Shiny Healthy You

Meet Rachel Favilla – when she was just 11 years old, her world was slowly turned upside down. At first, her generalised anxiety and minor digestive issues were dismissed as being “normal.” Severe weight loss then led to accusations of an eating disorder. Tests for coeliac disease proved to be negative. She was forced to Listen In The post SHY 27: Rachel Favilla – From autoimmune disease to thriving with wholefoods appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

Meet Samantha Gowing – a critically acclaimed spa chef with a Le Cordon Bleu Masters in Gastronomic Tourism. She’s also a nutritionist, speaker, mentor, and founder of Byron Bay Cooking School. As one of Melbourne’s youngest ever female publicans, Sam started out life around the rock n’ roll and live music scene – not the Listen In The post SHY 26: Samantha Gowing – Real, raw and rockin’ it in the wellness world appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

After seeing countless chronic fatigue patients, plus a harrowing personal experience with repeated miscarriages, she became fascinated with a common link: mould. Nicole now specialises in health hazards in the built up environment, including mould, allergens, water and electromagnetic radiation, to name a few. In this episode, you will discover: The risk factors for developing Listen In The post SHY 25: Nicole Bijlsma – Healthy Home Expert appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

Meet Brenda Janschek – a mum who’s come back from the brink of burnout to create a happy, healthy, wholefood-loving family. If you’re a busy woman, listen up, because in this podcast we’re going to give you strategies for nourishing your family, nurturing yourself, and raising healthy kids. Discover how Brenda learned to cook (no Listen In The post SHY 24: Brenda Janschek – Break through to a healthier YOU appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

Meet Leanne Anders, aka the Primal Mum. After one of her children was diagnosed with a genetic disorder that needed to be managed through diet, she became very aware of the synthetic nature of a lot of the food and supplements we eat, and the scarcity of nutrients in many of our common foods like Listen In The post SHY 23: Leanne Anders (aka The Primal Mum) – Living a healthy primal life appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

Meet Kristin Cosgrove, aka Mamacino. Growing up surrounded by fresh produce, she always loved good food, but didn’t necessarily know how to cook it. Gradually, she found connection and inspiration through her Italian heritage (with a little help from Jamie Oliver thrown in!) and the rest is history. Now she’s made a career out of Listen In The post SHY 22: Kristin Cosgrove (aka Mamacino) – On delicious food, Italian culture, and raising healthy kids appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

Meet my beautiful friend Chara Caruthers. If you’ve done my Shiny Healthy You eCourse or been to one of my retreats, you may recognise her as the instructor from the yoga classes. But as well as being a yoga teacher and yoga therapist, Chara is also an Ayurvedic practitioner. In this episode, Chara answers some Listen In The post SHY 21: Chara Caruthers from Bliss Body and Soul – What is Ayurveda? appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

This week’s guest is a nutritionist, author, passionate speaker and now filmmaker, with her recent documentary “What’s with Wheat” going totally gangbusters. Cyndi O’Meara has done the hard yards, collating the research, studying the effects that pesticides and chemicals have on our bodies… and it’s time to reveal the dirty truth. She is on a mission to Listen In The post SHY 20: Cyndi O’Meara – What’s with wheat? Why we need to ditch chemicals in food appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

This week we take a little break from our usual Shiny Healthy You interviews and instead have a chat about adrenal fatigue. In this episode you’re going to discover: What is adrenal fatigue, and how it happens. The 4 stages of Adrenal Fatigue. The essential combination of tools you need to become healthy again. Which Listen In The post SHY 19: Adrenal Fatigue with Jules Galloway appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

This week I chat with one of my favourite naturopaths, the effervescent and often irreverent Alisha Lynch. Alisha has been a naturopath for many years and now has a business that’s ALL about flower essences. And she’s got quite the cult following of happy mums who use her products on the entire family. Alisha takes Listen In The post SHY 18: Alisha Lynch aka The Naughty Naturopath Mum – Self care and energy medicine for busy, stressed-out women appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

Meet Cinzia Cozzolino, aka Nutrition Darling – a qualified nutritionist and healthy food entrepreneur. Growing up in an Italian family, she has real food and home-style cooking etched into her DNA. But after living the rock n’ roll lifestyle for many years, Cinzia had an awakening when it came to her health. She did a Listen In The post SHY 17: Cinzia Cozzolino (aka Nutrition Darling) – The smoothie goddess with a real food philosophy appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

This week I chat with one of the trailblazers in the health blogging world – Alice Nicholls from The Whole Daily. Although she’s a beacon of light in the wellness industry, she wasn’t always this healthy and happy. She’s battled some pretty dark demons, but has come out the other side stronger, focused and determined Listen In The post SHY 16: Alice Nicholls (The Whole Daily) – On stress, addiction, and our mind-body connection appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

Meet Guy Lawrence. He owns a biz called 180 Nutrition, which makes great quality supplements for the fitness industry. Coming from a world where low calorie and low fat philosophies reigned supreme, he sought out his own truth very early on, using approaches that were considered “outside the box.” Listen to his story of a Listen In The post SHY 15: Guy Lawrence (180 Nutrition) – on dieting, weight loss, and what’s wrong with the fitness industry appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

Meet Linda Ellis (aka Lunch Lady Lou) – she is singlehandedly attempting to change the way that office workers do lunch in Sydney. Although she grew up in a household that cooked meals from scratch, she didn’t develop an interest in food until much later. After a stint working in a busy office, she discovered Listen In The post SHY 14: Lunch Lady Lou – Bringing healthy food to busy city women appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

Meet Rebecca (Bex) Weller, health coach, author, and creator of Sexy Sobriety, a program that helps women to reduce their alcohol intake. Bex is a beacon of health and happiness these days, but it wasn’t always this way. From the days of her corporate “work hard, play harder” lifestyle, to turning vegan and giving up Listen In The post SHY 13: Rebecca Weller – A Happier Hour appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

Meet Damian Kristof – chiropractor, naturopath, podcaster and multi-passionate wellness entrepreneur. This bloke has spent years immersing himself in research and cutting edge studies, leaving no stone unturned, and this week I’m stoked to be picking his brain about natural health and wellness. In this episode we discuss the difference between disease and dis-ease and Listen In The post SHY 12: Damian Kristof – On chiropractic care and the problem with our medical system appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

Brace yourself for 45 minutes of Excessive Happiness. Meet Emma and Carla Papas – health and happiness bloggers, wholefood recipe developers, talented podcasters and real life sisters. Listen to their story as they take you from low calorie and low fat living (and the disastrous health consequences) to eating a vibrant, abundant diet FULL of Listen In The post SHY 11: The Merrymaker Sisters – Secrets to epic health and happiness appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

Meet Marcus Pearce – he wants you to experience what it’s like to have a truly exceptional life. He is all about educating and empowering you to make your own call on what’s healthy and right for you, rather that just going with status quo or with what the media says is good. This bloke Listen In The post SHY 10: Marcus Pearce – Your exceptional life starts here appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

This week I chat with one of my food heroes, the wonderful Jo Whitton from Quirky Cooking. Listen as she tells her son Isaac’s heartbreaking story. Discover how he went from debilitating OCD and anxiety to his recovery via the GAPS diet and gut healing. Find out how they proved the doctors wrong. Jo takes Listen In The post SHY 9- Quirky Jo Whitton – On GAPS, gut healing, and getting started appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

Welcome to another “Ask the Naturopath” show where I answer your burning health and wellness questions! This week we feature: Pyrrole disorder – I share my own experiences and give practical steps if you’ve been diagnosed with pyroluria. How to tackle adrenal fatigue, and the best herbs and supplements to look out for. And a Listen In The post SHY 8: Ask The Naturopath appeared first on The Wellness Couch.