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Does food ever stress you out, for one reason or another? This weekâs show is here to help you relax and find joy in food and my guest is the wonderful Deanna Minich PhD.
Iâve long followed Deannaâs 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:
Deannaâs journey towards the rainbow - how did that take shape?What led Dieanna to her 7 Systems frameworkHow does she address hecklers who challenge, say, the connection between pineapple and ambition or broccoli and love?The intersection between what is bio individually beneficial vs what is temporarily challenging when it comes to incorporating a large range of plant foods. âAnti-nutrientsâ and the nuanced picture when discussing lectins, phytates, salicylates and oxalates.Detoxification and what 'whole self detoxification' is as a process and why itâs more effective than focusing purely on biochemistry.Deannaâs favourite 3 desert-Island foods to take with her (GOOD CHOICES!)I hope you love the show as I did - I could have continued chatting for HOURS!
Alexx Stuart, your host and founder of the Low Tox Life.
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And a PSA - today @ediblebeautyau is giving away a huge Christmas loot situation for you and a bestie to be sure to enter, and then on Thursday the 14th NOV, once we announce the winner - a MASSIVE special offer drops too. Itâs big so Iâm giving you advanced notice.
Be sure to join me on Instagram @lowtoxlife and tag me with your shares and AHAs of this weekâs episode.
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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 âpositive thinkingâ and ânegative thinkingâ.
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 and presented his insights alongside some of the worldâs most influential people. His work is a summation of almost five decades of research, and today, he shares his life, business, financial, relationship and leadership empowerment strategies with people all over the globe to enable them to transform their lives according to their highest values.
I feel grateful bringing his work to our community and love hearing about some of the breakthroughs it has brought you over the years through the shows weâve done.
Thank you to this monthâs show sponsor for helping you make your low tox swaps easier:
@ausclimate gives you 10% off their range for the whole of 2024, with brilliant Winix Air Purifiers, the best Dehumidifiers Iâve ever used and their new energy-efficient heating range. code LOWTOXLIFE https://bit.ly/ShopAusclimate
And a PSA that @ediblebeautyau is dropping a huge offer on November 14th so hang tight if youâre stocking up on any beauty essentials soon because this will be a huge help, trust me!
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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 for us, through grief, work, school and just about any of lifeâs challenges. Main topics this week are:
The Grief journeyOur Responses vs âwho I amâRelationships - bringing our dysregulation with us! Clues to look for in your body and behaviors that point to dysregulationThe Online World and its contribution to escalating dysregulationThe nervous system dysregulation in the workplace and how it presents. Corrective experiences we can provide or seek out - what is truly âbeing thereâ or having someone who is JUST âthereâ and why is it so healing?SUCH a powerful show. I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as we enoyed having it. Plus, Jess wrote a book! The Nervous System Reset is out now. Available in Booktopia for AU peeps and on Amazon US
Jessica (BHSci, MPhysio) is a seasoned expert in nervous system education with a Masterâs in Physiotherapy, and extensive study into neuroscience and neurology, has helped thousands of students worldwide truly transform their nervous systems.
As usual, anywhere you find podcasts, youâll find LOWTOXLIFE - even now on YouTube - I know, I know, it only took us 9 years. If youâre a visual person you can head over and subscribe.
Lots of Low Tox Love to you,
Alexx x
Thank you to this monthâs show sponsor for helping you make your low tox swaps easier:
@ausclimate gives you 10% off their range for the whole of 2024, with brilliant Winix Air Purifiers, the best Dehumidifiers Iâve ever used and their new energy-efficient heating range. code LOWTOXLIFE https://bit.ly/ShopAusclimate
@therahealth Nordic Naturals have a reputation as one of the purest, best-tested fish oil supplements in the world and one weâve had in our family for 16 years. You have 15% off with the code LOWTOXLIFE over at therahealth.com.au for the Arctic Cod Liver oil. https://bit.ly/4eJERnw
Be sure to join me on Instagram @lowtoxlife and tag me with your shares and AHAs of this weekâs episode.
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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 âAll Signs Point to Youâ 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 bestselling author of Make It Happen, Higher Love and Make You Happen, and hosts the popular astrology podcast Lunar Lover.
With her background in journalism, Jordanna has built a reputation for taking âbigâ topics and making them relatable, digestible and downright entertaining. Through her wit, warmth and street-smart practicality she invites readers to get curious about the things that light them up.
Jordanna is also a trained astrologer, flexing her skills through her weekly podcast show Lunar Lover, and by offering natal chart readings to clients so that they can understand themselves more intimately creating more self awareness.
I hope you love the show as much as I enjoyed this topic exploration. I was so excited about my chart by the end of it that for the first time in 25 years (yep, after âthatâ break up in my 20s. ha!) I booked in to get my chart done. Yes I did. đđĄ
Thank you to this monthâs show sponsor for helping you make your low tox swaps easier:
@ausclimate gives you 10% off their range for the whole of 2024, with brilliant Winix Air Purifiers, the best Dehumidifiers Iâve ever used and their new energy-efficient heating range. code LOWTOXLIFE https://bit.ly/ShopAusclimate
@therahealth Nordic Naturals have a reputation as one of the purest, best-tested fish oil supplements in the world and one weâve had in our family for 16 years. You have 15% off Arctic cod liver oil at therahealth.com.au with code LOWTOXLIFE this month + itâs also available extensively worldwide https://bit.ly/4eJERnw
Be sure to join me on Instagram @lowtoxlife and tag me with your shares and AHAs of this weekâs episode.
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Skin conditions and treatments. That is this weekâs 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 itâs a broken system, needing stronger and stronger topical treatments and injectibles over time, used on younger and younger patients than was initially considered safe. How we can free ourselves from feeling âbadâ for what weâve done to treat our skin issues in the past and see a place for SOS while we work on the long game. The difference between eczema, psoriasis and dermatitis. How the gut and immune function are intertwined, and can then impact our skinThe sun, the bad wrap it gets, how it relates to the 2 different types of cancers called âskin cancersâ and what we need to be doing to have a preventative approach to skin cancers.Weâve done a few shows on skin issues in the past if you need more shows on skin, here they are:
Asha Everts Part 1 and Part 2 Kiran Krishnan, microbiologist on leaky gut and skinLiezel Barnard on strengthening our skin preventativelyAnd a brilliant masterclass we did on the âSkin Stress Cycleâ with live Q&A with Dr Jude Lenart, is in our membership archive library - you can join the Low Tox Club any time for just $49AUD for the year and there are lots of lovely perks if you do! 600+ people canât be wrong?
Thank you to this monthâs show sponsors for helping you make your low tox swaps easier:
@ausclimate gives you 10% off their range for the whole of 2024, with brilliant Winix Air Purifiers, the best Dehumidifiers Iâve ever used and their new energy-efficient heating range. code LOWTOXLIFE https://bit.ly/ShopAusclimate
@therahealth Nordic Naturals have a reputation as one of the purest, best-tested fish oil supplements. Itâs a supplement weâve taken in our family for 16 years. You have 15% off the Arctic cod liver oil range at therahealth.com.au code LOWTOXLIFE https://bit.ly/4eJERnw
Be sure to join me on Instagram @lowtoxlife and tag me with your shares and AHAs of this weekâs episode.
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The most common question I get that comes up is about how to âcleanâ mold!? (Pro tip: switch to saying remove not âcleanâ or âkillâ.)
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 house (ie, do you have a âsensitisedâ person) VacuumsClothsChemicalsSteam cleaning ins/outsAnd so much more⊠So, if youâve ever wondered about how to thoroughly clean your home when it comes to finding a bit of surface mould, or when youâve moved somewhere new to ensure itâs properly clean or maybe after remediation when you arenât able to pay for the whole-home clean up?
This oneâs for you!
More about our guest⊠Michael A. Pinto served as the CEO of Wonder Makers Environmental. Although based in Kalamazoo, Michigan, Michaelâs acknowledged expertise in dealing with a wide variety of indoor environmental issues, as well as safety and health concerns, has led to helping clients around the world. With six books and over 230 published articles in his 45 years as a professional, Michael has specialized in âtranslatingâ difficult technical material to make it understandable to the layperson. Over his career Michael has developed hundreds of training programs and technical presentations; training over 12,000 students.
As would be expected, Michael has a number of professional certifications including Certified Safety Professional (CSP), Safety Management Specialist (SMS), Registered Third-Party Evaluator (RTPE), Certified Mold Professional (CMP), Certified Forensic Operator (CFO), Fire Loss Specialist (FLS) And Environmental Risk Specialist (ERS). Michael can be reached at [email protected].
You can also connect with Michael on the following platforms;
Websiteâ https://www.wondermakers.com/
And a list of articles heâs written to help contractors https://www.wondermakers.com/Education/Articles/Quick-References-for-Contractors
Alexx x
Thank you to this monthâs show sponsors for helping you make your low tox swaps easier:
@ausclimate gives you 10% off their range for the whole of 2024, with brilliant Winix Air Purifiers, the best Dehumidifiers Iâve ever used and their new energy-efficient heating range. code LOWTOXLIFE https://bit.ly/ShopAusclimate
@therahealth Nordic Naturals have a reputation as one of the purest, best-tested fish oil supplements in the world and one weâve had in our family for 16 years. A big thank you for sponsoring the show and growing bigger while staying good and true. https://bit.ly/4eJERnw
Be sure to join me on Instagram @lowtoxlife and tag me with your shares and AHAs of this weekâs episode.
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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 todayâs show, we unpack exactly that question. Her book âGrowing up in Publicâ is a must read so that we understand our kidâs social dynamics today better, and so that we know where boundary and protection are required, as well as curiosity and patience.
Kids are growing up more in public than ever. While we discuss meaningful ways that we can ensure they get to live childhoods more connected to each other than they are to their screens, I genuinely feel itâs important to have a conversation about the world that exists and how best to navigate it, than to simply wish it werenât like it was and ban everything. The tech algorithms favour fear and outrage and so nuanced explorations on this topic are hard to find.
Please help me amplify it.
Dr. Heitnerâs work has appeared in the New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and CNN Opinion. She has a Ph.D. in Media/Technology & Society from Northwestern University and has taught at DePaul and Northwestern. She is delighted to be raising her own teenager and she lives with her family in Chicagoland.
Letting kids use phone during the school day? Bad idea. Using screens as babysitting to save on childcare costs? No judgement. Itâs complicated with multiple things at play as to how many families got there. Kids needing more places to hang and connect than home or shopping centre mall? HECK yes.
I hope you find the show useful.
Alexx x
Thank you to this monthâs show sponsors for helping you make your low tox swaps easier:
@ausclimate gives you 10% off their range for the whole of 2024, with brilliant Winix Air Purifiers, the best Dehumidifiers Iâve ever used and their new energy-efficient heating range. code LOWTOXLIFE https://bit.ly/ShopAusclimate
@blockbluelight_official gives you 20% off site-wide, including their brilliant red light panels, to help you achieve the perfect light balance in your home and for quality sleep, rest and repair. Code: LOWTOXLIFE https://bit.ly/4cRGf6d
@cleannectarine gives you a huge 20% off site-wide to help you make your low tox personal care and beauty swaps achievable! Wow. So generous. CODE: LOWTOXLIFE
(excluding water filters) https://bit.ly/4g1Ixm9
Be sure to join me on Instagram @lowtoxlife and tag me with your shares and AHAs of this weekâs episode.
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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 Iâll list them below because if youâre reading this, youâre one of them. In the show today, Iâve 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 programs we downloaded very young, and changing your energy to change your life.
2. Charles Eisenstein - on self love quests being perhaps the wrong tactic, yet self love being the key to being free of judgement of the âothersâ and carving a path to de-polarising our world.
3. Sage Magdalene - on the invitation nature gives us to have more reverence for the big things happening everyday around us that we donât notice, and yet if we did?
4. Jade Miles - on Future Steading and how we can apply the principle of living aligned with a world that has a future, from wherever we are and whatever we can do to restore balance in our lives.
I hope you enjoy these excerpts and I encourage you if you remember listening to it âback thenâ to listen again.
You, the listeners - no point making a podcast if no one shows up to listen!Our incredible guests across food, body, home, mind, family and environmental topics. Stevie my producer whoâs been with me since the beginning.Norie and Ele on my team who help with coordinating the guests, research prep, prepping the podcast docs with all the info we need, moving files into folders, creating show notes, transcripts and social media tilesâŠOur sponsors who help the show happen weekly but also help you make your swaps with their ever-generous offers.Thank you to this monthâs show sponsor for helping you make your low tox swaps easier:
@ausclimate gives you 10% off their range for the whole of 2024, with brilliant Winix Air Purifiers, the best Dehumidifiers Iâve ever used and their new energy-efficient heating range. code LOWTOXLIFE https://bit.ly/ShopAusclimate
@blockbluelight_official gives you 20% off site-wide, including their brilliant red light panels, to help you achieve the perfect light balance in your home and for quality sleep, rest and repair. Code: LOWTOXLIFE https://bit.ly/4cRGf6d
@cleannectarine gives you a huge 20% off site-wide to help you make your low tox personal care and beauty swaps achievable! Wow. So generous. CODE: LOWTOXLIFE (excluding water filters) https://bit.ly/4g1Ixm9
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Did you feel like kids connected with kids and adults with adults regarding food? Separate times, separate tables, dumbed-down âfunâ 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 âToddler to Tableâ.
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 Life is that we talked about:
how peopleâs backgrounds and childhoods affect our views on foodOur own experiences of shift work - two reformed Up-And-Go breakfast gals - true story and how conveniences needed re-teaching/re-defining.Luka explains why sheâll never do a day on a plate and why itâs easier for her to put a big focus on food in her life - LOVE THAT THIS CAME UP - Ever felt guilty following homemaker accounts, food accounts or zero-waste peeps? Remember they do it FULL TIME.Agency and choice within boundaries and a family food settingFood refusal - when to work on it as an âissueâ vs not sweating the small stuff.The Family Table and coming together and the impact it has.And so much more - enjoy! And Toddler to Table is available for Preorder if you or someone in your life has a toddler - it is a STUNNER and about so much more than just recipes. Bravo @boobtofood
Alexx x
Thank you to this monthâs show sponsors for helping you make your low tox swaps easier:
@ausclimate gives you 10% off their range for the whole of 2024, with brilliant Winix Air Purifiers, the best Dehumidifiers Iâve ever used and their new energy-efficient heating range. code LOWTOXLIFE https://bit.ly/ShopAusclimate
@blockbluelight_official gives you 20% off site-wide, including their brilliant red light panels, to help you achieve the perfect light balance in your home and for quality sleep, rest and repair. Code: LOWTOXLIFE https://bit.ly/4cRGf6d
@cleannectarine gives you a huge 20% off site-wide to help you make your low tox personal care and beauty swaps achievable! Wow. So generous. CODE: LOWTOXLIFE (excluding water filters) https://bit.ly/4g1Ixm9
Be sure to join me on Instagram @lowtoxlife and tag me with your shares and AHAs of this weekâs episode.
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Being a teen is harder than ever before and itâs showing in the stats and research.
BUT, this is not about going down the fear road, nor is it all about crying âitâs social mediaâ as an over simplified solution.
We also need to do a LOT more to diversify the âsuccessâ 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 comprehension often - now is not the time to be offended, nor to come down hard.
So what do we do as parents, carers, teachers and coaches?
We go in curious and from a place of love, while learning from the best: Enter @maggiedentauthor - A powerFULL show
I have listened back to it again already. Tell me what you got out of it once youâve had a listen, Alexx x
Low Tox Life - The Podcast available wherever you listen to podcasts - Celebrating 400 shows and 8 years this month!
Maggieâs latest book, âHelp Me Help My Teenâ is available on Amazon AU: https://amzn.to/4cWGQDQ
Thank you to this monthâs show sponsors for helping you make your low tox swaps easier:
@ausclimate gives you 10% off their range for the whole of 2024, with brilliant Winix Air Purifiers, the best Dehumidifiers Iâve ever used and their new energy-efficient heating range. code LOWTOXLIFE https://bit.ly/ShopAusclimate
@blockbluelight_official gives you 20% off site-wide, including their brilliant red light panels, to help you achieve the perfect light balance in your home and for quality sleep, rest and repair. Code: LOWTOXLIFE https://bit.ly/4cRGf6d
@cleannectarine gives you a huge 20% off site-wide to help you make your low tox personal care and beauty swaps achievable! Wow. So generous. CODE: LOWTOXLIFE
(excluding water filters) https://bit.ly/4g1Ixm9
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If youâve been confused about hormone testing - this weekâs 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 arenât IT đłPill effects at puberty & perimenopause (without shaming!) The constraints with the medicare model for test ordering and clinical significance, ie, a lot can be done before a crisis occurs that requires a medication. How urine testing can be your best guide when considering HRTHistamine and run-away estrogen - thereâs usually a 3rd party reason beyond hormones that this pathway is activated. How progesterone is the good, reliable friend that keeps estrogen from too many wild parties! What you can achieve without spending any $$$ exploring your hormone health, up to the breadth of what one can do if you wanted to.Howâs that for ground covered!?
Dr Leah Hechtman (PhD) is a globally respected naturopathic clinician, a revered lecturer and a sought-after keynote speaker who is widely recognised for her expertise, receiving numerous referrals from specialists and fertility clinics on a global scale. Such a pleasure to have her back on the show.
Hope you love it as much as we loved recording it for you, Alexx x
Thank you to this monthâs show sponsors for helping you make your low tox swaps easier:
@ausclimate gives you 10% off their range for the whole of 2024, with brilliant Winix Air Purifiers, the best Dehumidifiers Iâve ever used and their new energy-efficient heating range. code LOWTOXLIFE https://bit.ly/ShopAusclimate
@blockbluelight_official gives you 20% off site-wide, including their brilliant red light panels, to help you achieve the perfect light balance in your home and for quality sleep, rest and repair. Code: LOWTOXLIFE
@cleannectarine gives you a huge 20% off site-wide to help you make your low tox personal care and beauty swaps achievable! Wow. So generous. CODE: LOWTOXLIFE
(excluding water filters)
Be sure to join me on Instagram @lowtoxlife and tag me with your shares and AHAs of this weekâs episode.
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As promised: Part 2 is here, with microbiologist @kiranbiome and it is a deep dive into the mechanism for âleakinessâ of our bodyâs barrier functions. He took my nightclub bouncer and ran with it and I think youâll find more empowerment when it comes to understanding and working with issues related to:
Leaky GutLeaky SkinLeaky BrainâŠas we explore:
Why does it happen? Whatâs going on with these issues? Why treating the symptoms is not the best way forward and how can we build healthier barriers and immune responses?Enjoy the show - Low Tox Life podcast is anywhere you like to listen to podcasts - send it to anyone experiencing inflammation - with gut issues, skin issues or cognitive symptoms. It is jam-packed and weâre here to help. Be sure to go back to Part 1 that we did here, centred mainly on gut health building blocks and pitfalls. https://www.lowtoxlife.com/show-387-thriving-body-biomes-part-1-with-kiran-krishnan/
Kiran Krishnan is a research microbiologist and a health and wellness expert who aims to make complex information understandable to all. He has founded a number of successful health and supplement companies over the last 20 years including co-founding and leading Microbiome Labs, the preeminent, microbiome therapeutics-focused brand among healthcare professionals.
Canât wait to see what you think of the show, Alexx x
Thank you to this monthâs show sponsors for helping you make your low tox swaps easier:
@ausclimate gives you 10% off their range for the whole of 2024, with brilliant Winix Air Purifiers, the best Dehumidifiers Iâve ever used and their new energy-efficient heating range. code LOWTOXLIFE https://bit.ly/ShopAusclimate
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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 Matthewâs research into the topic for his latest book, MILK, is thorough and revealing as well as appealing to the deep thinker and person who wants a truer food system.
Matthew Evans is a Tasmanian food writer, television broadcaster and chef who lives and works on Fat Pig Farm, a soil-to-stomach regenerative farm and restaurant. Heâs been the host of six series of Gourmet Farmer and two documentaries on SBS TV. Matthew is the author of 15 books on food, including On Eating Meat, and his latest cookbook, the updated and revised The Real Food Companion. His book SOIL is a hymn to the remarkable, and underappreciated bit of Earth that gifts us life. His most recent book, MILK, unpacks the truth and lies behind the original superfood.
Matthewâs Website â https://fatpig.farm/ . His Books are also available on Amazon.com.
Enjoy and let me know what you found most interesting about this exploration. Alexx x
Thank you to this monthâs show sponsors:
@ausclimate gives you 10% off their range for the whole of 2024, with brilliant Winix Air Purifiers, the best Dehumidifiers Iâve ever used and their new energy-efficient heating range. code LOWTOXLIFE https://bit.ly/ShopAusclimate
@waterscofilters From August 1 to September 15 you have 12% off all new @waterscofilters water filters, including their under-sink and shower filters. Use code LOWTOXLIFE at the check out. Filter out all the nasties, add back in 60+ trace minerals + upgrade your water. https://bit.ly/3WJvOgd
@ediblebeautyau is a naturopath-crafted personal care & makeup brand with plenty to rave about. Theyâre giving us a $79 product for FREE which happens to be my fave in their range (ok, it was my idea! Hehe) Add it to your cart, then all you have to do is spend $75 on whatever else you fancy trying or stocking up on from their range; use code LOWTOXLIFE at check out and hey presto: The price of the serum will magically become $ZERO https://bit.ly/3yxNC4u
Be sure to join me on Instagram @lowtoxlife and tag me with your shares and AHAs of this weekâs episode.
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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 todayâs 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 and in what the public takes to be âtruth,â whether that be believing something is a silver bullet fix, âbad foodâ, or âsafe and effective medicationâ. We ALL need to think more. We look at the path from the research lab to product to clinician and how we can do better in that processWe look at how caring for patients has lost its way, so often reading for symptoms that match up with medication and not seeing the nuance or the opportunities to build a greater independence from needing external medication. We look at the conundrum for many: Complex illness requiring expert clinicians and cost often being prohibitive: Of course the doctors are worth it for all the study and experience they bring, but at the same time, often being a last resort, patients with chronic illness have limited funds. We look at safety signaling in the body and how we can cultivate a mindset of health by looking to the emerging and established evidence in neuro/immune connectionHow can I be less breakable and shakable? Working on that is one of the most powerful health cultivation focuses we can have.A powerFULL episode for all inspired towards a better model of healthcare, and a world with fewer people suffering chronic illness.
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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 drunkestA sexual encounter you might not feel ready for but âall your friends haveâ and youâre 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 chapter (adulthood, parenthood, elder life).As a couple of examples⊠This week, we talk about how long-standing community GP Dr Arne Rubinstein started noticing his patients were suffering all sorts of unhealthy situations in their lives. Many of them stemmed from a lack of solid grounding and really getting to âgrow upâ properly or enter new phases in life. They lacked recognition, transition, and community support.
Arne founded the Rites of Passage Institute as a result and for 3 decades has now been taking groups around the world through programs to reintroduce this vital acknowledgement of growth and ceremony and honouring into our lives and the world is better for his work.
I hope you love this conversation as much as I did hosting it. You wonât leave without a thought or two very much provoked, that much I can promise you.
Connect with Arne and his teamâs work at the Rites of Passage Institute to learn more.
Head to the shownotes on lowtoxlife.com/podcast to download the resources - Golden Check In and 7 Parenting Strategies.
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Habit-making / Habit breaking got you down?
This weekâs new show is for everyone whoâs ever made or broken a habit - or felt like theyâre a constant failure at doing so.
You are not the failure!
One curve ball moment, day or week where you donât stick to your plan doesnât mean âyou have failed and itâs overâ.
The cookie-cutter approach to habits is the failure
Iâm genuinely excited to bring you this conversation and the insights that will help any type of person move the needle in the ways you seek to in your life.
@drginacleo has a PhD in Habits, and her work, her book and this show help everyone find success regarding habits.
She is passionate about translating scientific evidence into simple, actionable strategies to help improve health, wellness, mindset, and lifestyle-related habits â long-term.
Gina has a PhD in habit change, is an Adjunct Professor at Bond University and is an Accredited Dietitian who has recently published a book, The Habit Revolution.
Enjoy the show + tag me @lowtoxlife on Instastories with your shares and highlights from it. Are you a fellow tooth-brushing overthinker like us? This was possibly my favourite revelation. Itâs not just me!
Alexx x
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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 weekâs show, @carlhonore invites us to stop buying into the cult of youth, and explore what the world might look like when we do.
If youâd love nothing more than to change the way you view ageing, change the things you say about age, brush off the pressure to be âyoungâ then join us.
Words like vitality, energy, enthusiasm, vibrancy and âcrushing itâ donât belong to any age - they belong to the people who embody them at any age.
Carl has always made us think through his books, and challenge how we think about and do things. In Praise of Slow, challenged Hustle Culture; his book âBolderâ in 2018 challenges us to rethink aging and the notion that at a certain point we should be put out to pasture. I know youâll love this chat.
So good. Canât wait to hear what ahas come from it for you. Alexx x
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Nervous system, somatics and what true regulation means. We go there again with a brilliant practitioner. Itâs a biggy this week. Itâs going to be a cause for reflection and compassion for many of us, I think!
I wanted to have @irenelyon on the show because Iâve become concerned myself about AI and the impact on education online - models hired to demo a few âeasy exercisesâ to regulate system and modules churned out by computers, funnels built by bots and everything geared to algorithm eye catching⊠itâs the Wild West out there and weâre playing with humans who actually need support.
What people âthinkâ doing work to regulate the system might have gone through to need it:
WarPhysical or mental abuseDifficult experiences around big moves, big illnesses, bullyingCrime or violence committing, âtroubled youthâ.What experiences also can mean regulation work can be needed
Illness, surgery, difficult birthsContact sportsShaming or being in the care of âoverreacting adultsâ as a childBeing left to cry oneself to sleep as a babyHead trauma such as a fall/hitting head Break ups, grief, job lossAnd the list goes on! We unpack the many ways to know if youâre connecting with a good person/platform to work with - how to spot âquick fixing red flags on the internetâ and then some of the common situations where people go through every possible treatment for whatever it is theyâre experiencing as adults, only to find it stems from dysregulation.
I hope you love the show as much as I love bringing this one to you, Alexx x
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You know whatâs in this weekâs show on metabolic health? YOU ARE.
No one is left behind in Laraâs book âThe Metabolic Resetâ which just came out, nor is anyone left behind on this weekâs show where we explore these and so much more:
Sleep, circadian rhythms and individuality within that
Struggling to achieve âsatietyâ after meals and how food is the OPPOSITE of âone way for allâ!
How a deep sense of safety and relaxation are gold for metabolic function
Not achieving the results the online guru with the protocol is talking about and feeling like you are the problem - AGAIN!
Favourite hacks, tips and things to explore along your way after Laraâs decades of research and clinical practice.
And we also talk about culture, societal pressures and messages, evolution - like my survival superpower of seriously good fat storage skills for tough times đand Laraâs checkered history with sleep đŽ
Itâs real talk. Listen, share it. Itâs important.
You will feel like you can explore, experiment and implement from the minute you finish the show. Enjoy, Alexx x
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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 youâve joined groups, watched documentaries, and read books, and you canât understand why people arenât excited?
Maybe your family members think youâre overreacting, or an annoying parent/partner just wanting to buy lots of things we donât need or trying to make everyone do more in an already busy day?
Or making up problems when you could "paint over it" (hellooooo mould remediation discussions!).
Whatever it is, in this weekâs show, I tackle the first 10 of 20 of the most common objections from family members across all low tox topics and how to make a case for change!
The next 10 will be in Part 2 soon.
The 10 situations in Part 1 are:
Kids with friends obsessed with a certain drink bottle
A teen in the cool gang and the gang are starting to vape or use synthetic fragrance sprays.
Little Kid starting to get fussy about food once they see how/what other kids eat
Narrow diet - encouraging broader variety in kids!
Teens and microtrends
Personal care/hygiene with teens
Then at home...
Getting new appliances - general
Justifying dehumidifiers/air filters
Non Stick pan upgrades
Building a case for maintenance
To be continued!
Today is about creating low toxic unity, not âannoying overreactor divisionâ, Alexx x
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