Low Tox Life

This week, a heads up that in this episode we talk about death and dying a lot so if this is raw for you right now, you might want to skip it and I'm sending you strength and hugs. Micah Truman and Brie Smith from Return Home discuss how they're making an impact on the planet and on the grieving process for the families they support as their loved ones pass away, by creating a system by which fami...

In a world where conversations exploring the grey area of big, complex situations is rare, I'm thrilled to bring you this conversation with Professor Maurie Cohen, Professor of Sustainability at New Jersey Institute of Technology. Most recently, Dr. Cohen has been looking at what the global slowdown has meant for the environment and sustainable living, and what it could mean if some of the radical...

Think you don't have enough space to grow food? Enter the ever positive and can-do Nicole Shauder who will convince you otherwise - including a step by step sprout-growing tutorial for your kitchen table! In this episode we talk about growing a serious amount of food in a regular home garden or even more restrictive growing space by exploring various zones of permaculture and what you can do where...

Is trauma informing your current physical and emotional state? Are there challenges you're finding emotionally or physically too hard to overcome no matter what you try? I am always fascinated by any techniques that support people on their healing journeys and coming across Dr Melanie Salmon's work makes me feel lucky to be able to then share that with you on the show in the hope that it might sup...

Marci Zaroff is a powerhouse who has been innovating in the health and fashion space for 3 decades now, coining the term ‘eco fashion', being at the helm of the formation of certifications such as GOTS (global organic textile certification) and fair trade parameters for fashion with Fair Trade USA. She also co-founded the celebrated nutrition school, IIN - Institute of Integrative Nutrition....

This week I interview Dr Joseph Cardillo on energy and how we can  Increase serotonin Ignite the limbic system Improve your blood chemistry Achieve better results Change your physical feelings Increase alertness Change the frequency of our brainwaves All by setting ourselves up with musical cues to support us in living our best lives and then? Layer additional cues over the top to amplify the...

This week, I interview Dr Stephen Cabral, founder of the EquiLife & the Integrative Health PractitionerInstitute, and Author of the International Best-Selling Book, The Rain Barrel Effect. As a naturopathic doctor, Stephen has helped many around the world and it all started for him when a myriad of health issues in his late teens weren't able to be healed conventionally. Steph has performed hi...

Do you remember a time where you felt really ‘you'. In flow? Maybe a great sense of boundless energy? The sense that there was something really motivating to wake up for each day in work, love, life? To kick off the new year I invite Lorraine Murphy, author of 3 wonderful books in the past centred around productivity, and now with a new book Step Into You, to discuss this - we talk about ala...

Do you find the holidays hard? On the final show of the year for 2021, I invite one of my oldest friends, Pippa Baker onto the show, who is a Mental Health First Aid specialist, training and supporting people from corporate to schools to social groups in all things resilience and mental health - how to feel empowered, focused on what you can control, and grateful - even on a day it's only for a ni...

This week continuing our eco disruptor interviews, I interview Mark Herrema. Did you ever believe we might be able to stop using plastic and replace it with something that won't harm people and planet? Well, it may just be possible with AirCarbon and I'm very excited to see where this goes. Mark Herrema is the co-founder and CEO of Newlight Technologies. In 2003, Mark co-founded Newlight with a vi...

This week we're talking Fashion with Alyssa Couture - It's been a while since we discussed fashion on the show and today with Alyssa, we talk about fashion for health - like did you know that polyester, never mind the horror of microplastics, has an acidic ph and feels unnatural on the skin as well as increasing the chance of rashes, body odour and pore clogging? So today's conversation is one tha...

Professor James Trevelyan is an engineer with many accolades for inventions and innovations over the past 4 decades. From sheep sheering robots to landmine clearance technology to many things in between and now? Disrupting the air conditioning industry with something that cools people without cooking the planet - which is what, unfortunately, conventional air conditioning does. It's exciting to ha...

Helena Norberg-Hodge is this week's show guest, continuing our planet series on asking the biggest questions we can and finding the simplest, local solutions we can. So if you're interested in local-economy thinking and seeing how we can move forward, this is the show for you. Helena is a pioneer of the new economy movement and recipient of the Alternative Nobel prize, the Arthur Morgan Award and...

Journalist Julian Cribb, author or many books including his latest, Earth Detox, has spent a career asking the biggest of questions of where the human species and planet are headed, and then answering them. In this show, we discuss the harmful effects of the desire to constantly grow, population boom and crash (and how that won't be pretty!) pollution, environmental toxins, greenhouse gasses, agri...

It was wonderful having Dr Perry Nickleston back on the show to go deeper into the conversation on healing all things chronic - whether it's pain, disease, systemic inflammation… We dive into a deeper look at how detoxification channel impairment - especially from the brain - can be a hindrance to healing, and we look at some of the most effective ways to promote healing, oxygenation, cell...

“I've had the experience of diving deep into the science and practice of healing, so I'm really jazzed to share that, but sometimes our own experiences are just as important to keep in that conversation”. Ooh this is a juicy interview indeed and Shamini is an excellent human I'm so happy to introduce to you - if you've been interested in neuroscience, and what things such as creativity...

Have you ever heard of sophrology? These 3 shows this month have us focusing on inner work and today I speak with Dominique Antiglio. Dominique is the world's leading Sophrologist (a dynamic meditation specialist), author and founder of BeSophro, a global Sophrology platform. She specialises in stress management, anxiety reduction and burn-out prevention, and studied under the founder of Sophrolog...

It's time to talk about relationships - with ourselves, with others, as parents, as lovers. We're going everywhere today in what feels like a very useful toe-dip into the subject that is sure to have a part two. Rebecca Poole has decades of experience looking after humans and helping them feel well but after a masters in Chinese Medicine and practicing overseas in China, and several successful yea...

Do you have or care for kids? This is a great show with Dr Natasha Beck MPH, Psy. D and founder of Dr Organic Mommy, who passionately advocates for a cleaner world for our children, from the environment to the food we teach them to enjoy, we can make a big difference to children's mental and physical wellbeing - and Natasha should know, she had ADHD as a kid on the standard American diet. We discu...

Doug Purdie is the author of Backyard Bees and knows everything you'd need to know about thriving as a beekeeper in your back yard or on your roof top. Doug, along with his business partner Vicky Brown at The Urban Beehive, maintains more than 100 beehives on city rooftops, balconies, backyards and in community gardens around Sydney, Australia. He is a beekeeping teacher and speaker, a past presid...

When we think of farming we think of the country, the bush, grass plains, endless acres… unless you're an urban farmer who sees possibility on any patch of land the eye can see - enter Greg Peterson, founder and director of the Urban Farm in Phoenix Arizona who heard his teacher say “Food used to be free” at a workshop as a pre-teen and the rest was history. Greg inspires us to...

Continuing on our food-source series, this week I interview community champion and chef, Eilish Maloney and I hope in hearing her story it helps more people realise that it can start with us, and if it doesn't start with us, swe join others who've started good things and support their work to collectively create a bigger impact. The Southern Highlands, NSW is a beautiful part of the world, and eve...

Continuing our “connecting to source” series interviewing regenerative farmers, futuresteaders, urban farmers and researchers, this week I interviewed Biodynamic Dairy farmer, Rob Watson, of Mungalli Creek in QLD. On Rob's farm you find rainforest, kangaroos and cassowaries all around and if one of the cow's is feeling a little unwell, you'll commonly find them being treated with homeo...

What does living in awe and connection to the now while living for the future look like? It looks like Futuresteading, as described by author and farmer Jade Miles on today's show and in her beautiful new book, Futuresteading. Jade Miles and husband Charlie Showers run Black Barn Farm , a biodiverse orchard, nursery and workshop space in north east Victoria which is a magnet for visitors to learn...

This week on the show we're kicking off a food connection series, talking to farmers rural and urban, co-op founders, intuitive nutritionists, beekeepers and homesteaders - that's the line up coming up. Where do we start? The importance of what's beneath our feet - THE SOIL, with author and farmer Matthew Evans, based in Tasmania, Australia. We talk about the history of soil, nutrition, why our so...