This Week In Wellness

This week Brett and Damian bring on Dr Wayne Warburton from the Department of Psychology at Macquarie University to talk about the impact of screen time and the media on our kids. An ever increasing topic of concern for all parents and everyone who has young children in their lives this is a great episode covering not just how much the kids are on the screens but some of the very concerning stats...

It has been absolutely freezing in Southern Australia at the moment and so we thought it would be a great time to get Professor Marc Cohen on to The Wellness Guys Show to tell us all about coughs. Why are they so prevalent in winter, how to treat the cause as well as the symptoms and just why Ivy Leaf Extract might be a great addition to your family tool kit. Marc is a wealth of information so be...

This week Brett and Damian welcome back The Natural Nutritionist, Steph Lowe. Not only is Steph the host of The Real Food Reel on The Wellness Couch, and author of several excellent books, she is also one of our speakers at The Wellness Summit this weekend sharing her awesome message. In this interview, Steph explains to us what Low Carb, Healthy Fat means, why food quality is so important and why...

This week Brett and Damian are joined by one of our favourites on The Wellness Guys, in fact she is a favourite for pretty much everyone who follows The Wellness Couch! We are of course talking about Up For A Chat’s own Kim Morrison from Twenty8 Essential Oils. Kim is a fountain of love and in this episode she shares with us some personal and at times emotional tales of where she and her family ha...

This week Brett interviews dual event, dual Olympian Eloise Wellings about her journey to the London and Rio games and beyond. The interview touches on the preparation that goes into such high level of performance in terms of the mental, the physical and also the diet and supplementation programs. Eloise is an absolute inspiration and there are so many little gems in this episode that can be appli...

This week Brett is joined by CrossFit coach, author and fellow podcaster Raph Freedman to talk about all things training and exercise. Raph shares why he was attracted to the functional training of Crossfit and why he was inspired to not only start his own gyms (3 of them) but also go on to write a book and host a podcast. He shares his top tips for people of any level wanting to get into fitness...

This week Brett and Damian share a very special interview about indigenous health and indigenous healing with Jamie Thomas from Wayapa Wuurk. Jamie talks about his journey to rediscover the culture, knowledge and wisdom of his roots from one of the oldest living cultures in the world. He also talks about the work he is doing to help other indigenous and non-indigenous people rediscover their conne...

This week Brett and Damian speak to chemist, naturopath and academic Stephen Eddey about krill oil and the importance of Omega 3’s. Stephen discusses all of the different possible sources of Omega 3’s and how to maximise your intake and bio-availability from plant and animal sources and ensure they are sources sustainably. So tune in for a very informative episode on what is always a very popular...

This week Brett and Damian have a chat with sports dietitian Ryan Pinto. Ryan has extensive experience with top shelf rugby clubs like the Parramatta Eels and now the South Sydney Rabitohs  and shares some of his unique insights into how these elite athletes perform to their full potential and how you can do so too. Ryan also talks about why he chose to go on from his nutrition degree to study die...

This week Damian and Brett interview Professor Yehuda Schoefeld at the 6th Bioceuticals Research Symposium in Melbourne. Yehuda is not only a highly entertaining presenter but is a world class researcher with a wealth of information to share. He talks all things auto-immunity including why coffee might be good for some auto-immune conditions and not for others, whether chocolate is good for you an...

This week Brett and Damian interview Jodie Heselwood from The Whole Way. Jodie is travelling Australia, with 2 kids and a husband in tow teaching everyone how to incorporate healthy food into their lives. After suffering from Chronic Fatigue and depression Jodie was able to turn her own life around and so decided to combine her passion for travel and camping with a new way of life. Through a combi...

This week Brett and Damian cover a very important topic in Australian (and worldwide) health, being Script Wise. Would you be surprised to hear that the deaths from opioid medications in Victoria exceeds the road toll? The Boys were! This week we are joined by Bee Mohammed from www.scriptwise.org.au who shares some alarming statistics about the deaths from prescription and non-prescription medicat...

This week Brett and Damian are once again at the 6th Bioceuticals Research Symposium and this time interview one of the worlds leading researchers into Ketogenic diets Dominic D’Agostino. Keto has been massive over the last year or two and Dominic shines out as a fantastic voice of reason in the community. He understands what the research does (and does not) show better than most and gives a very...

This week Brett and Damian have a fascinating chat with ‘The One Minute Coach’ Jaemin Frazer about overcoming insecurity. The boys question Jaemin about why we are so insecure and what we can do about it. Why do so many people feel like they are not good enough? Is this just life and we need to get over it and push on or is it something that we need to resolve in order to move forward? All this an...

This week Damian and Brett were joined by inspirational Dementia researcher John Quinn (along with his wife Glenys). John was a school principle when he was “relieved” to get his diagnosis of early-onset familial Dementia. He says that whilst having Dementia was not his choice, he is choosing to live well with Dementia and based on this episode we can confidently say that he is succeeding. John ha...

This week Damian and Brett interview James from Egmont Honey ( www.egmonthoney.co.nz ) about Manuka honey. Why is Manuka Honey so good? What do those ratings on the jar mean and how does it impact on the health benefits? What is the difference between Manuka and Kanuka? And What about Australian Manuka (Jelly Bush), what is the go with that? And why the heck would you use a helicopter to move your...

This week Brett and Damian interview world renowned integrative paediatrician Dr Elisa Song from www.healthykidshappykids.com at the 6th Bioceuticals Research Symposium. Dr Song shares a wealth if information about Chronic disease in kids including just how prevalent it is, why it is so high and what we can do to not only manage it but also to prevent it. So if you have kids in your life who you l...

This week The Wellness Guys are at the 6th Bioceuticals Research Symposium in Melbourne and have been fortunate enough to be given the opportunity to interview the fantastic lineup of speakers. There will be more to come in the following weeks, but this week Brett and Damian had the pleasure of interviewing a world renowned expert in auto-immunity and in particular the thyroid, Dr Amy Meyers. They...

School holidays have just finished in South Australia and Victoria and with Damo and Brett’s kids at different ages they proposed different challenges (and opportunities) for each. This week the boys discuss how they navigate these busy times with their families and find some harmony between work, family, their partners etc. So tune in for a nice catch up between 2 mates with a whole heaps of litt...

This week Damian and Brett welcome on Toni Powell, author of the book “What A Feeling” to talk about positive relationships. Toni has a great way of taking a complex topic and making it seem quite simple with a practical. a no-nonsense approach that seems wise and kind at the same time. This episode is so full of little gems that I am sure it is one you will want to listen to again and again! The...

With a name like The Naked Naturopath and a new podcast on The Wellness Couch how could the boys refuse an interview! But seriously Melissa Gearing is a wealth of information on all things naturopathy and especially herbs. She comes on the show to talk about the latest trends in naturopathy and nutrition and how and why herbs can be used as medicine for you and your whole family! Find her new show...

This week Damo and Brett check out some of the health trends of 2018 and weigh in with their opinion on what does and does not cut the gluten free/keto/vegan/natural mustard. The boys talk about everything from keto to fanny packs and activated charcoal to edible glitter in a very fun episode with a serious Listen In The post TWG 342: Keeping the bloggers honest appeared first on The Wellness Couc...

This week Damian and Brett talk about pain. With the recent changes to the availability of Codeine a lot of people have been asking questions about what to do about their pain? How safe is Codeine? Why was it removed from over the counter? What does this mean for other drugs? What other choices are available to manage pain? And what is pain anyway. Damian lets out his inner geek this week and answ...

This week Damian has just returned from a massive “natural foods” expo in the States and chats to Brett about what he found there. What ensues is a serious conversation about what is being passed off as “natural” in our foods and the ways that the real ingredients are being hidden from us as a less serious conversation about some of the more unusual food products Damian found. So tune in as always...

This week Damian and Brett have the privilege of interviewing Dr Terry Wahls about her amazing journey healing her body from crippling MS and what she has learnt from the process. Terry had gone on to create the Wahls Protocol, a way for everyone to help nourish their mitochondria and heal their bodies. She talks about the importance of essential amino acids, leafy vegetables, sulphur rich vegetab...