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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Dec 10, 2017 • 1h 4min
Show #65: Energetic healing with Tracey McMullen
This one is SO interesting this week! In this show I chat to an amazing woman and therapist, Tracey McMullen. I went to have a session with her after someone I knew had been to Tracey as a part of her fertility boosting journey.Well, I can honestly say that I'm not too sure how she does it, but Tracey has a gift - the way she speaks, the gentle way she asks questions, looking for the way you answer to then dig a little deeper where you need to go and then way she helps you find a release from things buried sometimes further than you're able to get to them to release yourself - It was as woo woo intangible as I've got in learning about a therapy, yet I've been back twice since and she's nailed a couple of things better than anyone I've seen so far on a couple of issues.In this episode, Tracey explains beautifully what energetic healing is and how it can benefit us all. I'm being sufficiently vague in describing what we talk about on this show, because frankly I'm still trying to get my head around it myself, so if you want to delve into energetics of the body then this is a show you'll find fascinating. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 3, 2017 • 57min
Show #64: Low Tox Entertaining and Biodynamic wine with winemaker Vanya Cullen
In today's show I share a few quick tips for not being overwhelmed by this super busy time of year, as well as sharing a little about what's in our comprehensive entertaining e book “Celebrate”, now available for just $9.I then invite a wonderful, passionate biodynamic wine maker onto the show, Vanya Cullen of Cullen Wines, WA to discuss how she and many other grape growers are starting to see that rather than a hindrance and ‘pain' growing biodynamic, it's actually proven a commercial and ecological triumph to do so.It's one of the best explanations of biodynamics I've heard and she's invited us all to visit the winery in the Margaret River - group excursion?She shares her family's “why”, a deep insight into biodynamic farming, and also a look at varietals and food matching - what's not to love as we head into December, right?For notes not the show and some wonderful sponsor offers, head to www.lowtoxlife.com/podcast for the latest show notes. Enjoy! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 26, 2017 • 1h 6min
Show #63: Compassionate communication with Paulette Bray-Narai
In this week's show, I chat to Paulette Bray Narai who's a specialist on Non Violent Communication - it's one of the calmest chats I've ever had on the show, her energy is so darn serene!If you've ever felt tensions in relationships, with partners, bosses, your kids… I pick Paulette's brain on helping us find the most practical and useful of tips on how to deal with those moments in life.I was overjoyed to have her on the show because toxic energy, pent up stress from negative interactions is every bit as damaging to our health as what we eat or use on our skin, and the low tox mind is well worth cultivating, so I hope you enjoy what is the kind of show where you can literally start putting into practice the wisdom TODAY.Please head to the show notes to check out our wonderful sponsor offers and highlights from today's show here www.lowtoxlife.com/podcast See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 20, 2017 • 1h 12min
Show #62: Wardrobe Crisis with fashion activist Clare Press
In this week's show I chat to Clare Press, who I've loved following online with her brilliant podcast “Wardrobe Crisis” and in her book by the same name.This week we chat about the fact that our biggest crisis in our wardrobe is overconsumption, as well as how to not feel that we need to give up on fashion altogether.We talk microfibre, organic vs conventional cotton, apps that inspire us to investigate brands before buying and so much more.If you've been interested in the topic of helping your wardrobe go low tox along with the rest of your house, it's a must listen - and a lot of fun along the way!For the wonderful partner offers and show notes with all the resources we mention in today's show, head to https://www.lowtoxlife.com/podcast/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 12, 2017 • 46min
Show #61: Plant Food Inspiration with Maeve O'Meara's SBS series EARTH
There are some Food series that touch your life profoundly - one such show for me was a series of Food Safari where Maeve toured through France with Guillaume Brahimi. Being half French there was obvious cultural appeal but there was something in the way that show was put together - one of the great story telling, discovery focused food series around. The new series EARTH, succeeds last year's “FIRE” series, this time focusing on the magic of plant based foods and how so many cultures in the world have treasure trove of inspiration when it comes to including more plant foods in your diet. It was such a pleasure to discuss the current series, available on SBS with presenter Maeve - hearing her share people's stories and talk about flavours and certain vegetables - you just feel like heading to a produce market instantly to inspire yourself for tonight's meal. Enjoy the show and to check out our amazing show sponsor offers and the show notes and resources, head to www.lowtoxlife.com/podcast See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 5, 2017 • 1h 15min
Show #60: Old fashioned superfoods with Georgia Lienemann
Nutritionist Georgia's passion for superfoods is so infectious and it's not what you think when you hear that word. We talk Natto, Liver, Heart and Marrow - Why they are unbelievable powerhouses for our health and how to easily incorporate them into our weekly planning.Getting a super clear understanding on the vital need for K2 and its role in transporting minerals to where they're needed is a brilliant look at how a few tiny changes to the weekly meal planning, can pay off big dividends in your preventative health strategy.I hope you enjoy the show and to check out our always amazing show sponsor offers and the show notes and resources, head to www.lowtoxlife.com/podcast See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Oct 29, 2017 • 55min
Show #59: Pukka Tea & Herbal Magic with Sebastien Pole
In this episode, Sebastien Pole, co-founder of Pukka Tea, discusses the beginnings of the brand and the power of herbal tea. They delve into the core values of Pukka, sustainable business practices, and the interdependence of humans and nature. The speakers also share their tea choices for a desert island and reveal the brand's future plans for impact and expansion.
Oct 22, 2017 • 1h 20min
Show #58: Kirsty Wirth on Parasites, the Brain and listener GUT health questions
So my last chat with Kirsty Wirth was a popular one indeed - show 42 on the many personalities of gut bacteria. We just had to do a follow up chat with so much more to talk about.We've answered some of your listener questions on gut health, as well as going into parasites and a look behind the scenes at what her recent US trip to Cerebrum Health in Texas did for Noah, her autistic son.It's a jam packed episode with tangents and twists and worth having the pen and paper out for notes with all the useful information Kirsty is always so generous to share.Enjoy the show and for sponsor offers and show notes, head to https://www.lowtoxlife.com/podcast/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 15, 2017 • 1h 11min
Show #57: Go Low Tox stories
Every day people decide one day to explore what it might mean to ditch the nasty stuff and lower their toxic load across day to day life.I started 12 years ago and it was hard to find all the information and much of what was to be swapped didn't perform well and felt like a poor cousin to my high performance ‘convenient' cleaners and personal care products. Over time, environmental consciousness has exploded and so many beautiful businesses are producing low tox everything from mattresses to moisturiser, coffee cups to sunscreen and it's getting what seems to be easier - until you realise that labelling loopholes allow for a lot of grey area and high tox ingredients, to be inside tubes and pots that say “Natural” and “organic” on the front.I created GO Low Tox to be a global resource to learn the low tox vocabulary, get across the latest research and feel that you know exactly what to swap to and where to get it and in today's show, I wanted to invite a few past students to chat about how their journey has been in going low tox - the stress and confusion turned empowerment when like minded people get together and learn and grow together.I hope you enjoy their stories.Every day people are going to change the world and these are three short stories to prove it.Show notes and sponsor offers can be found in 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.
Oct 8, 2017 • 1h 4min
Show #56: 10 Toxic Truths with Professor Marc Cohen
I've brought Professor Marc Cohen back on the show to discuss the toxic load that we are burdened by today in the modern life context.Professor Cohen is a triple Phd and at the forefront of studying the harmful effects of many of the common chemicals we are exposed to today. We cover his “10 toxic truths”, discussing things such as the fact that chemicals are synergistic - ie more powerful when mixed together even though individually they might be deemed safe.We discuss how being ‘top of the food chain' is not to our advantage when it comes to eating, we talk about how exposure is unjust, often affecting children worse, and spanning generations.It's not all doom and gloom given the Go Low Tox round is now open for enrolments to allow you to reduce your touches load across all areas of your daily life, and Marc gives you some of his best tips also.To go through the show notes and catch this week's amazing sponsor offers, head to https://www.lowtoxlife.com/podcast/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
