It’s time to talk about relationships - with ourselves, with others, as parents, as lovers. We’re going everywhere today in what feels like a very useful toe-dip into the subject that is sure to have a part two. Rebecca Poole has decades of experience looking after humans and helping them feel well but after a masters in Chinese Medicine and practicing overseas in China, and several successful years of practice back home, she wanted to go deeper. “Why do people experience these illnesses chronically? Why sometimes when someone changes jobs or relationships does their health nosedive or dramatically improve?” Today, she is a healer bringing all her tools to her clients through private practice and group learning and so if you’ve ever wanted to start doing the important work of leaning into your relationship with yourself and others, I can confidently say this show is a must listen. Read more and discover this month’s sponsor offer over at lowtoxlife.com/podcast  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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257. Rebecca Poole on The Significance of Sensitivity

Do you have or care for kids? This is a great show with Dr Natasha Beck MPH, Psy. D and founder of Dr Organic Mommy, who passionately advocates for a cleaner world for our children, from the environment to the food we teach them to enjoy, we can make a big difference to children’s mental and physical wellbeing - and Natasha should know, she had ADHD as a kid on the standard American diet. We discuss sleep routines, boundaries, social interaction, environmental toxins, food and how to be accountable to your child so they step into their own accountability too. I hope you enjoy the show. Head over to the shownotes for details and this week’s show sponsor, lowtoxlife.com/podcast  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

256. A children’s health hour of power with Dr Natasha Beck

Ever wanted to develop a deeper understanding of food and ourselves through the foods we eat? Today we explore intuitive eating with nutritionist and herbalist Esther Cohen and I promise you, you will feel less anxious and doubtful in your relationship to food if either of these is currently in your psyche. We talk:  Growing up with the wrong nutritional start Social pressures from media and culture in our teens and young adulthood Disordered eating - warning signs, ways to move through and beyond it Intuition and knowing when it’s the ‘good kind’ and not cravings from dysbiosis Eastern philosophy and food and what the west can learn from the 4 directions Energetics of food and how we can look at physical symptoms and the foods we’re eating, make tweaks and help the body find balance.  How the gratitude we bring to food can ensure it’s well-received, even when not ideal. Cultural foods and how the answer lies in traditional cultures to find our road back to health. Card carrying eating - how our diet orientation and labels stop us from eating for the planet and deep healing and health in the body and mind The key things that will bring us back into balance and regeneration, body and planet. It is such a rich conversation about food and Esther imparts so much wisdom. I hope you love it. The show notes have the details on Esther’s work, my new book and the sponsor offer for this month over at lowtoxlife.com/podcast See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

255. The alchemy of Nourishment with Esther Cohen

Doug Purdie is the author of Backyard Bees and knows everything you’d need to know about thriving as a beekeeper in your back yard or on your roof top. Doug, along with his business partner Vicky Brown at The Urban Beehive, maintains more than 100 beehives on city rooftops, balconies, backyards and in community gardens around Sydney, Australia. He is a beekeeping teacher and speaker, a past president of the Amateur Beekeepers’ Association and is featured regularly as a bee expert on TV - so, as you may be able to guess, Doug is a wealth of information and I ask him questions about bees, bees in relation to farming, is honey unkind to bees and future for bees and of course all the practicalities of supporting bees and maybe even starting a beehive! Enjoy the show and you’ll find the show notes and sponsor offer over at lowtoxlife.com/podcast  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

254. Bees - from your backyard to around the world with Doug Purdie

When we think of farming we think of the country, the bush, grass plains, endless acres… unless you’re an urban farmer who sees possibility on any patch of land the eye can see - enter Greg Peterson, founder and director of the Urban Farm in Phoenix Arizona who heard his teacher say “Food used to be free” at a workshop as a pre-teen and the rest was history. Greg inspires us to do what we can with what we have. He inspires food growing to come back to cities and towns, balconies, backyards and verges and today we’re talking about how he got started and what we can all do to bring food growing closer to home and support urban farms. Enjoy the show and head to our show notes at lowtoxlife.com/podcast to connect with Greg’s work and see the sponsor offers. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

253. The power of the urban farm with Greg Peterson

Continuing on our food-source series, this week I interview community champion and chef, Eilish Maloney and I hope in hearing her story it helps more people realise that it can start with us, and if it doesn’t start with us, swe join others who’ve started good things and support their work to collectively create a bigger impact. The Southern Highlands, NSW is a beautiful part of the world, and even though Eilish left her home town to work in some of the best kitchens in the world, she felt called to come home and start something to connect people to food source more meaningfully. The What If Society was born, helping to inspire locals and hospitality businesses to waste less, through creative products like condensed milk from cafe milks that don’t all get finished at the end of the day, to pickles from surplus produce, to restaurants in the region composting all scraps as a collective. It’s inspiring to hear these stories and hopefully inspires you to connect to your local food champions and support their work - or just maybe, start something yourself! Head to the show notes at lowtoxlife.com/podcast.com for more information and to access the special offers this month.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

252. Grass roots Sustainability with Eilish Maloney

Continuing our “connecting to source” series interviewing regenerative farmers, futuresteaders, urban farmers and researchers, this week I interviewed Biodynamic Dairy farmer, Rob Watson, of Mungalli Creek in QLD. On Rob’s farm you find rainforest, kangaroos and cassowaries all around and if one of the cow’s is feeling a little unwell, you’ll commonly find them being treated with homeopathics or special essential oil blends - what a life! If you want to look at how Biodynamic dairy farming works, I ask for a lot of technical detail, including details about what makes biodynamic farming and soil special, medical care of the animals, calves, life and death and production of the products. I hope you enjoy the show and it inspires you to support your farmer. Find the show notes over at lowtoxlife.com/podcast  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

251. Biodynamics and dairy with farmer Rob Watson

What does living in awe and connection to the now while living for the future look like? It looks like Futuresteading, as described by author and farmer Jade Miles on today’s show and in her beautiful new book, Futuresteading. Jade Miles and husband Charlie Showers run Black Barn Farm, a biodiverse orchard, nursery and workshop space in north east Victoria which is a magnet for visitors to learn about permaculture, homesteading, as well as to pick-their-own from some of the 98 varieties of heritage fruit and berries. Whether you live in a city apartment, in the suburbs or on twenty acres, the principles of futuresteading offer easy-to-understand information and hands-on ideas. Learn to grow delicious food and medicinal plants; share rituals with loved ones through the seasons; feast on healthy home-cooked food for the family; nourish body and soul with outdoor expeditions and moments of rest; and create wonders with your hands. Now doesn’t that sound lovely? Enjoy the show and as always, head to the podcast show notes for more information over at lowtoxlife.com/podcast  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

250. Futuresteading: A return to a simpler life with Jade Miles

This week on the show we’re kicking off a food connection series, talking to farmers rural and urban, co-op founders, intuitive nutritionists, beekeepers and homesteaders - that’s the line up coming up. Where do we start? The importance of what’s beneath our feet - THE SOIL, with author and farmer Matthew Evans, based in Tasmania, Australia. We talk about the history of soil, nutrition, why our soil became so backing in nutrients, the importance of the microorganisms and what we can all do to make a difference to the health of soil and thus health of the landscapes and all the food that comes from them. Enjoy the show and head to the show notes for more details over at lowtoxlife.com/podcast See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

249. Soil - The Incredible Story of What keeps the earth and us healthy, with author and farmer Matthew Evans

This week to round out our brain series, I interview Dr Mindy Pelz, a passionate evidence-based proponent for fasting and what it can do for the human body - while the benefits to the brain are something we discuss towards the end of the interview, the interview is packed with everything you might have ever had a question about when it came to fasting - why should we care? How does it work? How do different time periods work in different ways? How are men and women different when it comes to fasting and considering women, how are pre and post menopausal women different? What if it’s not ‘working’? What if I’m hungry? What if it makes me feel worse? But what about breakfast - isn’t it important? I can honestly say, this is one of the most efficient, chock full interviews on a subject I’ve done and I challenge anyone to not at least be curious about fasting by the end of this 75 min conversation. Enjoy the show and head to the show notes for more details over at lowtoxlife.com/podcast See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

248. Fasting ins and outs for all with Dr Mindy Pelz

This week continuing our brain series, I interview the legendary Dr Jill Bolte Taylor. You may have seen her Ted talk… or that time she was interviewed by Oprah - well, now, she’s finally made it to the true big time: The Low Tox Life podcast! Jokes aside, you simply must be bathed in Jill’s excitement for the human brain. Beyond her experience of a severe stroke and the 8 years till full recovery, Jill is passionate about helping us harness our brains to their full potential which includes learning the 4 characters that live inside our brains, and what it means to get to know them and what each of them needs, as well as helping us more effectively connect and communicate with those around us. So, thanks to a brain scientist losing the function of half of her brain, and having to rebuild it again, we are now able to gain more clarity about our brains than ever before. Come on this journey to learn about the left and right brains, our 4 characters of the brain and start whole-brain living - it was such an uplifting and clarifying interview and I know you’ll love it. Enjoy the show and head to the show notes for more details over at lowtoxlife.com/podcast  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

247. Dr Jill Bolte Taylor on her stroke of insight and whole brain living.

This week continuing our brain health series, I interview Dr Maya Shetreat - neurologist, herbalist, urban farmer and author of the best selling book The Dirt Cure. This time back on the show, Maya is talking about plants of all kinds for treatments of all kinds - from medicinal plants for every day healing, to plants containing psychedelics and the power of healing treatment-resistant mental health conditions such as depression and PTSD. She even teaches people online how to safely interact with psychedelics (I am not making a recommendation to start treating yourself, simply sharing what we are starting to learn about the power of these interventions, as started on the show last year with psychiatrist and neuroscientist Dr Dave Rabin and his work. It’s exciting times when we can start to see ways to support people in an area where up to 90% of patients are unsatisfied with how their treatment is progressing. Enjoy the show and head to the show notes for more details over at lowtoxlife.com/podcast See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

246. Dr Maya Shetreat on plant medicine and teacher plants

This week we begin a series on the brain, with four leading experts on various aspects of brain health and recovery. This week Dr Dale Bredesen returns to the show to discuss The First Survivors of Alzheimers - the people themselves and their stories within the wider context covered in his new book. We discuss the evolution of brain research, the frustration of how slow progress can feel and the most important findings in his 30 years researching brain degeneration. If you want to actively prevent Alzheimers in your life and family’s life, and if you know someone who may already be experiencing cognitive decline, I couldn’t think of a more important person’s body of work than that of Dale’s which is why I value his time on our show over the years. Enjoy the show and head to the show notes for more details over at lowtoxlife.com/podcast See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

245. The First Survivors of Alzheimer’s with Dr Dale Bredesen.

This week is an interlude show between our parents and carers series this past month and the brain series we have from next week. Our interlude is on climate change with guest Dr Rebecca Huntley who has recently been commissioned to do a report on climate and the health of individuals and communities. We discuss her book last year on climate change and how to talk about it more effectively in a melting pot of very strong opinions and beliefs, not always shared. We also discuss how superannuation is one of the most powerful ways we can contribute positively to change and we discuss how we can accelerate change from our own daily lives and how we can take it up the chain more effectively. Enjoy the show and head to the show notes for more details and sponsor offers over at lowtoxlife.com/podcast See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

244. Dr Rebecca Huntley on Climate Change Impact to Communities

She’s BACK: Maggie Dent is here to give us parenting gold as we celebrate her new book “Parental as Anything”. We talk about winning and losing, boundaries, brides, reward, building friendships, learning and teaching covering from 4 to teens - it’s a cracker of a show if you’re a parent or carer giving you a tonne of tools and vocab to use with your child(ren) to support them in thriving as the individual humans that they are and within the context of living happily in society. Share it with parent and carer friends, this is not a show to be missed. Enjoy the show and head to the show notes for more details over at lowtoxlife.com/podcast See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

243. Maggie Dent: an hour of parenting power with the queen of common sense and comfort

Hello! Thanks for being curious about the Low Tox Life podcast. I'm Alexx Stuart, your host, and after writing and researching on health and sustainability for many years at lowtoxlife.com, I am thrilled to bring this podcast to you as an extension of the online community. The concept of living a Low Tox Life is one that rejects perfection, black and white notions of there only being one way to 'do it right'. Instead, we take a relaxed and curious approach to better choices to incorporate into our lives as and if they fit. Low Tox therefore instead of 'no tox' which to most of us who aren't on an off grid hippy commune, just isn't achievable. There's nothing more that makes me sad than having people quit before they begin because you feel like a failure. Let's feel awesome about what we can learn and do from today! On this show, we cover lots of low tox topics around sustainability, health, fashion, farming, lowering our toxic load and mind happiness and with the brilliant minds I'm so grateful to chat with, I just know you'll be inspired as I am from each show. Enjoy, subscribe, pop the kettle on and most importantly: Welcome!

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