Low Tox Life
Low Tox Life 2016
Hello! Welcome to the Low Tox Life podcast - the place to bring your low tox life to life across all low tox pillars: Food. Body. Home. Mind. Planet. We cover it all to support you and your goals with some of the best minds in the world joining me each week. I'm Alexx Stuart, your host, and in 2009 I coined the term 'low tox' and started lowtoxlife.com. From there I've created 10 courses and had 2 books published (Low Tox Life and Low Tox Life FOOD; I've written countless research articles and recipes to inspire a low tox life. I am thrilled to bring this podcast to you as an extension of the online community, filled with multi-passionate people from around the world. 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' as people come together from all walks of life; from cities to regional and remote areas to work from our overlaps and all be part of the many solutions toward healthy people and planet. Forget wasting time feeling bad about what you're not doing or you didn't know yesterday. Let's feel awesome about what we can learn and do from today! Thanks for being here. I just know you'll be inspired as I am by each show. Enjoy, subscribe, pop the kettle on and most importantly: Welcome!For more, head to www.lowtoxlife.com and for easy back-catalogue exploring of the podcast, by topic type that you're most looking for, head to https://www.lowtoxlife.com/low-tox-life-podcast-index/And if you share a show, be sure to tag me at @lowtoxlife on Instagram so I can share it too! Alexx Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Feb 18, 2018 • 1h 29min
Show #75: Cate Burton on wax and candles - the good, the bad the ugly.
There's a candle burning everywhere these days but at what cost to us and to our planet? In chatting to Cate Burton about all things wax, candle manufacturing and the beauty of the bee, we break open the candle industry, exposing even ‘natural' candles for what they often truly are in this bumper hour long conversation - and trust me you'll want to listen until the end. Cate is riveting, well researched and absolutely passionate about candle making and I am super excited to share that passion with you in this week's show. If you've been buying candles, tune in, get informed and buy RIGHT - for people and planet. The show notes and our show supporter's offer can be found at www.lowtoxlife.com/podcast as always. Hope you love this conversation as much as I loved having it, Alexx. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 11, 2018 • 55min
Show #74: The power of Hypnotherapy with Dr Karen Phillip
Dr Karen Phillip says “It's one thing to know what you want, but another to know how to get it, let me help you achieve your goals”. She is a Counselling Psychotherapist; Clinical Hypnotherapist and the Parenting and Relationship Expert and of course, Hypnotherapist. In our chat we dive into Hypnotherapy as a tool for breaking patterns, forming better habits, losing weight, reducing stress, anxiety or pain and much more - we even discuss hypnotherapy for pets! It's a brilliant chat and you're now even able to do hypnotherapy from the comfort of your own home, virtually thanks to her new site. If you've been curious but wondered how it works, why it works, the science behind the way a session is put together, then this will be a good one for you - I really enjoyed chatting to Karen and learning a few nerdy things about hypnotherapy I did not know. Her sessions are great and we've done a couple in the office together - I told her if we were able to achieve a deep relaxed state with the leaf blower going in the back ground next door, then she is truly gifted! For the show notes and our partner offer, you can head to www.lowtoxlife.com/podcast See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 4, 2018 • 54min
Show #73: Rob McGavin on Extra Virgin Olive Oil and the Cobram Estate story
In this show I, your host Alexx Stuart, chat to Rob McGavin, who once a humble farmer with an idea do grow olives and produce oil, is now the largest supplier of Olive oil to Australia as well as an internationally award winning olive oil producer, supplying globally. We discuss fear around olive oil for cooking, quality and the ramifications of common practice of ‘mystery blends' on the market saying that they're olive oils, health benefits of good olive oil and he shares tales from the groves and growing the Cobram Estate business. He's an inspiring man, passionate about olive oil and thrilled that the much maligned olive oil when it comes to cooking, is taking back its rightful place as one of the best all rounders you can have in your kitchen. Enjoy his infectious enthusiasm as much as I have done in chatting to him for the show and visiting the Cobram Estate groves last year for an unforgettable trip. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 28, 2018 • 47min
Show #72: Brooklyn Fashion designer Carol Miltimore's ethical fashion brand journey
I came across Carol Miltimore's work when I was adding to our resources for the Go Low Tox e course's clothing day. She's a Brooklyn based designer who spends a fair part of the year in India - her second home. I thought it would be great to chat to Carol about her journey which wasn't always centred around ethics and sustainability, working for some big brands and mainstream fast fashion in her earlier training. She talks about the challenges, the true cost of fashion if you want it to be ethical and sustainable, and what drives her artistically and environmentally in her work. If you've been curious about moving towards more sustainable choices it's a great show to understand in great detail what goes on behind the scenes from the farming to the dyes, the environment to the manufacturing and then trying to actually cut a break out there and thrive in the very fast page, noisy fashion world of today while staying true to your design values. Enjoy the show and for the show notes and Goodness Me Box offer head to lowtoxlife.com/podcast for today's show notes. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 21, 2018 • 1h 1min
Show #71: Behind the scenes of regenerative Roebuck Farm with Jodi Roebuck
Previous guest Nick from Milkwood permaculture introduced me to Jodi's work suggesting he'd be great to have on the show. After checking out Roebuck farm and being instantly inspired by Jodi's work and passion for farm design and restorative farming education, then yes: Of course, I had to have him on the show.This show is wonderful for farmers wanting to explore doing things differently and not needing pesticide, as well as vegetarians or vegans who want to better understand that some of our friends who are omnivores and purchasing from these sorts of farms, aren't actually negatively impacting climate change, and omnivores are going to feel a deeper reasoning for choosing ethical, regenerative farmed options, eating less meat and trading up to the good stuff - good for people, animals and planet!Enjoy the show and connect with more details of Jodi's work and his favourite resources, as well as the sponsor offer over at lowtoxlife.com/podcast where you'll find today's show notes. Enjoy! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 14, 2018 • 1h 2min
Show #70: A Life Less Stressed with Dr Ron Ehrlich
My dentist is a legend. He happens to also be the author of his new book “A Life Less Stressed” and boy is it a cracking and important read. Discussing disease, inflammation, the nervous system, homeostasis, carbs, precautionary principle, allergy, pain, fats and proteins it's a comprehensive look at how we can use certain things to our advantage, how not all stress is ‘bad' and how to identify effectively what needs to fall away.Ron talks today with me about how this book came to be, gets deeply personal about his cancer journey, discusses the key principles of the book mentioned above and how to actually succeed at minimising stressors. We also tangent into mercury amalgam fillings and their removal - a question I get asked all the time and - well, frankly, not being an experienced dentist or a dentist at all for that matter - I felt it was the perfect opportunity to seize the day and ask Ron all about it.For the show notes, pop to lowtoxlife.com/podcastSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 7, 2018 • 53min
Show #69: Meditation and stillness with Tom Cronin
This week in keeping with the new year's theme of a couple of gentle topics for our body and mind, I have Tom Cronin on the show - a gifted meditation teacher. We discuss his personal path to finding stillness and using the power of meditation to recover and rebuild his health, as well as how meditation can work for everyone if we stay open, curious and don't think we have to ‘empty our heads'. We then do our very first LIVE meditation on the show - it's so relaxing and just 10 minutes. I hope you enjoy it! For the show notes pop to lowtoxlife.com/podcast - Enjoy! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 31, 2017 • 55min
Show #68: Tidying up with Konmari method trained Sally Flower
Let me start by saying this is not an evil ploy to make you have a new year's resolution about tidying and decluttering more this year.No. I was inspired to start the year off with Sally because early January is often a time we have more time to focus inwards, at home, no rush of school or offices yet, no inbox full with demands… And many of us live in spaces we're not entirely happy with, whether it's how they look or feel in general, or whether it's an “I've got too much stuff” feeling.Sally Flower was the first Aussie to train with Marie Kondo herself in the USA, and she brings us her best strategies for falling in love with your home, by falling in love with a mindful tidy.It's a great show, super practical and I hope you enjoy it! I know I'm feeling more tidy already.For the show notes head to lowtoxlife.com/podcast. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 21, 2017 • 41min
Show #67: Finding Slow with Brooke McAlary from Slow your Home
This week as you can see we have two shows! Reason being I've brought the Monday's show that would have aired Christmas day forward a few days - because, well it's going to help us with the days ahead and the week that heads us into a new year. Brooke McAlary has authored two booked that help us navigate a world that feels more like one that ‘fits' us, by slowing down, simplifying, getting in touch with our values and ‘why'. In today's show we discuss: The Stress Spiral - we discuss how we both navigate it, exit it before it negatively impacts us and feel stress without it necessarily being a negative. How to create a simpler, slower year in 2018 and why. How writing your eulogy can help you live the year and life you want. Brooke's second book SLOW: Some highlights and insights from the book (and it's an excellent book indeed!) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 17, 2017 • 1h 4min
Show #66: Natural Contraception with Naturopath Francesca Naish
Oh. My. Gosh. I've found us an extraordinary practitioner - a woman who founded the first holistic health centre in Sydney in the mid 70s in Paddington who for decades has been building her expertise in the area of women's health, fertility for couples and natural contraception.In this show we discuss the pill and other modern contraception methods, the cons, the deficiencies or body imbalances they breed and how to successfully come off them.Then, Francesca takes us through how we can get to know our bodies' rhythms and temperature variations, to have as successful a time preventing conception naturally as using any other main form of contraception - It's a JAM PACKED episode for women's reproductive health and empowerment, that's all I'm going to say. A must listen.Enjoy and don't forget this week's offers and show notes can be found at www.lowtoxlife.com/podcast See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
