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 did a show on Perimenopause with Dr Carrie Jones a few years ago, Mary said “Wow how groundbreaking” - there was nothing 6 years ago online. I did that...
Dec 01, 2024•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 410
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 blanket and CHILL So this week, I talk Money Saving, Time Saving, Meaning-making and Joy bringing strategies for a happier end of year. Being real abo...
Nov 25, 2024•43 min•Ep. 409
“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 Field Therapy a form of ‘energy psychology’, something that Robert added to his tool kit since learning the Therapy from its creator, psychologist Dr Ro...
Nov 17, 2024•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 408
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: Deanna’s journey towards the rainbow - how did that take shape? What led Dieanna to her 7 Systems framework How does she address hecklers who challeng...
Nov 10, 2024•1 hr 1 min
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, and the founder of The Demartini Method - a revolutionary tool in modern psychology. He has authored 43 books translated into 40 different languages a...
Nov 03, 2024•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 406
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 for us, through grief, work, school and just about any of life’s challenges. Main topics this week are: The Grief journey Our Responses vs ‘who I am’...
Oct 27, 2024•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 405
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-down issued by one of my fave people, Adam Grant (we love you Adam, genuinely, but I had to see what Jordanna thought!) Jordanna Levin is the bestsel...
Oct 20, 2024•55 min•Ep. 404
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 & Naturopathic Dermatology Inc where she also sees patients to support them. We discuss: How we treat skin conditions today and how it’s a broken sys...
Oct 13, 2024•59 min•Ep. 403
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 data mine his experience - and he said yes! We cover: Knowing how detailed you need to go in your cleaning when it comes to mould and the people in your ...
Oct 06, 2024•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 402
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 that we understand our kid’s social dynamics today better, and so that we know where boundary and protection are required, as well as curiosity and pa...
Sep 29, 2024•58 min•Ep. 401
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-from-the-archive shows that are every bit as necessary and useful today, as they were when I first published them. 1. Bruce Lipton - on breaking the prog...
Sep 25, 2024•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 400
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 of a book but what I love most about the book and our conversation, as someone who spent years educating on family food in the earlier years of Low Tox...
Sep 15, 2024•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 399
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 as they journey through individuation into adulthood. All while they huff at us, sometimes act out, show us rudeness and do things beyond our comprehe...
Sep 09, 2024•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 398
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 based on - and most of us aren’t IT 😳 Pill effects at puberty & perimenopause (without shaming!) The constraints with the medicare model for test ord...
Sep 01, 2024•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 397
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 explore: Why does it happen? What’s going on with these issues? Why treating the symptoms is not the best way forward and how can we build healthier barrier...
Aug 25, 2024•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 396
This week we talk MILK with @fat_pig_farm Matthew Evans - the dairy kind, the plant kind and the many aspects to consider when considering either. Do you consume dairy products? Do you have issues with lactose, casein or both? Do you think plant milks are nutritious and planet-friendly? Do you think plant milk has a lighter footprint? Do you think Raw milk is safe? Dangerous? We go everywhere on the topic of milk and Matthew’s research into the topic for his latest book, MILK, is thorough and re...
Aug 18, 2024•56 min•Ep. 395
Are you frustrated with the medical system when it comes to chronic illness? Perhaps frustrated with the obvious hold industry has over public service institutions? What if you had the power to cultivate a level of safety for your system that helped you feel more well and resilient in today’s world and less reliant on the system in the first place? Today we explore both of these with Dr Olivia Lesslar. Olivia and I discuss: There is a need for more nuance and deeper thinking in medicine today an...
Aug 11, 2024•1 hr 27 min•Ep. 394
What a rite of passage should be: A powerful graduation into a new phase of life - something one grows into and is supported into during the transition. What they often are instead because we lack proper rites of passage? A piss up for your 18th or 21st with gloating about who got the drunkest A sexual encounter you might not feel ready for but ‘all your friends have’ and you’re X age now, so you feel you have to or should want to. Depression or anxiety because of a lack of support into a new ch...
Aug 04, 2024•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 393
Habit-making / Habit breaking got you down? This week’s new show is for everyone who’s ever made or broken a habit - or felt like they’re a constant failure at doing so. You are not the failure! One curve ball moment, day or week where you don’t stick to your plan doesn’t mean “you have failed and it’s over”. The cookie-cutter approach to habits is the failure I’m genuinely excited to bring you this conversation and the insights that will help any type of person move the needle in the ways you s...
Jul 28, 2024•59 min•Ep. 392
Pop Quiz: How do you feel about aging? Do you feel bad about your age? Wish you were younger? Go to serious lengths to come across as younger? Did you turn 32 AGAIN this year? This week’s show, @carlhonore invites us to stop buying into the cult of youth, and explore what the world might look like when we do. If you’d love nothing more than to change the way you view ageing, change the things you say about age, brush off the pressure to be ‘young’ then join us. Words like vitality, energy, enthu...
Jul 21, 2024•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 391
Nervous system, somatics and what true regulation means. We go there again with a brilliant practitioner. It’s a biggy this week. It’s going to be a cause for reflection and compassion for many of us, I think! I wanted to have @irenelyon on the show because I’ve become concerned myself about AI and the impact on education online - models hired to demo a few ‘easy exercises’ to regulate system and modules churned out by computers, funnels built by bots and everything geared to algorithm eye catch...
Jul 14, 2024•1 hr 33 min•Ep. 390
You know what’s in this week’s show on metabolic health? YOU ARE. No one is left behind in Lara’s book “The Metabolic Reset” which just came out, nor is anyone left behind on this week’s show where we explore these and so much more: Sleep, circadian rhythms and individuality within that Struggling to achieve ‘satiety’ after meals and how food is the OPPOSITE of ‘one way for all’! How a deep sense of safety and relaxation are gold for metabolic function Not achieving the results the online guru w...
Jul 07, 2024•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 389
Have you ever felt super passionate about making a change for people or planet in the low tox sphere, only for it to land like a lead brick with your kids, partner, family or friends? Maybe you’ve joined groups, watched documentaries, and read books, and you can’t understand why people aren’t excited? Maybe your family members think you’re overreacting, or an annoying parent/partner just wanting to buy lots of things we don’t need or trying to make everyone do more in an already busy day? Or mak...
Jun 30, 2024•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 388
What a treat this Part-1 of microbiome explanation is with @kiranbiome this week on the podcast. We explore: Different types of bacteria and their various roles in the gut, including the importance of their balance and diversity to overall well-being and resilience. The gut/immune connection The importance of working on growing your window of tolerance of food variety and the potential downsides of narrowing your food mix too much and for too long. How we get to a place where because we’re resil...
Jun 23, 2024•1 hr 10 min
Immune support and health and tips and tricks to boost ourselves this time of year with changing seasons, is common and normal to be chatting about, and of course, often very helpful. BUT. I knew when I invited my dear friend and wise sage, Shalani McCray @livealivehq who is a naturopathic nutritionist, practitioner of many years, an EFT, MAPS and GAPS practitioner, an herbalist and an ordained interfaith minister… that we wouldn’t just be talking about garlic soaked socks and vitamin D capsules...
Jun 16, 2024•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 386
This podcast is a big exploration of several important topics of our times (Das hates the word ‘conversation’ and shares why in the show) People feel jaded seeing injustices inflicted on people, from corporate to political to personal, without a sense of real accountability for actions taken and how that’s impacting everything from polarization to lack of success in environmental care and regeneration. The corporatisation of not-for-profits and climate change are feeding into many people’s scept...
Jun 09, 2024•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 385
How do you go putting your shoes and socks on while standing and not leaning against anything? How about 1-legged toothbrushing? Amidst the discussions on the finer points of VO2Max, perfecting your form with the bench press and focusing on protein prioritisation, Mobility and Stability too, deserve pride of place in your physical fitness but they’re not extra and exhausting ‘new to-dos’ for the list: Juliett and Kelly Starlett have got it down to 10 tests + 10 physical practices that create 10 ...
Jun 02, 2024•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 384
Big tech poses a double issue regarding tech and kids and family concerns. No1. For Parents trying to learn practical skills about parenting and caring in the age of so much technology and now AI, we’re often very quickly scared to death: The algorithms favour sensationalist, fear-based marketing: the worst of the worst facts get preference over moderate, nuanced skill-building messaging and we tend to then act out of fear when communicating with our kids around tech, instead of curiosity, build...
May 26, 2024•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 383
There could be a million different reasons this hour might improve your life. You will have to listen and find out, but all I will say is don’t delay. That we have Gay and Katie Hendricks, their separate and collaborative bodies of work and their books to share so much wisdom, makes me feel good about the world and I’m overjoyed to bring them to you in the show this week. We talk about all this and more: Creative Possibility - how to harness it and foster it. Conscious living - what it is in pra...
May 19, 2024•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 382
We have more specialists than ever before, yet we are sicker than ever before. That’s why I am thrilled to bring you this week’s show, because it’s a story of two practitioners. This is a treat if you are a parent and: You’re struggling to pinpoint what your child’s breathing, behavioural, focus, congestion, crooked teeth or headache issues are stemming from when you’ve tried lots of things. You think there might be a link between an ‘event’ and your child’s current issues (a fall, a trauma, a b...
May 12, 2024•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 381
