Low Tox Life

Jenny Smith @mouldconsultancy has been an HVAC specialist (heating/ventilation/air conditioning) for decades - she’s had clients from NASA to the biggest commercial property developers and even wrote the manual on A/C split system installation for Australia in the early 2000s.  And then there was mould and becoming gravely ill to the point she was falling asleep at the wheel and couldn’t walk...

“Stop and smell the roses” is a familiar phrase, yet today’s guest challenges us to make the “roses” our default mode rather than something we try to remember to do.  Say What?  So… If you feel like you’re trying to stand still on ever-moving ground… Or perhaps, you feel like, on paper, what you’ve achieved should ‘feel more satisfying and less exhausting or lacking’, or that you perhaps...

Wow have I got a powerful woman, story and show for us this week. (SA warning) Kerrie Searle was abused when working in the Victorian Police Force, by a senior leader. The experience, and the road to getting justice, left her with severe PTSD, in hospital and heavily medicated.  From this awful time came a powerful healing journey that led to Kerrie realising she ‘understood’ animals and coul...

Catie Gett is a naturopath, author and founder of The Staple Store who has made a radical change to her mission.  One day, a delivery drive of orders when the courier didn’t come, made her reckon with her younger self who wanted to have a big impact and change the world: This wasn’t changing the world, it was catering to a small group of people who could afford “the best”.  In this conve...

Concerned about plastics in the environment? In you?  Today is the story of how two scientists embarked on a journey to bind plastics so our body excretes them instead of absorbing them.  Drs. Nicholas Monsul (Yale University & The Johns Hopkins Hospital) and Dr Eva Berkes (Scripts Inst.) are physician-scientists and co-founders of Quorum Innovations, a biotechnology company working...

This week, I’m joined by Dr Nicole Bijlsma for a deep dive into the invisible threats in our homes and how to minimise risk: mold, electromagnetic fields (EMFs), dust mites, and poor air quality, and how they’re so often missed by doctors and naturopaths alike. Nicole shared her powerful story of turning personal health battles into a mission to educate others, emphasising that exposure history is...

Ever been told “You’re so strong… You’re so resilient” but it feels like you’re not? Well, you could actually just be good at ‘enduring’ and today’s guest wants to help you feel like you can move through difficult chapters and truly feel resilient and strong.  Dr. Suzan Song is a Harvard- and Stanford-trained psychiatrist and medical anthropologist who has worked with families and people faci...

Be prepared to be excited to clean your home. I’m not joking, PJ, this week’s guest will have this effect on you!  So chill, so relaxed, so non-judgemental about your priorities and situation, yet so incredibly knowledgeable and nerdy when it comes to the finer points of what effectively cleaning parts of your home really entails.  PJ Harlow is a long time online friend, both having gone...

Did you know the ocean contributes at least 50% of the world’s oxygen?  We often talk about what’s happening on the land in farming on the podcast - but what’s happening in the oceans, in both fishing and farming, also deserves our attention, as Alistair and I tease out in this show - the parralels are striking regarding what’s going on in both globally.  Alistair Allen has been an activ...

Katie Hendricks is a gift of a human who has been a PhD psychologist and movement therapist since 1975. How special to have her here guiding us in a time where most of us feel affected in some way by the current state of the world and the sense that things are harder in our day to day lives.  We cover movement exercises, pain and tension ‘detective work’ and explore differences between anger,...

Dr Brad Leech, PhD, first joined me on the show (#437) for a discussion to update the record on a common practice when addressing pathogens: “weed, seed, feed” which he believes can cause further damage.  In this episode, we explore Autoimmunity and the 4 main ‘feeder lanes’ into it, drawing on the thousands of hours Brad has spent researching it during his PhD and beyond.  We cover Leak...

Another show to add to the powerhouse handful of shows we’ve done with incredible practitioners over the years on Perimenopause/Menopause transition years to further Women’s Health empowerment.  Dr Ceri Cashell, a Sydney Australia-based doctor, is on a mission to improve perimenopause and menopause support for women everywhere by training as many Drs as she can through her Healthy Hormones pl...

Farmers who are trying to improve our planet and the quality of and accessibility of food from the ground up? Some of my favourite show guests over the years have been farmers.  Nick Holliday of Belvedere Farm here in Australia, QLD, is full-time farming with regenerative principles and providing eggs, pork and beef. He and his family feed hundreds of families each week, through their CSA col...

A solo show with me this week, taking your questions and answering them in this show.  Covering everything from low tox shampoo tricky ‘finding’ factor, through to low tox freak outs when it’s a situation you can’t control, how to cultivate agency in a high tox world, and then questions about histamine, mould, paint, kids and tech and referencing a bunch of helpful resources, past shows and e...

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...