Low Tox Life

Permaculture is a term that people feel they understand but when we dive right in there, it means so very much more than having a compost and growing veggies with sustainability in mind.Nick shares with Alexx how he came to found Milkwood permaculture and shares the breadth of what permaculture design actually covers. There are so many little nuggets of wisdom to take away from this chat to help you think about your beautiful life in the context of how we design it and what we can learn to do the best by people and plan that we can.For the show notes and this month's show supporter offer, head to https://www.lowtoxlife.com/podcast/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this show, Alexx invites Brodie Welch, Chinese Medicine practitioner and self-care strategist to return on the show and discuss the Horary cycle and the many things we can do to support a healthy cycle with yin and yang energy, optimising digestive fire, liver health, sugar balance and even tackling travel and shift work situations.It's a show packed with information to take you deeper in understanding Chinese medicine philosophy for a strong, z body and perfect if you've always wanted to know how to optimise the basics like food, elimination, sleep, digestion and Qi life force. Show notes can be found over at www.lowtoxlife.com/podcast See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this heartfelt personal chat, Alexx discovers Billabong Retreat founder Paul Von Bergen's deeply personal motivations for creating a retreat as well as the rather big learning curves he experienced along his way to a less ‘ego and stuff' driven life.Paul, now a meditation and yoga teacher, was once an ad exec attracting children towards smoking. Paul shares beautiful wisdom to help us all, as he calls it, sprinkle meditation throughout our day along with his favourite breathing exercise to generate true calm (it happens to be Alexx's favourite too!) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Alexx chats to Steph Lowe, sports nutritionist and avid proponent for a real, wholefoods approach.What they chat about however, goes beyond the basics and into food for various types of movement goals and habits, ad how best to support your movement with your food choices and vice versa.Covering carbohydrate levels for activity types as well as for fat loss and sugar balancing, it's a chat packed with nuggets to help you towards your best energy and results.  Check out the show notes over at https://www.lowtoxlife.com/podcast/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's show Alexx chats to Brooke McAlary about how we can incorporate simple ideas and habits into our lives to live, well, more SIMPLY.They discuss her new book “Destination Simple”, practical tips on dealing with overwhelm, making more space in the day to go slow and find a sense of peace as a greater constant for preventative feel good factor as opposed to waiting until you feel overwhelm and then needing SOS time out.It's a beautiful chat full of empowering information to inspire a touch of simple in your day! For your podcast show notes and to grab the book, head to www.lowtoxlife.com/podcast   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Alexx loves featuring the odd brand on the show, that is pioneering in some way in the low tox movement.Malcolm Rands started eco brand ecostore with his wife, shipping out of their garage some small batch products for home cleaning. Cut to today and it's a huge business that Malcolm Rands the creator sees as only the beginning to the big picture difference he wants to make, facilitating more socially and ecologically conscious businesses and developing healthy and happy connected communities.It's a super interesting chat with a very smart man, on a life long journey of doing good for people and planet.Find the show notes over at https://www.lowtoxlife.com/podcast/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In keeping with the last show of 2016 being on goal setting, the first show this year is on training our brains to not procrastinate, with some delightfully nerdy facts and hacks from neuroscientist Dr Fiona Kerr who explains all things brain is such insightful, totally understandable ways. She shows us how we can build up a resistance to procrastination and become immune to it over time, by gently training our brains to become doers.Learn some truly practical ways to stop putting things off and start your year feeling accomplished and strong in the face of distraction.Show notes and listener survey can be found here https://www.lowtoxlife.com/podcast/  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How to pick a good goal.For the last show of the year, Alexx invites Julia Bickerstaff the queen of effective goal creation and completion, onto the show to discuss why resolutions don't work, why goals that are for too short or long a time frame don't work and to pinpoint the things that actually DO work when it comes to achieving the things we really want to.The Low Tox Life isn't just about food, health and consumer choices, but about feeling good in the skin we're in - our whole life's skin! So when we're constantly down on ourselves or stressed about what we're not achieving, this can affect different areas of our life like our health, so it's important to address the issue of NOT getting stuff done and the unhappiness it brings, and turn our focus to the tools that will help us get stuff done and feel free, accomplished and positive. Doesn't that sound perfect?Pop through to the show notes here and fill out the listener survey and grab today's notes. https://www.lowtoxlife.com/podcast/  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Psychological health is a huge factor in our low tox life and this show, we talk to psychologist Alison Hill to look at how we end up drowning in overwhelm, burn out and things we actually aren't aligned with in both our personal and professional lives.We explore her awesome new book “Stand Out” and delve into super simple strategies to defining what's truly important to you in life, to see how easy it is for you to fill your calendar with things to nourish you and we set a brilliant “line down the middle of a paper” challenge to sort through your regular ‘I do's' over a cup of tea and make 2017 more fulfilling, joyful and empowering. Who doesn't want a whole lot more o' that, right?For full access to links and resources mentioned in today's episode, head over to Low Tox LifeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Professor Marc Cohen joins Alexx Stuart this week to discuss his incredible career and breath of study to date, as well as what he's found to contribute the most to wellness in his study, patient care, research papers and teachings so far.As well as being a GP, he holds Phd's in Chinese Medicine, Psychological medicine and physiology and works through from patient care, to research, to teaching, association charing to policy making - Without a doubt on of our brightest minds in the quest for making our people and planet healthier, with this show uncovering some crucial basics to achieving wellness.Podcast show notes and partner offer can be found on Low Tox Life.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

America's renowned integrative cardiologist is back on the show. Dr Stephen Sinatra and Alexx talk about Stephen's book: Health revelations from heaven and earth.Dr Sinatra's chance meeting with Tommy Rosa, someone who had a profound near-death experience and came back as a powerful healer. He was fascinated by Tommy's gift, and had had a few patients on his operating table who'd had near death experiences themselves - including one who was extremely upset to have been ‘rescued'. Together they decided to explore healing and what lessons we can learn from both heaven and earth to produce the most powerful healing possible.Sinatra shares some incredible stories and principles of healing and how a sense of connectedness is often at the root of great health.Check out the show notes over at https://www.lowtoxlife.com/podcast/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Alexx chats to naturopath Jules Galloway.Pyrroles disorder is something, it turns out, many of us have. Problem is, we don't know it and Jules and I connected earlier this year when we were both diagnosed. It has been such a blessing.Also known as kryptopyrroles or pyrrole disorder, pyroluria is an inherited condition where the body makes too much of a substance known as pyrroles, during the everyday production of haemoglobin. These pyrroles bind to your vitamin B6 and zinc, causing these precious nutrients to become excreted rather than absorbed. Eventually the condition manifests as a long term zinc and B6 deficiency, which can have far-reaching consequences for both physical and mental health.Jules and I chat about treatment, identifying you've got it, symptoms and some of the things you can expect to improve if you do have it. It's a great show and if you've ever experienced any mental health challenges or anxiety or symptoms due to these deficiencies, this is something absolutely worth tuning into.Check out the show notes over at https://www.lowtoxlife.com/podcast/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In Show #17 on anxiety Alexx chats to holistic practitioner Shalani McCray who also happens to be an interfaith minister. She brings such soothing and practical wisdom around anxiety - its causes, what you can do to lessen it when experiencing it and what protocols to perhaps follow or areas to explore should you need help. In this chat she suggests we take superfoods off their universal pedestal, bring back what's thought of often as bad, we talk about food production then move onto theIn this chat she suggests we take superfoods off their universal pedestal, bring back what's thought of often as bad, we talk about food production then move onto the gut-brain connection, thought patterns, negative self-belief and so much more.In true Shalani and Alexx style it's a bumper conversation that spans every facet of the issue at hand, bound to provide a few ahas for anyone and everyone who listens to the show. “You can channel your energy into beating yourself up about something, or you can take your new information and say wow: think about what I could do with this new knowledge”. Don't forget to check out the partner offer from ETTITUDE organic bedding and show notes over at https://www.lowtoxlife.com/podcast/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this show, Alexx chats to nutritionist Michele Chevelley-Hedge about hormones.We go through many of the major hormones - including stress, thyroid and sex hormones, look at what the symptoms of ‘out of whackness' are, as well as explore tips on how to keep our hormones in check. With the amount of hormone disruptions from food and environmental sources in modern times, there's never been a more important time to feel confident identifying when something's not quite right and hormone balancing might be just the ticket!You can access the show notes https://www.lowtoxlife.com/podcast/.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In Show #15, Alexx has dug up a wonderful start up already amassing incredible impact by saving spent coffee grounds from major locations such as airport terminals, and the using them to grow mushrooms.Phillip White founded Fungimental with tagline “Gourmet Taste from coffee waste” and aims to break the cycle of wastefulness through sustainable processes that utilize every possible morsel of waste.Another central purpose of Fungimental is to reconnect people with the origins of the food they eat – showing everyone how easy it is to grow your own food! Yes - check out the show notes to see how you can buy a kit to pop spent coffee grounds from your local cafe into to get a kilo of gorgeous mushrooms in just a few weeks!Enjoy the show and be prepared to be inspired by Phillip's simple idea already proceeding incredible results.Check out the show notes:https://www.lowtoxlife.com/podcast/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In Show #14 Alexx and Kelly both discuss strategies for not letting these typically busy months get the better of us - the buying, the eating, the drinking, the overwhelm...It doesn't have to be that way.If you want to explore setting some strategies to protect yourself from ‘silly season' overwhelm, then this show will help you make it the ‘smart season' instead.Be sure to check out the show notes for further resources. https://www.lowtoxlife.com/podcast/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In Show #13, Alexx chats to renowned integrative cardiologist Dr Stephen Sinatra. He's a nutritional therapist and psychotherapist and a big believer that patients are a doctor's greatest teachers. They talk about rigidity in the medical profession. Rigidity is theThey talk about rigidity in the medical profession. Rigidity is the Achilles heel of the doctor - believing that whatever we learn in med school then stands still as truth for the rest of their practising years? Well, that just makes no sense!They also discuss vital nutrients needed for healthy heart function, whether or not butter is GREEN LIGHT, how to have conversations with your doctor around cholesterol and statins, when statins are useful and when they are not, where lifestyle and nutrient therapy would be enough to produce great heart health results, the redefining of the thinking that cholesterol is our enemy, and more that cholesterol is your friend.Dr Sinatra also talks about the power of crying and laughing and what patients really need to heal successfully. Show notes can be found atShow notes can be found at https://www.lowtoxlife.com/podcast/ as can this week's partner offer for RoseHip Plus skin range at 25% off! Enjoy.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Show #12 and Alexx chats to the founder of social enterprise “Who Gives a Crap” about how he came to realise social entrepreneurship was going to be his business model style, his desire to help out in the clean water space in developing countries and the many things he's learnt along the way.This chat is awesome because so often we see these wonder brands online and everything looks perfect and fun and fabulous, but behind them are hard working, honest people with big dreams to change the world in some way and make a positive contribution.Spending time with such people reminds us so powerfully, that where our dollars are spent is how our world evolves.Today's show notes and partner offer can be found on the Low Tox Life website.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In Show # 11, Alexx chats to Brodie Welch, L.ac, Chinese Medical practitioner and self care strategist - because who doesn't need a little more self care, right?They chat about Qi, Jung, Yin, Yang, self-care, foods that stimulate a healthy liver, detoxification in general, energy stagnation and get technical on seasonal eating in relation to Yin and Yang.It's such a juicy chat and one that will definitely give you insight into how to bring a sense of balance - both physical and mental, into your life. By the end of this chat you'll be setting yourselves a self care assignment!Check out the show notes and share your self care assignment promise, over at https://www.lowtoxlife.com/podcast/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Alexx chats to Tara Button, ex ad exec turned conscious consumer advocate with her pioneering business “Buy Me Once”.Buy Me Once calls on people to focus on investing in items that will last a lifetime, as opposed to engaging in the current cycle of getting good, cheap deals and constantly buying lesser quality items.Alexx and Tara talk about some of the tricks employed by advertisers to get us hooked on things we don't need, the inception of Buy Me Once and her hopes for what it will bring to people.Launched currently in the USA and the UK and soon to be in Australia and Canada, Tara is a woman on a mission to spread the “buy less, buy better” love.Enjoy the show and don't miss your amazing partner offer from Weleda Australia (Australian residents only). Show notes can be found at https://www.lowtoxlife.com/podcast/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today, Alexx chats to naturopath Liezel Barnard about the major skin disorders - psoriasis, eczema, hives and dermatitis.They chat about their differences, causes, prevention (1 in 3 people get at least one of these!) and the support we can get both with our own lifestyle changes and what foods we eat, the sun we get and products we use, as well as what to do and when to see a doctor or naturopath when needed.Strong skin often comes from within, so they discuss gut health AND how to have a super healthy immune system, which is inextricably linked to gut health. As always, you can check out today's show notes at www.lowtoxlife.com/podcast  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today is Show #8 and Alexx chats to Alex Fergus about setting ourselves up for an awesome night's sleep.They talk sleep hacks, blue lights, bedroom conditions, tech-free experiments, establishing routines and - believe it or not - many more things that Alex has studied to produce great sleep for his super busy clients.With a great night's sleep we can achieve anything, so listen to the show, see what you can do to tweak what you're doing in the bedroom, and start experimenting. Better sleep = happier peeps so cheers to that and enjoy the show!For the show notes head to: http://www.lowtoxlife.com/podcast and at the top of the show notes, don't forget to make the most of our ETTITUDE organic bamboo bed linen offer of 10% off until the end of August when you use the offer code: sleepbetter.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today, Alexx speaks with Dr Leila Masson, a paediatrician she's invited on the show to discuss deficiencies. And while Dr Masson is a paediatrician, the information she shares is as much for adults as it is for kids - there's plenty for everyone in this show.So often we have symptoms that leave us feeling below par, and so often there are simple fixes - whether it's lifestyle change, supplementation or another little tweak to something going on.Today's chat with Leila Mason walks through super common nutrients and their deficiencies - magnesium, zinc, selenium and omega 3s. There are so many symptoms connected to these deficiencies and so many things we can do to correct them - whether by the food we eat, the stress we expose ourselves to, or working with a practitioner to address a bigger need and supplementation required.Enjoy today's show and as always you can head to the show notes www.lowtoxlife/podcast for more info and further resources, as well as our very first partner offer - 10% off with Ettitude organic lyocell bamboo bedding via our special link www.ettitude.com/lowtoxlife, and using the offer code: sleepbetter. We spend a 1/3 of our lives in bed, so make it good for you and for the planet, right?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this show - one for the omnivores among us - Alexx chats to 1st generation regenerative farmer Paul Grieve of Primal Pastures, California.How does a man go from the US Navy to a regenerative farmer? Learn what threw Paul into the deep end and why he now passionately believes that farming animals can be a sustainable, good-for-the-planet thing.Alexx and Paul also talk about the choices you have to make as a farming business, species appropriate food and its impact, why pasture-raised trumps everything (even more than what the animals eat) and what we can do to afford better quality meats and not have our food bills go through the roof when ‘trading up'.Enjoy the show and don't forget to head to the show notes http://www.lowtoxlife.com/podcastSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the 5th and final 'launch week' show, Alexx chats to Hannah Parris, an economics Phd turned ethical fashion expert and entrepreneur.Based in London, Hannah shares what's happening at the forefront of ethical fashion, why we should transition away from fast and untraceable fashion, how to buy less and feel great about it, how much better organic and ethical fashion is for people and planet, GMO vs organic cotton farming, GOTS certification and what it means, building an ethical underwear brand and more - lots more!You'll leave this episode filled with hope for how many simple things we can do today to create less waste from fashion and help shape a future where ethical fasgion is the norm.  The show notes for today's episode are invaluable, with a compilation of resources on where to buy organic ethical clothes, associations and apps to follow for trusted information and more.Head to http://www.lowtoxlife.com/podcast and hashtag #lowtoxlife or ping @Alexx_Stuart online to keep the conversation going.Thank you so much for joining us for launch week of the Low Tox Life podcast. If you're enjoying it and fancy leaving a review on iTunes, that will help us spread the  Low Tox word even further.Tune in for show #6 in a fortnight, with a wonderful regenerative-focused Californian farmer, Paul Griev.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the 4th Show of the Low Tox Life podcast, Alexx chats to Tabitha McIntosh, clinical nutritionist, naturopath and soon to be author with Hay House publishing.Pesticides can be scary to delve into, but how can we work on what we refuse to learn about? In this episode Alexx and Tabitha talk about the pesticides of the past and present, how they're affecting our bodies, how they minimise pesticide residue, the top crops to avoid, the ones not to worry too much about, tips for cost friendly organics and detoxing from pesticide residues.It's a organic jam packed (see what I did there?) talk and today's show notes are super useful resources to continue the conversation and learning over at http://www.lowtoxlife.com/podcast.Don't forget our hashtag #lowtoxlife to keep the chat going with Alexx on social media, just ping @Alexx_Stuart.Thanks for joining us for the show and if you're enjoying the podcast, we'd love for you to leave a review.See you for the next show all about ethical fashion!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In today's show - Show #3 on the Low Tox Life podcast - Alexx chats to Dr Fiona Kerr, a reknowned expert on all things BRAIN. Together they demystify the complexities of sleep in relation to our brain, covering topics such as;fostering a really healthy body and brain, and the capacity of our amazing bodywhat's hindering our sleep today?how to focus on what we can achieve (rather than what we can't!)  the importance of smell to the brainhow to get through the newborn / small children sleep hazestressful periods at workthe benefit of naps!and our capacity to constantly build new brain cells – via sleep.There are ways for every single one of us to improve our quality of sleep! For the Show notes head to http://www.lowtoxlife.com/podcast and use our hashtag #lowtoxlife to keep the chats going online.Thanks for joining us - like what you heard? We would so appreciate a review.See you for the next show! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In today's show - Show # 2 - Alexx chats to Lisa Bronner, of Dr Bronner liquid soap fame. Her grandfather was Dr Bronner, reknowned soap maker, peace lover and believer that we all were one, and it's for that reason and many others that we need a little Dr Bronner in our lives today.Lisa and Alexx talk about her grandfather's wonderful and at times sad story, how Dr Bronner is still family owned today and how they lead an incredibly committed, sustainable business - you will LOVE their pay equity commitment and their disruption of the palm oil industry.They also talk about all the uses for this wonderful liquid soap as well as what to do when you're the "lone low toxer" in the house to help others understand why it's important.It's an inspiring story - there's laughter, there's tears, there's inspiration!Thanks for joining us for today's show, and be sure to check out the show notes over at http://www.lowtoxlife.com/podcast and #lowtoxlife for your ideas for Dr Bronner's Magic soap. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this inaugural show, Alexx has invited naturopath and clinical nutritionist Helen Padarin, from Nourish-Ed, to talk all things poop. Why? Well, there is a lot that our poop says about us and it's one of the greatest windows into the state of our health.It's fascinating what they cover in this conversation, from the good, the bad, the ugly, the squatty potties, the how to poop right, the when to get things checked out, the microbiome and your poop, the 18 inch long s bend pooptopia... Yes. You heard that right!Join in and let's break the tapoo on poop by going deep into the bowels of this subject - Ha! (Couldn't help myself.)Be sure to head to the show notes afterwards http://www.lowtoxlife.com/podcast for some great resources and use the hashtag #lowtoxlife if you share today's podcast episode.Thanks for joining us for today's show, our very first podcast show - looking forward to keeping the interviews useful and dynamic.To help us start well and get iTunes to spread the word, a review would be so very much appreciated.Here's to the low tox life! Alexx.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is a little preview into what the Low Tox Life is all about and what you can expect from the podcast. After you've had a listen, hit subscribe so you don't miss our launch date, July 11. And the first show? All about POOP (yes, you read that right!)Head here for the show notes: http://www.lowtoxlife.com/podcastSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.