Low Tox Life

This week, I sat down with Dr Michelle Gordon - ex-surgeon, turned board-certified obesity medicine specialist, based in NY, USA. Dr Gordon is a woman who’s walked the path of shame, self-doubt, and relentless pursuit of health only to discover her body’s deeper story, so the power of that as it has informed her practice to support women is something you can truly feel.    Michelle has b...

In this episode, I talk with Dr James Greenblatt about depression and the many things that can play into someone’s diagnosis and treatment solutions.  His new book, Finally Hopeful , explains why depression is rarely just “in your head.” We explore the physical root causes - like micronutrient deficiencies, thyroid issues, inflammation, and even hidden mould - that are often overlooked in sta...

PFAS: Forever Chemicals. They’re everywhere. We’re worried. But it seems insurmountable to tackle. This week, we start to do just that with the first of two shows airing, to understand the situation, what we can do for our health, and how we can show up in the community to drive better policy and regulation against PFAS polluters.  Professor Ian Wright, a water scientist with 4 decades of exp...

Do you get caught up in the magic of high-tech, expensive health solutions?  This week, we go deeper into understanding just how ‘high tech’ the free, basic and accessible hacks are to our health.  Dr Catherine Clinton, ND, is a naturopathic physician, researcher and founder of the Quantum Biology Health Institute. Her work helps people understand health through the lens of quantum biolo...

Hair loss can feel like a private crisis. It is often minimised, mislabelled, or treated as something you should simply accept as your fate.  In this episode, Sasha, a naturopath who entered the field through her own long and confronting hair loss journey, shares why hair loss is far more common than we realise, and why hope is not naive here. In this conversation, we explore: Why hair loss i...

What if, in 45 minutes, you could feel a whole lot more positive about the role of exercise and movement in your life? You’re about to be “Wendied!” In this episode, Dr Wendy Chorny, physical therapist and researcher, joins us to rethink movement through all stages of life. We explore the invisible barriers we carry, from comparison culture and perfectionism to fatigue, pain, and the mental load o...

What does it really take to build an ethical supply chain from the ground up? In this show, we learn from one of the very best. Note: Shows are never sponsored, ie companies paying us to appear on the show. An ad is an ad, and the show is the show. I’m publishing this because we all need to believe there are companies out there with mounting proof of concept that you can design for a better world...

This podcast discusses domestic violence. Sit this one out if you need to  Many of us are enraged, shocked, and paralysed by the unfolding information from the JE files. Many of us are also dismayed at the continuing epidemic of domestic violence and murder-by-partner. What do we do? How can we help change things? We can learn how to be an ally in our own communities and circles better. Outra...

Concluding our “New Year, More Me” theme, we are invited to ponder from a 3rd angle: What if better health were not an “added” thing to do, but a more strategic approach to the way we do it?” This week, I am chatting with Dr John La Puma, a medical doctor and trained chef, about the “Indoor Epidemic”, a topic he is bringing to life through his upcoming 8th book. John shares why most of us are indo...

If you want more brain space and less pressure in your day, this Low Tox Life episode is for you. I am joined by author Jodi Wilson, who wrote her new book “A Brain That Breathes” after years of writing, parenting, and pushing through burnout. Jodi noticed something big - modern life asks too much from our brains. We are always reachable, always scrolling, and always deciding. No wonder we feel fo...

What if your body has been trying to get your attention - through tension, numbness, or stress - but you've been too busy to listen? Enter our first show of 2026 to help usher a new chapter in literally feeling the feels. Dr. Jenn Rapkin is a naturopathic doctor who helps people reconnect with their feelings through body-based care. In this episode, we talk about why many of us learned to "push th...

This week, I welcome one of the most respected voices in regenerative agriculture: Nicole Masters . She’s an agroecologist, educator, systems thinker, and author of For the Love of Soil - one of the best books I read while researching my second book FOOD.  With over 25 years of hands-on experience across North America, Australasia and globally, Nicole helps farmers, land stewards and business...

How much do you know about Homeopathy?  Are you in a ‘thats woo woo’ camp?  Are you sold and sworn by it?  Do you dabble somewhere between those where you’ve found it interesting and even useful at times, but when it comes to putting things in practice confidently and knowing what you can own, vs when you need a practitioner?  Well, by the end of this hour of power you will def...

You have to see it to be it, right?  Well for the better world we want and more prosperous, healthy communities we want to be, this week gives you exactly that sense of optimism that it’s possible to build.  “Serenbe” just outside of Atlanta, Georgia, was an idea that instead of ‘urban sprawl’ with endless streets of concrete, houses and lawns, towns could be built to preserve 70% agricu...

Heart Health and Repair - A naturopathic approach on this show.  It’s packed with practical support you can implement from today, as well as speak to your practitioner more confidently about. Kath McFarlane’s first career was on the chaotic trading floor of the stock market as an investment banker… until she felt she felt naturopathy was a better fit, with a focus on helping people uncover th...

Men, and those who love them, listen up!  The stats show us that men’s concern for their health tends to be a case of “I’m fine… I’m invincible… crisis…ok I guess something has to change”. But what if we could focus on the most important things to have a prevention strategy in place?  Gerald Quigley is back on the show, with a 40+ year career as both a pharmacist and master herbalist, to...

The power of seeds to future proof our food system. That’s what we’re looking at in this show.  If you’ve ever tasted an heirloom vegetable or fruit, you’ll know it.  Somehow more delicious, more intense in flavour, the power of the heirloom seed grown in healthy soil is something everyone deserves to connect with.   Ambre Whatley joins us - naturopath, herbalist and CEO of Ede...

Does everything hurt and you feel like you’re in a ‘down hill from here’ phase of life?  Nope. You need this week’s show if those thoughts have been creeping in! Enter Dr Jocelyn Wittstein, M.D., an associate professor of orthopaedic surgery at Duke University School of Medicine. She has been in practice since 2010 and is fellowship trained in sports medicine. She’s a clinician researcher wit...

“Why don’t you just go mix up those horsefeathers in your backroom or whatever it is you do” Andrea said to the naturopath after he suggested she become a naturopath. She laughed it off quickly that day, but here we are today, speaking with her, now 40 years into being a naturopathic physician.  Dr Andrea Sullivan is a phoenix who’s risen from more than one pile of ashes to be the wise sage j...

Marianne Williamson has been a force for good for decades.  The author of 16 books, 4 of which are New York Times best sellers, running for President, twice, thousands of events and countless free lives and blogs almost daily for her global audience…  She has also been a grass roots activist, from facilitating nearly 20 million meal services for palliative care patients and their familie...

Have you heard of German New Medicine? I was intrigued by a theory and practice shrouded in scandal and criticism. Why? Because it wasn’t disproven, and because some of the results are truly astounding. So I set out to find a practitioner who had a lot of experience with it but who also hadn’t abandoned other tools in clinical practice, diagnosis, treating and healing.  Enter Dr Katherine Wil...

Why are we more susceptible to coming down with something like a cold or the flu at the turn of a season or change of humidity or temperature? And what really helps?  Gerald Quigley joins me on the podcast this week. He’s a 50+ year pharmacist, a 40+ year herbalist, Fellow of the Naturopaths and Herbalists Association of Australia and Fellow of the Australian Traditional Medicine Society. Wit...

IRON: It’s a part 3 of sorts, as we’ve covered Iron twice on the show previously but given the questions that continue to come in: This is the show to round it all out thoroughly.  We unpack:  Iron - when it’s a friend, foe and how to get into a ‘healthier relationship with it’.  Why your body might think it needs to protect you from iron  Understanding inflammation to understa...

What if, though, we knew the tools and techniques we needed to focus on to keep joy and connection centre-stage in our relationships?  Dr Kathryn Ford has been working with couples to grow together for over 2 decades to do just that, and in this week’s show you will learn:  Why having a vision of yourselves as a couple is important How becoming a couple is something that you LEARN how to...

It’s a Farmer Insights show this week, designed to inspire eaters to upgrade their food sourcing practices and for farmers, whether organic or regenerative farming curious, to gain insights into how others are achieving success, saving money, transitioning, managing weeds and pests, and more. Lawson and Laura from Margaret River Organic Farm in Western Australia embarked on a mission to relocalise...