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  • Bec sits down with Somatic Sexologist and Intimacy & Relationships Coach, Kate Alderman . Join them as they talk about sex, somatic sexology, intimacy & sexual empowerment+ so much more.

    Topics discussed:
    •Kate’s experience and path to embodied healing and helping others.
    •Plant medicines and their role in Kate’s journey.
    •Sex and intimacy.
    •What is somatic sexology and who can benefit from it.
    •Bec discusses author Alisa Vitti and her books Womancode and Flo
    •Sequencing trauma through the body
    •Self-pleasure
    •Supressing sexual energy & abstinence
    •Empowering your sexuality
    •Porn addiction
    •Love languages
    •Attachment styles
    •The role of hormones in pleasure.
    •Advice for couples and how they can benefit from flow and structure.
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  • Kat and Bec sit down with Women’s Integrative Health Coach, Denell Randall. We dive deep into fear based gynaecology, abnormal pap smears & healing your cervix

    Topics discussed:
    •Denell shares her inspirational story of how she took her own health into her hands to heal her cervical dysplasia.
    •How her work helps women fall deeply in love with their cervix and their female body, in order to naturally heal HPV, cervical dysplasia, and other cervical diagnoses coming from the pap-smear experience, without biochemical or surgical intervention.
    •The role of functional medicine in healing and gynaecological health.
    •Why we need to end fear based gynaecology
    •Bec shares some of her experiences with abnormal pap smears.
    •What exactly is a LEEP procedure and how you can prepare or make an informed decision to undertake this procedure.
    •A 25% off coupon code for our listeners to Cervical Wellness Online: CW25GIFT https://cervicalwellnessonline.members-only.online/evergreen



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  • Kat sits down with The Integrative Duo’s very own Bec, AKA Rebecca Schutze, spiritual counsellor and energy healer. Join us as we discuss embracing your spiritual awakening and explore the power of energy healing + so much more!

    Topics discussed:
    •Bec’s journey through trauma and on the road to her own spiritual journey.
    •Rising up from rock bottom.
    •Developing your intuition and embracing abilities.
    •The influence ‘The power of now’, by Eckhart Tolle had on Bec at the beginning of her own journey.
    •Bec explains different forms of energy healing including reiki.
    •Kat and Bec discuss their experiences with Reiki.
    •The importance of surrounding yourself with people who raise your vibration.
    •The benefits of energy healing and how you can begin channelling healing energy at home.



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  • Kat and Bec sit down to chat with Australian chef, author, documentary producer & TV presenter, Pete Evans. Join us as we explore sustainable health and wellbeing, the power of choice and questioning societal norms + so much more!

    Topics discussed:
    •Choices and the importance and power of individual choice.
    •Looking past the mainstream and questioning societal norms.
    •The public health narrative.
    •Modalities that can contribute to sustainable health and vitality.
    •Taking control of our own wellbeing.
    •Raising the collective consciousness.
    •Moving through and managing fear.
    •Spiritual awakenings and the importance of living this human existence.
    •Pete’s podcast and Evolve network (https://evolvenetwork.tv )

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  • Kat and Bec sit down to chat with Joanne Kennedy, an Australian Naturopath and specialist in MTHFR, Methylation and Histamine Intolerance.

    Topics discussed:
    •Joanne’s path to becoming a Naturopath and making the switch from corporate to natural medicine.
    •MTHFR & methylation issues.
    •Methylation and biochemical pathways.
    •Histamine intolerance and the signs and symptoms.
    •Digestion, gut issues and gastrointestinal biofilms.
    •SIBO, symptoms and the importance of treating the cause.
    •SIBO and pancreatic enzyme insufficiency.
    •The importance of a healthy gut and the role gut health plays in an individual’s overall health.
    • The role of functional pathology testing and assessing the biochemical individuality of each patient,
    •Mould illness and the importance of getting to the root cause of chronic illness.
    •Joanne’s E-bundle ‘ The ultimate bundle for managing your histamine intolerance ‘
    Special Bundle Offer - Histamine Intolerance - Joanne Kennedy



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    Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/joannekennedynaturopath/

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  • Kat and Bec sit down to talk Nicole Bijlsma, a building biologist, bestselling author, PhD candidate and CEO of the Australian College of Environmental Studies (est.1999). Nicole is the founder of the Building Biology movement in Australia which was created to educate people about the health hazards in the built environment. Nicole has lectured at tertiary institutions for 30 years, has published in peer reviewed journals and is regularly consulted by the media to discuss mould, electromagnetic fields and toxic chemicals, and lectures in Australia and abroad about environmental health issue


    Topics discussed:
    •Nicole’s obsession with research and cancer research in particular from a young age, the start of her career as a Naturopath and Acupuncturist and how she moved into building biology.
    •Nicole’s own personal health issues she attributes to the home she was living it at the time.
    •What is building biology and identifying health hazards within the home.
    •Significant environmental changes in the last 40 years.
    •Nicole’s book Healthy Home Healthy Family - is your home making you sick?
    •The importance of taking a good exposure history when consulting with new patients.
    •Bec asks Nicole about Shungite and its effectiveness.
    •The health hazards of EMF’s, household chemicals and allergens ( mould)
    •Potential health hazards associated with new builds.
    •Nicole’s research into the effects of baby monitors and wireless devises.
    •Nicole’s tips for optimising your health in your home.



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  • Kat and Bec sit down to talk with Neurologist and nutrition expert Dr Natasha Campbell-McBride. Dr Natasha is the best-selling author and creator of the Gut And Psychology Syndrome, exploring the connection our brain function and physical state.

    Topics discussed:
    •Dr Natasha’s medical training and the path that lead her from Russia to the UK, helping thousands of people take their health back.
    •GAPS protocol explained.
    •The role of the microbes within our body.
    •Dr Natasha’s books Gut And Psychology Syndrome( Natural Treatment Of Autism, ADHD, Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, Depression And Schizophrenia), Vegetarianism Explained and Gut And Physiology Syndrome.
    •Natural treatments for depression, anxiety, autoimmune, eczema, asthma, arthritis, psoriasis, autism, ADHD or any chronic health condition.
    •The effects of antibiotics on the body through medical treatments and through the agricultural industry.
    •The healing power of food and the importance of consuming organic food with high vibrations.
    •The power of the consumer and the impact we can make through our choices and purchasing power.



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  • Kat and Bec sit down to Michelle Byrne, musician and Creative Director of Shanti Sound, to discuss the healing and uplifting power of music.

    Topics discussed:
    •Michelle’s passion for music and her background as a musician, singer and sound therapist.
    •Sound healing on the four levels of our being. Exploring the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual levels.
    •Michelle recommends looking at Jonathan Goldman’s work for more information around sound healing. Sound plus intention = healing.
    •Physiological effects of immersing our self in relaxing and enjoying sounds.
    •Music and sound healing throughout the century’s.
    •Sound baths and the sessions run by Shanti Sound.
    •Using your voice as a healing instalment.
    •Different instruments often used in sound therapy including singing bowls, gongs and drums.
    •Michelle’s podcast 'Shanti Sound'.
    •James Byrne from Cosmic Tone Instruments
    •Tuning forks and other modalities.
    •Benefits of music and sound on the developing brain.



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  • Kat sits down to chat with Dr Will Bulsiewicz, MD, MSCI to break down the hot topic of gut health and explain the buzz words like the microbiome and leaky gut. Episode 11 “ Gut health 101 and a fibre fuelled microbiome” aims to make the topic of gut health a little more digestible. Dr B is a board certified award winning Gastroenterologist. He is a graduate of Georgetown University School of Medicine and chief medical resident at Northwestern Memorial Hospital and chief gastroenterology fellow at the University of North Carolina Hospitals. He also earned a masters of clinical investigation from Northwestern and did an epidemiology fellowship at the UNC-Gillings School of Global Public Health. Dr B is also a best selling author, publishing the amazing ‘Fiber Fueled’ , a plant based gut health program for losing weight, restoring your health and optimizing your microbiome.

    Topics discussed:
    •Who is Dr B and how did he start his journey doing the amazing work he does today.
    •Dr B’s admits his tool box after 12 years of study ( including medical school) were pills and procedures. These were not the tools he needed to fix his own health issues and discovered he needed to look at his own diet and the food he was raised on, “ convenient tasty food”, was the source of this problems.
    •Dr B’s Instagram account Will Bulsiewicz MD MSCI (Dr B) (@theguthealthmd)
    •Kat’s first experience discovering Dr B’s work and previous interviews on podcasts.
    •Dr B’s first book Fiber Fuelled, New York Times Best seller.
    •Dr B’s new book with 125 recipes with information embedded to help reverse and fix food intolerances, how to ferment food and bring you health. Low FODMAP diet information and low histamine diet. A overall tool kit for gut health.
    •The role of our microbiome, the biggest scientific breakthrough of our time.
    •The ecosystem inside of us.
    •Adding more plants to your diet
    •The damaging impact of chemicals and the concerns around their use in processed food.
    •Plant foods and gut diversity
    •What is the microbiome, it’s functions and how to optimise it.
    •Short Chain Fatty Acids, their importance and connection with exercise and anxiety and depression.
    •Leaky Gut and the recognition of dysbiosis.


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  • Kat and Bec sit down with not your typical Nutritionist, Cyndi O’Meara. The inspirational, emotive conversation around empowering ourselves to be better informed tackles to the topics of glyphosate, chronic disease and the power of your purchase.

    Topics discussed:
    •Diet, food and dietary guidelines
    •Bec talks about our families experience with Cyndi’s work from reading her books, following her protocols and studying with her nutritional academy.
    •Cyndi speaks about her passion for skiing and traveling to America to study pre-med with anthropology and cultural anthropology as an elective. After studying the year Cyndi decided to come back to Australia to become a dietitian. Cyndi finished her Bachelor of Health Science majoring in Nutrition, finding she didn’t agree with Dietetics. Cyndi then went back to university and studied for a further 2 years.
    •All Cyndi’s practices have not changed over the last 40 years, avoiding packages food.
    •Richard Wrangham’s book “Catching Fire” and the benefits to humans with the use of fire and cooking food.
    • How Cyndi has avoided using conventional medications her whole life
    • Why wheat is now causing gut related issues
    •Cyndi’s approach to diet, eating well, and eating sustainable and chemical free
    •Insulin resistance and link to ancestral eating.
    •Eating seasonally and locally.
    •Power of meditation. Jodi Spencer, chiropractor.
    •Veganism and Tribal Societies
    •2022 chronic disease statistics in Australia
    •Glyphosate and Microbiome, what products contain glyphosate and where is it sprayed.
    • Shikimate pathway disruption and Cyndi’s research for her film “What’s with wheat”
    •Questioning your farmer, getting to know where your food comes from. Empowering yourself with knowledge and taking responsible for your health.
    •Biodiesel production in Italy, using canola oil and its production with glyphosate.
    •Being part of a human experiment and getting to know what foods and medications you are exposing yourself and family to.
    •Cyndi’s best seller book “ Lab to Table”, stop being a lab rat.
    •Cyndi’s Nutrition Academy The Nutrition Academy | Online Nutrition Course
    •Changing Habits programs Changing Habits | Health for all generations


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  • Kat and Bec sit down to chat about developing your intuition.

    Topics discussed:
    •Kat explains that Bec is a Naturopathic student, however she also have a Bachelor of Complimentary Medicine, Reiki Master and has been teaching metaphysics and spiritual self-development for almost 10 years.
    •The question is posed, is it possible to develop intuition? The answer, YES!
    •Bec discusses the inner wisdom we all have to develop the divine guidance we all have.
    •We are all energetic beings, quantum physics states we are all energy.
    • Bec discusses higher self and tuning into your natural intuitive beings.
    •Bec explains what clairvoyance and clairaudience means, discussing how she is dominant in clairaudience
    •Bec asks Kat if she has any dominancy or skills in intuition. Kat asks about the gut feeling and discusses her experience with Astro- travelling.
    •Bec puts Kat on the spot by asking her thoughts on Bec when she started her spiritual awaking.
    •The power of meditation and being in the present moment.
    •Bec’s passion for metaphysics and teaching.
    Let The Integrative Duo know if there are any questions or topics you would like them to delve into.



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  • When faced with adversity we have two choices; 1) to do nothing, and just give up or 2) look at the adversity as an opportunity. If you are willing to step out of your comfort zone and follow your passion into new opportunities, the possibilities are endless. Our Guest for episode 08 is an inspiration to budding entrepreneur and mums across the world. Not even navigating kids, isolation and international time zones could stop Kat and Bec from sitting down and having a hilarious, raw and real conversation with Chef Cynthia Louise.

    Topics discussed:
    •Chef Cynthia Louise is an Author of 2 plant-based cookbooks, Celebrate Your Sweet tooth and Plant-Based Love Stories, the star of 2 cooking shows on Gaia TV and FMTV, the partner of a global chain of restaurants with serial entrepreneur Roger Hamilton and served hundreds of people on stage and at retreats in Bali with Tyler Tolman. Chef Cynthia Louise has also created her own range of gut-healing food products, online classes and is the bestselling author of 7 recipe books (including 3 books with biochemist Dr Libby Weaver)
    •Chef Cynthia Louise talks about returning to school to start her chef’s apprenticeship at age 34, following her passion after adversity and navigating career changes, study and children.
    •Kat and Chef Cynthia Louise bond over the juggle of work, study and mum life experiences. Kat’s daughter makes an unexpected appearance as this episode was reordered whilst Kat and her family were in isolation. International time zones, children and isolation wasn’t going to postpone this highly anticipated interview with Chef Cynthia Louise.
    •The power of standing in the end result and the energetic alignment towards her career and passion for food in its purest form. Being raised in New Guinea and growing up in a developing country, Chef Cynthia Louise talks about roasting sweet potatoes on the open fire and cooking real whole food.
    •The overwhelming experience of going to a shopping centre for the first time and being totally confused by all the labels and health food slogans.
    •Bec talks about having to go back to wholefoods, with success, due to health issues.
    •Bec asks Chef Cynthia Louise for her take on wholefoods. Chef Cynthia Louise refers to wholefoods as a “trend” and elaborates on the confusion around wholefoods.
    •The ingredients of convenient food with easy access in the pantry. Stress around where to start with whole ingredients and going back to peoples own individual food value systems.
    •Recommendations around where to start with coming back to wholefoods.
    •Body shamming and shifting mindsets to celebrate the parts of the body that are working.
    •Gut health, autoimmune disease and the power of food.
    •The importance of getting children back into the kitchen. “We know how to eat but do we know how to cook”?
    •Building relationships, staying present and celebrating the small things. Changing the mentality to look at health as mind, body and spirit.
    •The amazing work of Kat Dawes, coaching and helping others to be present in the now.
    •Chef Cynthia Louise’s simple swaps in the kitchen including the use of salt and herbs and spices.
    •Swaps with kitchen utensils. Investing in cast-iron as it becomes a legacy. Bec comments on the health hazards of plastic.
    •The power of food in making memories. Chef Cynthia Louise shares stories of her dads fruitcake and the “ ratatouille” moment evoked from her Christmas pavlova. Recipes can be found in her latest cookbook.
    •Investing in friendships and Chef Cynthia Louise’s pasta nights.





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    Website: http://www.chefcynthialouise.com/

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  • Kat and Bec sit down to chat about vitamin D, sun exposure and the vital roles they play in our overall health.

    Topics discussed:
    • Kat and Bec recap on their weekend, their sun exposure and being out in nature.
    • Kat and Bec place a strong emphasis that this is NOT medical advice and that it is information from our own research, education and experience.
    • How important vitamin D is and the different ways we increase our levels.
    • Alterations vitamin D undergoes in the body in order for it to be activated.
    • The increasing prevalence of vitamin D deficiency is Australia.
    • Kat and Bec hypostasise on why there is such a prevalence of Vitamin D deficiency which include; working under artificial light, increased home isolation in the last two years, more people are working from home, fear of the sun and compromised digestive systems.
    • The different roles vitamin D has in the human body. Including but not limited to; reduction of inflammation, it’s influence in processes such as cell growth, neuromuscular and immune function, glucose metabolism and prevention of osteoporosis.
    • The role vitamin D plays in cognitive function and mental health.
    • The importance of the sun’s UV rays as an essential source of our Vitamin D. Appropriate sun exposure and increasing sun tolerance.
    • Sunscreens and their carcinogenic ingredients ( not all sunscreens), ability to block pores and prevent UV rays reaching the skin and synthesising into Vitamin D for the body.
    • Sun gazing and the role it plays with our circadian rhythm.
    • Daily recommended amounts of vitamin D for different age groups. Noting the older age bracket requires a higher amount and commonly have difficulties converting and storing.
    • Recognising older adults, in particular those with issues mobilising or who are in assisted living facilities should have their vitamin D levels monitored due to decreased sun exposure and high probability of reduced, digestive, liver and kidney function.
    • If you wish to “geek out” on the science of the sun Bec recommends checking out the work of Dr Jack Kruse, neurosurgeon.
    • Leaky gut and its role in nutrition absorption and immune system.
    • Foods with higher amounts of vitamin D and the power of mushrooms.
    • Excess amounts of vitamin D and what to look out for.


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  • Bec sits down with Ecologist Tiffany Schultz for a 1:1 conversation, discussing foraging produce, seasonal produce and rewilding.

    Topics discussed:
    • Tiffany’s journey from Ecologist to rewilding, including her trip to Arnhem Land, packing up her life and moving the NSW and navigating boarder closures through the pandemic.
    • Nature teacher training and vital skills training.
    • Getting out of your comfort zone and into growth.
    • Tiffany’s experience with holding workshops and events on foraging.
    • Bec and Tiff remines about their meeting at a workshop 10 + years ago.
    • Self development through rewilding. Ancestorial practice through life ways, utilising nature as a mentor and guide to journey back to self.
    • Connecting to Mother Earth for unconditional love.
    • Bec and Tiff discuss how modern society doesn’t reward us for “ getting down and dirty with nature”.
    • Appreciating nature and ‘sit spots’.
    • The nature play movement and teaching the importance of nature and nature based skills in school.
    • Developing a intimate relationship with nature and sun gazing,
    • Foraging. Being aware of the seasons, what is ripe and what is fruiting.
    • Medicinal benefits of weeds.
    • Tiffany’s previous eversion to weeds as an Ecologist, now her new understanding and appreciation for how we can utilise them.
    • Finding your own way to develop a reciprocal relationship with nature.
    • Tiffany’s upcoming launch of her ‘Wild Freedom’ nature connection program.

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  • Join Kat & Bec, as they discuss all things gratitude. Simple tools and techniques to implement in your everyday life to help reduce stress, reframe your mind set and practice gratitude.

    Topics discussed:
    • What we are grateful for today.
    • What is gratitude?
    • Gratitude journaling
    • Reframing the mind set.
    • Designated " worry time"
    • How meditation can help make you more grateful.
    • Why Kat and Bec love what they do.
    • Be kind to yourself and others.

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  • An in-depth, emotive discussion with Kate Gardner, owner of Bottoms Up Colonics Southern Vales. We discuss Kate’s personal and professional experience with colonic hydrotherapy and integrative health.

    Topics discussed:
    • Kate’s journey to becoming a colon hydrotherapy clinic owner.
    • Kate’s journey with her husband’s cancer diagnosis and treatment with allopathic treatment and the movement over to natural healing post a metastasise diagnosis.
    • Discuss the ‘taboo’ subject if colonic hydrotherapy.
    • 20th century use of colon hydrotherapy to improve health, use of this practice has dwindled throughout the years, with more reliant on pills.
    • What is colonic hydrotherapy and hydrating vs flushing. Hydrating is the gentle continuous bathing process, allowing cells to hydrate on a deep cellular level.
    • Healthy on the outside starts on the inside.
    • The need for a good solid gut bacteria, especially after over indulging. The importance of having a good microbiome to flourish.
    • Bec’s personal experiences with colonics in Bali.
    • Kat’s personal experiences with enemas.
    • Open vs closed systems. Open systems relying on the integrity of the colon to hold the water. Closed colonic doesn’t need to rely on the colons integrity and can be integrated into a holistic process when receiving.
    • Working with other modalities to allow the client to “ just be”.
    • You don’t need to be unwell to receive treatment. Kate explains how she works with elite athletes and corporate executives who want to stay on top of their game.
    • Treatment for people with IBS and the gut healing capabilities.
    • Emphasis that it is a safe and secure place for people throughout all their own stages of their health journey.
    • Kates work with oncology clients. Juice fasts and water cleanses.
    • The role of regular cleanses as well as pre and post biotics.
    • Parasites and candida cleanse.
    • Restoring of gut health and the positive impact of physical and mental health.
    • Does having colonic hydrotherapy eliminate the good bacteria in the microbiome?
    • Can you become reliant on colonic hydrotherapy?
    • How do we optimise our self in the 21st century with nasty EMF’s, pollution and toxic environment?
    • Women’s holistic sexuality.
    • Kate’s book recommendation “ Setting Boundaries” by Dr Rebecca Ray. Care for yourself and stop being controlled by others.
    • How our listeners can receive 10% off their initial consult.


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  • A candid conversation with Kat & Bec, as they discuss trialled strategies to holistically manage stress.

    Topics discussed:
    • Today’s society is noticeably feeling an increase in stress.
    • Traditional fight or flight response.
    • Modern day signs someone may be in fight or flight mode.
    • Cortisol and the release of stress hormones.
    • The biological impacts of being in a heightened state and the connection to chronic diseases and digestive issues.
    • Kat & Bec’s personal experiences with altering diet, eliminating and reintroducing foods. The profound effect reducing processed food and increasing real quality foods can have of personal health and happiness.
    • Reduction of stimulants such as caffeine & alcohol.
    • Increasing daily movement, grounding and natural element exposure.
    • Trialling meditation, how it can help clear the mind and take you out of the fight or flight mode and the need to be out of these modes to start the healing process. Subscribe to The Integrative Duo's YouTube channel for more on meditation.
    • The importance of belly breathing.
    • Gratitude, journaling and inner child work. .
    • Increasing your quality and amount of sleep, review your sleep hygiene.
    • Blue light exposure and the implications for physical and mental health.
    • Be kind to yourself and others.

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  • A wonderful conversation with Gemma Homles, founder of Gemma Vendetta Cosmetics. Gemma is a qualified Hairdresser + Makeup Artist, Educator and Cosmetic Chemist in training. Gemma's mission has been to provide high quality, high definition, safe, gender neutral, 100% vegan and cruelty-free mineral cosmetics to those who care about themselves, our animals, and the planet.

    Topics discussed:
    • Being a business owner and entrepreneur.
    • Life as a working mum and family balance.
    • Gemma's Multiple sclerosis diagnosis and how her health shaped the trajectory of her life.
    • Trialled tips for those wanting to start their own business.
    • Cosmetic and personal care ingredient.
    • Chemical overload through the skin.
    • Hidden and not so hidden chemicals in personal care products.
    • The importance of becoming familiar with the ingredients in the products you use.
    • Gemma's passion for YoungCareOz and why $1 from every sale goes towards this organisation ( https://www.youngcare.com.au).

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  • Hi all, this podcast is Kat interviewing Bec on how to consciously manifest. What a great way to start 2022 with living an intentional life!

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  • Getting to know us! Hi we are Kat + Bec, close sisters with a passion for holistic living, conscious connection and supporting the body-mind-spirit relationship.
    We both have had very different journeys that has lead us to the same path of holism. We are joining forces to help support and inspire others to lessen the chemical load, eat more whole food, become more conscious of their thoughts and beliefs- plus so much more!