Primal Alternative Podcast

When I work in the garden and see the symbiotic relationship that the worms have with the soil – I have often wondered if worms and other parasites, have a symbiotic relationship with us. I mean, we all seem to have them or have had them at some time or other. People selling parasite cleanses do a good job of putting the fear into us and those protocols can sometimes be so extreme – damaging the h...

Dr Maria Zuschmann (Integrative Chiropractor, Podcaster, Facilitator, Stress Adaptation & Performance Coach) or Dr M as she is affectionately known, has a passion for helping our community to feel and function better in all aspects of their lives and help them identify and remove interferences that are holding them back from their goals and achieving their full potential in their own unique wa...

Want to be healthy yourself and feed the family well but can’t be f*cked? Shan Cooper from My Food Religion is the girl for you! She even has an ebook called Can’t Be F*cked (CBF) Let’s face it – eating clean is bloody hard work, so much prep and we can often get overwhelmed with super foods, clever marketing and simply running out of motivation – quickly! In this upbeat episode (with a few f bomb...

Want to create your own incredible successful business whilst creating a life you love? Me too! I invited my friend Alison Morgan on the show today to give us her best advice for getting ahead, keeping focussed, getting the foundations right, making decisions and being successful on our terms. Alison Morgan is one of Australia’s leading Business Coaches, specialising in helping Health, Wellness, B...

“I just can’t lose weight” she said as she hung onto the fat around her tummy. Have you said that or heard others say it? Then this show is for you to give you hope that losing weight and keeping it off IS possible, even if you are over 40. I am pleased to say that this isn’t yet another one of those dogmatic protocols, that you can’t sustain long term. Deborah is a foodie and loves life. There’s...

Eric Tyrone is a dream-time and mindfulness coach, and the creator of the “Get Woke In Your Dream-Time” Masterclass. In the past, Eric ran a non-profit called “Awakening Through Art”, founded a mindfulness App, and was a co-facilitator of a nationwide eco-business meetup group. Eric has a combined 30 years of studies in yoga, meditation, mindfulness, energy medicine and shamanism, and now teaches...

My good friend Steph Lowe AKA The Natural Nutritionist and I catch up for a chat about pre conception care and share our positive birth experiences. Even if, like me, your baby making days have passed, it’s great to get the latest on health for pregnancy so you can share with your friends and family. Steph Lowe is a mother, Nutritionist, yogi and founder of The Natural Nutritionist, a hub for cele...

You can’t change what happens in life but you can build on how you recover from difficult tough times. Dr Brett Hill joins me on the show today to discuss the importance of resilience in turbulent times. Brett believe that all of the focus has been on the virulence of the virus, and the stress if the financial and mental impacts and the vulnerability of the population but hardly anything on resili...

A behind the scenes series of interviews and Q&A with some of the micro bakers that make up Primal Alternative. With some cafes, shops and Farmers Markets closing down due to Coronavirus – how have our inspired grain-free producers coped? Have they been able to continue their home-based businesses? Are people still interested in healthy alternatives with so much else going on? Tune in for a ca...

What does food actually do to your blood glucose when you constantly monitor it? My friend and Health Coach Tracy McBeath tracked her blood glucose to see how her low carb lifestyle was affecting her blood sugar. Then she had a bit of fun and tracked what happened when she went back to her ‘healthy whole food, low fat diet’ of old. Fascinating insight into something we are all curious about but no...

Is your hair falling out? Are you finding more hair on the bathroom floor, in your brush and starting to see daylight through your hair. Argh – what’s happening? How much hairloss is normal hairloss and what can you do to promote hair health? I am joined by Johanna Dahlmann to take the taboo out of this subject that not many are talking about. We will cover: alopecia – what is it and do you have i...

When and how do you know if you should do GAPS and do you even need to do it at all? Today I am joined by Elyse Comerford, an Integrative Nutritionist and Certified GAPS (Gut & Psychology/Physiology Syndrome) Practitioner, Holistic Health Coach, Exercise Scientist, Keynote Speaker, Mentor, and most importantly, Mum to Dylan! Elyse says: my primary focus for the past few years has been in priva...

In this episode Barbara explains Human Design as the key to knowing ourselves and to helping women recognise they are not broken, far from it, they are freaking amazing. Human Design helps us to Recognise that our frustrations and pain often come from trying to be like another, instead of loving our uniqueness (as per Human Design). Barbara will demystify Human Design – a jargon-heavy complex syst...

Mark & his wife Nicole starting experimenting with their diets making fermented goodies at home for their four boys, 2 of which are on the autism spectrum in an attempt to help with the gut-brain link. A supportive friend encouraged them to take the big leap into a commercial enterprise – their ferments were that good! 5 years later they are stocked in five countries across the world and have...

If your corporate job isn’t lighting you up anymore and the thought of ‘sales’ makes you feel yucky – you are in the right place. Tash Corbin is a business coach and mentor for women who are changing the world. Women who are opting out of the outdated patriarchal bricks and mortar paradigm – which was built by men for men, and redefining business – on their terms. This episode is THE BOMB if you h...

In this short episode I take you on a whistle stop tour of: what the Primalista licence is who is it for how long does it take what does it involve how much can you earn what about territory and more. Great episode if you want a quick punchy overview of how this works, are just looking into it – or want to have it explained to someone else easily! The next step is to book your interview with me he...

Find out how Tracey went from feeling hungover all of the time to transforming her life with a low carb way of eating that didn’t stop there. Unlock some new ways of thinking about stress, abundance and resilience and find out why Tracey doesn’t force her kids to eat veggies! Tracey is a health coach for mind & body from Melbourne. She is also a mum of 5 with kids from 18 down to 5. After bein...

Amy Taylor-Kabbaz is a writer, producer, speaker and mother to three young children. After more than a decade covering breaking news and current affairs for the ABC around the country, her ‘traditional’ career took an unexpected turn when she found herself lost, overwhelmed and diagnosed with a thyroid condition after the birth of her first daughter. 11 years – and two more babies – later, she is...

Cassie Mendoza-Jones is the bestselling author of You Are Enough and It’s All Good, and Aligned and Unstoppable (Hay House), the creator of the Love What You Create Workshop, and a kinesiologist, business alignment coach, naturopath, writer and speaker. She works with women, and with entrepreneurs, healers, coaches and creatives who are driven, devoted and honouring their dreams, and who want to b...

An ever-increasing number of us are looking to go Low Carb but how can we do it long term? How can we get the family on board and make it affordable? Libby Jenkinson from Ditch The Carbs joins me today to share great tips on all of the above with the key goal of breaking things down and doing it stepwise and thinking about the long term investment in your health and wellbeing. Libby says: I’m Libb...

Stoked to be joined by my friend Leah Williamson to bring you an enlightened and inspirational conversation about nourishing yourself and your family with real food. Listen in and find out how Leah overcame digestive issues, being overweight, breaking free from being a chronic dieter to feeling fantastic and having more energy than ever. Leah is the host of the podcast Low Carb Conversations and i...

Elle Russ is the author of Confident As Fu*k and the best-selling health book, The Paleo Thyroid Solution – which has helped thousands of people around the world reclaim their health. Elle is also a TV/Film writer and the show host for the popular Primal Blueprint Podcast started by NYT’s bestselling author, Mark Sisson. You can learn more about her at ElleRuss.com In this episode we explore: What...

Kristen is a Mum of 2, a whole food, fermentation and low tox educator and lover of life. Over her years of teaching sold-out workshops, she has taught thousands of people how to make more informed choices when it comes to the foods they eat and the products they use in their homes. Life’s all about enjoyment, and Kristen gets great enjoyment out of food and living a clean lifestyle. Her recipes a...

Applications for the Primalista Licence are NOW OPEN! In this episode, I talk through the most frequently asked questions about the Primalista Licence and you get to play along at home with a self discovery quiz around whether this Business Opportunity is something worth exploring – for you, based on your circumstances. This is an entertaining, inspiring and educational episode which I trust reson...

Bucket List guests The Merrymaker Sisters join me on the show today for some breath taking, goosebumps inducing good conversation around real food, clean living, following your bliss, body respect, acceptance, resilience, meditation and breath work!  Find out what the Sisters had for breakfast and what they think about coffee, wine and chocolate! Emma and Carla Papas: The real-life sisters are Yog...