This episode is inspired by one of Ingrid Fetell Lee's Instagram Stories talking about cool being the opposite of joy . It's a fun chat, a random chat! It will help you reflect on what actions stop you from feeling joy. This is what we spoke about during the episode Being cool is taking away all your awkward, quirky parts and stealing so much joy. You don't want to be too loud and have that weird laugh, so you quiet down. When we accept ourselves, we also stop judging others. A joy-filled life i...
Nov 01, 2022•26 min•Season 1Ep. 348
In this episode, we chat about the 3 rules of success. This episode was inspired by Neil Gaiman's inspirational address to the University of Arts students of 2012. This is what we spoke about during the episode “I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, then you are doing something.” — Neil Gaiman Make mistakes, try new things and realise that you don't have complete control over the outcome. Through mistakes and hardships, we learn so much about ou...
Oct 25, 2022•21 min•Season 1Ep. 347
If you throw out your scales after listening to this episode. Let us know! Can you believe we started it in 2015! If you've been listening for a while now, you'd know that we have a long history of dieting. Quitting dieting was one of the best decisions we've ever made. In this episode, we share 5 ways to quit dieting. This is what we spoke about during the episode Diet culture keeps us small and solely focused on how we look. There's so much more to life than this. Throw the scales away. You do...
Oct 11, 2022•31 min•Season 1Ep. 346
Do you often doubt yourself and feel like you're not good enough? We chat about 5 ways to let go of self-doubt, they're all simple. This is what we spoke about during the episode Stop comparing yourself to other people or to the perfect version of yourself or to your past self. Letting go of this habit will change your life in the most amazing ways. Zoom out! Take a bird's eye view, don't zoom in on that little thing that you're having self-doubt about. Tell yourself positive affirmations they d...
Oct 05, 2022•20 min•Season 1Ep. 345
Are you stuck in a rut? How do you get out? Similar to last week's podcast episode... just reminding you all that you can change. So if you are feeling blah, flat and in a rut... tune in, it's time to get you out of that rut! This is what we spoke about during the episode According to Oxford Languages, a rut is a habit or pattern of behaviour that has become dull and unproductive but is hard to change. Ruts aren't necessarily a long-time thing. Sometimes, ruts come in moments in your day. We thi...
Sep 29, 2022•20 min•Season 1Ep. 334
In this episode, we chat about the magic of newness. This was inspired by the progress we've been making on our teacher training manual for our very first MerryBody Teacher Training next year. If you're feeling a little stuck and bored with everything, tune in. This is what we spoke about during the episode When the day-to-day becomes monotonous, it's easy to feel bored and lose that zest for life. Have you started anything new lately? Have you been curious about something and then dived in deep...
Sep 22, 2022•22 min•Season 1Ep. 343
We just got back from a Gold Coast Business Week event where we heard an amazing speaker, Michael McQueen. One thing really stuck with us, it was along the lines of staying humble and hungry. He was talking in reference to business and trends but it also applies to life in general. This is what we spoke about during the episode How being humble and hungry is the perfect combination of personality traits. Humility is the ability to view yourself accurately as an individual with talents, as well a...
Aug 29, 2022•19 min•Season 1Ep. 342
Where are you spending your time and how are you living your life? How many times have you wished to be thinner, smarter, funnier, prettier, richer? In this episode, we chat about the practice of self-acceptance and how important it is in our everyday lives. This is what we spoke about during the episode Thinking you are not good enough, not smart enough, not pretty enough, not tall enough, not thin enough or whatever not enough is a waste of your time. It's fine to compare and have these goals ...
Aug 25, 2022•50 min•Season 1Ep. 341
We had a week off from podcasting, Mum and Dad were up from Canberra. We were busy wedding dress shopping, real estate shopping (well, driving around Gold Coast showing them different areas) , eating lots of great food and all the beach walks. Time is our most precious resource, especially time with the people we love, right? But have you ever stopped to realise that your phone is often getting in the way of real life? It really is the biggest distraction. This is what we spoke about during the ...
Aug 16, 2022•44 min
A good pair of swimmers that you love will create more joy in your life because they are a tool to help you enjoy the beach (or pool, or other water activity). In this episode we chat about the dread of going swimwear shopping. This episode will inspire you to move through the situation of hating swimwear shopping, so you can have more fun! This is what we spoke about during the episode Clothing can be an extension of who you are and it can make you feel different. So, what makes you feel good? ...
Aug 02, 2022•38 min•Season 1Ep. 339
If you find yourself forever competing with your friendship group, this episode is for you. The chat was inspired by the book, My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante , a story revolved around the friendship and rivalry between 2 girls growing up in post WWII Naples. The themes in the book are relatable, even though I grew up in Australia in the 1990s and 2000s. I remember feeling rejected with sense of competition between friends. Feeling lonely, like an outcast. The jealousy and the worry of wha...
Jul 28, 2022•45 min•Season 1Ep. 338
Do you suffer from low self-esteem and have a habit of running a constant self-hating monologue in your mind, this episode is for you. This chat was inspired by our previous episodes about how to stop talking about dieting and the epidemic of body image anxiety . In this episode, we talk about HOW to overcome negative body image and self-criticism. How do we stop our constant self-criticism and this negative view of ourselves? This is what we spoke about during the episode Awareness is the first...
Jul 20, 2022•51 min•Season 1Ep. 337
Your best friend is on a new diet and they’re telling you about it, maybe they’re even trying to convince you to try it. But you’ve recently set the intention to STOP dieting. You realise the massive impact Diet Culture has had on your life. Maybe it led to constant self-criticism or disorderly eating? How do we deal with this better? What do you do when your friends won’t stop talking about diets? This is what we spoke about during the episode Diet culture allows and inspires people to put them...
Jul 15, 2022•48 min•Season 1Ep. 336
We took a break last week because there has been so much going on! The most exciting news is that Carla got engaged two weeks ago. Yay! In this episode, we chat all things weddings and marriage. Weddings are beautiful celebrations of love, but are they really necessary? Are wedding's just about the big, fat diamond? Enjoy this sister chat, there was no plan, no research. We know many podcasts a beautifully produced, this one is not. Apologies for mispronunciations, faulty statistics and terrible...
Jul 08, 2022•48 min•Season 1Ep. 335
The quote from Steve Martin, “ Thankfully, persistence is a great substitute for talent. ”, reminded us of the conversations we've been having as we get towards our 10th year of business. We never really felt especially talented in any particular field. We were never number one at anything. But we did well in everything that we did because we were persistent, we showed up, we were enthusiastic, and we did the work. This is what we spoke about during the episode When you're trying to do something...
Jun 22, 2022•37 min•Season 1Ep. 334
In this short and sweet episode, our goal is to get you feeling motivated to exercise. Right now, we are in Canberra (Australia), in the middle of winter. It's freezing and a whole lot more difficult to exercise in Canberra compared to the Gold Coast! We feel the excuses creeping in, but we know if we don't move, we will feel terrible. So, we share simple tactics on how to get motivated to exercise. If you are struggling to get into a rhythm of consistent exercise, tune in! This is what we spoke...
Jun 17, 2022•21 min•Season 1Ep. 333
We read an article this week from the ABC Radio National about the epidemic of body image anxiety . Philosopher and author Heather Widdows says that "we've gone from beauty being one thing we care about to being almost defining of who we are. Societal pressure leads to image obsession." Body image anxiety has been a big part of our lives. With Carla starting her first diet at age 11, Emma developed bulimia from ages 17-23. We always had this belief that our bodies were not good enough. We felt t...
Jun 09, 2022•36 min•Season 1Ep. 332
To welcome something new into your life you need to take regular consistent action toward it. But how do you create new habits that stick? You can't just do something once and then expect to receive all the benefits. Change happens over time. Change happens with new habits. This is what we spoke about during the episode Find joy in the new habit. If-when-then plan. Work out a time, a place and an anchor for the new habit. As Carla says "sandwich your habit into your current life". Get an underst...
May 25, 2022•43 min•Season 1Ep. 331
We’re going back to a topic from one of our most popular episodes. People pleasing. A people pleaser works very hard to make other people happy. Often putting other people’s needs above their own. Are you a people pleaser? Also, listen to Episode 216: how to stop being a people pleaser . This is what we spoke about A people pleaser often says yes to something and suddenly feels resentment and anger, thoughts might pop up like ‘why did I say yes? I don’t even want to do this!’ The first step of u...
May 16, 2022•47 min•Season 1Ep. 330
In this episode, we chat about the 8 limbs of Yoga by Patanjali as defined in his yoga sutras. Yoga is not all about the tree pose or downward-facing dog, it's about life. In relation to this, listen to Episode 256: The 5 levels of the mind – The Yoga Philosophy Series and also Episode 255: How to surrender, let go and trust or Ishvara Pranidhana – The Yoga Philosophy Series. This is what we spoke about Yamas are kind of like moral lines and how you show up in life. Ahimsa is non-violence or kin...
May 12, 2022•40 min•Season 1Ep. 329
This episode (hehe, ok it’s a rant) was influenced by a recent Facebook post that got quite a lot of attention with a number of very different opinions. We shared a post from Alex Light about Kim Kardashian dropping 16 pounds to fit into her Met Gala dress just by eating tomatoes. Wait, what? This is what we spoke about You can do what you want with your body, but know that what you say (especially if you’re Kim Kardashian) has power behind it. It’s not something to throw out lightly, even if th...
May 05, 2022•23 min•Season 1Ep. 328
It's so easy to get 100% consumed and caught up in other people's drama. Some people choose to step out of it while others choose to be amongst it and feed off it. In this episode, we chat about this and how to step out of it. This is what we spoke about Sometimes we can be emotional, but this is not really the drama we are chatting about. It's necessary to live our truth and feel our feelings. And have friends we can be open with and depend on. It's important that we check in, is the drama taki...
Apr 27, 2022•35 min•Season 1Ep. 327
In this episode, we chat about ways how you can feel less shit. Something you can do that will change your situation, shift your mood and change how you feel. This episode was inspired by this popular blog post. This is what we spoke about Journaling. Getting the stuff out of your head and on paper. Surround yourself with people you love and who unconditionally love you back. Practising gratitude makes a difference. What you focus on grows. Bring creativity into life. You don't need to create so...
Apr 21, 2022•38 min•Season 1Ep. 326
We should call this podcast episode, does Pilates make your bum smaller and other stupid stuff we should all stop Googling. Let’s get this straight, right here and now, your bum is amazing. Just as it is. Small butts, bigger bums, round booty, flat booty. All great bums! No matter what your butt actually looks like, your butt muscles help you do many things! They help you walk, sit, push, and pick stuff up. Strong gluteus medius and gluteus maximus, or what we like to refer as your booty, also h...
Apr 14, 2022•38 min•Season 1Ep. 325
In this episode, we chat about this month’s theme inside the MerryBody Studio which is MINDSET. And really, this is the theme of each and every one of our podcast episodes in some way or another. In this episode, we’ll take you through some of our major mindset shifts and how we go about them. Stuff we talked about… Our journey from having government jobs that we hated to shifting our mindsets and creating the life that we have right now. Mindset is how we choose to see things. How we perceive o...
Apr 06, 2022•40 min•Season 1Ep. 324
Sometimes, we focus on the end result without realizing that the journey was actually the magic. It was actually the prize. Stuff we talked about... We live in a goal-orientated world, and anything less than 'the best' is not good enough. "Follow your bliss." — Joseph Campbell. In today's age, the obsession with that end goal can be the destroyer of the journey. It's very easy to let your desires take over, stress you out and make you feel that you're not doing enough. It all comes back to accep...
Mar 30, 2022•31 min•Season 1Ep. 323
We’re excited to dive into the topic of languishing. It was a topic inspired by one of our community members, Steph. Stuff we talked about… The difference between a flourishing mindset and a languishing mindset from a psychologist’s perspective. Listen to Episode 231: Create a flourishing mindset with psychologist Ellen Jackson At the beginning of COVID lockdown when we were forced to slow down, it was kind of a good thing because we were given permission to do nothing and simply take a rest. Ma...
Mar 23, 2022•40 min•Season 1Ep. 322
We received a message from someone talking about how triggering Facebook photo memories are. Can you relate? Maybe you see the picture and you see how young and ‘good’ you looked, you think ‘WOW, I looked so good, and I actually thought I was fat’ or something like that. Then you feel sad and disappointed. Then regret. And down you go into that self-criticism loophole. This is because we live in a world of Diet Culture that also (generally) celebrates youth and shuns age. Yay… urghhh not. The go...
Mar 16, 2022•42 min•Season 1Ep. 321
Welcome to Episode 320 of the Get Merry podcast and our first official episode for 2022! It took us a little while to get back into it but here we are! Every month inside MerryBody, we have a collective theme, and it’s something that we’ve been doing since the beginning. Sometimes, because life happens, we can find ourselves going through the motions without adding anything new or learning something different. Having this theme allows us to reflect, to discover something new about ourselves and ...
Mar 09, 2022•30 min•Season 1Ep. 320
We are back for 2022! YAY! We recorded this late in 2021 and we're so excited for this episode because the amazing Miriam Emad, clinical psychologist, is back on the show! During the episode, she offers insight on the before and after photo trend and how it can be unhealthy for all of us. We've spoken on the podcast and across our social media about how we don't market MerryBody (our Yoga and Pilates App and membership) with before and after photos. And recently, we shared a post about it that g...
Feb 11, 2022•34 min•Season 1Ep. 319
