Low Tox Life

This podcast discusses domestic violence. Sit this one out if you need to Many of us are enraged, shocked, and paralysed by the unfolding information from the JE files. Many of us are also dismayed at the continuing epidemic of domestic violence and murder-by-partner. What do we do? How can we help change things? We can learn how to be an ally in our own communities and circles better. Outrage and sadness must be used as springboards for action, I truly believe it. I’m joined by counsellor and author Patricia Gordon Stevens to talk about domestic and partner violence — a subject too often minimised, despite affecting 25% of women in some of the world’s wealthiest countries. We explore why silence and discomfort only deepen the harm, and why education, community, and care matter so deeply.In this conversation, we cover:Why the moment a woman chooses to leave is often the most dangerous timeHow coercive control can appear long before physical violence doesThe subtle red flags friends, families, and colleagues can look forHow to ask caring, non-judgmental questions that keep the connection openWhy Patricia chose fiction (Madness in Memphis) to build empathy that leads to actionThe role men can play in calling out harmful behaviour and changing culture locallyThis episode is confronting, but it’s also hopeful. Change doesn’t start with grand gestures — it starts with noticing, staying connected, and showing up for the women in our lives.I hope you find it useful and helpful as I did, Alexx, your host. Fancy a few more podcasts we’ve done over the years, related to this one?Show #137: Dr Sherrie Campbell on cutting ties with toxic family membersShow #359 Dr Karin Luise – Writing New Personal Stories and Learning to Tune InSupport is availableIf this article has raised concerns for you or someone you know, help is available.1800 RESPECT (1800 737 732) – Australia’s national domestic, family and sexual violence counselling, information and support service. Available 24/7 via phone or online chat.Lifeline (13 11 14) – 24/7 crisis support and suicide prevention.Beyond Blue (1300 22 4636) – Support for anxiety, depression and mental health concerns.Relationships Australia (1300 364 277) – Counselling and relationship support services.Men’s Referral Service (1300 766 491) – Support for men concerned about their behaviour or affected by family violence.Kids Helpline (1800 551 800) – 24/7 counselling support for young people aged 5–25.If you are in immediate danger, call 000.You can also find local support services via www.1800respect.org.auWant to learn more about this week’s guest? Website: www.patriciagordonstevens.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/patriciagordonstevensauthor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/patriciagordonstevensauthor Book: https://bit.ly/4aJE0Ve Thank you to this month’s show partners for joining us to help you make your low tox swaps! @ediblebeautyau is here with 30% off site-wide! My top reco’s? The Super Stem Cell concentrate serum, Exotic goddess serum, Enzyme peel or microexfoliant for some healthy skin regeneration! Or the new up-sized sunscreen in 200g to carry you the rest of summer. Enjoy! CODE: LOWTOXLIFE. @ausclimate is our major partner giving you 10% off their range for the whole of 2026, with brilliant Winix Air Purifiers, the best Dehumidifiers I’ve ever used and their new energy-efficient heating, air-circulating and cooling range. code LOWTOXLIFE (also works over and above their sales - pro tip!) https://bit.ly/ShopAusclimateBe sure to join me on Instagram @lowtoxlife and tag me with your shares and AHAs if something resonated! I love to see your thoughts, genuinely!  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

If you want more brain space and less pressure in your day, this Low Tox Life episode is for you.I am joined by author Jodi Wilson, who wrote her new book “A Brain That Breathes” after years of writing, parenting, and pushing through burnout. Jodi noticed something big - modern life asks too much from our brains. We are always reachable, always scrolling, and always deciding. No wonder we feel foggy, edgy, and done.Jodi shares a powerful idea: we do not always need more tools or more “self-care and it definitely does not need to ‘cost us more’ to practise it.” We often need subtraction. She calls it breathing space - small moments of downtime that help your nervous system settle and help your brain declutter.You will hear about “soft fascination,” a science-backed reset that happens when your attention is gently held by simple things - a walk without headphones, the ocean, trees, clouds, shower water, or bubbles in the sink. In these moments, your brain gets space to sort thoughts, ease stress, and untangle stuck ideas. Jodi also shares easy ways to protect your mornings, create a calmer evening routine, and use a deep sigh as a fast reset.This is not about fixing yourself. It is about coming home to what you need today - and choosing what is enough.I hope you love it as much as I love that this is out in the world for you, Alexx Stuart, your host xFancy a few more podcasts we’ve done over the years, related to this one?Show #367 Burn Out and Powering Life Differently with Dr Neha SangwanShow #390 Somatics: How to Make your Journey Real and True with Irene Lyon, MSc.Show #405 It’s not you, it’s your nervous system: How to tell the difference with Jessica MaguireShow #464. Too busy or scared to feel everything? Dr Jenn Rapkin explains the health benefits we’re missing and how to reconnect.Want to learn more about this week’s guest? Website: Practisingsimplicity.substack.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/practisingsimplicity Book: https://bit.ly/4r7j4fU Thank you to this month’s show partners for joining us to help you make your low tox swaps! @jules_stonesoup has been teaching people to cook joyfully and with foods that cultivate health and vitality for over 15 years. Head to bit.ly/joyfulcook20 and use code LOWTOXLIFE to do Jules’ next program at 20% off + 2 friends do it free! 20mins a week, 6 months, for less overwhelm, waste and cost, and increased vitality, variety and deliciousness. Sold!@ediblebeautyau is here with 30% off site-wide! My top reco’s? The Super Stem Cell concentrate serum, Exotic goddess serum, Enzyme peel or microexfoliant for some healthy skin regeneration! Or the new up-sized sunscreen in 200g to carry you the rest of summer. Enjoy! CODE: LOWTOXLIFE.  https://bit.ly/Edible_Beauty@ausclimate is our major partner giving you 10% off their range for the whole of 2026, with brilliant Winix Air Purifiers, the best Dehumidifiers I’ve ever used and their new energy-efficient heating, air-circulating and cooling range. code LOWTOXLIFE (also works over and above their sales - pro tip!) https://bit.ly/ShopAusclimateBe sure to join me on Instagram @lowtoxlife and tag me with your shares and AHAs if something resonated! I love to see your thoughts, genuinely!  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, I welcome one of the most respected voices in regenerative agriculture: Nicole Masters. She’s an agroecologist, educator, systems thinker, and author of For the Love of Soil - one of the best books I read while researching my second book FOOD. With over 25 years of hands-on experience across North America, Australasia and globally, Nicole helps farmers, land stewards and businesses rebuild ecosystems from the ground up - literally.My favourite aspect of Nicole’s genius, is her dot connection and analogies that can engage anyone from anywhere to care deeply for soil and understand why soil health is not just an agricultural concern but a planetary and human-health imperative - there’s no confusion: We must come together, and we must act now to turn the health of soil around to be able to turn our health around, too. We explore what’s happening beneath our feet: the microbial networks, chemical dialogues and nutrient pathways that determine the resilience of entire landscapes, food systems, and ultimately our own bodies.Despite the weight of global environmental challenges, Nicole leaves us with a grounded sense of possibility. Her work demonstrates that nature is astonishingly responsive when we create the conditions for recovery - and that regeneration often begins with surprisingly small, accessible shifts.Whether you’re a farmer, a gardener, a policy-maker or simply someone who eats food and wants a livable planet, this episode offers inspiration, tangible insights, and a renewed sense of agency in a time when many feel helpless.Enjoy the show, Alexx Stuart, Your Host.Fancy a few more podcasts we’ve done over the years, related to this one?Show #109: Joel Salatin on food, soil and regenerative effects of working with nature’s systemsShow #416 Tammi Jonas PhD: Designing a Food System for All — Culturally Relevant, Nutritious, and ecologically soundShow #280 – Holistic Healing of People and Planet with Biodynamics Farmer, David McFallShow #136: Charlie Arnott on Regenerative & Biodynamic AgricultureShow #417 From Farm to Eater: Let’s focus on what and who is making a difference when trying to change the food system.And more…Want to learn more about this week’s guest?Website: www.integritysoils.com/coachesInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/Integrity_soilsLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolemasters1Nicole’s book: https://bit.ly/487Z4DbThank you to this month’s show partners for joining us to help you make your low tox swaps! @WatersCoFilters take everything you don’t want OUT, put precious trace minerals back IN and give you a clean water solution for any situation and budget - drinking & shower. 15% of site wide Nov 1-Dec 15. Code LOWTOX15% or use the auto-applied discount link: https://bit.ly/watersco_autocode@ausclimate is our major partner giving you 10% off their range for the whole of 2025, with brilliant Winix Air Purifiers, the best Dehumidifiers I’ve ever used and their new energy-efficient heating, air-circulating and cooling range. code LOWTOXLIFE (also works over and above their sales - pro tip!) https://bit.ly/ShopAusclimateBe sure to join me on Instagram @lowtoxlife and tag me with your shares and AHAs if something resonated! I love to see your thoughts, genuinely! Want to support the Low Tox Life podcast? Free option: Leave a 5 star review wherever you listen to Low Tox Life - thanks SO much! Paid + Member PERKS: Join the Low Tox Club - monthly practitioner live masterclasses, a suite of low tox store discounts from around the world and the most supportive and lovely chat group on all low tox topics on the internet: Check it out and join here for just the price of a coffee per month!  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

You have to see it to be it, right? Well for the better world we want and more prosperous, healthy communities we want to be, this week gives you exactly that sense of optimism that it’s possible to build. “Serenbe” just outside of Atlanta, Georgia, was an idea that instead of ‘urban sprawl’ with endless streets of concrete, houses and lawns, towns could be built to preserve 70% agriculture/green spaces while also bringing in the best of what connected us to each other in cities, through healthy commerce, arts, sports and education. I first brought Steve Nygren’s Serenbe story to the Show #143 7 years ago - a very worthwhile listen for the full backstory of how it came to be. Now, 20+ years on, Steve is on a legacy mission to ensure people feel that change is possible if you do this one thing: START IN YOUR OWN BACKYARD. He speaks and consults globally on healthy land development for people and planet, and now has a book in hand to inspire millions.  Steve helps people model beneficial ways to both preserve and develop land by focusing on the 12 Biophilic Development Principles that are implemented in the Serenbe community.If you find yourself often consumed and feeling hopeless by what’s going on ‘out there,’ come spend an hour with us to focus on your power, your agency and your influence right where you are. I hope you’re as inspired by Steve’s message as I have been since coming across his story. Alexx xFancy a few more podcasts we’ve done over the years, related to this one?- Show #146: Utopian community of Serenbe with Steve Nygren- Show #193 – Teresa Coady on Rebuilding Earth: Designing Eco Conscious Habitats for HumansWant to learn more about this week’s guest?Website: https://stevenygren.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/stevenygren/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevenygren/Steve’s new book: https://bit.ly/4lqfry5Thank you to this month’s show partners for joining us to help you make your low tox swaps! @WatersCoFilters take everything you don’t want OUT, put precious trace minerals back IN and give you a clean water solution for any situation and budget - drinking & shower. 15% of site wide Nov 1-Dec 15. Code LOWTOX15% or use the auto-applied discount link in bio. @ausclimate is our major partner giving you 10% off their range for the whole of 2025, with brilliant Winix Air Purifiers, the best Dehumidifiers I’ve ever used and their new energy-efficient heating, air-circulating and cooling range. code LOWTOXLIFE (also works over and above their sales - pro tip!) https://bit.ly/ShopAusclimateBe sure to join me on Instagram @lowtoxlife and tag me with your shares and AHAs if something resonated! I love to see your thoughts, genuinely!  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Men, and those who love them, listen up! The stats show us that men’s concern for their health tends to be a case of “I’m fine… I’m invincible… crisis…ok I guess something has to change”. But what if we could focus on the most important things to have a prevention strategy in place? Gerald Quigley is back on the show, with a 40+ year career as both a pharmacist and master herbalist, to help men feel clear on what matters in a prevent strategy including: What you need to test and how oftenWhat lifestyle levers tend to be the most important onesHow to understand results and what to do about themWhat issues tend to overwhelm or worry men to the point of avoidanceHow to worry less I hope you find it useful and share with the men in your life! Gerald has a wonderful easy going approach to empowering people into action rather than scaring us into paralysis. Alexx StuartYour Host & Founder of Low Tox LifeWant to learn more about this week’s guest? Website: houseofwellness.com.au Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/therealgeraldquigley Thank you to this month’s show partners for joining us to help you make your low tox swaps! @WatersCoFilters take everything you don’t want OUT, put precious trace minerals back IN and give you a clean water solution for any situation and budget - drinking & shower. 15% of site wide Nov 1-Dec 15. Code LOWTOX15% or use the auto-applied discount link - https://bit.ly/watersco_autocode@ausclimate is our major partner giving you 10% off their range for the whole of 2025, with brilliant Winix Air Purifiers, the best Dehumidifiers I’ve ever used and their new energy-efficient heating, air-circulating and cooling range. code LOWTOXLIFE (also works over and above their sales - pro tip!) https://bit.ly/ShopAusclimateBe sure to join me on Instagram @lowtoxlife and tag me with your shares and AHAs if something resonated! I love to see your thoughts, genuinely! Want to support the Low Tox Life podcast? Free option: Leave a 5 star review wherever you listen to Low Tox Life - thanks SO much! Paid + Member PERKS: Join the Low Tox Club - monthly practitioner live masterclasses, a suite of low tox store discounts from around the world and the most supportive and lovely chat group on all low tox topics on the internet: Check it out and join here for just the price of a coffee per month!  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Does everything hurt and you feel like you’re in a ‘down hill from here’ phase of life? Nope. You need this week’s show if those thoughts have been creeping in!Enter Dr Jocelyn Wittstein, M.D., an associate professor of orthopaedic surgery at Duke University School of Medicine. She has been in practice since 2010 and is fellowship trained in sports medicine. She’s a clinician researcher with NIH funded research in ACL injury, sex differences in ACL injury, and cartilage health and she also studies the intersection of women's health and musculoskeletal health. I grilled her for as much as we could get through in an hour for us. We unpack: 🦴 The big players behind musculoskeletal pain and degeneration 💥 How to prevent issues before they start - osteoperosis & arthritis are NOT inevitable 💫 How to heal and rebuild when things go wrongShe’s one of the key voices revealing the estrogen–frozen shoulder connection and pioneering better musculoskeletal care for women through sports, midlife and beyond.It’s one hour that could change how you move — and how you age.Tune in and share it with every woman and girl you know so we can change the story! 🎧Enjoy the show, Alexx Stuart, your host. Want to learn more about this week’s guest? Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jocelyn_wittstein_md Their book: https://bit.ly/423u43M Thank you to this month’s show partners for joining us to help you make your low tox swaps! 15% off site-wide @blockbluelight_official with code LOWTOXLIFE to help you with your lighting, sleep, health and skin goals enhanced by the RIGHT light - If you haven’t tried a blue-light free evening, I genuinely recommend that you do. Enjoy this INTERNATIONAL offer. https://bit.ly/4cRGf6d @ausclimate is our major partner giving you 10% off their range for the whole of 2025, with brilliant Winix Air Purifiers, the best Dehumidifiers I’ve ever used and their new energy-efficient heating, air-circulating and cooling range. code LOWTOXLIFE (also works over and above their sales - pro tip!) https://bit.ly/ShopAusclimateBe sure to join me on Instagram @lowtoxlife and tag me with your shares and AHAs if something resonated! I love to see your thoughts, genuinely! Want to support the Low Tox Life podcast? Free option: Leave a 5 star review wherever you listen to Low Tox Life - thanks SO much! Paid + Member PERKS: Join the Low Tox Club - monthly practitioner live masterclasses, a suite of low tox store discounts from around the world and the most supportive and lovely chat group on all low tox topics on the internet: Check it out and join here for just the price of a coffee per month!  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Marianne Williamson has been a force for good for decades. The author of 16 books, 4 of which are New York Times best sellers, running for President, twice, thousands of events and countless free lives and blogs almost daily for her global audience… She has also been a grass roots activist, from facilitating nearly 20 million meal services for palliative care patients and their families across LA, she co-founded The Peace Alliance in 2004, supporting the creation of a U.S. Departmentof Peace, and hosted The Sister Giant Conferences that introduced thousands ofwomen to ways they could participate more effectively in the political process.Marianne asks of us to assess our spiritual fitness for these times. Mean spiritedness and outragePolarisationOthering and dehumanisingIdeology and dogma over spirituality and common overlapsEnvironmental degradationHuman rights erosionBig tech power and privacy encroachment in our daily livesA sense there’s nothing that can be doneIf you’re living in 2025, it’s a lot. And so, what can we do? This show is to help inspire us to pick things and DO them. I hope you find it useful and inspiring in your own life. Alexx Stuart, Your HostWant to learn more about Marianne Williamson? Book a ticket for her upcoming Australian tour here: https://bit.ly/MarianneAUSTOURWebsite: https://marianne.com/ Instagram or LinkedIn: https://www.instagram.com/MarianneWilliamson Substack: MarianneWilliamson.Substack.com Thank you to this month’s show partners for joining us to help you make your low tox swaps! 15% off site-wide @blockbluelight_official with code LOWTOXLIFE to help you with your lighting, sleep, health and skin goals enhanced by the RIGHT light - If you haven’t tried a blue-light free evening, I genuinely recommend that you do. Enjoy this INTERNATIONAL offer. https://bit.ly/4cRGf6d @ausclimate is our major partner giving you 10% off their range for the whole of 2025, with brilliant Winix Air Purifiers, the best Dehumidifiers I’ve ever used and their new energy-efficient heating, air-circulating and cooling range. code LOWTOXLIFE (also works over and above their sales - pro tip!) https://bit.ly/ShopAusclimateBe sure to join me on Instagram @lowtoxlife and tag me with your shares - I love to see what you’re loving from the shows!  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.