In this week's episode, we talk about a simple yet effective activity that is often overlooked in the midst of fancy workout fads and expensive gyms.

We're talking about... walking!

This is what we spoke about during the episode

• Despite the new workout fads and fancy gyms or studios, walking can serve as both a physical and mental health tool.
• The concept of the "hot girl walk" originated on TikTok and Instagram as a way of sharing mental health walks (apparently... Emma just thought it meant you dress up for the morning walk, haha, ooops)
• If you don't really like working out or going to the gym, try walking!
• Walking can also be a way to socialize with your partner or friends.  
• Based on studies, the faster you walk, the longer you may live. The faster you walk, the younger biological age you are.
• In the MerryBody app, there is a Walking Wonder Meditation where Carla guides you on a mindful walk. You can start the 7-day trial and do that.

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.

Download our FREE Self Care Checklist and you’ll find 50 brand new ideas to practice self-care.

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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It's been a month since we published a brand new episode. We've been busy, but we're excited to be back! In this episode, we give you a short update on all that's been going on, PLUS we dive deep into our Yoga Teacher Training.

This is what we spoke about during the episode

• A very short run down of Carla's wedding. It was magical! The most perfect day!
• The wedding photos are delayed because our photo-videographer has a more critical job to do, finish our Yoga Teacher Training videos (haha).
• We didn't start with the video creation until we got approval from the International Yoga Alliance.
• This project has been MASSIVE and amazing. 
• Our first-ever cohort begins on the 27th of May and we already have 28 people joining us. 
• We discuss our biggest learning from this huge project.
• Why we created the Yoga Teacher Training.

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.

Download our FREE Self Care Checklist and you’ll find 50 brand new ideas to practice self-care.

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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Can you live with self-acceptance and also care about what you look like? Of course you can! But it can get a little confusing!

We grew up filled with self-doubt, we hated what we looked like and took drastic action to change. If we had not changed our mindset about our looks, we'd still be feeling unhappy and probably booking in for botox every 3 months. But maybe there's nothing wrong with that? We discuss this and more!

This is what we spoke about during the episode

• Can we live with self-acceptance and still care about our looks? When does it become unhealthy?
• Any surgery is a risk.
• Just because you're on a self acceptance journey doesn't guarantee that you'll always be self-accepting. It's easy to fall back into judgment, insecurity, and self-doubt.
• It's okay to care about what you look like and take action, whether it's getting a facial, an LED light, getting your hair done, waxing or botox. But it's a good idea to think about it and ask yourself why and who it's for. And perhaps do more research (haha).

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.

Download our FREE Self Care Checklist and you’ll find 50 brand new ideas to practice self-care.

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 sharing your story publicly. If you struggle with anxiety and nerves when speaking and sharing your story, this episode is for you! Whether you're getting interviewed on a podcast or on national TV. Or maybe it's networking at a business conference or social event. This episode is highly actionable and we're sure you'll feel more confident for your next speaking opportunity.

This is what we spoke about during the episode

• Communication, conversation, and relationship building are important in every single field.
• There are simple ways to prepare yourself for any situation.
• Prepare yourself. Have insight and something in your back pocket, do not go into an event or interview opportunity with zero information.
• Be educational, entertaining and interesting.
• Any media is an opportunity for you to get free advertising and if you have your key messages, it can lead to an amazing outcome.
• Bring in a story to get your point across or weave your key messages through story. People connect and understand easily through stories.
• You don't have to know all the answers.

In our upcoming 200 hours yoga teacher training program, we will be including information like this about business. it's not just about yoga and philosophy. So if you want more information about it, check out our teacher training.

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.

Download our FREE Self Care Checklist and you’ll find 50 brand new ideas to practice self-care.

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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Is judgement actually just insecurity? When you put someone else down, out loud or in your mind, is it just a reflection of your insecurities? We chat about this and so much more! Tune in!

This is what we spoke about during the episode

• Judgment is part of our lives, especially the judgment of women's bodies.
• Is it human nature to be judgmental? Is all judgment rude? Discussions! 
• In our previous episode 258: Negative body image, interview with clinical psychologist Miriam Emad, Miriam talked about how we label things based on past experiences and put them into boxes within our brain.
• Some people are just mean and insecure that they want to make you feel bad and put you down in order to feel good about themselves.
• Judgment is also a necessary survival tool.
• Awareness of who you're hurting (including yourself) and then deciding to stop being so judgmental. 

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.

If you want to try something new, our upcoming 200 hours yoga teacher training program is for you.

Download our FREE Self Care Checklist and you’ll find 50 brand new ideas to practice self-care.

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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At Carla's recent Hen Parties (yes... there were 2!) everyone wrote a piece of advice regarding marriage and relationships. A common thread was about keeping your individual selves within the marriage. It's quite easy to lose yourself in a relationship, married or not! We chat on this topic and more.

This is what we spoke about during the episode

• When Joel and I started dating five years ago, I definitely lost myself in the beginning. The book Women Who Run With the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estés completely changed my life and how I approach my relationship.
• It's a lot easier to keep your individual self when you have a really strong sense of yourself.
• Why setting boundaries and prioritising the relationship with yourself is important.
• Don't wait for the relationship, do all the things alone.
• What to do if you have lost yourself?

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.

If you want to try something new, our upcoming 200 hours yoga teacher training program is for you.

Download our FREE Self Care Checklist and you’ll find 50 brand new ideas to practice self-care.

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 the dance between self-acceptance, striving and having ambition. How can we strive for excellence and still practice self-acceptance without suffering?

This is what we spoke about during the episode

• Self-acceptance is not complacency. It's not 'not striving'. It's trying your best but not beating yourself up when you fall short or don't achieve your goal.
• Self-acceptance reduces so much suffering and judgment of self and of others. It's not a reason to stop trying.
• If we release the expectation and the attachment to the outcome, we can still strive for the joy of the work.
• As you get older, you start to realise that it's not the big things in life. It is the day to day stuff that really adds up to the life.
• You can forget the magic of life if you get carried away by end goals and obsessed with material things.
• Instead of getting so caught up in our work, end goals, and in the forever striving, how about we be grateful and make time for the people and the things we love?

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.

Also, if you are looking for a course to do to build your confidence, our upcoming 200 hours yoga teacher training program is for you.

Download our FREE Self Care Checklist and you’ll find 50 brand new ideas to practice self-care.

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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Do you lack confidence? In this episode, we chat about confidence and ideas on how to build it.

This is what we spoke about during the episode

• Growing up, I used to lack confidence. I was afraid of even the tiniest criticism and forever felt like people would laugh at me.
• Carla, on the other hand, was more confident. It wasn't until her late teens that she started to worry about what people thought of her.
• Having the confidence to be yourself means showing up as you.
• Knowledge of the ego helps you get out of self-doubt it helps you build confidence. We'll talk a lot more about this in our yoga teacher training.
• Discussing our inner thoughts and experiences helps us gain confidence. Allow feedback and constructive criticism.
• Reflect on your accomplishments through journaling or telling a friend.
• Say yes to something you've never done before.
• Speak and present in front of people, and ask questions.

Confidence is a topic we love to talk about. If you take on one of these action steps, let us know. 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.

Also, if you are looking for a course to do to build your confidence, our upcoming 200 hours yoga teacher training program is for you.

Download our FREE Self Care Checklist and you’ll find 50 brand new ideas to practice self-care.

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 the 10 minute workout which we're massive fans of.

Yes, the 10 minute workout can and will change your life in many, many ways.

This is what we spoke about during the episode

• We used to believe with all our hearts, minds that if you did not do at least a one-hour workout, there was absolutely no point.
• We have to lose the idea that workouts have to be a certain amount of time and that they have to leave you feeling depleted, tired, dripping in sweat and in pain.
• Emily May, our expert trainer and resident Naturopath within our MerryBody yoga teacher training, emphasised how HIIT workouts can do more harm than good.
• Diet culture never taught us about the benefits of exercise; we were only taught it's a tool to lose weight. Can we let go of that single focused goal of losing weight and instead realise that 10 minutes of exercise is helping your body?
• Don't work for a summer body, work for your old person body.
• We go through a bunch of ideas for your 10 minute workouts. Also, check out our 10 minute workouts on our Youtube Channel.

Something is better than nothing. Add 10 minutes of movement to your day and notice the changes.

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.

Download our FREE Self Care Checklist and you’ll find 50 brand new ideas to practice self-care.

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're talking about planning, organisation and budgeting. How we do it individually and together with our business.

This is what we spoke about during the episode

• When we first started MerryBody, it was very overwhelming. As time passed, we systemised MerryBody and outsourced a lot of our tasks. Having MerryBody already systemised and process-driven allowed space to create our new project, the yoga teacher training program.
• Outline your first 5 steps and the next steps become clearer.
• Set a date for when you're going to do the steps.
• How Emma and Damiano planned their trip to Italy, and how Carla and Joel planned their wedding.
• We love spreadsheets.
• As soon as the money hits your accounts, save some.

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.

Download our FREE Self Care Checklist and you’ll find 50 brand new ideas to practice self-care.

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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