Low Tox Life

This week we are talking about water-damaged buildings, mould, ERMI testing, remediation and what some of the tell tale signs are for water damage as well as some of the best ways to build to avoid it. My expert joining me on the show is Michael Robino, President of  All American Restoration and a mold remediator with much experience working with families severely affected by mold. Michael's...

Have you or someone you know, been sick for a while now? Today I interview someone who's been in the business of helping people heal from chronic pain and chronic illnesses such as autoimmune conditions, chronic fatigue, tick infections and mould to name a few. Dr Gary Kaplan is the medical director of the Kaplan Center in Mclean Virginia the first integrative medical center in the Washington DC a...

Ever grappled with a chronic illness or diagnosis and felt sure that you could do much more than what was being recommended? I have as has this week's guest, ex-professional dancer, medical miracle and famed Zumba Instructor Josette Tkacik. This week's show isn't filled with healing protocols or step by steps for how to heal rheumatoid arthritis, which put her in crippling pain and had her staring...

I don't know about you but up until about 5 years ago, I never once thought “Gee, I wonder how much damage my hair tie is doing?” and yet, I had written extensively by that time about all sorts of everyday household items and the damage they did and what we could choose instead. It just goes to show, we only know what we know when we know it and today, we're going to talk about hair ti...

Firstly, as with all shows we've done on food - I'm not here to tell you what to eat. I'll leave that to the doctors to guide you through, but what I am passionate about, is guiding big picture, grey area thinking in this polarised world trying to oversimplify things in black and white narratives which we all end up fighting each other over. No thanks. Not productive and I truly believe there's ro...

What's so inspiring about a frying pan, I hear you ask? Today I interview engineer, regenerative farmer and entrepreneur Mark Henry, founder of Solid Teknics and we discuss what it means to run a truly ethical, sustainable business from the products you sell and how they're made, to the employees under your care and the values you uphold. Join us to discuss the future of the planet and what we nee...

Every now and then I learn something completely and excitingly new after 8 years of interviewing people and today I learnt more about the audio neural pathways (ie the link between our ear function, brain and nervous system) from our guest, Rafaele Joudry. Rafaele has dedicated her life to helping people overcome auditory problems and enhance their lives through better ear and brain health. She pi...

This week I invited chiropractor Dr Cody Hanish onto the show, a Sydney-based chiro that lets us all watch him adjust people on his Tik Tok and Insta - it's strangely satisfying to watch, I admit! In today's show, we discuss the musculoskeletal system and how it interacts with lymphatics and blood flow and look at repeat patterns of habit in posture and movement, the impact of tech devices and wha...

“She shied away from talking about the neighbours saying they were unfortunately no longer on good terms,” David asked her what happened and eventually she shared that the neighbour had flown a pesticide spraying plane over by their property one day and the next, she miscarried. How to feel hope? Enter today's guest, David McFall, a biodynamic farmer from Western Australia. Interviewin...

Trigger warning: Today's show is about addiction and my guest, Kylie Butler, coming through addiction herself as an alcoholic and moving through and beyond it to support others. Kylie is a career and recovery coach after many years in corporate prior to her facing her addiction. She takes us through what the addiction spectrum looks like, how what you thought was happy might not have been, paving...

Dr John Demartini is back on the show, and once again challenging our thinking and perception to the core - this time on the subject of ‘wellness'. As you listen, please know that this is NOT about throwing out the Epipen and antihistamines or ditching your gut healing protocol today, but it's about simply being curious about our state of mind, raising our awareness of homeostasis within our...

On this week's show, I have the wonderful Brendan Vermeire, aka the Holistic Savage, on the show to talk about his passion for mental health. We are talking about neuroinflammation specifically and a variety of root causes - including a modern life of less resistance building and then we move through to interventions to support the healing of the body as well as the building of resilience. Clue: M...

Do you feel a strong sense of belonging and connection? Would you say you have strong presence of rituals in your life from season to season, and in different seasons of your family's and your lives? Today's guest Becca Piastrelli, author of Root and Ritual, gives us many compelling reasons to bring rituals into our lives to feel more deeply rooted within ourselves, our place, the community and th...

Would you say your life embraces simplicity? Today is an invitation to do that more, with author Jodi Wilson, whose book, Practising Simplicity tells the tale of how she found ways to embrace simplicity in all its, well, simplicity. While for her it looked like packing up a busy, urban life and jumping in a caravan, destination: Australia, she very much cautions against copying someone else's expl...

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...