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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 workPersistence and consistency Going the extra mileDream biggerLet go, surrender and welcome the flowThemes for 2020: Unafraid, Connection, ProsperityIf you loved this episode please rate and review the episode on iTunes or share the episode with someone you love.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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 we talk about…Rituals will help you reach your goals in a more joy-filled way.We create our new weekly money ritual.Carla chats about her meditation ritual... and she shares her new favourite mantras.Our predicted themes of 2020.Ahh so much, this episode was FUN!If you loved this episode please rate and review the episode on iTunes or share the episode with someone you love.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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 are worthy. It's 40 minutes and guaranteed... you will feel excited and motivated to start the thing you've been wanting to start!Let us know your biggest AHA moment.Stuff we talk about...The feeling of nervousness is exactly the same as excited. It's time to change the way you look at nerves.When you start saying YES to your dreams, your desires, your truth... it becomes easier each and every time. It's like a muscle.The hardest part of any new change is the beginning. Another hard part is ending the current situation you

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! Give yourself permission to have fun.The importance of keeping our practises during the Christmas/festive season... for us, this is Yoga, Pilates and Meditation. But if you miss a day, this is ok!How to deal with family/relatives who you might not align with completely. It's all about taking that breath and welcoming patience and gratitude. If you loved this episode please rate and review the episode on iTunes or share the episode with someone you love.Check out all the Get Merry Podcast episodes on&nbs

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... it's time to check-in.Are you feeling lonely? And if the answer is yes... tune in to this episode. Stuff we talked about…What are we doing before we get lonely? Social media and how it can make us more lonely... or can make us feel connected. We must use it consciously. Surrounded by people and still lonely.Does it begin with disconnection to self or other people? Lack of purpose, lack of acceptance and the should be's.What can you do when you're lonely. If you loved this episode please rate

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 just think about all the fit/beautiful/slender Instagram models and influencers in their perfect active ware and you feel completely inadequate. Yeh. We get it. We see you, we feel you. We love you (true freaking story).When you stop exercising it's hard to begin again.But it is possible to begin again and it's 100% possible to create a way of exercise that you love.Stuff we talked about…Stop being so hard on yourself! Get out of the toxic world of exercise. There's another way! Focus on your techn

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. End your 2019 feeling amazing! LEARN MORE.Stuff we talked about…Loneliness is a disconnection to self and can be felt with no one around you or with many people around you.How do we create a connection to self? Emma Watson and her self-partnering went viral... and YES we love it!All this loneliness and the anxiety caused by not being in a relationship is from a lack of self-acceptance.How do we get through life when there is so much bad news? Are we allowed to have joyful moments when there is so much bad new

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 want more, if anything in this episode resonated sign up for our FREE masterclass on self-sabotaging.Stuff we talked about…Why do we self-sabotage and what are some of the ways we self-sabotage?The different areas in life you might self-sabotage... health, fitness, love life, career, family, social life.The fear of success, fear of failure.We give real-life examples of where wee self-sabotage.We go into a heap more detail on self-sabotaging habits and more importantly HOW to stop! SIGN UP HERE.If you loved thi

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 welcome awareness to your self-love or maybe lack of self-love. Then be inspired to make space for that love. Stuff we talked about…The toxins in skincare and the importance to choose natural high vibrational skincare.Aging, why is botox and plastic surgery gaining more popularity. Cosmetic surgery is now a 1 billion dollar a year industry in Australia. With 350 million dollars being spent on botox each year.The celebration of getting older as opposed to dreading it. Why self-love is so important.Ea

"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 decide for yourself.Stuff we talked about…Why going through something difficult and hard is actually the best thing. The positivity of the negativity. To be successful the only thing you need is GRIT. What are the characteristics of grit? Persistence, growth mindset, sticking to a goal, strong habits even though motivation might be lacking, it's stamina.Long term goals. Failure is not a permanent situation. It's a step. It's part of the success. If you loved this episode please rate and revi

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 random questions at the very end of the episode. Questions that we thought were kind of dumb for the podcast... silly us for thinking they were dumb! Stuff like, does the size of your boobs impact breast cancer risk, do breast implants increase your risk and do bras cause breast cancer?PLEASE share this episode with just one other woman in your life. Awareness saves lives.We are so grateful for what we learned during this episode With Dr Lea Freeman and we want every woman to have this opportunity.  &n

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 about…Why it is better to please yourself rather than other people... and NO it does not make you a bad person!People-pleasing makes you kind of angry, it makes you passive-aggressive, it makes your actions and words unaligned. It turns your kindness into something else.Saying YES to people can be like an addiction, it helps you feel like you are needed. But how do you say NO? You can simply say NO. Stop with the million excuses. If you loved this episode please rate and review the episode on iTunes or sh

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 worst of her health crisis, Alex was dealing with severe depression and anxiety. She needed something that would soothe and ground her, and it was gemstones she turned to.Stuff we talked about…A brief intro to the magic of crystals. How to meditate with crystals.Using gemstones to connect with your superpowers.Following your intuition, taking the leap of faith to follow an alternate path.If you love the sounds of Alex's book check it out HERE. We love our copy and it also made the best gift for our friend's kids!&n

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 topic of discussion! We are pumped about this episode. Tune in.Stuff we talked about…Think about your mornings as a child, what were they like? Did you grow up with morning people? A lack of purpose makes it harder to get out of bed. Find your purpose become a morning person.Link waking up and working out to your core values.Why sleep is so important and should be your health priority. The importance of a sleep pattern, going to bed at the same time and waking at the same time.The 5,4,3,2,1 method from Mel Ro

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 workplace. Carla is reading the book Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg, we chat about this (if you have not read it get your copy!).We are opening up the conversation, send us your stories! We want to learn more about feminism and gender equality. Email us hello@getmerry.com or get in touch via social media.If you loved this episode and know someone who might benefit from tuning in, please share it with them. Not only will it help them, it will help us too. We are forever grateful for YOU!  See acast.com

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 holding you back?Stuff we talked about…Lack of self-worth and body confidence is BIG BUSINESS to many companies. Advertising taps into our emotions... literally it's designed to make us feel crap so we buy stuff.Our obsession with our body and everything external keeps us thinking small. We don't have the space to dream bigger because our energy is so deeply focused on the body and how we need to change it.We give you a heap of ways to help strengthen your body confidence (this is gold). The 21 Day

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 Miriam Emad, what are emotions? Her answer is epic and will help you understand your emotions better.Miriam tells us about her Bliss Following story, it's super inspiring. She actually studied for 3 whole years to be a dentist and then transitioned to psychology! The importance of emotional self-care and the intention behind you self-care action eg. you can't say a bubble bath is self-care while also thinking about all the 'bad things' about yourself while in the bubble bath!Mindfulness, yoga, movement... so much mor

"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 deeper, relax deeper, feel deeper. It's filled with more joy, more light, more laughter, more magic.Sounds good, yeh?During this Get Merry Podcast episode, we chat more about this and how we stepped away from the toxic relationship we had with health kicks. It's filled with actions steps and inspiration. Stuff we talked about…Self-love, self-respect, self-acceptance... this is what you need, not another health kick.What is the obsession with losing weight and your looks stealing from you? How do you FEEL about yo

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 more likely to live to the age of 85 or more.Optimists are more mindful of their emotions and therefore less reactive and live with less stress.The mind and gut link. How your food choices impact your moods (read more: 5 foods to your diet and feel happier)The power of positive visualisation.The people in your life impact your optimism levels. You're allowed unfollow friends in real life not just social media!  So so so much more.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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 have felt and the biggest blocks that stopped us from meditating.Meditation is known to help you manage stress and anxiety. In a research study it showed that Cortisol, the stress hormone was significantly lower after meditating.A consistent meditation practise helps you to self-regulate your emotions, you're less likely to react and blow up at dumb stuff (yes, we've all been there).Decreases inflammation in the body and boosts immunity, it also makes you happier, more grateful... and a nicer human. No brainer!We talk about hab