Best Low Tox Life 2016 Podcasts (2025)

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445. Herbal Medicine 2.0: Rebuilding our health and our planet from the soil up with Ric Scalzo 1:00:45

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Do you take any medicinal herbs? This week we have an hour of power with pioneer herbalist, entrepreneur and now regenerative farmer and research philanthropist, Ric Scalzo. Some of the parts to the show: • Ric's journey from philosophy student to herbal medicine and naturopathy • Fascinating insights on herbs like hawthorn, wormwood and schisandra…

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444. The Modern Mental Health Tool Kit - what’s working, what to avoid with Dr Katelyn Kalstein 1:00:45

10d ago1:00:45

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Mental Health - The more we know, the more overwhelmed and confused we are? That’s not how it’s supposed to be. Enter Dr Katelyn Kalstein and this powerful conversation I had the privilege of hosting. Dr. Kalstein, a naturopathic doctor, acupuncturist, psychotherapist and ketamine-assisted therapist on the cutting edge of integrative treatments, pr…

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443. The Vagina Business: Prioritise women for their health and for business! Marina Gerner 58:05

17d ago58:05

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🚨 TABOO ALERT: Vaginas 🚨 Giggles. Squirms. Shushes. Why are we STILL so awkward about women's health and body parts? 🔍 Journalist Marina Gerner investigates: • Who's REALLY innovating in women's health? • Is the tide finally turning on shame and taboo? Prepare to fist pump... or facepalm 🤦‍♀️this show. ALSO, MYTH-BUSTING ALERT: "Femme tech" isn't a…

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442. Simon Mustoe: Survive the next 100 years with lessons from nature. 1:16:38

24d ago1:16:38

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Have you experienced eco anxiety? Worry about topsoil? About extinctions? About everything ‘going on’ in the world? Welcome to an hour of Eco-Optimism with my guest, author and ecologist of 30 years, Simon Mustoe, where we unpack stories to restore your faith in what’s possible. What if I told you that right now, beneath the surface of our daily li…

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441. Sick Buildings make people sick: Changing the air with Michael Rubino 1:05:38

1M ago1:05:38

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Clean air is something we think more about in the context of pollution from cars and factories, but in the low tox community we know it to also include pollution from synthetic fragrance, VOCs, excess carbon dioxide and of course, mould. In the built environment mould can become excessive in the indoor environment due to either humidity, poor build…

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440. What would your dream grocery store be like? Let’s build it with Jon Steinman 58:07

1M ago58:07

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What would your dream grocery store look like? Chances are, like many, you see a lot of injustice in the land of ‘food giants’ with corporate CEOs paid millions and large percentages of families skipping meals due to food insecurity: Is it hopeless? Will it all just get worse? It doesn’t have to. That’s why this podcast is here with you today. My g…

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439. Could understanding our inner mammal help us live to our fullest potential? Loretta Breuning PhD, explains how. 49:05

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What if our lack of understanding about our inner mamma selves was what was holding us back from living more fulfilled lives. Loretta Breuning, PhD was frustrated as a professor and a mom, about how we were studying, teaching and applying learnings on motivation and happiness, and so she retired early from academia to study the mammalian brain and …

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438. Dr Lewis Ehrlich - Unpacking ‘science’: Bias, nuance, funding, rigour and practice. 1:14:59

2M ago1:14:59

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We think we’re so sure about what we know about science - did you know, though, that there are 48 catalogued forms of bias? There exists, and I was excited to learn this, a catalogue of bias that is constantly tweaked and updated. Which leads me to today’s show with Dr Lewis Ehrlich - one of our most popular guests over the years. When I saw Lewis …

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437. What are we getting wrong and right about Gut Health? Dr Brad Leech takes us through the latest in research and practice. 1:06:25

2M ago1:06:25

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Are you happy with how your gut feels? What if some of the most common things we thought were ‘right’ about gut health are wrong, now that we have more research findings and peer reviews in the bank? Chances are you want to improve your gut health, and so: Let’s do it! This show with @drbradleech is a must-listen. We cover: The No 1 gut health no n…

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436. Gabriela Rosa - When “health care is too expensive” it’s a public health crisis: Carving the path forward for fertility and other health epidemics. 1:38:54

2M ago1:38:54

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Gabriela Rosa realised she was onto something, when her clinic started producing healthy baby after healthy baby in partnership with their patients, when they’d ‘tried everything’ before finding her. That journey has led her to where she is now - in the final throes of her doctorate in Public Health at Harvard University in the USA - also now the e…

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435. An invitation to see the meditative arts in a whole new way with Jeff Patterson 49:46

2M ago49:46

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What’s your relationship with the meditative arts? Tried meditation but gave up because of being ‘too busy brained’? Think Tai Chi and Qi Gong is for the elderly only? Find it hard to keep a regular practice? Maybe it’s just overwhelming as to ‘what’ to exactly do and it’s a worry it’s ‘not working’? On this week’s show I invited Jeff Patterson who…

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434. Dr Elisa Song - Confidently building your holistic toolkit for your child's health 1:24:07

3M ago1:24:07

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A treat on the podcast this week as we lift this epic class with @healthykidshappykids renowned paediatrician and author, Dr Elisa Song, out of our Low Tox Kids course vault for you. With empowering knowledge and upgraded habits, we can keep medications for when they really do save the day - we’re lucky to have them, but the aim is to ensure a ‘gen…

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433. Fatigue? Low resilience? Anxiety? Thyroid issues? Fix iron first, says Dr Libby 1:11:05

3M ago1:11:05

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Fatigue? Low Resilience when you know deep down you’ve usually ‘got this’? Anxiety? Thyroid problems? (especially conversion issues) On this week’s show, I invite back to the show, one of Australasia’s leading nutritional Biochemists and 13 x best-selling authors, Dr Libby Weaver to discuss IRON and it is SUCH a helpful literacy-building conversati…

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432. Adam Scott Kunz - The human struggle between freedom and security and how to think critically. 1:18:54

3M ago1:18:54

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Cult thinking. Groupthink. Black and white thinking. “Loud, vocal thinkers’ and how extreme sound bites dominate the modern media landscape thanks to algorithms, painting a ‘majority picture’ when most people are not living out those extremes in day-to-day lives. It’s quite a time to be alive, and also a time when it’s very easy to let the fear of …

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431. Dr Leah Hechtman: Exploring the nuances and boundless capacity of the female, over a lifetime. 1:02:30

3M ago1:02:30

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Can one podcast hour cover how eating carbs before bed likely puts you in progesterone deficiency and explain the many reasons that play into a female “turning out to be them/do what they do” in life? Yep. @drleahhectman and I start with ‘what happens from the moment you have the extra X chromosome and are defined as female, and go where the explor…

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430. Joy Hussain MD, PhD - The magic of Sauna - think it’s for cold climate dwellers only? Think again! 1:17:33

4M ago1:17:33

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Do you use a sauna? A specific type of favourite sauna or temperature or frequency? Never tried it but sauna curious? Dr Joy Hussain was a practising physician for many years before realising there was something very special about the sauna. She had Reynaud’s syndrome, which affects circulation, and noticed that using a sauna while living in Alaska…

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429. No More Tears: The dark secrets of Johnson & Johnson exposed, with award-winning journalist, Gardiner Harris 1:37:13

4M ago1:37:13

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Over the past 2 decades, Gardiner Harris has been covering and collecting data on Johnson&Johnson. Now, as an independent and award-winning investigative journalist, he releases the fruits of 2 decades of research, interviews, analysis and findings in No More Tears: The dark secrets of Johnson & Johnson exposed. In this show we explore: The collaps…

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428. Healthy child one day and neuropsychiatric symptoms the next? Dr Nancy O’Hara on risks, tipping points, prevention and healing for PANS and PANDAS. 1:16:15

4M ago1:16:15

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One day your child is their “healthy normal” self, and the next day they’re radically changed, displaying neuropsychiatric symptoms that can scare and bewilder the child, their families and carers/teachers. The heartbreaking thing is it can take months if not years, to find a doctor who can identify and start treating the cause of this sudden chang…

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427. Dr Rangan Chaterjee: Let’s get you telling me what works for you - A health empowerment masterclass. 55:39

4M ago55:39

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What does the UK’s best-known Dr, Rangan Chatterjee, want you to do? He want to help get you to a place in your health and intuition where you are the one who knows what’s best for you. If you sometimes feel more confused about health than ever before? This is the show for you! Jumping from protocol to Instagram follow to book to podcast, we’ve nev…

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426. Scientia Professor Matthew England: Oceans, climate and explaining common confusions and questions 1:08:33

4M ago1:08:33

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What Matthew England, a “Scientia” Professor at UNSW (a renowned globally as the top expert because of his research and contributions to the subject) didn’t know would happen when he chose his field of study, Oceanography in the 80s, would be that he and his colleagues would quickly become climate scientists. In this week’s show, we discuss: The oc…

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425. Innsæi: The Power of Intuition (and the cost of not harnessing it) with Hrund Gunnsteinsdóttir 1:14:40

4M ago1:14:40

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What is your understanding of “Intuition? Do you feel yours is fine tuned? Well, it turns out what we ‘think’ is our intuition is often instead our: Instinct - which comes from fear and keeping us ‘safe’ Bias influenced by multiple layers of external conditioning Suspicion - seeking the pleasure or assuredness of confirmed bias until we find it Tho…

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424. Dr. Nayan Patel on Glutathione: Could it be the most important thing we need for health? 1:18:10

5M ago1:18:10

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Who doesn’t want a better quality of life for longer, right? This week, we’re talking about oxidative stress and the role of Glutathione: How we get pushed, slowly, slowly out of homeostasis in our first 3 decades of life How the disease/medication cycle is inadequate and we need to focus on homeostasis recalibration to heal, not just manage diseas…

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423. Bridging divides and carving a new path for small and medium-sized farms with Brian Reisinger 1:10:54

5M ago1:10:54

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On this week’s show… Something like “being tough on immigration” can so easily become political capital, and, of course no one wants unfettered streams of people, unchecked, moving through one’s country’s borders. But what happens, when a hard-line policy ignores nuance, ignores affected industries and is also hard on human rights while implementin…

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422. The mouth and its many connections to disease in the rest of the body: Carving a Holistic Path with Dr Michelle Jorgensen 1:05:14

5M ago1:05:14

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We don’t naturally think when we have recurrent sinusitis or cognitive decline: “Well I guess I should book with the dentist!” Right? Well, today’s guest Dr. Michelle Jorgensen who is a dentist, naturopath, author and speaker,. says, you might want to make that dentist appointment! As she’s seen as both a dentist and a naturopath, oftentimes what’s…

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421. The Many factors that play into and out of Pain, with Ananda Mahony, naturopath & nutritionist with a Masters in Pain. 1:21:40

5M ago1:21:40

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Is it possible for a person who stubs their toe to feel more pain than someone who breaks their foot!? YES. Wow. This week on the LOW TOX LIFE podcast, we take a deep dive into PAIN with our guest Ananda Mahony, who is a highly experienced practitioner who holds a Bachelor of Science in Naturopathy, a Graduate Diploma in nutrition and a Master of M…

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420. Feng Shui: Optimisation for your work and home spaces - and your life, with Jane Langof 56:14

6M ago56:14

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Anyone else feel like they need a light, personal ‘goal kicking’ type of podcast to feel better about our immediate spaces around us and how they impact our wellbeing? Well, I do, and a lot of friends who are rattled about the world feel like they do too, and so I present this week’s show: Feng Shui for your work and home spaces and for your life! …

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419. The Gut-Brain Paradox with Dr Steven Gundry - how bacteria rule the roost on your health - for better or worse! 1:09:13

6M ago1:09:13

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The Gut-Brain Paradox is Dr Steven Gundry’s latest book, now available for pre-order. People know Dr Gundry as ‘the guy who told us plants were evil foods’ but have they read his books, I wonder? The key to enjoying the wide variety of foods we must enjoy to have a healthy, diverse microbiome that promotes overall health, is to have a robust and di…

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418. Fraudulent Alzheimer’s Drug Research has led to 20 years down the wrong path - Investigative journalist Charles Piller explains 1:20:40

6M ago1:20:40

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How can 20 years of fraudulent science pass? It’s complicated. It’s not just vested interests but humans, desire, ego, hope and poor checks and balances. “Doctored”, the new book by investigative science journalist Charles Piller, is an arresting deep dive into how Alzheimer’s disease treatment has been set back by corrupt researchers, negligent re…

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417. From Farm to Eater: Let’s focus on what and who is making a difference when trying to change the food system. 59:04

6M ago59:04

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When I started low tox life, for years I’d get excited when, say, Campbell’s soup or Hershey’s would announce they were banning GMOs from their products… or when M&M’s announced they’d stop using petroleum based colours. “We’re winning” - but were we? In recent years I’m way less excited when mega corporations change their recipes to be better - ev…

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416. "Tammi Jonas PhD: Designing a Food System for All — Culturally Relevant, Nutritious, and ecologically sound" 1:15:59

7M ago1:15:59

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Food is a brilliant unifier across political divides, if we’re brave enough to let it be. We all eat. And in this community, regardless of ‘diet type’ we all want food to be: Accessible Nutritious Good quality Good for the planet in the farming methods used Fair for the farmers - especially small holder farmers! Culturally appropriate and respectfu…

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415. Erika Schwartz, MD wants you to know what it feels like to have a great doctor. 1:15:02

7M ago1:15:02

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Erikas Schwarz, MD is the kind of doctor that once you’ve spoken with her, you want her to be yours - how ‘bout it, Erika? Gosh I loved meeting this woman, who fearlessly and thoughtfully guides her patients, calls out the medical establishment as cult-like and how we need to look bigger picture and get better reads on research before taking action…

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414. Let them be naked - A plea to change our fashion culture, with Jeff Garner 46:01

7M ago46:01

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Fashion - Despite what we’ve known for over a decade now, our fashion predicament is getting worse - petroleum-based colours and fabrics, faster and ‘cheaper’ fashion than ever before and awful conditions for most garment workers internationally - and? Landfill from throwing it all away is getting dire. It’s kind of hard to feel a sense of hope but…

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413. Dr Kurt Gray on how we can all be less “Outraged!” 1:09:30

7M ago1:09:30

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There is so much outrage online and in communities these days - what can we do about it? How can we bridge divides, tackle polarisation and even deal with different ideas on a good life in families (like simply changing cleaning products or ditching processed food and everyone in your family thinking you’re nuts, crunchy and woo woo!) Enter Dr Kurt…

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412. Stop reacting and start designing more, regardless of life throws at you, with Josselyne Herman-Saccio 1:05:59

8M ago1:05:59

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Well here it is - the last show of 2024! Thank you for being with me these past 50 shows, as we’ve expanded into more Low Tox Mind and Life topics, both family and personal, with a view to supporting the whole picture of a healthy life, not just all the things that go wrong and how to fix them - which of course shall always be a part of it, but whe…

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411. Homeopathy - An energetic superpower: But how? When? For whom? What dosage? All your questions answered, with Eugenie Kruger. 55:34

8M ago55:34

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What can a homeopath with 6000 hours of experience supporting people’s health teach us? A lot of fascinating things about the art and science of homeopathy, of course - as mysterious as it is clever, homeopathy can be and has been used for centuries, and is still used with pride of place in hospitals in India, and is a recognised form of medicine i…

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410. No Woman Should Have to Do Midlife Transitions Alone with Ali Daddo and Mary Doube 1:14:44

8M ago1:14:44

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Ali Daddo and Mary Doube are on a mission to support women worldwide in feeling less alone and more empowered on their peri+menopausal journeys with their Aviiana platform. It’s crazy to think that we weren’t talking about this phase that 100% of women go through who live long enough, just a handful of years ago - in today’s show when I mention I d…

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409. The year you ditch holiday season overwhelm: My tips and ideas for a joyful season. 43:07

9M ago43:07

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This show, I share tips and ideas to make the month ahead feel less intense and we wrap up the calendar year. Often late November/early December have two energies battling it out in our brains: It’s the end of the year - I have so much I still want to/have to/must DO - gah… Go Go Go. I just want to slow down a lie on a beach, in a field or under a …

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408. What would it look like for you to be completely recovered? Thought Field Therapy with Dr Robert Bray 1:13:12

9M ago1:13:12

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“What would it look like for you to be fully recovered” asks Dr Robert Bray of his patients. Powerful question. How would it look for you? A trigger warning if you are sensitive to trauma, violence or suicide topics. Hugs to you and it might not be for you (although for the same reasons, it might very well be for you). This show explores Thought Fi…

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407. End food stress and overwhelm by embracing colour, with Deanna Minich, PhD 1:01:04

9M ago1:01:04

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Does food ever stress you out, for one reason or another? This week’s show is here to help you relax and find joy in food and my guest is the wonderful Deanna Minich PhD. I’ve long followed Deanna’s work in nutrition and the beautiful way she links it to the power of colour, body systems, energy centres and ancient wisdom. This week we talk about: …

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406. Making peace with your inner polarities and live your highest values with Dr John Demartini 1:18:55

9M ago1:18:55

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Dr John Demartini is a force and is joining me back on the show for the 4th time to focus on the oscillation between ups and downs, fear and safety, stress and calm, negative and positive and how ‘positive thinking’ and ‘negative thinking’. John is a world-leading human behaviour specialist, philosopher, international speaker, best-selling author, …

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405. It’s not you, it’s your nervous system: How to tell the difference with Jessica Maguire (note: trigger warning, suicide talked about) 1:03:54

10M ago1:03:54

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Jessica Maguire is back on the show and while the first show we did was about the nuts and bolts of the nervous system, this week is a powerful exploration of the human experience, our responses, the signals of dysregulation we can look out for in ourselves and others, and the power of helping someone else regulate or having someone who can do that…

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404. Jordanna Levin: Your powerful invitation from astrology awaits 54:42

10M ago54:42

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Is astrology woo woo or one of the most powerful tools we have to become more aware of ourselves and others and the way we all interact? Jordanna Levin author of “All Signs Point to You” and astrologer takes us on a SUPER fascinating journey through charting, stereotypes, archetypes, influences and road maps - and even responds to an astrology take…

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403. Holistic dermatology: a better way forward for our skin challenges with Dr Julie Greenberg 58:55

10M ago58:55

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Skin conditions and treatments. That is this week’s show with naturopathic doctor and herbalist Dr Julie Greenberg, founder of rootcausedermatology.com, helping clinicians get to the root of why skin presentations might be happening for that person and how to treat more holistically. She founded her clinic in LA, USA, The Center for Integrative & N…

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402. Michael Pinto - Toxic Buildings, Mold solution debunking + what if it’s not mold - what else could it be? 1:19:07

10M ago1:19:07

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The most common question I get that comes up is about how to “clean” mold!? (Pro tip: switch to saying remove not ‘clean’ or ‘kill’.) Michael Pinto has been in the business of identifying harmful hazards in the home from mould to asbestos, to lead and more, for over 40 years, and now semi retired, I cheekily thought he might have time for me to dat…

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401. Devorah Heitner: Growing Up in Public: Coming of Age in a Digital World 58:02

11M ago58:02

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As with all things, I believe in finding people who can help us navigate the nuanced way forward - is there a way our kids can healthily grow up in public? Devorah Heitner PhD has been asking this with curiosity both as a parent and a researcher and in today’s show, we unpack exactly that question. Her book “Growing up in Public” is a must read so …

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400. It’s the 400 Show Birthday. On the menu? Breaking up with our programming, deep love for self, connection with the natural world and a call to establish what your ‘enough’ looks like with Bruce Lipton ... 1:15:37

11M ago1:15:37

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Show 400 - How did we get here!? Well, it took a few people to get this show to where it is today and I’ll list them below because if you’re reading this, you’re one of them. In the show today, I’ve chosen 4 excerpts from past shows that weave together in funny ways, once I listened to them all in a row… 10 or so minutes from each of these deep-fro…

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399. Toddler to Table: How to set your little people up for life through connection and food experiences. 1:09:07

11M ago1:09:07

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Did you feel like kids connected with kids and adults with adults regarding food? Separate times, separate tables, dumbed-down ‘fun’ food? This week we are talking food and little people - Toddlers to be specific given the wonderful Luka from Book to Food has a new book available for pre-order and soon for real “Toddler to Table”. It is a stunner o…

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398. Beyond academics and accomplishments: What Truly Matters for Teens with Maggie Dent 1:17:52

11M ago1:17:52

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Being a teen is harder than ever before and it’s showing in the stats and research. BUT, this is not about going down the fear road, nor is it all about crying “it’s social media” as an over simplified solution. We also need to do a LOT more to diversify the ‘success’ picture during school years, help them matter, feel the love and find themselves …

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397. How to test your hormones - The nuance, age, stage, timing and situation: All the gold you’d expect with Dr Leah Hechtman 1:14:07

11M ago1:14:07

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If you’ve been confused about hormone testing - this week’s show is here to help. @drleahhechtman PhD, takes us through hormone testing options for age, stage and situation, as well as things that impact the accuracy of a test. We cover: Saliva, Urine and Blood testing - when which one or all are helpful and for whom. What reference ranges are base…

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396. The Body's Breached Defenses: Unmasking Leaky Gut, Brain, and Skin, with microbiologist Kiran Krishnan with microbiologist Kiran Krishnan 1:19:50

12M ago1:19:50

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As promised: Part 2 is here, with microbiologist @kiranbiome and it is a deep dive into the mechanism for “leakiness” of our body’s barrier functions. He took my nightclub bouncer and ran with it and I think you’ll find more empowerment when it comes to understanding and working with issues related to: Leaky Gut Leaky Skin Leaky Brain …as we explor…

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