Hay
• “Remember, you have been criticizing yourself for years and it hasn’t worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens.” ― Louise L. Hay
• Changing the way that you think about yourself will shift all of your actions. And therefore your life!
• “Twenty years from now you’ll be more disappointed by the things you did not do than the ones you did.” — Mark Twain
• “And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.” ― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
• Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors where there were only walls. — Joseph Campbell
• Take that first step, and then things start flowing your way and opportunities arise.
• “Done is better than perfect.” ― Sheryl Sandberg
• “Motivation comes from working on things we care about.” ― Sheryl Sandberg
• “When something I can’t control happens, I ask myself: Where is the hidden gift? Where is the positive in this?” ― Sara Blakely
• “If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving another one.” — Dolly Parton
• “The key to success is to start before you are ready.” ― Marie Forleo
• We're never going to feel ready because we're stepping into the unknown.

If you loved this episode, we would love to hear from you, send us an email to [email protected] or [email protected] or message us on our Facebook and Instagram accounts @themerrymakersisters.

Always merrymaking,

Emma + Carla

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Imagine landing a job you absolutely love, but then realising the office chit-chat doesn’t really vibe with you. People keep on talking about losing weight and dieting, while you are on your path of self-acceptance and working out with the idea of celebrating your body.

How do you deal with this kind of situation? What do you do when you feel like you just don’t fit in at work?

This is what we spoke about during the episode

• When you find yourself being surrounded by people who often discuss subjects that make you uncomfortable or trigger you, try to identify other topics you can connect on and then steer the conversation in that direction.
• Keep doing the work, keep reminding yourself of why you’re letting go of dieting and why you don’t want to talk about this stuff. Keep practising your self-acceptance.
• We can actually exist in peace with different opinions. 
• When you practice self-acceptance, you become less judgmental of yourself and of others.
• It is what it is, as it is.
• It’s impossible to click with everyone. If you do, it usually means you’re putting on a different mask in every room you walk into and not being yourself.
• What matters is that you stay true to yourself.

Let us know if this helped or if you’ve had a similar situation, what did you do?

If you loved this episode, we would love to hear from you, send us an email to [email protected] or [email protected] or message us on our Facebook and Instagram accounts @themerrymakersisters.

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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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