Up For A Chat

Carren Kim and Cyndi decide to discuss a very much shared article on social media written by Amy Morin. In this first of a two part chat they discuss; fear, mistakes, power, change, control and risks, its an hour of contemplation, etymology and the steps to become strong both mentally and physically.  An 35 minute interview is recommended by Dr Kelly Brogan, which is suggested to watch after you l...

Michael is the marketing brains behind the very successful book and information company – Hay House, amongst other great companies in Australia and world wide. He is the director and producer of the highly viewed documentary The Abundance Code and lives and works where he likes to spend his leisure.  Kim and Cyndi sit down Listen In The post UC 209: Marketing Health with Michael Maidens appeared f...

Traveling New Zealand, October 2017, adventure, learning, culture, fun, friendship, challenge, fitness and life changing are all part of the Up For A Chat yearly travel plans.  Zoe Sparks is the travel organizer for the Up For A Chat yearly trips.  After organizing Peru, Zoe has now put together a trip not to be missed hiking and having adventures in luxury (of course the Princess demands this), t...

The podcast begins with Carren talking about how she manages christmas or any project or social get together.  It’s a message that resonates with both Kim and Cyndi, it’s also a message that brings peace and comfort when Christmas can some times be the exact opposite with some families. When the Up For A Chatters get to just check in with each other, their plans, goals, latest projects it’s always...

A close friend of Carren’s 20 year old son has just been diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes, Carren discusses how people deal with crisis and tools to help people in times of crisis.  Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease, in this hour the discussion focuses on not only the conventional way of dealing with this issue but also alternatives that are proving over and over to work.  It’s about educatio...

Dr Tom has been influential in Kim and Cyndi’s education regarding health and wellbeing, he is so busy that it has taken months to pin him down for an interview.  He is the expert in Autoimmunity and has written the best selling book the Autoimmune Fix as well as is the director and producer of the new and upcoming documentary series – Betrayal.   His knowledge has been gleamed over the past 32 ye...

Kim spoke at the local screening of Embrace along with Suzi, they were floored by the disrespect many people in the film had,  in despising their bodies and themselves.  The conversation begins with where did this dislike come from what are the outside forces perpetuating this disrespect for oneself and body image. Health of the body is a target to reach rather than striving for the perfect number...

This is one you don’t want to miss, Beckie Taylor is an articulate well educated young woman that has been instrumental in healing herself of Anxiety Disorder and Graves Disease.  Her story is incomprehensible especially with her wanting to learn everything about her disease and wanting to try natural remedies but being hindered and mocked by her GP.  Beckie decides to go it alone and sets about g...

Understanding Men.  Brett Hill one of the wellness guys is interviewed by the Up for A Chatters about his work, his love, his way of thinking and his future.  Brett talks about what he loves about woman, and its that belief in themselves that is the most alluring of all.  Brett’s been through some tough times but has done the work to now be cruising just a little, but there is a fire in his belly...

What drives someone to open a cafe, parent 2 children alone, get a degree in psychology and anthropology, counsel in psychology on domestic violence, finish Twenty8 HLE program and the Changing Habits Online Nutrition Course (first graduate), complete her masters and want to journey into a PhD at the age of 31.  Elspeth Haswell Smith has done just that and at a young age has the wisdom of someone...

200th Episode – friends, tears, laughs, giggles, stories and cutting edge information on diet, fads, essential oils, mindset mastery, physical challenges and much more have been the theme of the Up For A Chat podcasts for the past 4 years.  The girls reminisce on the past and think about the future direction of the podcast and what they have learnt and what people have taught them.  It is in this ...

Kim and Cyndi interview chef, restaurant owner, podcaster, poet, father, husband, soft ware engineer, author and all round nice guy with an amazing out look on life.  His story from war torn Lebanon, health issues to wellness and the clarity around his life is mesmerizing.  At one stage Foaud takes Kim and Cyndi on a short meditation to explain a concept Cyndi was having a hard time understanding....

She trekked Peru with us, she shared our laughs and our tears and she inspired us along the way as she embraced Cyndi’s nutrition course with passion, completed Carren’s Mindset Mastery and has gone on to become a member of Carren’s Inner Circle and today, she shares her journey of investigation and application! Carren and Kim welcome the beautiful Linda Alston to the show this week to talk about...

Emerging into her teens Madison was diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis and the only option that was given to her was drugs for the rest of her life.  A few years later she was further diagnosed with Crohn’s disease, more medications was her only option.  Madison spent much of her teenage years in pain, missing school and missing a teenagers social energetic life.  When all her peers were heading...

Morag is a woman who lives a very different life, 80% of the food she and her family eat she produces, she home schools her children and she thinks about her foot print on the planet and how to teach people to respect not only their planet but the resources that enables all to live abundantly. This podcast is meditative as it takes the Up For A Chatters out of the stress of life and transports the...

The Up For A  Chat girls are speaking at the Wellness Summit, this is not so much about what they are speaking about but how profound, inspiring and life changing a live event can be.  They all discuss their latest live conference they attended and the learnings they all got and implemented into their life.  The excitement of meeting their mentors, the information gleamed and the continuing educat...

Bruce is well known as beginning his life as geneticist and now has morphed into one of the most inspirational spiritual teachers.  He asks the question What would your life be like if you learned that you are more powerful that you have every been taught.  Cyndi interviews Bruce on his level of thinking and Listen In The post UC 194: Bruce Lipton – The Biology of Belief. appeared first on The Wel...

Walking her talk of mental and physical fitness has always been key to to optimizing Pams role as a doctor, coach and educator in integrative health and wellness. Cyndi discusses with Pam her latest book The Hunger Fix where she talks about eye opening new science why with repeated exposure to processed food products your Listen In The post UC 193: Pam Peeke – Integrative Doctor talks to Cyndi. ap...

This week the girls delve into what it truly means to allow yourself to grow and expand in a way that is natural and organic – in other words – EFFORTLESS! Carren has been working in this field of work for the past two decades and this week shares one of her greatest and most profound pieces of work. With topics of conversation around awareness, love, money, health, purpose, family and personal ex...

Terrorism is usually understood as the use or threat of violence to further a political cause and there is no doubt this has accelerated in recent years. Modern terrorism and the attacks of 9/11 certainly marked a turning point in world history and the beginning of the ‘War on Terror’. Carren has been personally effected by terrorism and Kim recently returned from France where Nice was under attac...

This is Part 2 of Up For A Chat talking about their latest trip to Peru.  Lives change when 15 strangers go to a foreign country and do things that they would normally not do at home, like climb to an altitude of 4600 meters and walk all day through the Andes as well as test their ability to sustain such conditions.  Such was the Awaken the Change Within tour of Peru and it’s ancient civilization....

Lives change when 15 strangers go to a foreign country and do things that they would normally not do at home, like climb to an altitude of 4600 meters and walk all day through the Andes as well as test their ability to sustain such conditions.  Such was the Awaken the Change Within tour of Peru and it’s ancient civilization.  Listen in as we talk to the hiking, travelling group and all they learnt...

Last week  Dr Eric Z was interviewed, he spoke fondly of his wife and it was her passion for essential oils that got him started on his journey, so the Up For A Chat girls decided that they wanted to talk to Sabrina.  Sabrina is a wise soul in a young body, she has three young children and 37 weeks pregnant with her fourth.  All her babies are home birthed. Listen in as she talks about how she not...

Kim, Carren and Cyndi have met the male version of Kim, a man who is passionate about his family and the all round beneficial effects of Essential Oils. He studied Chiropractic but after being introduced to the essential oil revolution and has become an educator in natural remedies and empowering life strategies. He loves the Listen In The post UC 187: Dr Eric Zielinski – Aromatherapist. appeared...

Cyndi has launched the free screening of her documentary What’s With Wheat, she talks with Carren and Kim about the journey, the people she interviewed as well as the problems she encountered.  This is an insight on the making of the documentary as well as the people on the documentary and their love and passion first and fore most for their families and then wanting to spread their knowledge in o...