Low Tox Life

Ever been told, after getting a hormone test back - whether it was testosterone, estrogen, thyroid hormones, cortisol or anything else, that everything's 'normal' and 'you're fine?' - yet you feel totally NOT FINE? In this week's show I chat to the wonderful Dr Carrie Jones who makes the trickiest of hormone challenges (male or female) feel like a fun puzzle to get to the bottom of - and I'm serio...

Very rarely do you find a company so transparent, so vocal about social and environmental injustice and so good at growing a healthy business, as Dr Bronner's. A family run business from way back, it's one of my favourites for many reasons. I wanted to bring on their VP Gero Leson a phd in environmental science, who works to set up incredible partnerships with communities in developing countries t...

Hold onto your hats guys this is a BIG and LONG one. Elisa and I recorded both this conversation and another for our Low Tox Kids course in a 3 hour marathon from two sides of the Pacific Ocean. Dr Song is such a caring soul, and with her knowledge of both conventional and complementary medicine offers incredible support as we navigate the modern world with more kids having som...

Do you make knee jerk decisions, or decisions that later don't seem to have been very smart for your future that frustrate you?  While today's show isn't about any aspect of life specifically, it is about learning the art of holistic decision making from the man who has a Phd in the subject, Dan Palmer. Join me for a lovely, fun and accessible chat exploring...

I remember so well seeing the news break that lego were going to be aiming to be new-petroleum-free by 2030, engaging a huge task force of sustainability experts, scientists and industrial designers to work on this project. Today, some 2.5 years late, I chat to Tim Brooks, ex environmental advisor to the City of London, now with LEGO, on how their work is going towards this goal. We can...

If anyone knows about “this is what I think I want to do” but then climbs that mountain and goes “Oh dear, I think I've been called to do THAT” and has a major career shift, it's me. It was wonderful to meet Elise finally, after having done Mindful In May myself in the past, and discuss her journey from originally becoming a trained Doctor, surgeon and p...

In this show I chat to Dr Elen Ap Thomas, an Integrative Doctor based in Queensland, Australia, about a topic that parents in the low tox community wanted to see on the show. We discuss some of the signs in girls and boys that early-onset puberty is occurring, when it's worth investigating, when and how it's possible to delay those early signs and some of the factors that...

2026 NOTE: Steven Lin was shot dead by police the day he attacked two women in their apartments in a break-in, with a knife, in 2026. It had been 9 years since I'd last spoken with him for the podcast, and spoken at a Whole Foods family event he organised on the Central Coast in 2018. We communicated via email once 3-4 years ago when he aggressively insisted on doing another podcast on my show. I...

This week's show sees me welcoming back Dr Stephen Sinatra - one of my favourite guests from shows 13 and 19 past. Why is he back? To discuss high vibration living and the simplest of tips and booster's he's found for his patients over the decades that will help us feel truly connected with nature and truly healthy. We discuss ATP, Grounding, why science sometimes can...

This week I have the pleasure of talking to Dr Terry Wahls about her journey towards her diagnosing of progressive MS, how she initially treated it, when she realised things needed to change and how she then went onto become one of the leading researchers on how diet and lifestyle can impact neurological diseases and other diseases. We discuss the holes in pharmaceutical based...

This week I'm sharing a bit about what I did in my journey to finally realising my building was water damaged and moving home, as well as some of the decisions we made around leaving things behind, replacing them and NOT replacing anything that wasn't essential. I share how I cleaned the lego, the clothes and the furniture that we were taking and what sorts of products I used. At th...

In this week's chat I bring back the wonderful practitioner Brodie Welch, L.ac and self care strategist. Many of you have gone on to do Brodie's courses after hearing her on the show so it's exciting to bring her back for you. In the past she's discussed some amazing nuggets of wisdom and practical advice from the Chinese medicine realm, such as the ‘time' that each organ thrives and how to...

There's a candle burning everywhere these days but at what cost to us and to our planet? In chatting to Cate Burton about all things wax, candle manufacturing and the beauty of the bee, we break open the candle industry, exposing even ‘natural' candles for what they often truly are in this bumper hour long conversation - and trust me you'll want to listen until the end. Cate is riv...

Dr Karen Phillip says “It's one thing to know what you want, but another to know how to get it, let me help you achieve your goals”. She is a Counselling Psychotherapist; Clinical Hypnotherapist and the Parenting and Relationship Expert and of course, Hypnotherapist. In our chat we dive into Hypnotherapy as a tool for breaking patterns, forming better habi...

In this show I, your host Alexx Stuart, chat to Rob McGavin, who once a humble farmer with an idea do grow olives and produce oil, is now the largest supplier of Olive oil to Australia as well as an internationally award winning olive oil producer, supplying globally. We discuss fear around olive oil for cooking, quality and the ramifications of common practice of ‘m...

I came across Carol Miltimore's work when I was adding to our resources for the Go Low Tox e course's clothing day. She's a Brooklyn based designer who spends a fair part of the year in India - her second home. I thought it would be great to chat to Carol about her journey which wasn't always centred around ethics and sustainability, working for some big brands and ma...

Previous guest Nick from Milkwood permaculture introduced me to Jodi's work suggesting he'd be great to have on the show. After checking out Roebuck farm and being instantly inspired by Jodi's work and passion for farm design and restorative farming education, then yes: Of course, I had to have him on the show. This show is wonderful for farmers wanting to explore doing things differentl...

My dentist is a legend. He happens to also be the author of his new book “A Life Less Stressed” and boy is it a cracking and important read. Discussing disease, inflammation, the nervous system, homeostasis, carbs, precautionary principle, allergy, pain, fats and proteins it's a comprehensive look at how we can use certain things to our advantage, how not all stress is ‘bad' and...

This week in keeping with the new year's theme of a couple of gentle topics for our body and mind, I have Tom Cronin on the show - a gifted meditation teacher. We discuss his personal path to finding stillness and using the power of meditation to recover and rebuild his health, as well as how meditation can work for everyone if we stay open, curious and don't think we have to ‘empty our...

Let me start by saying this is not an evil ploy to make you have a new year's resolution about tidying and decluttering more this year. No. I was inspired to start the year off with Sally because early January is often a time we have more time to focus inwards, at home, no rush of school or offices yet, no inbox full with demands… And many of us live in spaces we're not entirely happy...

This week as you can see we have two shows! Reason being I've brought the Monday's show that would have aired Christmas day forward a few days - because, well it's going to help us with the days ahead and the week that heads us into a new year.   Brooke McAlary has authored two booked that help us navigate a world that feels more like one that ‘fits' us, by slow...

Oh. My. Gosh. I've found us an extraordinary practitioner - a woman who founded the first holistic health centre in Sydney in the mid 70s in Paddington who for decades has been building her expertise in the area of women's health, fertility for couples and natural contraception. In this show we discuss the pill and other modern contraception methods, the cons, the deficiencies or body im...

This one is SO interesting this week! In this show I chat to an amazing woman and therapist, Tracey McMullen. I went to have a session with her after someone I knew had been to Tracey as a part of her fertility boosting journey. Well, I can honestly say that I'm not too sure how she does it, but Tracey has a gift - the way she speaks, the gentle way she asks questions, looking for the way you answ...

In today's show I share a few quick tips for not being overwhelmed by this super busy time of year, as well as sharing a little about what's in our comprehensive entertaining e book “Celebrate”, now available for just $9. I then invite a wonderful, passionate biodynamic wine maker onto the show, Vanya Cullen of Cullen Wines, WA to discuss how she and many other grape growers are s...

In this week's show, I chat to Paulette Bray Narai who's a specialist on Non Violent Communication - it's one of the calmest chats I've ever had on the show, her energy is so darn serene! If you've ever felt tensions in relationships, with partners, bosses, your kids… I pick Paulette's brain on helping us find the most practical and useful of tips on how to deal with those mo...