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We've been reading (slash listening) to the book: Think and Grow Rich and it's ahhh-mazing! We're 100% sure it's changing our lives in magical ways.  It's a self-help, self-development book written in 1937 by Napolean Hill. We know... that's ages ago but it's still super relevant. As you can tell by the title it's about growing in riches BUT it's not just about our incomes. The philosophy, stories and techniques Hill writes about can be transferred to ANYTHING. This book is about living our full potential. It gives us the tools we need to create the lives we all desire. It's bloody epic. Stuff we talk about... In almost every chapter the importance of desire is brought up. That success starts with a burning desire and knowing what you actually want.  There is no such thing as failure, it's just temporary defeat. Everything will make sense eventually. The perceived failure will, in fact, be part of the success. Woah.   The magic of persistence. The power of our mindset, how to change our subconscious belief s

This episode is a general life and business update. It's fun, we ramble, we also probably go on many tangents.  Stuff we talk about... where we are at with our biz, why we stopped everything to create space. Space = magic. health update, the importance of health. HEALTH IS NUMBER ONE YO!  moving house, magical friends, good vibes. connecting with intuition, living in alignment (again). noticing the signs. BOOM shake the freaking room.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Jasmin Kechel creator of Lemon Canary is some kinda magic. We had so much fun chatting and listening to her views on all things from chakras to business and we even got to the whole meaning of life thing. Cool, hey.  If you haven't heard of Lemon Canary you are gonna wanna check it out. Especially if you love beautiful things. You would have seen some of her amazing essential chakra oils, soy candles and mists featured on our Instagram stories. But the current showstopper has got to be the Aphrodite Bowl.  Guaranteed, once you listen you'll get inspired to go out and live your truth and also probably laugh a whole heap. Stuff we talk about... Chakras and how to tell when yours are out of balance. Jas mentioned her DIY chakra test. Business stuff. The importance of pouring love into it. The importance of meditation and stillness. How to use meditation to help you make big decisions.  How we as a society are not living in our innate truth. Relationships and connection. The meaning of life.   See acas

Why should you listen to this episode with Dr Rach: if you are human. Seriously. Everyone should listen to this episode. We are so #blessed to have Dr Rachel Whyndam in our lives, as a friend and doctor. She's a naturopath and a medical doctor.  We feel like this episode is so important for everyone to listen to. We adore Dr Rach, she brings a warm, grounded, fun and strong energy to the room, you'll be able to feel it when you listen.  She shares information about health and illness in a non-scary way.   Stuff we talk about... How we are all made of cells and energy and hormones. So awesome to hear Dr Rach talk about this.  Googling your symptoms (yes, we know you all have). Dr Rach talks about the 10 day silent meditation she went on. She believes EVERYONE should do this. How we have 7 year stages in our lives. Dr Rach talks about her time working in palliative care. Her experience as a medical Doctor and a Naturopath. The importance of both practices.  How to manage our health. Like not waiting until we a

Why you should listen to this episode: if you ever find yourself thinking you should be at 'this' point of life when you reach 'this' age.  We chat with the AMAZING Rachael Jansen who shares her story on being 'ageless' and why it's more about stages... rather than ages.  This is the stuff we talked about: how women are stereotyped by their age. how women are seen (or we see ourselves) as invisible when we reach a certain age. why the term 'middle aged' is irrelevant. how our thoughts and beliefs around women and men start from our school years. why we need to start celebrating all ages of women.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Listen to this episode if you want to find out what our morning and evening rituals are. Or if you love rituals. Or if you are keen to start a morning or some kind of ritual. We start by announcing our 30 day podcasting challenge is a fail. But then we also realise it isn't a fail. It's actually the opposite.  Stuff we talk about: We talk about the benefits of having a routine or ritual. How they create a calm and steady feel for the day/evening.  Meditation, how to do it if you don't think you can. You definitely can.  Why social activities are part of our rituals. Why rituals are good for everyone but extra good for people who have a biz. At the moment these are our rituals. The podcast version is better but we get it... some people prefer to read. Morning ritual: Wake up Get dressed (probably don't need this info) Apple cider vinegar and water Pilates or yoga class Coffee or chai with friends Smoothie bowl on the deck in the sunshine 10 minute meditation on the deck Welcome to blissland Evening ritual:

Why you should listen to this episode: if you've ever thought that you need to 'be strong' when all you really wanna do is take off your mask and be real.  Amber joins us on the couch again for magical episode 111!  Here's the stuff we talk about: recognising your fears. how we tell ourselves stories like "I'm just impatient" or "I'm just..." we questioned whether being strong could be changed to choosing love.  we bang on about self acceptance and self-awareness again and we realise that sometimes we might be making excuses for our laziness.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Why you should listen to this episode: if you're the type of person who is continuously looking and asking for external validation. If you're thinking about what others think about you, seeking their approval, forever comparing and just feeling stuck. Listen, get un-stuck, realise that the only approval that truly matters is your own. Don't worry, we've been there PLUS we still go back. We share our personal experiences and just have a general chat. The obsession with external validation is not only freaking annoying... it's holding us back. Holding us back from our true potential, from the magic of living our truth.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Why you should listen to this episode: if you ever question putting energy into your friendships. Emma and Carla chat about creating awesome friendships. How they went from putting no effort into creating relationships to now, focussing on cultivating magical friendships that make them smile huge.  They talk about this cool quote from Into The Wild: "happiness is only real when it's shared." Mic drop.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

You should listen to this episode if you need more motivation to change your lifestyle AND you love the crazy ramblings of Emma and Carla. During this episode Emma and Carla talk about how changing their food and lifestyle lead them to finding their purpose in life.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Why you should listen to this episode: if you struggle with self-belief and wanna change that.  Amber Hawken will give you her methodology of exactly how she does this. We called it the 11/10 method and it's a real banger. This is the stuff we cover: 11/10 (how to embody the knowingness that you are INCREDIBLE).  Flow: what does it mean to be in flow? What does it feel like? Consciousness. Mental strength and resilience. We laugh a lot. Amber tells some jokes too, she's the best ever (and is our epic housemate too!).  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Why you need to listen to this episode: if you have been in a hateful relationship with your body and yourself or have ever struggled to find an exercise that suits you... you definitely need to listen to episode 106 with Erin Bourne.  Erin Bourne is AMAZING. She's a woman of many talents: yoga and pilates instructor, anatomy expert, movement therapist, she specialises in myofascial release and dynamic neuromuscular stabilisation. She's studied Exercise Science and naturopathy. We absolutely LOVED every second of this episode and were nodding along with every word she said. Here's what we cover: how our bodies represent our mind and vice versa. what a depressed body state might look like.  how mind, body and spirit are connected and how this shows up.  why the intention behind your exercise is so important. how lack of core strength is impacting our confidence and sense of self. why our hips are so tight. why pilates and yoga rocks!  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Over the past month we had a little break, now we're back! OH YEAH! This episode we talk about living in alignment with your heart and how it feels for us when we do or don't work/live in alignment. We talked about: moving house and making changes to your life. the magic of change. fear... Emma specifically spoke about her relationship fears. how we can beat fear. what it means to live in alignment. how it feels to live in alignment. how we live in alignment, we use lots of real life examples, including some not very nice moments last week. We talk about amazing Lisa Messenger and how events ROCK. Plus lots more... just listen... you know you want to! As always, get in touch if you have any comments or questions! WE LOVE to hear from you! P.s we're doing a podcast a day for the next 30 days... OMG.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

"He had been out running and collapsed on the side of the road. No one knew what had happened and they thought he had been hit by a car so they didn't want to touch him. A woman, named Valerie was driving by and noticed the commotion around a lifeless body. She jumped out of her car in the middle of traffic and started giving CPR. When she initially started, people shouted at her to stop as she could be causing more damage, but she said she knew he needed serious help. He was lying on the ground with his eyes wide open and had no pulse, so she immediately started CPR. She performed CPR for 5 mins on her own..." This excerpt is from our guest's cousin, recapping the first cardiac arrest Rhys experienced at age 26.  We'd heard bits and pieces of Rhys' journey during Yoga Teacher Training (this is how we met) but after sitting down with Rhys for just over 2 hours, hearing his story being told so openly and all at once was... and that's where we get stuck. There are so many words to describe Rhys' story. When you

10 weeks have passed since I started Yoga Teacher Training with Essence of Living here on the Gold Coast, that means I'm done! Certified yogi: tick ;)  I seriously can't believe how fast 10 weekends went. That's 20 days. 200 hours. Boom. Going into the training I knew I would learn a heap of stuff. I mean I was about to spend 10 weeks in yoga land... how could I not learn some cool stuff? BUT I wasn't prepared for the epicness of the learnings and the changes that I went through. From the get go, I had this knowing that I was supposed to do my yoga training... it wasn't a matter of if, it was just a matter of when. So to be able to finally go on this adventure was a freaking blessing in itself, and thank you to Michelle, founder of Essence of Living for having the belief in me and for making this happen. But let's get into the good stuff... you're here because you wanna know the surprising things I learnt BUT let's quickly cover the unsurprising stuff I learnt... (all kind of duh moments)... epic yoga techni

Jonny Yang, the acupuncturist, traditional Chinese practitioner... actually just an amazing guy. He shared a heap of magic on this episode. The thing we like the most is that all the stuff he shares comes with a bunch of action steps. Action steps to help your anxiety and so much more.  The main reason we wanted to chat about Anxiety was because Jonny helped me (Emma) with my anxiety.  Which came about from my break up. I'd never ever really truly suffered from anxiety, not like this anyway. The up all night, can not sleep for a week level (seriously, sucked so bad). I felt so disconnected from myself. I literally felt like I had a different human living inside me and she was not shutting up. She was just going on and on and on.  I used an old addiction to try help me. Exercise.  One day I did an hour of super hard pilates, walked for 8 kms and then walked for another 8 kms. The next day I did more pilates and the BOOM my foot spasmed and felt like it was burning from this inside out.   Maybe...  too much exe

If you're a keen #GetMerry listener (we love you) you probably already listened to episode 100. It was epic. Can you believe it... 100! Woah, crazy! Also, if you haven't listened you should listen, after or before this biz and life reflection ramble. Take your pick.  The year so far. The good, bad and probably the right word would be sad.  It was really fun doing a podcast just us two. Who really knows what we talked about, but we're pretty sure it's something like the below (probably, maybe?!). We (think we) talk about stuff like... What went awesome during the first half of 2017. What didn't. Our goal to keep everything really real on our social media, how we're well and truly over the fake crap. The new way we're operating our biz, surrendering. Devotion, it's our new thing. Plan to do everything we do with this in mind.  The break up comes up a-bloody-gain, Emma cries some. Other stuff, can't remember!  Send us or tag us in a pic of you listening to #GetMerry. Because FUN!  Always merrymaking, Emma + Ca

We had this idea for our episode 100. Actually, it wasn't our idea... heaps of other people have done this. We wanted to get someone else to interview us. It would be a huge celebration of goodness to mark this epic 100 number. Did you catch the title? Shame and shadows. Yeh, it's full of goodness but not what we expected and probably not what you expect either (now you have to listen, yeh?). We asked our amazing, beautiful, red headed, potty mouthed friend AKA Karly Nimmo AKA the sexual dancing goddess (this will make sense if you listen and yes Karly, we are officially keeping you accountable) to do the interview. If you know Karly you know she doesn't do stuff inside the box so when we gave creative control we quickly realised anything was possible. And please note. This episode contains swear words.  So Karly rocks up to our house. We catch up (saaah fun), talk about our Merry apartment picnic happening later this same day (best kinda love fest), sit on the couch with our microphones ready and Karly throw

The Gold Coast is such a cool place. Most of you know we grew up in Canberra (we love Canberra) it's sahhhh different to the Gold Coast. You might think of Gold Coast, and automatically think of Surfers Paradise and partying hard. But there's so much more! And there's this polar opposite thing going on. Like with vibes, attitudes, people etc. It's interesting to observe. Like there's one side where everything seems so materialistic and fake, and then the other side with this realness, connection, yoga, spirit, holistic healthy vibe thing.  Another cool thing about the GC is the abundance of crazy cool events and workshops.  Emma met Kyle Laz aka the Chocolate Wizard aka the magical herb man at his botanical boutique high tea (like fo-realz, how could I not go to that?!).  "Herbal medicine is where you find the balance of ART and SCIENCE. It is the beginning of a path, one of learning and sharing, To alleviate suffering, the fundamental intention. Encircled in MAGIC and MYSTICAL processes." Kyle Laz We're supe

Are you a confident person? Do you believe in yourself? Do you love yourself, your whole self? Whether the answer is yes, no or sometimes or I dunno?! We know you're going to get some gold from this podcast episode. Right now, we are both the most confident we've ever been and we're keen to keep this going and growing for the rest of our lives. So, let's talk, how to get more confident!  Because one believes in oneself, one doesn't try to convince others. Because one is content with oneself, one doesn't need others' approval. Because one accepts oneself, the whole world accepts him or her.― Lao Tzu Here's the stuff we talk about... What is confidence? What does it mean to be a confident person?  We share our personal stories. How Emma went from 'the shy' kid to becoming pretty darn confident in herself (hell yeah). How self-doubt, fear and a negative mind ruled for many years (and how it still comes and goes).  How Carla was pretty much born confident, how school bullies impacted her negatively. How her conf