Low Tox Life

You know what’s in this week’s show on metabolic health? YOU ARE. No one is left behind in Lara’s book “The Metabolic Reset” which just came out, nor is anyone left behind on this week’s show where we explore these and so much more:Sleep, circadian rhythms and individuality within thatStruggling to achieve ‘satiety’ after meals and how food is the OPPOSITE of ‘one way for all’!How a deep sense of safety and relaxation are gold for metabolic functionNot achieving the results the online guru with the protocol is talking about and feeling like you are the problem - AGAIN! Favourite hacks, tips and things to explore along your way after Lara’s decades of research and clinical practice.And we also talk about culture, societal pressures and messages, evolution - like my survival superpower of seriously good fat storage skills for tough times 😂and Lara’s checkered history with sleep 😴It’s real talk. Listen, share it. It’s important. You will feel like you can explore, experiment and implement from the minute you finish the show. Enjoy, Alexx xThank you to this month’s show sponsors for helping you make your low tox swaps easier: @ausclimate gives you 10% off their range for the whole of 2024, with brilliant Winix Air Purifiers, the best Dehumidifiers I’ve ever used and their new energy-efficient heating range. code LOWTOXLIFE https://bit.ly/ShopAusclimate@koalaeco gives you 25% off all of July CODE: LOWTOXLIFE. It’s a delicious range of home and personal care products using no new plastic, fake fragrances, dyes, harmful preservatives or phosphates. I’m a bit obsessed with their clothes-washing liquid, stain spray and doggy wash are all on repeat order at our house! https://bit.ly/KoalaEcoBe sure to join me on Instagram @lowtoxlife and tag me with your shares and AHAs of this week’s episode.

Have you ever felt super passionate about making a change for people or planet in the low tox sphere, only for it to land like a lead brick with your kids, partner, family or friends?Maybe you’ve joined groups, watched documentaries, and read books, and you can’t understand why people aren’t excited? Maybe your family members think you’re overreacting, or an annoying parent/partner just wanting to buy lots of things we don’t need or trying to make everyone do more in an already busy day? Or making up problems when you could "paint over it" (hellooooo mould remediation discussions!).  Whatever it is, in this week’s show, I tackle the first 10 of 20 of the most common objections from family members across all low tox topics and how to make a case for change! The next 10 will be in Part 2 soon. The 10 situations in Part 1 are:Kids with friends obsessed with a certain drink bottleA teen in the cool gang and the gang are starting to vape or use synthetic fragrance sprays. Little Kid starting to get fussy about food once they see how/what other kids eatNarrow diet - encouraging broader variety in kids!Teens and microtrendsPersonal care/hygiene with teensThen at home...Getting new appliances - generalJustifying dehumidifiers/air filtersNon Stick pan upgradesBuilding a case for maintenanceTo be continued!Today is about creating low toxic unity, not ‘annoying overreactor division’, Alexx xThank you to this month’s show sponsors for helping you make your low tox swaps easier: @ausclimate gives you 10% off their range for the whole of 2024, with brilliant Winix Air Purifiers, the best Dehumidifiers I’ve ever used and their new energy-efficient heating range. code LOWTOXLIFE https://bit.ly/ShopAusclimateIf you’re dealing with eczema, dermatitis, rosacea, psoriasis, dry flaking skin or radiotherapy recovery and you haven’t yet tried @biofirstofficial - you might find your “Finally, something that works!” solution. 15% off till July 7 AUS/USA/NZ CODE: LOWTOXLIFE. https://bit.ly/3ydRS8T@koalaeco gives you 25% off all of July CODE: LOWTOXLIFE. It’s a delicious range of home and personal care products using no new plastic, fake fragrances, dyes, harmful preservatives or phosphates. I’m a bit obsessed with their clothes-washing liquid, stain spray and doggy wash - all on repeat at our house! https://bit.ly/KoalaEco.Be sure to join me on Instagram @lowtoxlife and tag me with your shares and AHAs of this week’s episode.

What a treat this Part-1 of microbiome explanation is with @kiranbiome this week on the podcast. We explore: Different types of bacteria and their various roles in the gut, including the importance of their balance and diversity to overall well-being and resilience. The gut/immune connectionThe importance of working on growing your window of tolerance of food variety and the potential downsides of narrowing your food mix too much and for too long.  How we get to a place where because we’re resilience-focused 80% of the time, the 20% isn’t make-or-break when it comes to choices/social ‘go with the flow’ moments. (As long as we don’t start putting everything in the 20% as @livealivehq reminded us last week!! 😘)It was so detailed and thorough that we invariably only made it through half of my wishlist topics, so I’ve invited Kiran back for Part 2, where we will explore “leakiness” in the skin, brain, gut, and more in August. Enjoy the show and tag me on Instagram with your AHAs or shares @lowtoxlife Thank you to this month’s show sponsor for helping you make your low tox swaps easier: @ausclimate gives you 10% off their range for the whole of 2024, with brilliant Winix Air Purifiers, the best Dehumidifiers I’ve ever used and their new energy-efficient heating range. code LOWTOXLIFE https://bit.ly/ShopAusclimate@biofirstofficial for giving AUS/USA/NZ 15% off site-wide with excellent shipping rates, too, on their often life-changing range of products for the skin including a personal favourite, the Ultra sensitive skin rescue lotion. CODE: LOWTOXLIFE at check out. https://bit.ly/3ydRS8TBe sure to join me on Instagram @lowtoxlife and tag me with your shares and AHAs of this week’s episode.

Immune support and health and tips and tricks to boost ourselves this time of year with changing seasons, is common and normal to be chatting about, and of course, often very helpful. BUT. I knew when I invited my dear friend and wise sage, Shalani McCray @livealivehq who is a naturopathic nutritionist, practitioner of many years, an EFT, MAPS and GAPS practitioner, an herbalist and an ordained interfaith minister… that we wouldn’t just be talking about garlic soaked socks and vitamin D capsules, but  about fundamental common sense inputs for being WELL and robust and having the vitality to withstand common lurgies for the most part in the first place. We talk about: DietsSunshineGriefThe Nervous SystemConnection to all thingsExploring therapeutic tools we don’t need to see someone forAnd more. Come, listen and be soothed by the simple things that count BIG, Alexx xThank you to this month’s show sponsors for helping you make your low tox swaps easier: @ausclimate continues giving 10% off their Winix Air Purifiers, Dehumidifiers and their new energy-efficient heating range at ausclimate.com.au. CODE: LOWTOXLIFE at checkout https://bit.ly/ShopAusclimate@biofirstofficial for giving AUS/USA/NZ 15% off site-wide with excellent shipping rates, too, on their often life-changing range of products for the skin including a personal favourite, the Ultra sensitive skin rescue lotion. CODE: LOWTOXLIFE at check out. Be sure to join me on Instagram @lowtoxlife and tag me with your shares and AHAs of this week’s episode.

This podcast is a big exploration of several important topics of our times (Das hates the word ‘conversation’ and shares why in the show) People feel jaded seeing injustices inflicted on people, from corporate to political to personal, without a sense of real accountability for actions taken and how that’s impacting everything from polarization to lack of success in environmental care and regeneration. The corporatisation of not-for-profits and climate change are feeding into many people’s scepticism that the policies and solutions being tabled will get us results. Wild Animals and Das’ book “Wild Quests” to help remind us what needs our attention and witness. Why “Donate $1 a day to save the Koala/Nature reserve/World” is not working. Living with our own contradictions - impossible to escape if we want to unite over what will make a difference. Das isn’t here to give people comfortable ‘off ramps’ and this was definitely a thought provoking hour exploring things we’re all often thinking about, also often despairing over the state of, and yet never moving forward and we aim to light a fire or remind us to find our overlaps and common ways to move forward. I hope you love it as much as I did, your host, AlexxThank you to this month’s show sponsor for helping you make your low tox swaps easier: @ausclimate continues giving 10% off their Winix Air Purifiers and Dehumidifiers at ausclimate.com.au. CODE: LOWTOXLIFE at checkout https://bit.ly/ShopAusclimate@Biofirst with 15% off sitewide for the entire month of June through to July 7 withg their award-winning skin support range. CODE: LOWTOXLIFE https://bit.ly/3ydRS8TBe sure to join me on Instagram @lowtoxlife and tag me with your shares and AHAs of this week’s episode.

How do you go putting your shoes and socks on while standing and not leaning against anything? How about 1-legged toothbrushing? Amidst the discussions on the finer points of VO2Max, perfecting your form with the bench press and focusing on protein prioritisation, Mobility and Stability too, deserve pride of place in your physical fitness but they’re not extra and exhausting ‘new to-dos’ for the list: Juliett and Kelly Starlett have got it down to 10 tests + 10 physical practices that create 10 ways to make your body work better, most of which you can incorporate into what you’re already doing - even while watching TV. Thank god, as I’m only part the way through the new Bridgerton series 😅It is such a joy to bring you this chat with Juliet, who was also a professional whitewater paddler, winning 3 World Championship and 5 national titles. Juliet is on a mission to help people MOVE more and what I love about her whole vibe is that we’re not being scared into it or shown something that feels 1000 steps away from where one might be today, but we’re invited through curiosity, play and being shown that progress = success. Get inspired with me and enjoy the show, AlexxConnect with Juliet on Instagram @julietstarrett and website: https://thereadystate.com/built-to-move Her insightful book Built to Move is now available on Booktopia: https://bit.ly/builttomove Thank you to this month’s show sponsor for helping you make your low tox swaps easier: @ausclimate continues giving 10% off their Winix Air Purifiers and Dehumidifiers at ausclimate.com.au. CODE: LOWTOXLIFE at checkout https://bit.ly/ShopAusclimate@Biofirst with 15% off sitewide for the entire month of June - welcome to your new podcast swaps offer for one of my favourite low tox brands when it comes to skin with challenges and how frustrating it can be. CODE: LOWTOXLIFE https://bit.ly/3ydRS8TBe sure to join me on Instagram @lowtoxlife and tag me with your shares and AHAs of this week’s episode.

Big tech poses a double issue regarding tech and kids and family concerns. No1. For Parents trying to learn practical skills about parenting and caring in the age of so much technology and now AI, we’re often very quickly scared to death: The algorithms favour sensationalist, fear-based marketing: the worst of the worst facts get preference over moderate, nuanced skill-building messaging and we tend to then act out of fear when communicating with our kids around tech, instead of curiosity, building trust, teaching boundaries and validating their interests with their safety in mind. No2. For Kids, the algorithms can serve sensational, sexual or violent content that they’re not ready for and don’t know how to deal with in a healthy way, often sometimes feeling shame or breeding secrecy over what they’ve discovered or private conversations they’ve been invited to. We need to figure out how to be better flashlights for their spotlight minds, and Dr Jocelyn Brewer is back on the podcast to help us take a deep breath and get really good at it. We cover:Gaming/Gaming styles and connection and community green/red flagsTech usage and how we talk about it with our kids (pro tip: WITH, not AT for starters!)Our fears around risk can create a win/lose battle where no one wins. Social media - we’re consuming a product, NOT the effort behind it. Kids don’t realise. DMs/Messaging and navigating communication and kids knowing how to deal with tough things friends go through (SO good!) Escalation - communication, content, sensationalism in algorithms. AI and the way forward with the pervasive amount of synthetic content now being generated and shared. Share it far and wide - I haven’t spoken to a single parent or teacher who hasn’t got concerns over some of these topics, and we need more practical skill building, not more fear and denial. Connect with Jocelyn on Instagram @digital_nutritionThank you to this month’s show sponsor for helping you make your low tox swaps easier: Ausclimate continues giving 10% off their Winix Air Purifiers and Dehumidifiers at ausclimate.com.au. CODE: LOWTOXLIFE at checkout https://bit.ly/ShopAusclimate Is it time to replenish your @weledaaustralia favourites or try affordable, high-performance low tox products for the first time? You're in luck as Weleda is giving Aussies 20% off site-wide with the code LOWTOXLIFE from April 29-June 3.  https://bit.ly/ShopWeledaBe sure to join me on Instagram @lowtoxlife and tag me with your shares and AHAs of this week’s episode.

There could be a million different reasons this hour might improve your life. You will have to listen and find out, but all I will say is don’t delay.  That we have Gay and Katie Hendricks, their separate and collaborative bodies of work and their books to share so much wisdom, makes me feel good about the world and I’m overjoyed to bring them to you in the show this week. We talk about all this and more: Creative Possibility - how to harness it and foster it. Conscious living - what it is in practice and how it doesn’t look ‘one way’ for all. The magic of appreciating and taking time to notice each other and our uniquenessKatie’s “Presence; connect; play” exerciseUpper Limit Problems - How to notice self-sabotage and whether you might secretly believe you don’t deserve to experience a great life. That health problem that keeps popping up? Could it be an upper limit problem of yours? I share an old one. Chronic pain and attention issues are often the symptoms, not the problem. Love and connection to get closer together with the people we love.Put simply: We explore many big things this week that will crack us open to be put back together even better, Kintsugi-style. A must listen. A gift to share it with people in your life as is all the work Gay and Katie have done. I cannot wait to hear what you got from this week’s show, Alexx xConnect with Gay & Katie on the following platforms:Websites —hendricks.com and foundationforconsciousliving.org Instagram — @bigleaphome and @hendricks.gay    Thank you to this month’s show sponsor for helping you make your low tox swaps easier: Ausclimate continues giving 10% off their Winix Air Purifiers and Dehumidifiers at ausclimate.com.au. CODE: LOWTOXLIFE at checkout https://bit.ly/ShopAusclimate Is it time to replenish your @weledaaustralia favourites or try affordable, high-performance low tox products for the first time? You're in luck as Weleda is giving Aussies 20% off site-wide with the code LOWTOXLIFE from April 29-June 3.  https://bit.ly/ShopWeledaBe sure to join me on Instagram @lowtoxlife and tag me with your shares and AHAs of this week’s episode.

We have more specialists than ever before, yet we are sicker than ever before. That’s why I am thrilled to bring you this week’s show, because it’s a story of two practitioners. This is a treat if you are a parent and: You’re struggling to pinpoint what your child’s breathing, behavioural, focus, congestion, crooked teeth or headache issues are stemming from when you’ve tried lots of things.You think there might be a link between an ‘event’ and your child’s current issues (a fall, a trauma, a bone break…)You want the money you spend on your child’s teeth (it’s a LOT these days!) to actually amount to solutions and lasting results. You crave a new paradigm where we move away from the world where we’re sicker than ever, we have more specialists than ever, and you hate the merry-go-round you’ve been on with your kid, spending lots with few resultsYou love big-picture thinking when it comes to healthYou want to have more empowered conversations about your child’s health with your primary care doctor or dentist and be better versed in issues that could be at play. Share it far and wide with parents you know, and I’ll also say, super useful for adults who’ve had long-term musculoskeletal or dental/jaw structure issues to look at the bigger picture for yourself, too. - Enjoy the show, Alexx xCole Clayton and Jalal Khan started The Quantum Kid after a mutual friend insisted they meet or she would force them! Within 6 months their business is achieving goals they set for 2-3 years. After combined 30 years of focused effort The Quantum Kid was an overnight success. Cole and Jalal set about to create a formula unique in healthcare, an approach to helping kids thrive that involves both practitioners working together in the same room to ensure the structures of the face, jaws and skull are ideally aligned. Connect with Cole and Jalal on the following platforms;Websites — https://www.thequantumkid.com.au/  and https://www.k2calibre.com/ Instagram — @the.quantum.kid @k2calibre @coleclaytonosteopathThank you to this month’s show sponsor for helping you make your low tox swaps easier: Ausclimate continues giving 10% off their Winix Air Purifiers and Dehumidifiers at ausclimate.com.au. CODE: LOWTOXLIFE at checkout https://bit.ly/ShopAusclimate Is it time to replenish your @weledaaustralia favourites or try affordable, high-performance low tox products for the first time? You're in luck as Weleda is giving Aussies 20% off site-wide with the code LOWTOXLIFE from April 29-June 3.  https://bit.ly/ShopWeledaBe sure to join me on Instagram @lowtoxlife and tag me with your shares and AHAs of this week’s episode.