During this Get Merry Podcast episode, we chat goals and visions for 2020. It's not a drill down on specific goals... it's more thinking of the bigger picture. And we will ask YOU questions that will help you create your own big (or small) vision for 2020. Stuff we talk about… Think of 3 words or themes you wish to welcome into the New Year. Our words are Unafraid, Connection, Prosperity. Living from heart space, from your intuition. Not following what you THINK you should be doing. It's all abo...
Dec 30, 2019•35 min•Season 1Ep. 228
During this episode, we chat about 2019 and our themes for 2020. We reflect on the lessons from 2019, the good, the bad, the mess and the magic. To be completely honest we are so bloody excited to kiss 2019 GOODBYE! We also want to say a HUGE, THANK YOU for choosing the Get Merry podcast in 2019. Creating this weekly show has been one of the most favourite aspects of our business. Without you there would be no show... so THANK YOU. Stuff we talk about… Not being afraid of hard work Persistence a...
Dec 23, 2019•47 min•Season 1Ep. 227
Rituals welcome in a sense of sacredness. They connect us to something bigger, they add magic to life. Whether you know about them or not, every single day you perform rituals. You wake up and you get out of bed, maybe you order your coffee, you make your brekky, you say hi to your work colleagues, you tick off your to-do list. Yes, every day you do many tasks that are done every single day. The cool thing is that we can link our everyday actions to an intention and this creates a ritual. Stuff ...
Dec 17, 2019•49 min•Season 1Ep. 226
This Get Merry podcast episode is a reminder that change can be scary and that you'll most probably never feel ready to take that leap. You'll never feel ready to quit the job, say yes to the first date, move overseas, you'll never quite feel ready to say yes to your dreams and desires. It's also a reminder about the fact that YOU are not here for an infinite time, so although you may not feel ready, NOW is the only time that matters. It's a reminder to begin, it's a reminder that your dreams ar...
Dec 10, 2019•41 min•Season 1Ep. 225
It's December... 'tis the season to be festive! And whatever holidays you celebrate... they're supposed to be filled with love, joy and happiness BUT at times seem to welcome more stress and angst! In this episode, we give you our best tips for not just surviving the festive season but actually ENJOYING it! Let us know where you're tuning in from, send us a selfie of you listening to the show! Stuff we talked about… It's time to welcome and experience JOY, if you lose a little balance this is ok...
Dec 02, 2019•37 min•Season 1Ep. 224
During episode 221 we touched on the topic of loneliness and it sparked interest from many of you. Next minute we read an ABC article talking about a recent Aussie study on loneliness. The study found that the most lonely age group is 18-24 and that inner-city dwellers are more lonely than rural communities. It also mentioned that loneliness increases the risk of death more than things as poor diet, obesity, alcohol consumption and lack of exercise, and that it is as harmful as heavy smoking. So...
Nov 25, 2019•44 min•Season 1Ep. 223
Have you stopped exercising? What do you think and feel when we mention exercise? Does it create a sense of dread in your body? Do you feel a hint of guilt or shame because you don't exercise? It's something you know you should do but you just can't stand it... so why would you? Maybe the word exercise instantly brings back horrible memories. You slogging away on the treadmill. You getting picked last on the sports team. Maybe it reminds you of your continual 'failing' of health kicks. Maybe you...
Nov 18, 2019•54 min•Season 1Ep. 222
Topics we've been chatting about all week and had to record because no doubt you can connect to one or all of these topics. Loneliness, self-partnering and the bad news that continues to grow... global warming, cancer, drug addiction, all the injustice. We can not ignore it, but can we still find joy amongst the bad news? We loved this episode. If you did too, share it with someone you love. This podcast episode is brought to you by MerryBody, our next 21 Day Challenge starts Monday 18 November....
Nov 11, 2019•41 min•Season 1Ep. 221
We've all done it... we've all self-sabotaged our success and goals. Whatever area it may be in... health, fitness, career, relationships. Everything is going well and then boom you do something to help it all fall apart. In this episode, we give you actionable advice on how to stop self-sabotaging. DISCLAIMER: the episode is not designed to bring shame on anything you may or may not be doing. It's here to welcome awareness and then open your mind to what you desire to welcome into life. If you ...
Nov 04, 2019•44 min•Season 1Ep. 220
We chat with our amazing friend Jasmin, the beautiful creator and founder of The Jasmin Room. Jasmin created The Jasmin Room as a place for women to reconnect with their divine beauty. It is a place to release blocked energy, to heal and feel truly nurtured. We've both experienced her magic, it is the ultimate self-loving gift. You walk in one person and leave more connected to self, with more clarity, with more peace, with more awareness of the love that is always in and around you. Tune in and...
Nov 03, 2019•42 min•Season 1Ep. 219
"Grit is the perseverance and passion to achieve long–term goals. Sometimes you will hear grit referred to as mental toughness." Angela Duckworth, a researcher at the University of Pennsylvania. Angela's research shows that grit is a strong predictor of success and the ability to reach your goals. What is grit? We say grit is doing the hard thing, not running away from the discomfort. It's looking at the long term goal not just short term and instant gratification. Do you have grit? Tune in and ...
Oct 31, 2019•38 min•Season 1Ep. 218
It's Breast Cancer Awareness month (October) and to motivate you all to check your breasts and so we can all learn more, we've interviewed our good friend Dr Lea Freeman, GP and Senior Breast Clinician. Stuff we talked about… 1 in 8 Australian women are diagnosed with breast cancer. Symptoms of breast cancer, if we can notice earlier we have more opportunity of early detection and survival. How to do a self-examination and why you should be doing this every single month. We also asked a bunch of...
Oct 21, 2019•43 min•Season 1Ep. 217
If you are a people pleaser listen to this episode! It might just change your life! You see, we are both recovering people pleasers... and let us tell you something... it feels so much better to not be a people pleaser. Because once you stop your obsession with pleasing others you end up choosing YOU! If you find yourself constantly saying yes, when you really wanted to say no, then feel resent and anger towards the person/thing you said yes to doing.... this episode is for you. Stuff we talked ...
Oct 14, 2019•44 min•Season 1Ep. 216
This week on the Get Merry podcast show we chat to author Alex Hadassah Anzalone about all things crystals, meditation and following your intuition. We love Alex, we met her at the Institute for Integrated Nutrition (IIN) back in 2014. Before that she was a successful New York attorney but when her job began to affect her health and happiness, Alex left that life behind to pursue a life that set her soul on fire. Healthy living, art, yoga, meditation, crystals, gemstones and writing. At the wors...
Oct 06, 2019•36 min•Season 1Ep. 214
This Get Merry Podcast episode was inspired by one of our amazing MerryBody Members (thanks Rebecca!). We asked our members... What would you love to welcome in as a result of being part of MerryBody? This was Rebecca's reply... Waking up and wanting to work out. I want it to become natural to jump on the mat, just as natural as it is to breathe. Because I know if I could do that, all the other things (physical health, mental health, etc.) would follow. Ahhh what a question! And what an amazing ...
Sep 30, 2019•42 min•Season 1Ep. 213
Do you ever act less intelligent to make people like you more? We'd never thought about it until we read that it's actually a common thing women do. Then we realised we both used to do this often. It's time to stop acting dumb to make people like you. Stuff we talked about… We both remember acting dumb in high school to be liked by boys. Carla talks about her bullying and how she began to hide her intelligence as people were so mean to her throughout primary/high school/TAFE and even the workpla...
Sep 23, 2019•36 min•Season 1Ep. 212
We're interested in the topic of Body Confidence because we've lived through many years of having a serious lack of body confidence. We hated our bodies. We wanted to change our bodies so badly and this is why we were obsessed with dieting and exercise. This is why our minds were filled with negative thoughts. This way of living, this way of thinking was holding us back from so much. It was holding us back from life itself! Maybe it's time to question whether your lack of body confidence is hold...
Sep 17, 2019•42 min•Season 1Ep. 211
What are emotions? How would you answer? We all feel them, we all react when we feel them... but what actually are emotions? In this Get Merry Podcast episode, we ask clinical psychologist, Miriam Emad this question and her answer gives us 45 minutes of magic. Literally we feel like we can human better after this amazing, uplifting conversation. It's filled with useful and actionable information that will help you with so many aspects of life! Stuff we talked about… We ask clinical psychologist ...
Sep 10, 2019•48 min•Season 1Ep. 210
"I can't stick to my health kick" how many times have you said this? Thought this? How many times have you 'fallen off'. How many times have you marked Monday as THE day to start your health kick? Then Friday comes and you're bingeing on pizza and chocolate, then Sunday comes and you feel this wave of guilt. And here we go again. We lived like this for many years... and now we don't. It's better, well we think it is... it's more loving, it welcomes more freedom. How we live now lets us breathe d...
Sep 02, 2019•42 min•Ep. 209
We are in celebration mode because optimists are more likely to live longer than those who have a more negative approach to life... since we are born optimists, boom shake the room. In this week's episode, we chat more about this and we give you our Merry tips on how to be more optimistic. It's 100% a thing you can learn (say the optimists anyway hahahaa). If you want to read the BBC article: An optimistic outlook 'means you live longer' it's over here. Stuff we talked about… Positive people are...
Aug 28, 2019•57 min•Ep. 208
How stressed are you? Heaps? Yeh, we thought that might be your answer. Every day we see a new recommendation for dealing with stress. In this podcast episode, we chat meditation and why it's the one practise you need to live with less stress. It's a super fun episode filled with MAGIC! This episode is brought to you by our FREE 3 day intro to meditation course. You can sign up right HERE. Stuff we talked about… We talk about our personal journey with meditation. We each share the benefits we ha...
Aug 22, 2019•44 min•Season 1Ep. 207
This Get Merry podcast episode is about the power of your mind and the infinite potential you have right NOW. The power that we give away to our egos, to the obsession with external validation, obsession with losing weight, obsessions with earning more money, promotions, achieving and forever comparing your life to someone else's. Did you know that by the time we are about 35 years old 95% of our decisions and actions come from unconscious thoughts? They are fully programmed. If you wish to intr...
Aug 14, 2019•42 min•Season 1Ep. 206
We had a blast during this episode. The vibes were high because we are just so excited about this subject. The idea that you can use your mind to get closer to your goals. “When you become the master of your mind, you are the master of everything.” - Swami Satchidananda Stuff we talked about… To reach a goal, what you really need is consistency, then you form a habit. Then you get closer to the goal. But how do we create consistency? How to hack the Dopamine system by setting small milestones to...
Aug 05, 2019•51 min•Season 1Ep. 205
We heard Jameela Jamila say these words on a Feminists Don't Wear Pink podcast episode and we were like OMG YES Instagram will 100% make you feel poor, fat and unloved (aka not enough) if you let it. The good thing is that we can CHOOSE who we follow. The not so good thing is that it's so easy to forget this and find yourself following all the accounts that make you feel bloody crap about your life. And let's remember most Instagram feeds are carefully curated. They are not showing a whole story...
Jul 29, 2019•35 min•Season 1Ep. 204
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...
Jul 20, 2019•48 min•Season 1Ep. 203
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 episo...
Jul 15, 2019•29 min•Season 1Ep. 202
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...
Jul 08, 2019•43 min•Season 1Ep. 201
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....
Jul 01, 2019•57 min•Season 1Ep. 200
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 s...
Jun 24, 2019•31 min•Season 1Ep. 199
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 S...
Jun 17, 2019•38 min•Season 1Ep. 198
