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SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder) Feeling the Winter Blues....Check out if you have SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder)..For those of you that do get SAD, you'll be happy to know that we have nearly arrived at the Winter Solstice, June 21st. (shortest daylight day of the year in our Southern Hemisphere. From then on - every day lengthens by 1 minute of extra light until Dec 21. Some individuals become more depressed during the colder, winter months - understandably the days are darker and light - shorter. Women are more likely to suffer from SAD than men and it can affect their social interactions as well as enjoyment of life. It is not disabling though it affects normal functioning where one can experience anxiety, loss of energy, reduced sex drive, sleep too much amongst other symptoms. If this is you, you may want to tune in tonight with our Live Radio episode #126, Seasonal Affective Disorder
John Bernard & Melissa Will from Redcat Academy, BJJ
Self Defence Tactics and Personal Safety
One in three women may suffer from abuse and violence in her lifetime. This is an appalling human rights violation, yet it remains one of the invisible and under-recognised pandemics of our time.
We will cover some simple strategies that every woman, and man, should know and use to stay safer.
The best self-defense strategies and techniques work equally well for men and women, but let’s face it:
Women really need them because they’re assaulted more often than men. Statistics indicate that one in three women will be the victim of some type of violent attack in her lifetime. Women also endure more incidents of verbal and sexual harassment. Although most women’s self-defense courses focus on skills for quickly and efficiently destroying an attacker, self-defense training also should include methods for preventing a confrontation from turning physical in the first place.
Learning how to steer away from a threat may not sound as exciting as ripping out an attacker’s heart, but as they say in every beginner’s class, evading an attack is almost always superior to blocking an attack.
By learning the basics of defending yourself, you also empower yourself and increase your self-confidence. A confident person very rarely becomes a victim and your chances of surviving an attack will increase drastically.
And who better to learn martial arts from or personal safety tactics from than the Professional himself, John Bernard Will- Australia's first BJJ Black Belt, 6th degree Machado Jiu Jitsu, coach at Geelong's #1 Jiu Jitsu academy- REDCAT who teaches and devises tactical plans and workshops for such greats as the Machado Brothers, Chuck Norris etc
Melissa has a host of accolades herself but is so humble she doesn't even verse a bio. Personally I can tell you through our conversations with one of my favourite people that she has a history of being an amazing athlete in calisthenics, swimming, 35 years with BJJ giving her accolades as Australia's best BJJ female amongst her world titles.
She needs no introduction this Goddess of the Feminine, an International starPERUQUOISWe'll dive into her music, the feminine embodiment, how vocal yoga music and sound is healing beyond this world. ABOUT:Pouring silence into sound her voice has a power to stop time and open the floodgates of the mystery.She is a composer and lyricist expressing the passionate journey of being fully human, longing for the source of love, for total awakening.Originally jazz trained, later integrating native american, indian classical, middle eastern and electronic flavors to her ‘ear watering’ blend. Being constantly branded as «Voice of the Sacred Feminine», «Voice of the Mother Earth» Peruquois’ expresses the very feminine soul of sound.Touring the globe since 1997 she is a light shining the way home. Peruquois is the creator of such deep practices as «Vocal Yoga», «Vocal Tantra» and «Emotional Cleansing» that became a foundation for her potent workshops.
MTHFR - Would you like to better understand and control how your genetic makeup and how it influences your well-being?What if you could improve your health by knowing if you have an MTHFR gene mutation? MTHFR is a gene encoding for Methylene-TetraHydroFolate Reductase (MTHFR). MTHFR is an enzyme found within the human body. Playing a vital role in how the body uses folate (vitamin B9). It converts the folate you eat, into folate your body can use (Folate → 5-methyltetrahydrofolate). The MTHFR gene has the information needed to make this important enzyme.Have you experienced miscarriages with no explanation?Are you susceptible to depression and anxiety with no relief or founding cause? Do you have chronic illness that never seems to improve?This may be the show to listen to. We're chatting with MTHFR AUST Expert, Carolyn Ledowsky about MTHFR, genetic issues, anxiety, depression, infertility and more. You just might finally find your answers to improve your health. About Carolyn Ledowsky: Carolyn Ledowsky is the founder of MTHFR Support Australia. She is a Naturopath, Nutritionist and Herbalist who has a Bachelor of Health in Herbal Medicine, Naturopathy, Advanced Diploma of Naturopathy, Diploma of Nutrition and Bachelor of Economics from Sydney University. She has also studied courses in Genetics at Duke University (Genetics and Evolution) and The University of Maryland (Genes and the Human Condition) - from behaviour to biotechnology).She is currently completing a Bachelor of Health Science (Naturopathy) Honors. Carolyn now sees chronically ill patients from all over the world, who have searched, sometimes for decades, to find the reason behind their ill health. Her strenghth lies in her ability to reveal layers of dysfunction and not give up until results are seen. Most of her patients have MTHFR mutations and/or associated methylation disturbances. Her mission is to make sure that every couple knows that miscarriages are often due to low folate due to MTHFR deficiiency. So too anxiety and depression can be hugely improved without drugs by tweaking biochemistryncaused by eithergenetic susceptibility and addressing environmental factors that afflict these genes. Carolyn's practice specialises in genetic susceptibility and how this contributes to biochemical dysfunction and chronic health conditions. Join us as we chat with Carolyn about MTHFR, genetics, mutations, chronic disease, infertility issues - with presentation of her latest PHD research on infertility and viruses.
ABOUT:Professor Ian Brighthope:A retired Medical Practitioner who graduated over 40 years ago with a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery. He also has qualifications and experience in agricultural science and research. He originally specialised in Immunology but decided early in his career to focus on nutrition, nutritional, environmental medicine and herbal medicine as he understood they were the building blocks and keystones to health. Professor Brighthope is the founding president of Australasian College of Nutritional and Environmental Medicine (ACNEM) and has a lifelong ambition to help change the way medicine and healthcare is practised for the benefit of the public.Professor Brighthope has published extensively for the general public and has appeared regularly in the media as an advocate of nutritional and environmental health. He is the author of 5 books and many scientific and medial lectures and reviews. His books have been endorsed by many luminaries, most notably the late Linus Pauling, the only person to have ever been awarded two unshared Nobel Prizes.“Research from around the world is showing that vitamin D can play an essential role in both building immunity to the virus in the first place and also reducing the impact of the disease on those who do fall ill,” Prof Brighthope said.
Professor Marc Cohen aka Dr Marc Cohen About:Professor Marc Cohen MBBS (Hons), PhD (TCM), PhD (Elec Eng), BMed Sci (Hons), FAMAC, FICAE Professor Marc Cohen (aka Dr Marc) is a medical doctor, university professor and wellness trailblazer who has spent more than 30 years practicing and researching holistic health. He is a Founding Board Member of the Global Wellness Summit, Founder of the Extreme Wellness Institute and Co-Founder of the Bathe the World Foundation. Prof Cohen has degrees in western medicine, physiology and psychological medicine and PhDs in Chinese medicine and electrical and computer systems engineering and his research interests include all aspects of wellness such as health retreats, detoxification, bathing, water quality, saunas, hot springs, yoga, meditation, acupuncture, nutrition, herbal medicine, fermentation, elite athletic performance and flow states. He has published more than 100 peer-reviewed scientific papers and many books and technical texts on wellness and natural medicine. He is co-editor and a main contributor for the first academic book on ‘Understanding the Global Spa Industry’, co-author of the landmark text Herbs and Natural Supplements: An Evidence-Based Guide, which is currently in its 4th Edition and author of the illustrated children’s book “The Beautiful Mare and the Boy Who Gave Thanks“, which is available in 14 languages. Pandemic Survival Guide:This guide is a condensed version of my life's work and is packed with powerful, highly condensed information to help you remain strong, resilient and extremely well. Most of the products and techniques described in this guide do not require medical prescription or supervision. They simply require practical common sense and can be included in a healthy lifestyle with very little cost, training or equipment. The Pandemic Survival Guide outlines: Basic ways to improve wellbeing, support immunity and prevent viral illness. Biohacks to use as emotional first aid so you can relax on demand How to upgrade your water and reduce toxicity with or without a filter. Common sense guide to healthy eating to maximise nutrition and minimise toxicity How to brew probiotic health tonics to boost gut health and immunity How to use body temperature and safely build resilience and enhance immunity How to identify home health hazards and simple practical solutions to reduce them Daily routines to create a wellness culture that will infect you with good health. Over-the-counter nutrients and herbs to help treat and prevent viral infections and spike protein disease. Simple ways to reduce anxiety and boost immunity with very little cost, training or equipment.* How to access the inner-well of your being and become fearless, resilient and extremely well.
SOUL MASTERY
In conversation with Vanessa Lougoon, Soul Mastery Mentor, navigating individuals to unlock their quantum potential and navigate life as a spiritually conscious person.
Some topics of conversation:
How to escape the matrix through Soul Mastery.
Basic metaphysics of why we are in so much conflict and chaos.
The metaphysics of how soul mastery collapses the matrix.
The reality of expanding consciousess and what it means to live as an awakened soul.
ABOUT VANESSA LOUGOON:
Soul Mastery Mentor
Helping individuals Unlock their Quantum Potential through Soul Mastery and navigate life as a spiritually conscious person that is grounded, liberating and expansive.
HARMONIOUS MARRIAGEWe are lucky enough to have the brilliant relationship and mental health expert on our show amongst her very busy TV and media schedule - all the way from India to host her on our show live. Armed with a library of Wisdom and Expert Advice, Suzy will take us all on a journey on how to achieve harmonious Marriage and Relationships. ABOUT SUZY SINGH:Suzy Singh is an acclaimed Mental Health Therapist, Grief & Relationship Expert, Founder of Grief relief circles, International Author of Books & card decks, TV & media personality, Wellbeing & Relationships columnist and a Karma ScholarJoin us at:
THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF WATER AND RELATIONSHIP TO HEALTH Water - we bathe in it, we hydrate with it, we play in its ocean, we utilise water to hydrate our food -veggie patches, plants and clean our clothes & dishes with it. In fact - we are made up of 75% water. Have you ever stopped to think about whether water is conscious and the ways this element communicates with us? The potential it has to make us healthy? Are you ready for this? We certainly cannot wait to have this brilliant Goddess on chatting about the Consciousness of Water and it's Potentiality. It is so exciting - She's well recognised right around the world on many platforms for the remarkable research she conducts with the element of WATER and the follow up of work many say she continues after Dr. Masuru Emoto. Water has been waiting!!! Veda Austin: Water Researcher, International Acclaimed Public Speaker & Author, Mum and Artist.The Secret of Water, Water Consciousness and It's Potentiality. We'll delve into her magnificent research and crystallography research process that will blow your mind on the potential of water element in our health and lives. Not to be missed. About Veda: Veda is a water researcher, highly international renowned public speaker, mother, artist and author. She has dedicated the last 10 years observing and photographing the life of water. She believes that water is fluid intelligence, observing itself through every living organism on the planet and in the Universe.Her primary area of focus is photographing water in its 'state of creation’, the space between liquid and ice. It is through her remarkable crystallographic photos that water reveals its awareness of not only Creation, but thought and intention through imagery.
In a time when we supposedly have great advanced medical breakthrough's and medical treatments, it seems we are a sicker generation than ever before. Why could this be? What's happened over the last 3 years?We're replaying a lecture from Professor Mc Cullough, Internist, Cardiologist and Epidemiologist - to shed some light on answers.
In Conversation with Gabby Moore, Yoga Instructor -Yoga, Nature & Parasympathetic Nervous SystemYoga is an ancient system that offers wisdom, techniques and practices to support physical, mental and spiritual wellbeing. From the physical postures (asana) and breathing techniques (pranayama), to guidance on living (yama & niyama) and meditation, the aim of different yoga processes is to help a person achieve harmony and greater understanding of themselves and life.The parasympathetic nervous system predominates in quiet “rest and digest” conditions while the sympathetic nervous system drives the “fight or flight” response in stressful situations. The main purpose of the PNS is to conserve energy to be used later and to regulate bodily functions like digestion and urination.When the parasympathetic nervous system (PSNS) is activated, it slows our heart and breathing rates, lowers blood pressure and promotes digestion. Our body enters a state of relaxation, and this relaxation breeds recovery.Science has confirmed many health benefits of being exposed to or being "IN" Nature.About Gabby Moore:"Yoga for me, is an opportunity to give to others. My passion is to pass on the tools for you to drop into the rest and restore part of the nervous system. Allow me to take you on a yogic journey where you will emerge feeling restored and rejuvenated."Practicing yoga for almost two decades, Gabby knows the joy it brings into your life. Living by the bush in Apollo Bay with her husband and two children, she adores basking in nature. You will find Gabby at the beach having her daily dip, stand up paddle boarding or doing Yoga somewhere.After teaching yoga in Tonga, Indonesia and Australia, she found a calling for mobile yoga in her beloved local area. Travelling along the Great Ocean Road from Wye River to Johanna, Gabby delivers inspiring bespoke yoga experiences.
DEMENTIA -NATURAL PREVENTION STRATEGIES AND TREATMENT PROTOCOLS Dementia is the term used to describe the symptoms of a large group of illnesses which cause a progressive decline in a person’s functioning. It is a broad term used to describe a loss of memory, intellect, rationality, social skills and physical functioning. There are many types of dementia including Alzheimer’s disease, vascular dementia, frontotemporal dementia and Lewy body disease.Dementia is the second leading cause of death of all Australians and provisional data is showing that dementia will likely soon be the leading cause of death.Dementia is the leading cause of death for women. In 2023, it is estimated there are more than 400,000 Australians living with dementia. Without a medical breakthrough, the number of people with dementia is expected to increase to more than 800,000 by 2058.In 2023, it is estimated there are more than 28,650 people with younger onset dementia, expected to rise to more than 42,400 people by 2058. This can include people in their 30s, 40s and 50s.In 2023, it is estimated that more than 1.5 million people in Australia are involved in the care of someone living with dementia.2 in 3 people with dementia are thought to be living in the community. More than two-thirds (68.1%) of aged care residents have moderate to severe cognitive impairment.While we cannot change getting older, genetics or family history, scientific research suggests that changing certain health and lifestyle habits may make a big difference to reducing or delaying your risk of developing dementia.Being brain healthy is relevant at any age, whether you are young, old or in between. However, it is particularly important once you reach middle age as this is when changes start to occur in the brain. With such increasing stats, David and I will chat about natural DEMENTIA prevention strategies and treatment protocols.
Lynn Watson,Dingo Whisperer & Founder from Australian Dingo FoundationThe Australian Dingo Foundation is a not-for-profit organization established to promote the conservation of the dingo (Canis dingo) as a species, and to help maintain biodiversity in Australian ecosystems. Among other activities, it provides support to the Dingo Discovery Sanctuary to preserve a captive pure dingo population for possible future re-introductions, facilitate non-invasive research and help educate the public about the species and its serious plight.We'll talk to Lynn Watson, a huge advocate for Dingoes who is highly educated about scientific research and has decades of hands on experience having over 35 pair of dingoes at her foundation. And we'll have our own story to tell...... Renewed interest in dingoes and relationship to biodiversityand of course we'll see how Wandi the magic Dingo who fell from the skies is going. Dr Kylie Cairns, PHDI'm a population geneticist specialising in conservation genetics. My passion is the use of genetic technologies to inform on-ground conservation and management strategies, particularly for top-predators. I developed this passion during my PhD research where I studied the population genetics and biogeography of dingoes (Canis dingo) using a wide range of genetic markers.Dr Kylie has published various papers in support of the Dingo.
Meet LIZA TRAVIS (FREDDI):Liza currently lives and works in Forrest at the local primary school in education and wellbeing support. She is a life-time lover of dance and founder of Mind Your Groove (MYG), a community dance collective based in Forrest.She has experience in various movement and dance practices including ashtanga yoga, contemporary, jazz, tap, ballet, reggae, dancehall, hip-hop, afrobeat, middle-eastern, african dance and rhythmic gymnastics. It was many years ago when she realised her passion for freestyle dancing - preferring a freedom of movement to all sorts of music without set steps or styles. With the passing of her parents whilst having young children, dance became a healer. Dance therapy and dance improvisation showed her the power of moving her body through difficult emotions.Since then she has been a regular attendee to and Ambassador of No Lights No Lycra, co-creator of Random Acts of Dance RAD (outdoor freestyle dance experience with costume, all ages), and performed in various of shows of choreographed and freestyle dancing at Trades Hall Theatre, Brunswick Town Hall, Coburg Night Market, Dancehouse, The Village, Falls Music Festival, La Mama Theatre, helped run the Mind Your Groove Dance Roadshow and most recently worked and performed with Wild Honey Performing Arts at Winter Wild Festival in Apollo Bay, Torquay Night Market, Birregurra Hall opening and Elevate, Walking with Giants project, dancing and walking on stilts.She has helped direct the last 3 school plays for Forrest Primary School, and has run children’s dance workshops around the area, having started a business with friend Ruby Jackson before Covid.She is currently studying a Graduate Certificate in Creative Therapies which is supporting her intuitive and felt experience of creativity, especially dance, being healing for the whole being. This course is showing her different ways to introduce dance for healing and is bringing her new learnings to Apollo Bay to dance with all ages once a month.Dance is such a vast discipline, and she loves to explore the many many ways to move, but overall she believes in the benefits of freestyle dance. A completely open dance form, free from any restrictions or distinctions of movement it is a highly personal act, freestyle is always your style, your groove - you can ebb and flow with others, you can sync and react but your dance is always your choice, your expression - it’s your life, your experience and your self that create the way you move your body when given nothing but freedom and music. Its the dancer’s self portrait and a way to allow the body to heal itself. This is the essence behind MYG, however in this life and culture it can be very intimidating to just close your eyes and dance.This is where DANCES TO MIND YOUR GROOVE comes in - a series of dance therapy informed dances that gently encourages dancers to move their body, find their own groove and mind it.
AWAKENING INTO SACRED UNION
DIVINE MASCULINE, DIVINE FEMININE A discussion with fantabulous Workshop facilitators, Mary And David that are hosting this very topic very soon.Divine Feminine & Divine Masculine energies lie deep within all of us and play out in our lives consciously or unconsciously as either Light or Shadow.These spiritual/ancient polarities that pine for one another is an energy force rather than gender-based.When we can consciously feel these energies within our bodies and express through our lives, divine balance is created within our being - The Sacred Union within.MEET MARYMary is a professional mentor, speaker, ritualist and presenter with over 25 years of experience in counselling, healing and conducting workshops/retreats around the world.Her work focuses on reclaiming and awakening into the wild, wise, silent and vulnerable aspects of our being. Her work is grounding, raw, challenging, dynamic, sensual, an embodied, mindful journey into the dark and light layers of Self.The following Carl Jung is what pricked her curiosity into understanding human nature, taking her on her personal journey of self awareness and the inspiration for all her work."One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious."MEET DAVIDDavid has been playing/creating and performing a wide array of musical styles & genres for 40 years. His musical sounds are carried by a diverse range of instruments such as the guitar, sitar, piano, tabla, handpan etc3 years ago, through sound healing a deeper path of experiential music for meditation, dance, and dreaming opened up for him.David has created an individual style/ sound, a music that wraps itself around your soul. His ethereal, transcendent and dynamic sounds take one on a journey bringing respite from the thinking mind, allowing one to go deeper within to awaken into awareness and presence.He says: “ Music, just like nature, moves and nurtures my spirit, connecting me to the primoradial energies. I am so thrilled to be able to share this experience with others”He has been a Practitioner of natural medicine for 30 years and is now enjoying healing with music
Apollo Bay Seafood Festival 2023
Conversations on the Edge
Session 7: Eating the Problem: Chef’s panel discussing how we can help reduce the numbers of pest species such as spiny sea urchins and wakame in our oceans, and feral deer and pigs in the forests by charging our consumer behaviour, food preferences and restaurant menus.
Apollo Bay Seafood Festival 2023
Conversations on the Edge
Session 6: Ferals in the Otways: Monitoring and management of feral deer and pigs in the Otway Ranges
Apollo Bay Seafood Festival 2023
Conversations on the Edge
Session 5: Protecting Sea Country: The Otway Climate Emergency Action Network (OCEAN) report on proposed seismic testing in the Otway Basin, and the results of their protest actions.
Whale Dreaming and protecting Sea Country; Southern Right Whale birthing sites around the coast; Sea Country knowledge, medicine food from the ocean, and sacred sites that must be protected by us all
Apollo Bay Seafood Festival 2023
Conversations on the Edge
Session 4: Ocean Science: Nature-based coastal defence solutions; sea urchins and kelp forests: 3D habitat mapping of the Apollo Marine Park, including biodiversity assessment, and capacity building in Indigenous Sea Country management
Apollo Bay Seafood Festival 2023
Conversations on the Edge
Session 3: New developments in abalone: The wild harvest abalone industry in Victoria, and zero waste processing initiatives
Apollo Bay Seafood Festival 2023
Conversations on the Edge
Session 2: VFA and Ocean Care report on the monitoring program for puerulus (baby Southern Rock Lobster) numbers they are conducting in the Apollo Bay harbour
Apollo Bay Seafood Festival 2023
Conversations on the Edge
Session 1 - Our local fishermen report on the state of the ocean and its inhabitants.
We're bringing our platform to the community for the :COMMUNITY VOICESAPOLLO BAY SKATE PARKCome and get behind our Youth as the legislative changes to the foreshore may put our Skate Park and many other assets in our beautiful town at risk.Listen to the experts as they reiterate the history and community funding behind our skate park, the skaters will chat what it means to them and our community, the support we have for our youth, the health and wellbeing of such an asset and how the visibility of the skate park is imperative to our tourist town.Join Jane Gross - chatting about the inception of the Skate Park - History and community funding, Kane Mcgowan, Reuben, Nattie & Jappe what the Skate Park means to the skater boys, Meloney Howell recounting her story of how the location and visibility of the Skate Park allowed Chloe access to an off duty Doc when needed. And we'll add the snippets of science about rural youth and how such assets affect mental health and wellbeing.
As we emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic - we face an unprecedented mental illness epidemic. As a result of the pandemic, 4 in 5 Australians now report poor mental health and 34% of Australians said their mental health had declined during this time.Over the past year, Mind Medicine Australia have continued to advocate for the development of regulatory-approved and research-backed psychedelic-assisted therapies, utilising the clinical application of medicinal psilocybin and MDMA to treat debilitating mental illnesses such as depression, anxiety, PTSD and addiction in Australia. ABOUT:Tania de Jong AMFounder Creative Universe, Creativity Australia, Dimension5, Music Theatre Australia Entertainment & Events, Pot-Pourri, The Song Room and Founder and Executive Producer of Creative Innovation Global and co-founder of Mind Medicine AustraliaTania de Jong AM is one of Australia’s most successful female entrepreneurs, performers and innovators having developed 6 businesses and 3 charities over 3 decades. Tania works across the public, private, creative and social sectors. She founded Creativity Australia, Creative Universe, MTA Entertainment & Events and The Song Room and works with disadvantaged communities nationally through Creativity Australia’s ‘With One Voice’ choir social inclusion programs. She has recently co-founded Mind Medicine Australia with her husband Peter Hunt AM. Mind Medicine Australia exists to help alleviate the suffering caused by mental illness in Australia through expanding the treatment options available to medical practitioners and their patients. MMA is establishing safe and effective psychedelic-assisted treatments to treat a range of mental illnesses. Tania presents keynote speeches and leadership programs and performs internationally as a soloist and with her group Pot-Pourri. She has released twelve albums including new solo releases The Breezes at Dawn have Secrets to Tell and Solitary HarmonyTania’s TED Talk How Singing Together Changes The Brain has been viewed over 110,000 times and sparked international interest. She is Founder and Executive Producer of Creative Innovation Global winning national and international awards. Creative Universe and Creative Innovation Global were ranked among the top 20 event organizers and agencies from around the world as part of the newly released Eventex All- Stars Index.Tania has founded a co-working space called Dimension5 in Melbourne to drive social innovation and collaboration. Tania’s awards include Ernst and Young Australian Social Entrepreneur of the Year. She was inducted into the AGSE Entrepreneurs Hall of Fame at Swinburne University and named Brainlink Woman of Achievement. Tania was recently named in the 100 Women of Influence, the 100 Australian Most Influential Entrepreneurs and named as one of the 100 most influential people in psychedelics globally in 2021. She was also honoured with the Award for Meritorious Service to the Community in the Victorian Multicultural Awards for Excellence. She was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in June 2008 for service to the Arts as a performer and entrepreneurTania’s grandmother invented the foldable umbrella in Vienna in 1929 so it’s not surprising innovation is in her blood. Her mission is to change the world, one voice at a time!
Jen is an ACCREDITED Indigenous Wisdom and Wellness Practitioner (with Diploma) as well as a licensed Early-Learning Facilitator, teaching both adults and children all about creating a more powerful connection and meaningful relationship with earth, nature and self. She’s also a multiple best-selling AUTHOR (and Professional Presenter), with her most recent book written during Melbourne lockdowns titled "Sacred Whale Connections - Ancient Wisdom for Current Times". She presents this fascinating and spiritually enriching research during NAIDOC Week and at her private Retreats held all around Australia and at Whale Festivals and Special Events, during the Whale Migration Season. Combining her own spirit and soul evolutionary experience from life experiences, Jen draws on her clumsy and funny journey as a Visual ARTIST to Art Therapist and includes Intuitive “Play with Paint” Parties during these Retreats – helping adults unlock more of your own true sense of fun and even artistic potential. It's a NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY process, and it's social and fun and will surprise, honour, reflect and respect more of your true self. She also heads up an Australian based Charity that incorporates ACTIVE PHILANTHROPY when possible and she opens up volunteer opportunities in to the Retreat Schedule, giving back whilst gaining so much, and leaving a positive impact as well as a minimal footprint wherever we go. This was Jen's dedicated work, with indigenous communities all around the world, up until the Pandemic shut down in 2020. Now she's focussing on Australia and helping to strengthen the connection between our original people and the colonised. Jen is currently teaching and sharing Ancient Wisdom / Earth Connection programs in Early Learning Centres for 3yo+ and is thriving in the pure joy, laughter and curiosity children readily possess. She’s also extending beyond art therapy and is currently completing Sound Therapy studies that will be based on whale calling she will record in person this coming migration season. She says “It is time for the restrictions, uncertainties and limitations of the colonised mind to retire and it’s the perfect time to re-learn, starting with how to better align your life in harmony with nature, like the longest continuing culture in the world has achieved, and reconnect with your own ancestors and their earth and celestial wisdom too.”
The Wellness CouchThursday 1st Dec, 6.30-7.30pmSELF COMPASSION, LIFTING SELF ESTEEM & TRAUMA IN RELATIONSHIPS Interpersonal relationships are one of the most profound, vital experiences in a souls life. They range from close and intimate to distant and challenging. No matter the nature of relationships, different types of relationships help make up the social support network that is pivotal for both your physical and mental wellbeing. Join the Coach, Naturopath and US Expert Clinical Psychologist, Meagan Miller- as we dive deep into relationships, when they go wrong and words of wisdom of how to cope. About Meagan:I am a psychologist resident in the US. I work with adolescents, adults, and couples. I am passionate about working with trauma, chronic illness, relational issues, LGBTQIA+ issues, and anxiety disorders. I practice Emotionally-Focused Therapy, which focuses on attachment and interpersonal needs. I also have training in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Person-Centered Psychotherapy, and Trauma-Informed Psychotherapy. I have worked in multiple clinical settings, including rural schools, medical clinics, community mental health services, university counseling centers, and inpatient services with clients across the lifespan. I completed my doctorate (PsyD) in Clinical Psychology at George Fox University
CONSCIOUS PARENTING - Being the best you can be with World Famous Clinical Psychologist, Dr Shefali.Parenting does not come with a manual and there are many times, I am sure we all feel the shortfall. In this deeply revealing talk, Dr. Shefali shines a light on the many uncomfortable truths of being a parent and explores the possibility for modern parents to embrace a new paradigm of parenting... ABOUT DR SHEFALIEndorsed by Oprah as "revolutionary" and "life-changing", New York Times bestselling author and owning a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Columbia University, New York, Dr. Shefali is the foremost expert in the field of conscious parenting. Dr. Shefali's journey into this radically new parenting paradigm arose from her own experience as a parent herself. Reacting irrationally to one of her then 3-year-old daughter's tantrums, Dr. Shefali became deeply self-aware that her parenting frustrations were never about her child. Rather, it was about her own unmet childhood needs that she was unconsciously projecting on her own daughter. Merging western psychology and eastern philosophy, Dr. Shefali espouses a more conscious approach to parenting that centres around honoring our children as sovereign beings, creating real connections with them, and most importantly, raising our own consciousness as parents.
The METAPHYSICAL WORLD - PSYCHIC MEDIUM- ELLEN REDD We enter the Metaphysical World as we chat with World Famous Las Vegas Psychic and Medium, Twin Flame and Ascension Guide, Shamanic Healer, Shadow Healer and Clairvoyant. Would you believe me if I told you that light beings are here to assist you, and some of them are in the human form? This is not a chat for the fainthearted. You must have an OPEN mind, otherwise - you may blow a circuit. Listen and take what resonates with you, leave the rest. The frequency of earth is dramatically increasing as the Sun sends off its plasma solar flares, increasing our earth's collective consciousness. The process is helping lift the veil over humankind that has been here for centuries.Many are able to see and sense information, dimensions and realms, benevolent beings not previously privy to. Ellen is one such soul, through experiencing extensive past lives and a traumatic childhood upbringing, she had a kundalini awakening and gifted many of her extraordinary current skills.We chat about her specialties - Starseeding, Other Worlds and Realms, Inter dimensionals, The Krystic path of Ascension, Twin Flames, Shadow Work, Akashic Records and much more. About ELLEN REDD: A Bachelor's Degree from University of Utah in Mass Communications, Broadcast Journalism and Public Relations, an Associates Degree in Business and is a Certified Mediator.Featured on multiple International Radio Stations, Global Spiritual Forums and runs many international successful sites.
WinterWild 2022
Walking on Country
Panel Discussion
How do we walk together on Country to give voice to truth, healing and reconciliation? This year’s Reconciliation Week theme is 'Be Brave. Make Change'. Given all that has been lost, and all that has been taken, how do we bravely make the changes that are critically necessary to heal the land and its people? How do we approach the coming referendum on a Voice to Parliament with respect and trust, and fully value each other and our cultures?
Listen to a panel of Indigenous leaders including Associate Professor Dr. Michael-Shawn Fletcher, a Wiradjuri man, paleo-ecologist and biogeographer; Dr. Jack Pascoe, a Yuin man, ecologist and Research Manager at the Conservation Ecology Centre at Cape Otway; Inala Cooper, a Yawuru woman, Indigenous rights advocate, and Director of Murrup Barak, the Melbourne Institute for Indigenous Development at Melbourne University; and Emily Falla, a proud and strong Wadjuk-Juet Wongi woman who calls Gadubanud Country home, currently lives on Peek Whurrong Country, and works in Aboriginal Health, as they challenge us to open our hearts and minds, and genuinely share this business of reconciliation and healing country.
Facilitated by Richard Cornish.
The Wellness Couch chats with The Natural Nutritionist, Steph Lowe about women's most asked questions coming from our patients about their iron status.The Haemoglobin molecule, essential for carrying oxygen throughout our system, contains 60-70% of the body's iron. If we lack iron, we produce less haemoglobin and less oxygen is supplied to our tissues. This affects individuals, particularly women due to their blood loss via menstruating or pregnancy leaving them feeling fatigued, depressed, uninspired affecting their health significantly. We chat about: Iron PhysiologyWhy Ferro Grad C, Maltofer and Iron infusions may not be the answer to your low ironThe roles of key co - factors for bio availabilityThe link between iron and retinol.How to address the root cause of low iron normally found in our gutIs probiotic Lactobacillus planetarium a key piece to the puzzleIron Testing - Advocate for these testsRelevance of thyroid - iron connection with the big pictureEffective dosage strategies and the best bio availability practicesAnd a few more pearls of wisdom that just may make a difference to your iron status becoming normal, hence you feeling more vital, alive and less fatigued.
EVIDENCED BASED ONCOLOGY/CANCER SUPPORT A Focus On Breast Wellness with Support Strategies to Prevent and Help With Breast Cancer.Breast cancer was the second most commonly diagnosed cancer in Australia in 2018. It is estimated that it will remain the second most commonly diagnosed cancer in 2022.In 2018, there were 18,742 new cases of breast cancer diagnosed in Australia (205 males and 18,538 females). In 2022, it is estimated that 20,640 new cases of breast cancer will be diagnosed in Australia. We all know too many individuals who have been diagnosed with this disease. You just have to look at our singer celebrities Chrissy Amphlett who wanted the anthem "I touch Myself" to be written about breast awareness. Kylie Minogue, Delta Goodrem all had brushes with the disease. Many individuals looked up to our Australian Icon Olivia Newton John and her brave, graceful way she thrived with life with her breast cancer diagnoses. Sadly she passed away last month.It's imperative we highlight and make individuals aware of prevention information but also the strategies and integrative oncology tools that help women with this diagnosis.ABOUT:Carla Wrenn is an Integrative Naturopath & Nutritionist. Completing a Bachelor of Health Science in 2001 and practicing for 21 years.As a passionate learner Carla also completed postgraduate studies in Integrative Oncology, Autoimmune Diseases and Functional Medicine within Australia and the USA. Carla’s time is spent consulting in the area of complex and chronic diseases, especially Long COVID and Oncology support.Carla is the owner of Peninsula Herbal Dispensary & Naturopathic Clinic, where Carla works with 12 Naturopaths and a support team, who love providing Acute Care, Consultations and lifestyle retail offerings to their Mornington Peninsula community and beyond.Carla is a passionate advocate for all we have to offer as Naturopathic and Complementary Medicine Practitioners. She values industry collaboration and has spent the last 6 years training over 1000 Practitioners in her course Vitae Mosaic – Naturopathic Functional Medicine and more recently in the areas of evidence-based oncology support and Long COVID.
THE POWER OF SOUND - A sonic journey to elevate your consciousness and health with sacred acoustics Many individuals ask what is the best form of musical sounds or sound healing they can listen to heal or prevent certain health or mental conditions. We'll explore a variety of sound power to see which is most suitable for you.Sound healing may still be in the realm of alternative medicine, but today the use of music therapy is recognised by the academic community. Music therapy courses are offered at many mainstream universities and continuing research in the field demonstrates its feasibility as a complementary therapy.Sound healing has been used in a myriad of cultural practices and belief systems, and the concept that the sound of music, vibration and singing can bring us closer to wellbeing can be found in many settings. Sound is everywhere: think of mantras, chanting, hymns, songs, rhythms and even a cat’s purr. We're going to play and explore an electric musical sound healing via Tibetan bowls, crystal singing bowls, solfeggio frequencies, gong baths of China, the sounds of the Spheres, Delta, Theta waves, cat purrs, the sound of the universe in "Om", frequencies 432Hz compared to 440Hz, the musical sounds of a plant, binaural beats and much more.
How impressive it is when an individual transitions her challenges into opportunities. This is exactly what Cate Dubois achieved over the last few years that changed many lives drastically. From the fire, rose the Phoenix and she forged a new book through her soul travels named, Triggered as Fck.Have you been emotionally. triggered Over the last few years? Might be a great time to listen for some inspiration. ABOUT:Cate Dubois, formerly a resident of Apollo Bay for 35 years, five years ago uprooted her life and made the move to Bali, Indonesia.Away from family, friends and everything and everyone she knew, she created a new vibrant life. Bali healed what needed healing and what emerged from that space is truly exciting.From a new unexpected marriage, renovations, building projects, sound healing, new healing modalities and charity work, and finally a writer, and a separation it has been a wild ride.One of the great creations born from this time of rediscovery was her book, Triggered as fck. Cate says TAF was written in the first six months of the year that changed the world, 2020. It was a download that arrived after a period of great conflict within her. “I was witnessing the activities of the outside world, for quite possibly the first time in my life, as an attack on me, and my projections were as strong in force as the attacks I was perceiving.”
You know you love your child - and you do much for them to prove it. But how can you make sure your child knows it? Discover how to speak your child’s love language in a way that he or she understands.
Dr. Gary Chapman (one of the best world wide marriage counsellors) teams up with Psychiatrist- Dr. Ross Campbell to help you express love in a Language your child understands.:
Discover your child's primary language—then speak it—and you will be well on your way to a stronger relationship with your flourishing child.
Does your child speak a different language? Sometimes they wager for your attention, and other times they ignore you completely. Sometimes they are filled with gratitude and affection, and other times they seem totally indifferent. Attitude. Behaviour. Development. Everything depends on the love relationship between you and your child. When children feel loved, they do their best. But how can you make sure your child feels loved?
Since 1992, Dr. Gary Chapman's best-selling book "The 5 Love Languages" has helped millions of couples develop stronger, more fulfilling relationships by teaching them to speak each others' love language. Each child, too, expresses and receives love through one of five different communication styles. And your love language may be totally different from that of your child. While you are doing all you can to show your child love, he may be hearing it as something completely opposite. Discover your child's primary language and learn what you can do to effectively convey unconditional feelings of respect, affection, and commitment that will resonate in your child's emotions and behaviour.
Have you ever wondered how your sibling order in the family affects your life path and family relationship dynamics? What personality traits and mental abilities you have been gifted? What is your life purpose? What are your challenges? Your attractions to compliment you?
Over this past week, we have been lucky enough to have Denny Johnson as a house guest. The wealth of information and perception this soul has is phenomenal. Now we'll pass this onto you.
Denny Johnson, Seattle, USA is an explorer, researcher, writer, and international teacher. He established the Rayid Model as one of the most powerful modern tools for understanding personality and behaviour, as well as individual, familial, and relationship patterns and dynamics. Over the years, Denny has conducted thousands of personal consultations, has interviewed on hundreds of radio and television stations worldwide, and has taught in numerous countries.
The iris of the eye is like a fingerprint. It is a long term genetic pattern, a kind of blue print of inheritance. If you up close at the iris of the eye (the colored part encircling the pupil), you will notice each one of us have either dots, markings, streaks or rounded openings in the openings of the fibres. Like a fingerprint they are all presented differently. These characteristics that we find in the eye provide the key to understanding your behaviour and relationship patterns. The types of markings and variations between your left and right eyes each reveal different facets of your personality and epigenetic pattern.
The Rayid Method of Iris Interpretation is not simply concerned with describing one's personality. In fact Rayid's primary purpose is to free the individual from any limitations associated with that personality. The structure of the iris is also a reflection of the individuals potential, revealing character strengths and aspects of the personality that are underdeveloped. Rayid uses the information contained in the iris in the eye to affirm and strengthen the innate character of the individual. Once you understand who you are, how you function and your operating system- this can be a very freeing experience to help you live life to the fullest.
By increasing understanding and love for yourself, your family, and the families of others … vital health, well-being, and personal success are enhanced.
COPING WITH GRIEF AND LOSS
With a few gulps down the throat, we traverse the pathway of grief and ideas on how to cope the pathway of loss. Join us as we chat with the our dear friend and beautiful soul from India, Suzy Singh about the stages of grieving, ideas of what you can do if you are experiencing loss or know someone who may be traversing that pathway.
About Suzy:
Author of the International bestseller, 7 Karma Codes available worldwide in English, Italian & Serbian, Suzy has recently launched the world's first Karma Wisdom Oracle in Italy.
She is a Mental Health Coach, Clinical Hypnotherapist, Grief Counselor, Karma teacher, International Wellness Speaker & Advisor to the Board at NGO We-Listen, dedicated to the cause of mental health.
As a therapist and coach Suzy has helped thousands of people across Europe, USA, Middle East, Singapore, Australia and India. She writes extensively for several Wellbeing publications & has been an active jury member on the Business World 40 under 40 Wellbeing and Healthcare Awards.
She is an international wellness speaker and workshop facilitator on grief, karma, trauma healing and wellbeing.
Suzy is also the founder of Grief Circle, a humanitarian service that offers support and healing to grief-stricken individuals. Through her youtube channel, she offers free mentoring advice on a host of complex matters including relationships, success, healing, spirituality, mental health & grief, to help & guide people.
She can be reached on suzyhealsme@gmail.com
If you are going to talk about success, mindset, motivation - you want to chat to one of the greatest, who has experienced it all. Of course, we are lucky enough to be chatting with:
The legendary Australian Surf Iron Man Champ:
ROBERT CHAPMAN
3 x Australian Iron Man Champ, * winning 11 Australian titles, 5 NSW Iron Man Titles, * 26 NSW Titles, * 7 times representing Australia along with having a career as a teacher spanning 42 years- and if that's not enough - an in demand surf rescue coach at one of the best beaches in Australia. Wow - there is sure to be some words of wisdom as we delve into the biography of his life.
Join us as we tap into his life and the secret little wisdom points he'll share how he navigated his path.
OPTIMISING YOUR HEALTH Putting YOU in control of your health
* What if you could optimise your health with the knowledge of utilising the right Functional Foods as medicine and supplements to improve your health, delay the aging process, prevent chronic disease, increase life expectancy and support the structure of your body day after day.
We are going to be chatting with World renowned Biochemist, Educator, Lecturer, Registered Nutritionist - Dr Christine Houghton PHD, about:
Nutrigenomics Functional Foods Nutraceuticals
- How food and food constituents affect your genes and therefore your health
- Food used as Medicine to improve your health, the aging process, prevent chronic disease, increase your life expectancy and support your body's structure.
- Improving the function of your GUT
- Improving the function of your Immune System
Christine Houghton,
an educator, research scientist and a registered nutritionist, holds degrees in Nutrigenomics, Biochemistry and Human Nutrition. An avid researcher in her field, she is Adjunct Lecturer in the School of Human Movement and Nutrition Science at the University of Queensland. Following 3 decades in private Nutritional Medicine practice, Christine founded Cell-Logic, an evidence-focused company which researches and manufactures nutrigenomically-active ingredients for clinical application. Her current interests lie in the investigation of phytochemicals which significantly impact gene expression within human cells, especially in the context of gut ecology, immune modulation and mechanisms that maintain cellular defences. Sulforaphane, the bioactive phytochemical derived from certain cruciferous plants has been the primary focus of her phytochemical research, with three indexed review publications and two book chapters supporting her acknowledged role as an authority in this field.
MTHFR
Would you like to better understand and control how your genetic makeup influences your well-being?
What if you could improve your health by knowing if you have an MTHFR gene mutation?
MTHFR is a gene encoding for Methylene-TetraHydroFolate Reductase (MTHFR). MTHFR is an enzyme found within the human body. Playing a vital role in how the body uses folate (vitamin B9). It converts the folate you eat, into folate your body can use (Folate → 5-methyltetrahydrofolate). The MTHFR gene has the information needed to make this important enzyme.
Have you experienced miscarriages with no explanation? Are you susceptible to depression and anxiety with no relief or founding cause? Do you have chronic illness that never seems to improve?
This may be the show to listen to.
We're chatting with MTHFR AUST Expert, Carolyn Ledowsky about MTHFR, genetic issues, anxiety, depression, infertility and more. You just might finally find your answers to improve your health.
About Carolyn Ledowsky:
Carolyn Ledowsky is the founder of MTHFR Support Australia. She is a Naturopath, Nutritionist and Herbalist who has a Bachelor of Health in Herbal Medicine, Naturopathy, Advanced Diploma of Naturopathy, Diploma of Nutrition and Bachelor of Economics from Sydney University. She has also studied courses in Genetics at Duke University (Genetics and Evolution) and Th eUniversity of Maryland (Genes and the Human Condition) - from behaviour to biotechnology). She is currently completing a Bachelor of Health Science (Naturopathy) Honors.
Carolyn now sees chronically ill patients from all over the world, who have searched, sometimes for decades, to find the reason behind their ill health. Her strenghth lies in her ability to reveal layers of dysfunction and not give up until results are seen. Most of her patients have MTHFR mutations and/or associated methylation disturbances.
Her mission is to make sure that every couple knows that miscarriages are often due to low folate due to MTHFR deficiiency. So too anxiety and depression can be hugely improved without drugs by tweaking biochemistryncaused by eithergenetic susceptibility and addressing environmental factors that afflict these genes.
Carolyn's practice specialises in genetic susceptibility and how this contributes to biochemical dysfunction and chronic health conditions.
Join us as we chat with Carolyn about MTHFR, genetics, mutations, chronic disease, infertility issues - with presentation of her latest PHD research on infertility and viruses.
TREVOR HENDY AM
ABOUT: Hendy currently holds the all-time record of six-time Australian Ironman Champion and four-time World Ironman. Trevor Hendy is an international Keynote Speaker, director of the Lifechanger Foundation for youth and author of The Bootcamp for the Soul. He is a highly renowned Soul Coach, guiding some of the World’s leading CEO’s, Community leaders, Actors, Musicians and Athletes. Known as one of Australia’s fittest ever athletes and greatest Ocean Ironmen, he has been inducted into the Australian Sporting Hall of Fame and honoured as a member of the Order of Australia for his services to the community. His motto is “bring it into now and never under estimate the power of who you are”. Trevor also does personal Zoom, Skype and in person one on one sessions.
Hall of Fame Iron Man/ Surf Life Saving Champ: Trevor Hendy is unchallenged as ‘The Greatest Ironman in the World’ – a title that sits fittingly with the man who took up the sport as a ‘nipper’ in 1976, and went on to dominate it into the next century. Competing for the Surfers Paradise club on the Gold Coast, Hendy has won six Australian Open Ironman titles, surpassingrecord. His string of Queensland titles stretch back to the mid 1980s, and in 1994 he claimed his fourth consecutive World Ironman title in the United Kingdom, in a contest involving many qualifying rounds and intense competition.
As four-time winner of the Uncle Toby’s Super Series, Hendy was the man everybody wanted to beat. He won the series in its first year in 1989/90, and backed this up with outstanding performances during the 1990/91, 1991/92 and 1993/94 seasons. Other notable performances by Hendy include winning the 1992 Molakai to Oahu World Championships, and dominating the world Malibu championships in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Hendy achieved a near perfect point score of five first placings and two second placings out of seven races in his 1993/94 win – a score never before achieved in the history of the series – and one which will probably take many years to surpass. In that same year, he won the Australian and world Ironman titles. Hendy currently holds the all-time record of six- time Australian Ironman Champion and four-time World Ironman.
After setting records that are yet to be matched, Hendy retired from Ironman racing in 1997 to concentrate solely on pushing a kayaking career with the dream of competing at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. He was a member of the Australian champion K4 1000 team to win consecutive national titles in 1997 and 1998, and a bronze medal at the World Championships in Germany. However, upon returning from the 1998 World Championships, Hendy decided to retire from professional sport. While he did compete in Ironman contests after this announcement, his focus turned to coaching and communicating as a motivational speaker and commentator.
Hendy was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in 1996 for his services to surf live saving and the sport of swimming/Ironman titles.
But he's so much more - Listen in to discover Soul Trevor Hendy in this magical hour.
Is this a new, effacious way to treat mental health issues? As we start to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic of the past 20+ months, we face an unprecedented mental illness epidemic. As a result of the pandemic, 4 in 5 Australians now report poor mental health and 34% of Australians said their mental health had declined during this time.
Over the past year, Mind Medicine Australia have continued to advocate for the development of regulatory-approved and research-backed psychedelic-assisted therapies, utilising the clinical application of medicinal psilocybin and MDMA to treat debilitating mental illnesses such as depression, anxiety, PTSD and addiction in Australia.
ABOUT: Tania de Jong AM
Founder Creative Universe, Creativity Australia, Dimension5, Music Theatre Australia Entertainment & Events, Pot-Pourri, The Song Room and Founder and Executive Producer of Creative Innovation Global and co-founder of Mind Medicine Australia Tania de Jong AM is one of Australia’s most successful female entrepreneurs, performers and innovators having developed 6 businesses and 3 charities over 3 decades. Tania works across the public, private, creative and social sectors. She founded Creativity Australia, Creative Universe, MTA Entertainment & Events and The Song Room and works with disadvantaged communities nationally through Creativity Australia’s ‘With One Voice’ choir social inclusion programs.
She has recently co-founded Mind Medicine Australia with her husband Peter Hunt AM. Mind Medicine Australia exists to help alleviate the suffering caused by mental illness in Australia through expanding the treatment options available to medical practitioners and their patients. MMA is establishing safe and effective psychedelic-assisted treatments to treat a range of mental illnesses.
Tania presents keynote speeches and leadership programs and performs internationally as a soloist and with her group Pot-Pourri. She has released twelve albums including new solo releases The Breezes at Dawn have Secrets to Tell and Solitary Harmony
Tania’s TED Talk How Singing Together Changes The Brain has been viewed over 110,000 times and sparked international interest.
She is Founder and Executive Producer of Creative Innovation Global winning national and international awards. Creative Universe and Creative Innovation Global were ranked among the top 20 event organizers and agencies from around the world as part of the newly released Eventex All- Stars Index.
Tania has founded a co-working space called Dimension5 in Melbourne to drive social innovation and collaboration. Tania’s awards include Ernst and Young Australian Social Entrepreneur of the Year. She was inducted into the AGSE Entrepreneurs Hall of Fame at Swinburne University and named Brainlink Woman of Achievement. Tania was recently named in the 100 Women of Influence, the 100 Australian Most Influential Entrepreneurs and named as one of the 100 most influential people in psychedelics globally in 2021. She was also honoured with the Award for Meritorious Service to the Community in the Victorian Multicultural Awards for Excellence.
She was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in June 2008 for service to the Arts as a performer and entrepreneur Tania’s grandmother invented the foldable umbrella in Vienna in 1929 so it’s not surprising innovation is in her blood. Her mission is to change the world, one voice at a time!
Rahni chats with us about How The Vagus Nerve is imperative in the optimisation of our health.
The vagus nerve is a really fundamental part of our autonomic nervous system, which is composed of two key branches - Parasympathetic (which allows us to rest, relax, digest and recharge and the Sympathetic - responsible for our stress response and survival by controlling functions such as heart rate, blood sugar and the hormone cortisol that enables us to escape threats.
The vagus nerve is the parasympathetic nervous system's primary nerve which travels from our brain stem into a large number of organs and tissues such as the gut, lungs and heart. A healthy parasympathetic nerve response is vital for our mental wellbeing and physical health. However due to the pressures of modern life and chronic stress many of us are constantly in a physiological "fight or flight" mode. It's this stress that is a fundamental driver of many of today's chronic diseases such as heart disease, diabetes and irritable bowel disease.
Listen in as we chat about key ways to support a healthy vagus nerve function.
CAN MINDFULNESS AND MEDITATION SAVE THE WORLD?
We chat with TOM CRONIN, Meditation and Mindfulness expert Producer of the film, THE PORTAL Founder of the STILLNESS PROJECT
About Tom Cronin:
After a very successful 26-year career in finance as a broker for the world’s largest broking house ICAP PLC, I decided it was time to pursue my mission of helping individuals and companies reach the optimal potential by removing stress from their lives through meditation and coaching.
After embracing meditation as a stress management tool early into my career, I began to experience a profound shift in my performance and overall wellbeing. This led me to pursue teacher training, which I completed in 2009 after studying in Australia, Bali and India.
Since 2009 I have trained and coached thousands of people all over the world how to meditate, break through blocks and transform their lives. I've spoken on stages in front of hundreds of people in Mexico, Bali, USA, Australia and Kuala Lumpur. PLUS presented at top-level companies in Australia, from Nova Fm, CBA, Qantas, Coca Cola and Fairfax Media.
Principles Of Naturopathy Quality Supplement Manufacturing Post Vac Natural Protocol treatments
We are absolutely honoured and humbled that some of Australia's Best and World Renowned Health Experts have jumped on board to be interviewed during November on The Wellness Couch. As part of the Pandemic Survial Guide, this Thursday we interview:
DANIElL BADEN
About:
Daniel Baden is a well-known and respected Naturopath and Homoeopath within the Australian and international complementary therapies industry and community. Beginning his journey in clinical practice, Daniel has assumed many roles over the years including; consultant to and member of industry regulatory committees, providing technical support to practitioners, assisting various groups in research projects, lecturer, author and most notably; manufacturer of high quality herbal and nutritional supplements.
Daniel is currently a director of Complementary Medicines Australia where he is Chairperson of the practitioner committee.
As an experienced presenter, he has been lecturing to the general public, undergraduates and practitioners since 1990. Daniel has been a regular guest on several radio and television shows over the last 3 decades.
He enjoys combining science, naturopathic philosophy and common sense in his presentations and approach to natural medicine.
Practitoners are raving about his current webinars and protocols of Post V natural treatments and the evidence he bases this on.
The Wellness Couch.
As part of the Pandemic Survial Guide, this Thursday we interview:
Professor Marc Cohen aka Dr Marc Cohen
-about Extreme Wellness and his newly published Pandemic Survival Guide.
About:
Professor Marc Cohen MBBS (Hons), PhD (TCM), PhD (Elec Eng), BMed Sci (Hons), FAMAC, FICAE
Professor Marc Cohen (aka Dr Marc) is a medical doctor, university professor and wellness trailblazer who has spent more than 30 years practicing and researching holistic health. He is a Founding Board Member of the Global Wellness Summit, Founder of the Extreme Wellness Institute and Co-Founder of the Bathe the World Foundation. Prof Cohen has degrees in western medicine, physiology and psychological medicine and PhDs in Chinese medicine and electrical and computer systems engineering and his research interests include all aspects of wellness such as health retreats, detoxification, bathing, water quality, saunas, hot springs, yoga, meditation, acupuncture, nutrition, herbal medicine, fermentation, elite athletic performance and flow states.
He has published more than 100 peer-reviewed scientific papers and many books and technical texts on wellness and natural medicine. He is co-editor and a main contributor for the first academic book on ‘Understanding the Global Spa Industry’, co-author of the landmark text Herbs and Natural Supplements: An Evidence-Based Guide, which is currently in its 4th Edition and author of the illustrated children’s book “The Beautiful Mare and the Boy Who Gave Thanks“, which is available in 14 languages.
Pandemi Survival Guide:
This guide is a condensed version of my life's work and is packed with powerful, highly condensed information to help you remain strong, resilient and extremely well. Most of the products and techniques described in this guide do not require medical prescription or supervision. They simply require practical common sense and can be included in a healthy lifestyle with very little cost, training or equipment.
Join The Wellness Couch as we chat with World Renowned Expert on homoeoprophylaxis about strenghtening our immunity and learning from the significant, scientific international evidence on how to effectively treat and prevent flus.
Dr Isaac Golden Ph.D, D.Hom., N.D., B.Ec(Hon) Deputy Chair and Research Member, National Institute of Integrative Medicine Director, Australasian College of Hahnemannian Homoeopathy Australian contact person for Liga Medicorum Homoeopathica Internationalis.
Isaac Golden has been a homoeopathic practitioner since 1984, and teacher since 1988. He founded the Australasian College of Hahnemannian Homoeopathy in 1990, which offers distance education courses in homoeopathic and natural medicine. Isaac is a regular contributor to local and international academic journals, and is the author of eleven books on homoeopathy. He has lectured in 10 countries. He is a world authority on homoeoprophylaxis - the use of homoeopathic medicines for specific infectious disease prevention - and was the first person to be awarded a PhD from a mainstream Australian University for research on a homoeopathic topic. He is presently undertaking a range of research projects in Australia and overseas. He was an Honorary Research Fellow, Faculty of Science, Federation University Australia from 2013 to 2016. He is currently Deputy Chair of the National Institute of Integrative Medicine Ethics Committee, and is a research consultant. He is the Australian contact person for Liga Medicorum Homoeopathica Internationalis. He co-founded the Health Australia Party in July 2015.
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Isaac was President of the Victorian branch of the Australian Homoeopathic Association - Australia’s largest national organization of professional homoeopaths - from 1992 to 1998. In March 1999 he was awarded the Association’s Distinguished Service Award for his “many years of service to the Australian Homoeopathic Association and for his significant contributions to the homoeopathic profession in Australia”
Dr Isaac Golden Ph.D, D.Hom., N.D., B.Ec(Hon) has been a homoeopathic practitioner since 1984. He formed his own teaching College in 1990 and currently still offers certificate and web based short courses. He has specialised in homoeoprophylaxis and the treatment of vaccine injured children, and has published widely the results of his international research collaborations.
Current work and projects Isaac has been researching homoeoprophylaxis since 1985. In 2008 he was invited to Cuba and subsequently worked at the Finlay Institute in 2010, 2012 and 2014. From 2015 he visited India 5 times, including work with members of the Central Council for Research in Homeopathy. He is currently working with a small team on an international initiative regarding homoeoprophylaxis. He regularly publishes his research findings in international journals. Isaac still maintains a small clinic where he mainly deals with vaccine injured children, and he continues to collect and publish data on his findings using homeopathic potencies of vaccines.
Adaptogenic herbs, also referred to as “adaptogens,” are defined as agents that support the body's ability to accommodate varying physical and emotional stresses. How many times can you think of a point in your life where you could use that? (for example, stress at work, family stress, and physical stress on your body.) Is this something that could really be out there, easily accessible to us all?
Currently people use caffeine for this same effect. People drink multiple cups of coffee each day to give them a lift when they get tired. Some people drink soda. However, these choices tend to end with a crash. Adaptogens are herbs that have been used for thousands of years in both Chinese medicine and Ayurvedic medicine where they are the basis of preventative approaches. These herbs are used to support one's energy and better handle stress.
Acupuncturist, presenter and creator of the Chi Cycle health system. Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is my profession, passion and purpose. I taught it for a decade, write books that popularise elements of it, and I’m a practitioner in the traditional sense as I combine research and clinical practice with hours of chi-practice daily. It all began in rehab, one I ran that is. Although one I was a patient in could have been just as likely as a good decade of my life was devoted to altered states. And although that didn’t end well, it did lead me to Chinese medicine and chi, and that opened more doors than the drugs ever did. Preventative health is a passion and my version of lifestyle medicine is based on the Chinese organ clock, the idea that chi circulates through our organs every 24 hours, and that changing what you do when will change everything for the better. It imagines us all as cogs in complex and mystical cosmic workings and if we just realign, life becomes more meaningful and mystical by the day. I developed a residential rehab program based on this concept, and the healing and transformative medium of chi.
Sibeal Hurley shares all the news from Great Ocean Road Health.
Vaccinations! Mens & Womens Lunches! Women's Health Week! Stroke awareness! Audiologist! The Virtual Great Ocean Road Walk and much more!
Very shortly Sibeal Hurley will take the driver's seat of the Otway Health Check. There will be a whole new approach to the latest health related news.
In the meantime, enjoy one of the last episodes where she chats with Bob Knowles about COVID, lunches and more.
Dr Leila Masson will discuss the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on young people’s mental health and offer practical tips on what families can do to counter these. For example, children in social isolation may produce less oxytocin and be in constant sympathetic overdrive. There are a myriad of lifestyle and nutritional interventions to increase oxytocin, to decrease adrenaline and stress, and shift children and adolescents into a parasympathetic “rest and digest" balance. ABOUT: Dr Leila Masson, Sydney-based specialist paediatrician and author of "Children's Health A-Z" a parent's guide to natural therapies for common childhood ailments. Leila specialises in nutritional and environmental medicine for children's health issues, including allergies, asthma, behaviour problems, autism spectrum disorders and ADHD. She received her medical doctorate from the Free University of Berlin and did her paediatric specialist training at the University of California in San Francisco. She received her Master in Public Health from Harvard University and her Diploma in Tropical Medicine from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
Here's all that you need for your fittest, healthiest Apollo Bay Lifestyle in one easy dose!
Spend 15 minutes with Sibeal Hurley & Bob Knowles and you're on the way!
TURN TRAGEDY INTO OPPORTUNITY
From the day she unexpectedly woke up in Intensive Care, Deborah refused to be labeled or consider herself a victim. The same determination behind her hospital escape attempt while holding her IV drips and wearing nothing but her gown, also saw her return to work that same year.
With tenacity and dedication to research and education, Deborah created methods and processes and adopted various therapies to establish an enriched life after trauma. She has multiple qualifications in Cognitive Behavioral Coaching practices, Management and Training and Assessment. She is also Certified in world-leading Accelerated-Learning Techniques and is an experienced Professional Education Consultant.
Deborah Stathis is an enlightened and influential Speaker, Author and Coach. She is the founder of Tragic Opportunities Pty Ltd provides revolutionary insights in Professional and Personal Development and Wellness.
She is the author of Beyond Trauma, Turn Tragedy Into Opportunity and a contributing author in two books of inspirational stories.
Following a near-fatal car accident, having sustained devastating injuries, Deborah beat the medical odds and went on to achieve personal and professional success. Having triumphed against the odds, Deborah shares her story and methods and combines her skills in professional and business development, corporate education/training, and sales to inspire and empower others to create success and live their best life.
Deborah delivers programs, workshops, and seminars and has appeared on Health & Wellness television programs, Podcasts and on Radio – in Australia and Internationally. Her programs also feature on leading online Wellness learning platforms.
Offering a unique and empowering philosophy that tragedy can be turned into an opportunity, with deep empathy, Deborah focuses on re-framing the negatives, shifting away from the victim mindset, and identifying the lessons within trauma, stress and adversity.
SACRED GEOMETRY, GEOMETRICA and MATHEMAGICS
In nature, we find patterns, designs and structures from the most minuscule particles, to expressions of life discernible by human eyes, to the greater cosmos. These inevitably follow geometrical archetypes, which reveal to us the nature of each form and its vibrational resonances. They are also symbolic of the underlying metaphysical principle of the inseparable relationship of the part to the whole. It is this principle of oneness underlying all geometry that permeates the architecture of all form in its myriad diversity. This principle of interconnectedness, inseparability and union provides us with a continuous reminder of our relationship to the whole, a blueprint for the mind to the sacred foundation of all things created.
On Thursday, we chat to leading expert on Sacred Geometry and Vedic Maths, Teacher and author of 30 fascinating books some beautifully hand-written in calligraphy and creator of 10 DVDs, Jain has always been drawn to the spiritual and mystical… he is fascinated by numbers and shapes. The main theme of his life’s work is “The Translation Of Numbers Into Atomic Art”.
Jain is an international lecturer, having taught 3 times in the USA, Amsterdam, Italy, India, Singapore, Malaysia. He is currently teaching seasonally in Singapore where he has set up a school called The Joy Numbers Institute. In between overseas travels he teaches hundreds of children in the Byron Bay area of Australia, a highly visual content of lessons called Mathemagics.
Teaching the Beauty of Numbers, often to dyslexic or special needs children, Jain’s math enrichment classes are highly in demand. In July 2017, Jain was one of the main speakers, with Caroline Myss, at the Chartres Cathedral Wisdom University, celebrating 1,000 years since the creation of this impressive Gothic masterpiece, the topic being on one of the 7 Liberal Arts known as “Arithmetica”.
We are seduced on a daily basis with aromatic fragrances, flashy marketing packaging and the promises of a transformative personal product. But what is the real cost of applying these products to your body? What are the solutions?
LONGEVITY - ADDING YEARS TO YOUR LIFE Is longevity Inherited? What part does psychological stress play? Does Stress have a role to play in shortening your years? Strategies - for adding years to your life.
Sibeal Hurley from Great Ocean Road Health updates us on the progress with vaccinations, the importance of volunteers and the availability of doctors in Apollo Bay.
We are lucky enough to be chatting with World renowned fungi expert Dr Alison Pouliot
Dr Alison Pouliot is an ecologist, environmental photographer and honorary fellow at the Australian National University. Her research spans both northern and southern hemispheres where she is actively involved in fungal conservation, conducting over 400 fungus forays over the last two decades.
Alison has been involved with the Apollo Bay community for over a decade. She has an extensive knowledge of the Otways Forests and the astonishing diversity of fungi they harbour, and has worked with Landcare since its inception.
Her writing and images appear in both academic and popular literature and her recent book, The Allure of Fungi explores the kooky curiosities of the fungal realm. Her upcoming book, to be published with CSIRO Publishing, will be the first field guide to edible fungi in Australia.
We'll be talking all things fungi, the health benefits and how fungi could reshape the way we see dirt matters/agriculture. Alison has workshops Fungus Foray & Dirt Matters occuring in April 2021 Contact Landcare or Eventbrite for tickets.
Catch up with all the latest news from the Apollo Bay Health service in one easy episode!
OVERCOMING ADVERISTY
When life knocks you down, what do you do? Do you dust yourself off and keep moving forward, or do you curl up in a ball and give up? Adversity takes many forms and effects each person differently. What matters most is how you choose to react when adversity strikes. Let these women discuss just how they became more resilient after adversity struck....
They're all close to my heart witnessing their desire to overcome any obstacle, any adversity along their path. I've watched them grow into the amazing, inspiring women they are today
Heather Moore
Hi, my name is Heather. Thank you to Cat for allowing me to share my story. In October 2014 my world changed forever. My late husband Bernie woke up with a headache that increasingly got worse. After a visit to his GP and blood tests, they were none the wiser why the headaches were happening. He was sent off for a CT scan of his brain to work out the mystery.
It was this scan that showed he had 8 tumours on this brain. Further scans revealed a large tumour on his lung and smaller ones around his pituitary gland. Further testing on these tumours confirmed he had Stage 4 Metastatic Melanoma. All we could tell the kids (we had 3, 12, 9 and 6) was that Daddy was in hospital to help with his headaches.
Together we spent the next 15mths trying to stop the beast. He had two back to back brain surgeries, many rounds of immunotherapy and finally as a last effort, he endured only 2 rounds of Chemo before he was declared palliative with no more options for us. This was almost 12mths to the day of finding out he had cancer.
Cathi Lampi
Cathi is a Mindset Specialist and the proud founder & CEO of Amazing Minds Australia. Her passion towards helping others has driven her to where she is today. Having qualifications as a Master Hypnotherapist - Master in Holistic Counselling - Master NLP Practitioner- Certified EHypnotherapist- Certified Life Coach - Master Practitioner Transformation Coach Master Reiki Practitioner Cathi has quite a comeback story to tell about facing adversity after her health crisis and rising to the challenge.
Fiona Grace
Fiona is a fully qualified #Naturopath with over 15 years experience, and practices using a vast variety of skills including herbal medicine, nutrition, food therapy, live blood analysis, essences, kinesiology and mindfulness. Fiona has a special interest in supporting those diagnosed with #Multiple Sclerosis which she has a telling story herself.
As a naturopath Fiona has a special interest in the link between the mind and health. She is an advanced student and a Team Leader for #Dr Joe Dispenza, and practices #meditation for a minimum of 2 hours daily. Meditation has had a hugely positive impact on her own healing journey.
You may have seen Fiona on 9am With David and Kim – #Channel 10 or on Room to Grow – Channel 31. Fiona is often asked to speak for organisations on a variety of key issues. Fiona is a widely respected naturopath with over 15 years experience, she is passionate about getting people to experience true health, where you feel a passion for life and live to your full potential. When Fiona isn’t seeing patients you will find her either travelling to a Dr Joe event, working with conscious changing businesses to improve their systems and efficiency, riding her horses, or meditating. She discusses her rise to fame over coming health obstacles that would take most mortals down.
These are the brave ones that will recount their stories in the hope they will inspire and create hope with the listeners.
Great News about the COVID vaccination program in Apollo Bay and good news about all that's happening with your health service in Apollo Bay, including the return of Dr Leslie Cadzow.
The Wellness Couch has a practitioner to practitioner talk with a very special guest, one of Australia's leading reproduction specialists, known as the Brisbane baby maker, Dr Andrew Orr.
Well respected and known, Dr Orr has helped over 12, 500 babies enter this world with with his multi modality fertility program. He is a lecturer, public speaker, researcher and CEO of his own nutritional medicine company.
With the new conception of a government plan to recognise endometriosis as a real and debilitating disease that affects women's lives, we thought it appropriate to centre our chat around endometriosis and period pain.
Andrew Jobling played senior AFL football for the St Kilda Football Club – But don’t hold that against him! He has over 30 years experience in educating, speaking, business development, leadership, training elite athletes and health & wellbeing.
Andrew is the author of seven published books, including the bestselling ‘Eat Chocolate, Drink Alcohol and be Lean & Healthy’ & ‘Simply Strength’, ‘Dance Until It Rains’ and his latest 'The Wellness Puzzle', which have sold in excess of 200,000 copies.
He is currently on a mission to create a wave of wellness all around the world. He is doing this through is books, mentoring, online programs and speaking in schools, organisations and to anyone who wants to create positive long term change in their lives.
He is the creator of the online workshop 'One Word at a Time' and the 'Elite Club' which is helping thousands of people all over the world on their journey to become purposeful and successful published authors.
Andrew is a passionate about his message and want people to belief more, do more, experience more and succeed more, no matter how unlikely it may seem.
Melanie Howell and Sibel Hurley chat about the huge value of volunteering at your local health service.
Dr Sonya Moore APA Sports & Exercise Physiotherapist IFSPT Registered International Sports Physical Therapist
Sonya is a senior clinical physiotherapist at ASMC, an ASCA Level 1 Strength & Conditioning Coach and leads the postgraduate Sports Medicine programs at the University of Melbourne. She balances this with keeping herself and her family (including 4 young children) happy, healthy and active. Sonya has worked extensively in performance sport in Australia and internationally including: 2018 Commonwealth Games, 2006 Commonwealth Games, 2000 Paralympic Games, Victorian Institute of Sport, Netball Victoria, English Institute of Sport, Team GB and Team Bath (UK).
Sonya has special interests in supporting the development of junior athletes and supporting high performance athletes, including assisting athletes of all sports, all ages and abilities, to participate injury free to the best of their capabilities. Having competed to international level in netball, she is well versed in this.
She has completed a Doctorate in Health (D.Health) at the University of Bath comprising three substantial research projects: International Federation of Sports Physiotherapy (IFSP) Competencies & Standards, water immersion in athlete recovery and EMG functional wavelet analysis.
Join us as multi Walkley Award winning journalist, Thom Cookes, shares his experiences and insights from years of investigative reporting in conflict zones around the globe, on what makes a good person. We all have a vague idea of what we think a good person looks like, but when we try to explain what that 'something' is it can be hard to do.
Thom shares real world experiences of seeing people at their best even though everything they have has just been ripped away from them, and distils those traits down to things all of us can practice or do more of to become a better person.
Thom is a journalist, producer and camera operator, working in factual/current affairs broadcast and online media.
He has extensive post-production and online experience, and over 20 years of reporting and filming in remote, conflict and disaster zones, including Pakistan, Afghanistan, Somalia, Kosovo, the Palestinian Territories, Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, the PNG Highlands, Southern Thailand, Cambodia, West Africa, Colombia, Brazil, Guatemala, Honduras etc., as well as two Walkley Awards for international journalism and a Quill for cinematography (in Afghanistan).
He's filmed, reported and produced for Australia's most respected TV current affairs programs, including ABC's 4 Corners, 7.30, and Lateline, The Project (Channel 10) and SBS TV's Dateline, and is a former member of The Age newspaper's "Insight" investigative unit. He spent three years as a video producer and researcher for a global project to combat mosquito-bourne viruses, helping to build an online multi-lingual resource for scientists and community engagement specialists, documenting fieldwork in Colombia, Brazil, Vietnam, Indonesia and Northern Australia.
He's filmed and directed a number of award-winning documentaries, including ; "The Very Thin Blue Line" (following the training of Iraqi police recruits), which launched CNN's global documentary strand "World's Untold Stories" ; "The Rules Of The Game", a feature documentary on tribal politics in Papua New Guinea for SBS and PBS ; and his film "In Their Sights" for ABC's Four Corners, (on targeted killing by special forces in Afghanistan), won the Walkley for International Reporting.
Thom has advanced first aid training for trauma, hostile environments and marine rescue, and is a silver medallion-qualified surf lifesaver.
From a spiritual POV, the idea behind karmic relationships is that the two of you made an agreement before your souls entered this lifetime, to help each other on your respective paths. Very often,there are numerous unresolved issues from past lives. When people open to learning rather than try to control each other, then much healing can occur. In this way, karmic relationships are like guides or teachers. And usually, they're temporary. They're meant to help you grow at soul level in often difficult push-pull ways. But usually they are not intended to last a long time. This is because you are coming together in this life to clear karma between each other. It's often a balancing out of a bad experience from a past life.
But no matter what you call it, it does help to understand patterns in any relationship—especially toxic ones. Knowing if you're in a karmic relationship can help you move forward and work through whatever lesson is presenting itself through that person—so when you do move forward, you'll be ready for a love that lasts.
Sibeal Hurley delivers the lowdown on all that's happening with health services in Apollo Bay.
New staff, New opportunities and new ways of thinking about old problems - Sibeal Hurley from the Apollo Bay Campus of Great Ocean Road Health gives us an update.
Sally Forrester delivers a jam packed update on all that's happening at your Neighbourhood House.
Take a few minutes to check in and connect with all the news and learn how the house is well on the way to returning to its former bustling self!
Sibeal Hurley brings us up to date with all the big - and small - news at the Apollo Bay Campus of Great Ocean Road Health.
SUZY SINGH KARMIC CODES- Heal the Storm Within
Be it you career, personal relationships, with God; the 7 Karma Codes embraces the unending quest for purpose, love ,balance, peace, joy and contentment. The 7 karma Codes contains secrets every man must know. As you embrace the wisdom of these codes, you will move from confusion to clarity ,Victimhood to power, and darkness to light. The 7 Karma Codes give you startling insights into why things happen and what you can do to transform your life.
About Suzy:
Suzy Singh is an Emotional and Mental WellBeing Coach at Suzyheals, YouTube Edumentor, Speaker, Workshop Facilitator & Author of the International Best Selling book, 7 Karma Codes - Heal the Storm Within. The Italian edition of the book was launched in July 2020 followed by the Serbian edition earlier this month. She is a professional advisor to the NGO - 'We Listen' on mental health, Master Trainer at We Mentor & a certified partner therapist at Life Positive. She is also a Clinical Hypnotherapist.
Eighteen years into an adrenaline filled career in advertising, Suzy quit her job as General Manager Lintas advertising - managing the Unilever Foods business to focus on her passion and spiritual calling to help heal the personal and collective consciousness in 1998. In 1999 she met with a near fatal car crash, encountering a near death experience (NDE) which further accelerated this deep desire. As a therapist and healer, Suzy has extensive clinical experience in multidisciplinary approaches to health and healing. She has helped thousands of people across the globe (USA, UK, Australia, Germany, Dubai, Kuwait, Singapore, India) to find clarity, purpose, happiness, relief from stress, better health, improved relationships & enhanced productivity. She received the Bharat Excellence Award for Alternative Healing in 2012. She is also a contributing author to the book, Holistic Wellness in the New Age
Besides providing personal counselling sessions worldwide, Suzy provides life coaching and mentoring, writes extensively for various publications on WellBeing, speaks at webinars, panels and Wellness Summits, conducts workshops and e-courses. She has an exclusive YouTube channel where she provides valuable mentoring and guidance on a wide range of issues
In the last Otway Health Check for the year, Sibeal Hurley gives us the heads up on all The Great Ocean Road Health news. There's The Annual General Meeting that will be like none you've attended before, plus the easing virus situation, a piano looking for a new home and a pointers for online health and fitness with Campbell Craig.
Our program will resume on January 12.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
Australia is one of the most biologically diverse countries in the world, with a large portion of species endemic to Australia. Preserving this wealth of biodiversity is important for future generations. Conservationist and International award winning photo journalist, Doug Gimesy automates inspiration to conserving wildlife through his incredible visual capture of animals. Heather brilliantly utilises her highly developed award winning graphic skills to make master pieces of art as well as looking after zoo stakeholders with her welcoming personality. Together they produced a visual pictorial for children about the Upside Down life of grey headed foxes.
ABOUT Doug and Heather
Doug Gimesy is an international award-winning conservation and wildlife photojournalist and associate fellow of the International League of Conservation Photographers (iLCP). Doug’s images have been showcased in publications such as National Geographic, Australian Geographic, BBC Wildlife and the New York Times. Initially trained as a zoologist and microbiologist, Doug also holds a Diploma of Education, a Masters of Environment and a Masters of Bioethics.
Heather is an award-winning media graphic artist and passionate conservationist. She holds a Bachelor of Environmental Science, an Honours degree focusing on Conservation Psychology, and a post-graduate qualification in Antarctic Studies.
iLCP Associate Fellow Winner Wildscreen Panda Photo Story Awards 2018 Winner Aus Geo Nature Photographer of the Year 2015, 2016 - 'Monochrome' and 'Our impact' Finalist Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2016, 2020 Finalist BigPicture Natural World Photography 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020 Finalist Aus Geo Nature Photographer of the Year 2015, 2017, 2019, 2020
THE WHEEL OF LIFE Get your pens and paper out We're in for a discussion how to be fulfilled in all areas of your life - The Wheel of life.
Most people unfortunately allow "life" to happen to them. Preconditioned, affected by media, culture and frame work they zoom through life without consideration what their soul wants, what would make them happy.
Westernised to believe title, finance and career is their goal...many people today are unhappy and depressed due to the disconnection to their true self. Have a look at the wheel of life, the interconnected areas of your life that affect one another.
Now ask yourself the same questions i asked yesterday.
Do YOU know who YOU truly are? Do YOU know what YOU want? Do YOU know your WHY? Do YOU even have a life vision?
Many people can verify what it is what they do not like and want in life....but do you know what you really want in all these areas of your life book?
You are so much more than your title, finances, culture and framework!
You want to be happy and successful in life? It starts with awareness /knowing what you want and allowing your North Star to guide you in all areas. Discover who you really are utilising the tool - The Wheel of Life.
CHANGING HABITS, CHANGING LIVES IS YOUR FOOD CREATING HEALTH OR DISEASE?
with Special Guest CYNDI O'MEARA
Empowering you to change negative food habits, Is the food you are eating creating health or illness? The marketing strategies used by companies to buy their foods Positive change and ideas how to take control of our health Growing our own food, How food and where it is sourced is imperative to know about for optimal health Environmental chemicals wreaking havoc on our health and the environment Wheat and its impact on your health (Cyndi is the film maker of What's with Wheat).
ABOUT CYNDI:
Cyndi O’Meara is a nutritionist, film maker, bestselling author, speaker and founder of Changing Habits, a whole food company that believes everything begins and ends with food and that health food should actually be just that - healthy.
Cyndi graduated with a degree in Nutrition from Deakin University in 1984 where her special interest was ancestral foods. At the end of her degree she was so disillusioned by the nutritional guidelines that she paved her own path, steering clear of the low-fat diets of the day. Her groundbreaking 1998 book ‘Changing Habits Changing Lives’ became an instant bestseller and from there she has grown a successful whole food company, developed a range of healthy eating programs and a certified online nutrition course. In 2016 Cyndi released the acclaimed documentary ‘What’s With Wheat?’ which received 150,000 downloads globally in the first week.
2020 brings LAB TO TABLE, the completely revised, updated and extended version of Cyndi’s bestseller, Changing Habits Changing Lives.
Cyndi educates people so they are empowered to know better, eat better and live better - because educating people about whole food is the key to a rebellion and everyone deserves to know exactly what they are eating.
As the Victorian and Melbourne, Australia restrictions ease, there’s a sigh of breath and hallelujaj in the air. If you ever wondered how others were coping and the views they held toward lockdown, here’s a cohort sample of Life In Lockdown.
It’s been tears, It’s been torment, confined, restricted, frustrating, despair, depression, laughs, enlightenment, awareness, soul searching, connection, disconnection - What a rollercoaster of emotions its been for everyone –
Join us on The Wellness Couch as we chat to 5 eclectic individuals as they reveal what lockdown has been like for them. Their Story:
OUR GUESTS:
- Lourdes Ann, Living Prospect Real Estate Business Owner, Point Cook
- Angela McDonald, Nursing background, Melbourne
- Nickdanbeau Love, Influencer, Love Peace & Harmony
- Mikhala McCann, ICARO- wholefoods cafe, Apollo Bay business Owner.
- Anna, Retail Owner, Melbourne.
SOLVING RELATIONSHIP STRUGGLES IN LOCKDOWN TOGETHER ABOUT NEHA: Neha is a mother, a wife and a Registered Psychologist with the Australian Psychological Society and says it’s these three roles that define her existence majority of the time! She loves music and the ocean and would take any opportunity she can get to enjoy these two elements. Neha has 12+ years of experience providing counselling to people from various walks of lives facing range of issues. She enjoys working with couples as well as individuals. Her area of interests include Anxiety, Depression, Stress, Parenting Issues and Relationship difficulties. She has gained her Bachelors of Arts majoring in Psychology. She moved to Australia in 2001 and gained her Graduate Diploma in Psychology and then her Masters of Psychology.
CHILD and ADOLESCENT MENTAL HEALTH DURING COVID-19 LOCKDOWN
Significant information to help parents with Child and Adolescent Mental Health during Lockdown.
Dr Leila Masson will discuss the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on young people’s mental health and offer practical tips on what families can do to counter these.
For example, children in social isolation may produce less oxytocin and be in constant sympathetic overdrive. There are a myriad of lifestyle and nutritional interventions to increase oxytocin, to decrease adrenaline and stress, and shift children and adolescents into a parasympathetic “rest and digest" balance.
ABOUT: Dr Leila Masson, Sydney-based specialist paediatrician and author of "Children's Health A-Z" a parent's guide to natural therapies for common childhood ailments.
Leila specializes in nutritional and environmental medicine for children's health issues, including allergies, asthma, behaviour problems, autism spectrum disorders and ADHD. She received her medical doctorate from the Free University of Berlin and did her paediatric specialist training at the University of California in San Francisco. She received her Master in Public Health from Harvard University and her Diploma in Tropical Medicine from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
Sibeal Hurley from Great Ocean Road Health delivers a scintillating update on the COVID testing, Great Ocean Road Health Hike and the pivoting Second Sales.
Highly acclaimed, gifted, awarded and media sought
Professor Ian Brighthope.
Listen in as we discuss the research behind vitamins C, D & Zinc . Professor Brighthope will also address efforts he has made to campaign widely to try to get the Government to consider introducing preventative protocols and evidence based natural treatment options for Covid 19.
In late February 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic had been affecting countries around the globe. Pro- fessor Brighthope realised that there would be a need for people to improve their state of health and increase their resistance to this new and novel coronavirus.
From previous experience and based on the scientific literature, he initiated a prophylactic and treatment protocol titled “The CD Zinc Campaign”. It consisted of the use of vitamin C, vitamin D and Zinc as oral supplements and the use of high dose vitamin D for deficiency states and high dose intravenous vitamin C for acutely and severely ill patients, either as outpatients or inpatients.The campaign was taken to the federal gov- ernment, unions, public, media and business.
The National Institute of Integrative Medicine’s (NIIM) Professor Ian Brighthope said there was mounting evidence the widely available nutrient VIT D could play a significant defensive role against coronavirus. A large portion of Victoria’s COVID-19 death toll can be linked to the aged care sector. Professor Brighthope is calling for a vitamin D rollout in Australia’s aged care facilities “without delay”, arguing the supplements can help build immunity to COVID-19 and help save hundreds if not thousands of lives.
ABOUT: Professor Ian Brighthope:
A retired Medical Practitioner who graduated over 40 years ago with a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery. He also has qualifications and experience in agricultural science and research. He originally specialised in Immunology but decided early in his career to focus on nutrition, nutritional, environmental medicine and herbal medicine as he understood they were the building blocks and keystones to health.
Professor Brighthope is the founding president of Australasian College of Nutritional and Environmental Medicine (ACNEM) and has a lifelong ambition to help change the way medicine and healthcare is practised for the benefit of the public.
Professor Brighthope has published extensively for the general public and has appeared regularly in the media as an advocate of nutritional and environmental health. He is the author of 5 books and many scientific and medial lectures and reviews. His books have been endorsed by many luminaries, most notably the late Linus Pauling, the only person to have ever been awarded two unshared Nobel Prizes.
“Research from around the world is showing that vitamin D can play an essential role in both building immunity to the virus in the first place and also reducing the impact of the disease on those who do fall ill,” Prof Brighthope said.
Professor Ian Brighthope believes vitamin D can help build immunity to COVID-19. One in five Australians are vitamin D deficient, with the statistics more damning among higher-risk groups, Prof Brighthope said.
The institute’s founding director Professor Avni Sali said vitamin D could be a “cheaper and safe” method of safe guarding elderly Australians against COVID-19 until a safe and effective vaccine was found.
Lets chat with the highly acclaimed expert to understand the scientific research behind the preventative protocols and evidence based natural treatment for the virus that could just be your life saber.
Sibeal Hurley from Apollo Bay updates us with all the latest news from Great OCEAN ROAD HEALTH!
Campbell Craig is an exercise physiologist at Great Ocean Road Health.
Together with the rest of the staff, he's launching a virtual challenge to all of us to step out on the Great Ocean Road Health Hike Walk - From Point Impossible to the 12 Apostles, 29 days at 10,000 steps a day.
There will be badges. There will be videos. There will be teams and solo flyers. Most of all there will be a lot of fun. Listen to the podcast, check the Great Ocean Road Health website and count down to the September lift-off!
Shuffling off the mortal coil is a once in a lifetime activity, so it's worth thinking about how you'd like to make the trip.
Community Nurse, Ingrid and Liz Forrester from GREAT OCEAN ROAD HEALTH are keen to chat to locals young and old to address and record your wishes and treatment preferences when it comes time to deal with the inevitable.
It's well worth a listen.
Just because the doors are shut doesn't mean that Marrar Woorn has slowed down. Quite the reverse! Sally Forrester and her Neighbourhood house team are busy in the virtual world AND the real world with a free concert, free masks, food parcels and much more.
A dedicated career health professional, Andrea Russell is Great Ocean Road Health's Director of Clinical Services. She oversees the standards in both Lorne and Apollo Bay. It's a big job at the best of times, but with COVID it's especially demanding. Take a minute to meet Andrea and the challenges she faces.
Dr Catherine Fyans, MMBS - Integrative Medical Practitioner with 40 years of experience, author of The Wounding of Health Care - joins us.
In our current state - Media is perpetuating fear and not disseminating both sides of medical journalism. Much is being censored that is creating polarisations and divisions between the population. Unfortunately this is creating much stress - prolonged stress is creating survival mechanisms within us that are hostile. Are we getting the whole story on the virus?
Catherine has worked as a medical practitioner, as her ‘day job’, for many years, and for most of that time as an ‘integrative’, or ‘holistic’, general practitioner. She has also trained in, and been informed by, other health care disciplines, including kinesiology, and is passionate about integrating the best of these different health care disciplines. Her interest in other health care practices has challenged many of the dogmas that were instilled during her medical training. She believes that no one group ‘owns’ health care and that the authority of one’s health should be rightfully handed back to the client.
It doesn't matter what angle we look at our current situation, we are all in agreeance that something is quite not right. With all due respect to those who have died with the virus and those most at risk, tonight we open our minds and view the current pandemic from a different angle and discuss what viruses can teach us by upgrading our genomic sequence.
- The effects of sustained fear on the immune system
- Mass testing and positive 'cases' - what does this actually mean?
- Pro’s and con’s of wearing a mask. What does the science say?
- What are the health and wellbeing implications of the current sanctions?
- Susceptibility to infection rather than just focusing on barrier methods to viral spread.
THE SARS - V C-19 VIRUS episode with this brilliant & humble Professor about what she and her team is doing with her latest research on SARS- V Covid -19 virus.
Professor Vasso Apostolopoulos is currently the Pro Vice-Chancellor, Research Partnerships at Victoria University. She received her PhD majoring in immunology in 1995 from the University of Melbourne, and the Advanced Certificate in Protein Crystallography from Birkbeck College, University of London. Her expertise is multi-disciplinary with extensive expertise in immunology, x-ray crystallography, medicinal chemistry, cellular biology, molecular biology. She has extensive translational research expertise with development of drugs and vaccines. Vasso was a Chief Scientific Officer for 4Gvaccines, is on the board, and consults for, a number of pharmaceutical companies worldwide, and is the Director of VAConsulting Services. She was the head of the Immunology and Vaccine Unit at the Austin Research Institute and at the Burnet Institute; the Immunology Program Leader in the Centre for Chronic Disease at Victoria University; and is the Mechanisms and Interventions in Health and Disease Program Leader at the Institute for Health and Sport, Victoria University.
Professor Vasso Apostolopoulos is a world-renowned researcher who has been recognised with over 100 awards for the outstanding results of her research. Most notable are the Premier’s Award for Medical Research, Young Australian of the Year (Vic), Greek Australian of the Year, Woman of the Year. She was named as one of the most successful Greeks abroad by the prestigious Times magazine.
Vasso was the first in the world to develop the concept of immunotherapy for cancer in the early 1990s, which today is used by hundreds of labs around the world. Immunotherapy aims to boost specific immune cells and program them to kill cancer cells; it was used by Vasso to develop the world’s first breast cancer vaccine with phase I, II and III clinical trials completed. Of note, one of the studies now has long-term follow-up data showing that 20 years later those injected with the vaccine remain cancer free. It has been licensed to an Australian pharmaceutical company.
Using immunotherapy, Vasso has also developed the world’s first ovarian cancer vaccine, which attracted the investment by a pharmaceutical company and has been commercialised in the Middle East. Committed to the wide-ranging benefits of immunotherapy, Vasso has applied this approach to other diseases including a vaccine for multiple sclerosis (which will undergo human clinical trials early in 2019). Most recently, Vasso’s work has been awarded a research grant to develop a vaccine for type-1 diabetes. We'll chat about Covid research, symptoms and what we can do to reduce the virus.
We interview The Dingo Advocate and author of his recently released new book, Dawn of a Dingo Day.
Most Australians are unaware of the vital role the dingo plays within the Australian eco system, and this lack of knowledge has led to ecological chaos today. DAWN OF A DINGO DAY takes an in-depth look at this remarkable animal and exposes the truth of the matter, a reality which we cannot deny any longer if we want to restore ecological harmony, back into this land.
DAWN OF A DINGO DAY by Yosef Lasarow “Prior to the colonisation by the British in 1788, Australia was rich in biodiversity with a vibrant and thriving environment and its heartbeat sound and strong. The dingo reigned over the animal kingdom, and the Aboriginal first nation population lived in harmony with the land, understanding and honouring the rhythms and natural laws that govern all Earth. It was a Garden of Eden in a sense, simple and honest and true. The richness of the Australian natural landscape (which we can still behold in a few remaining places), is a direct product of masterful management in its ideal form. For the last two centuries, Australian governments and the livestock farming industry have targeted dingoes as the primary culprits of livestock predation and have gone to extreme lengths to safeguard the industry from them, hence the ongoing 1080 bating, shooting, trapping, and the infallible, five-thousand-kilometre dingo fence. Today, this relentless perseverance has led to ecological havoc as the system now spirals out of control and no one seems to know why?”
About the book DAWN OF A DINGO DAY is a short but concise work, adorned with beautiful photography, and filled with thought provoking material that every Australian should know. It was conceived through the shocking realisation that the Australian society, bar First Nation Peoples and a minuscule handful of passionate individuals, are oblivious to the dingo ‘footprint’, and the vital role they play, and that its ongoing persecution is the primary cause of Australia’s current eco crisis. It is with these concerns in mind that I have sketched a portrait of the dingo within the Australian landscape, demonstrating the dependence of the system on its presence, and highlighting, as a solution, that dingo protection is the golden key to the salvation of large sectors of the ecology. This work also addresses the current livestock predation issues and argues that mandated dingo protection will not only lead towards ecological stabilisation but will also result in a lessening of livestock predation the more stable the system becomes. Finally, and in some ways most importantly, it strives to stimulate (inter)national awareness, of yet another of Earth’s … hidden iconic gems!!!
About the Author Yosef Lasarow was born in South Africa in 1962 and has dedicated his life to a passionate search for truth and the purpose of life. After moving to Australia Yosef has dedicated the last ten years developing his eco-wildlife park, the Great Ocean Road Wildlife Park, in Victoria. It was there that he discovered the masterful and essential ecomanagement skills of the dingo and the vital ecological role they play and have played for thousands of years on Australian soil.
Quote from Lyn Watson, Director of the Australian Dingo Foundation “This short work by Yosef Lasarow, an experienced tender of the earth, who has resettled here from another plundered land and for a relatively short time appreciated Australia’s unique forms of beauty, should shake us to our very inner foundations, because he sees with experienced eyes and heart. It is a book I wish I had written, but was always pressured by the immediate battle, put aside for when time was mine. After more than 30 years living closely with dingoes, I have comprehended the enormity of their nature given task. It will not be a laborious read. I truly commend it.”
DAWN OF A DINGO DAY: Available from The Australian Dingo Foundation Store at just $10. Link: https://dingo-foundation.square.site/s/shop Amazon as an e-book for $7.50 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08947LWHQ/ref=nav_timeline_asin…
Proceeds 65% to the AUSTRALIAN DINGO FOUNDATION to support the organisation in their goals to protect and conserve Australia’s only native Canid species. 35% to the GREAT OCEAN ROAD WILDLIFE PARK and DINGO AWARENESS CENTRE in support of the Dingo Awareness Campaign
DINGO PETITION By signing our petition, you will be helping to deliver this important message to the public arena https://spark.greenpeace.org.au/…/save-the-dingo-australia
CEO Sandy Chamberlain talks about the Ist anniversary of the amalgamated health entity, COVID responses, building plans and all things related to delivery of health services to our community here in Apollo Bay.
Sally Forrester chats about all the good things that have been going on at Marrar Woorn and how exciting the future looks - despite the challenges of "the Virus."
If you're a patient, every day is a day to celebrate your nurses. They are the unsung heroes of every health routine and emergency. Recorded on International Nurses Day, this podcast features the newly graduated Simone Byrne who brings her personal perspective to an age old tradition of professional care.
Our Neighbourhood House is responding to the COVID 19 situation in lots of positive ways. Make a cup of tea and take 20 minutes to discover exactly how.
With the COVID19 Virus situation changing almost daily, it's important to keep up to date. In this Otway Health Check, CEO Sandy Chamberlain shares the latest news on precautions, testing and the general response from both our community and the healthcare staff that look after us.
We are lucky enough to be chatting with World renowned fungi expert Dr Alsion Pouliot
Dr Alison Pouliot is an ecologist, environmental photographer and honorary fellow at the Australian National University. Her research spans both northern and southern hemispheres where she is actively involved in fungal conservation, conducting over 400 fungus forays over the last two decades.
Alison has been involved with the Apollo Bay community for over a decade. She has an extensive knowledge of the Otways Forests and the astonishing diversity of fungi they harbour, and has worked with Landcare since its inception.
Her writing and images appear in both academic and popular literature and her recent book, The Allure of Fungi explores the kooky curiosities of the fungal realm. Her upcoming book, to be published with CSIRO Publishing, will be the first field guide to edible fungi in Australia.
We'll be talking all things fungi, the health benefits and how fungi could reshape the way we see dirt matters/agriculture.
Chiropractic is a system of therapy focused on the structure of the body particularly the spine. Chiropractors manipulate the body's alignment to relieve pain and improve function whilst helping the body to heal itself. In fact amongst individuals seeking back pain relief, most chose chiropractic treatment.
Join us tonight as we delve into the world of master manipulator Chiropractor Rahni Buchanan. The ever popular Rahni has a wealth of chiropractic experience, treating patients from two locations - Colac and Apollo Bay.
Having just finished his post graduate studies in paedeatric care - Rahni chats with us about some great health tips for children, sporting career and even being a Trinity captain in his Senior School Years.
Great Ocean Road Health CEO Sandy Chamberlain delivers the latest information about preparations, precautions and possibilities for our community in the coming weeks. Vital listening for all residents.
Hear the latest news on our local preparation for the COVID-19 Corona Virus at Otway Health from Great Ocean Road Health CEO Sandy Chamberlain.
What can you do to prepare for the THE NOVEL CORONA VIRUS/ COVID- 19
Just what is going on with this virus? And just how dangerous is it ? What precautions can we take? Should we be worried considering it comes from the same family as the cold and flu, SARS and MERS? It has had quite an impact economically globally - what does it mean for our health?
Vasso and I will chat about the Novel Corona Virus that is reaching pandemic proportions around the world. We''l no doubt both have our own takes on it from a medicinal perspective.
Professor Vasso Apostolopoulos is currently the Pro Vice-Chancellor, Research Partnerships at Victoria University.
She received her PhD majoring in immunology in 1995 from the University of Melbourne, and the Advanced Certificate in Protein Crystallography from Birkbeck College, University of London.
Her expertise is multi-disciplinary with extensive expertise in immunology, x-ray crystallography, medicinal chemistry, cellular biology, molecular biology. She has extensive translational research expertise with development of drugs and vaccines.
Vasso was a Chief Scientific Officer for 4Gvaccines, is on the board, and consults for, a number of pharmaceutical companies worldwide, and is the Director of VAConsulting Services. She was the head of the Immunology and Vaccine Unit at the Austin Research Institute and at the Burnet Institute; the Immunology Program Leader in the Centre for Chronic Disease at Victoria University; and is the Mechanisms and Interventions in Health and Disease Program Leader at the Institute for Health and Sport, Victoria University.
Professor Vasso Apostolopoulos is a world-renowned researcher who has been recognised with over 100 awards for the outstanding results of her research. Most notable are the Premier’s Award for Medical Research, Young Australian of the Year (Vic), Greek Australian of the Year, Woman of the Year. She was named as one of the most successful Greeks abroad by the prestigious Times magazine.
Vasso was the first in the world to develop the concept of immunotherapy for cancer in the early 1990s, which today is used by hundreds of labs around the world. Immunotherapy aims to boost specific immune cells and program them to kill cancer cells; it was used by Vasso to develop the world’s first breast cancer vaccine with phase I, II and III clinical trials completed. Of note, one of the studies now has long-term follow-up data showing that 20 years later those injected with the vaccine remain cancer free. It has been licensed to an Australian pharmaceutical company.
Using immunotherapy, Vasso has also developed the world’s first ovarian cancer vaccine, which attracted the investment by a pharmaceutical company and has been commercialised in the Middle East. Committed to the wide-ranging benefits of immunotherapy, Vasso has applied this approach to other diseases including a vaccine for multiple sclerosis (which will undergo human clinical trials early in 2019). Most recently, Vasso’s work has been awarded a research grant to develop a vaccine for type-1 diabetes.
Not a podcast of fear or scare tactics but one to empower individuals how you can maintain your best health in the virus season.
LAUGHTER IS THE BEST MEDICINE THE WELLNESS COUCH
The idea that a positive outlook on life and a cheery disposition help to stave off illness is as old as the hills. Perhaps surprisingly, this adage is much more than an old wives’ tale.
Over the last few decades, the intriguing and pervasive links between neuroscience and the immune system have slowly been uncovered. What might seem, at first, like an uneasy marriage between the brain and immunity has steadily grown into a fully fledged interdisciplinary area of study in the one of my favourite topics, Psychoneuroimmunology.
It is well established, in the minds of most people, that stress can induce illness and that, conversely, a fun-filled occasion with loved ones can soothe aches and pains and stave off the very same illness.
With all the challenges much of the world has been facing over the last few months, The Wellness Couch thought it time to break the drought and add some humour to let go of stress and fear that is so prevalent today. Lets ramp up the humour and stimulate our immune systems along the way.
Meet our Subject Matter expert speaker - Philippa Challis, The Laughter Lady from Live Life Laughing and the Geelong Laughter Club.
From the first moment you speak or meet Phillipa it is evident she exudes waves of inspiring energy and enthusiasm. Her passion for the laughter business is evident in her keynote presentations and workshops.
Phillipa started her business - Live Life Laughing - after becoming involved in the laughter industry in 2001. Over the years Phillipa has introduced thousands of people in business and the community to the benefits of laughter, and trained hundreds to be laughter leaders.
Phillipa’s passion for spreading the happidemic of laughter is evident from the first laugh you share with her. After you’ve experienced her ability for getting people to laugh out loud you will never take life so seriously again.
Would you please join me in welcoming Geelong and Australia’s foremost Laughter Lady – Phillipa Challis on The Wellness Couch,
Nurse Practitioner Brad Pickering, and head of Clinical services Libby Van Leeuwen talk about COVID 19, Brad's Scholarship and Volunteering at the local Otway Health Campus of Great Ocean Road Health.
Sally Forrester from the Marrar Woorn neighbourhood house brings us up to speed with all the latest action including the Fire Ready program, the new Community Engagement Officer and the latest from the refurbished Community Centre.
There can be no healthy life without healthy land and soil. It's a compelling discussion. Submerged in the Land: Regenerative farming, recovery from the bushfires, and caring for country: Matthew Evans, Tasmanian based chef, restaurateur and farmer, former food critic, presenter of the SBS program Gourmet Farmer, food activist. Niels Olsen, regenerative farmer, developer of the Soilkee Renovator; recipient of the first carbon credits for a soil carbon project under the Emissions Reduction Fund and the Paris Agreement Shane Buckley, oyster farmer Wapengo Rocks Oysters
Dr Jack Pascoe is a Yuin man, scientist, and conservation ecologist at the Cape Otway Conservation Ecology Centre.
Kristy Stewart, 5th generation sheep and agroforestry farmer, member of the Otways Agroforestry Network Max Allen, journalist, author and raconteur who has been writing and talking about booze for 25 years.
3D Ocean Farming: Bren Smith, regenerative ocean farmer who pioneered the development of 3D ocean farming on his farm Thimble Island Oyster Co in Long Island Sound.Bren Smith Bren is the executive director and co-founder of GreenWave, an award-winning organization that supports a new generation of ocean farmers. He is an Ashoka and Echoing Green Climate Fellow and author of Eat Like a Fish: My Adventures as a Fisherman Turned Restorative Ocean Farmer.
Reef restoration and Ocean Conservation Simon Branigan, Marine Restoration Co-ordinator, The Nature Conservancy. Lisa Deppler, local activist with Fight for the Bight to talk issues
Richard Cornish in conversation with 3 great Chefs at The Apollo Bay Seafood Festival 2020 Nick Mahlook, Executive Chef The Atlantic restaurant, Crown Complex Melbourne Steve Earl, owner and head chef La Bimba restaurant Apollo Bay David Moyle, head chef Longsong, Food Editor Saturday Paper
Dr. Lucia Kelleher made a breakthrough brain discovery from her PhD, Busy Brain Syndrome in the early 2000’s. BB or loss of brain bandwidth is caused by our digital world severely compromising brain processing and is the leading cause of ‘human factor’ issues in organisations.
We need the digital world for our social and business enterprises - but has it harmed us in more ways than we could forsee? More connected than ever with our technology yet more disconnected in a myriad of ways than ever before. And just how does this technology change our neurotransmitters that are so important to our health and other dimensional awareness?
Are we addicted to our smart phones? Do you have flurries of fury over your teenager being "attached" to their devices constantly? If you think your're not addicted then think again. How many times do you have the urge to check your phone even for an instant? We'll be in discussion about technology and its affects on the human brain and health - the facts and the solutions to our overwhelm and brain disintegration on the show when we chat to Dr Lucia.
Lively and informative, "Submerged in the Ocean" is the first of four sold out sessions from the 2020 Apollo Bay seafood Festival. Fishermen's report on the state of the ocean and its inhabitants: Local fishermen Markus Nolle, Nick Polgeest, Russell Frost. Origin labelling for seafood: Matthew Evans, Tasmanian based chef, restaurateur and farmer, former food critic, presenter of the SBS program Gourmet Farmer, food activist. Johnathon Davey, Executive Director Seafood Industry Victoria. Chefs panel discussing by-catch, labelling and other issues: Nick Mahlook, Executive Chef The Atlantic restaurant, Crown Complex Melbourne Steve Earl, owner and head chef La Bimba restaurant Apollo Bay David Moyle, head chef Longsong, Food Editor Saturday Paper
Sandy Chamberlain, the new CEO at Great Ocean Road Health reflects on her first 3 months in the role and discusses the challenges, opportunities and plans for the future of our health service.
FERTILITY
The Wellness Couch - we have a practitioner to Practitioner chat about Fertility to one of Australia's leading reproduction specialists, known as the Brisbane baby maker, Dr Andrew Orr.
Well respected and known, Dr Orr has helped over 12, 500 babies enter this world with with his multi modality fertility program. He is a lecturer, public speaker, researcher and CEO of his own nutritional medicine company, ConceptShen.
We are going all Cosmic with Planetary Influences:
Pheww - it’s been quite an interesting few months - Devastating Fires, Corona virus - what Next?
Julija from Cosmic Intelligence Agency will shed some light on the planetary and other astrological influences that are in store for our planet for the next year.
Julija Simas is the founder, motivator and designer behind the CIA, the Cosmic Intelligence Agency. After completing a Diploma in Applied Astrology with her finishing thesis on “Astrology and the ANIMA MUNDI in 2005”, the ideas within were set into motion as the CIA, astrology with a co-creative purpose, raising consciousness to astrology around the globe. Julija is a practising astrological consultant, teacher, writer, presenter and retreat organiser for the CIA. Julija’s focus is on the living breathing nature of astrology, cosmic cycles and real sky astrology. Julija has lectures at various CIA events, local workshops, and retreats, and online and has presented at many international conferences over the years - USA, India, Cost Rica and Turkey 2019.
Ian White Australian Bush Flowers Company
Ian obtained his Bachelor of Health Science from the university of NSW. For the last 40 years Ian has been practicing successfully as a naturopath and homeopath. Ian is a fifth generation Australian herbalist. Both his grandmother and great grandmother were early pioneers in researching and discovering the medicinal properties of Australian plants and as a boy, Ian spent a great deal of his time with his grandmother in the bush learning from her.
Since 1987, Ian has travelled Australia extensively, researching and developing a range of specific remedies using native flowers from diverse areas such as Northern Territory, Kakadu, Olgas, the Kimberley, South Australian deserts, south west Western Australia, Victorian health lands and Sydney sandstone region.
These remedies are used by naturopathic practitioners, medical doctors, pharmacists and other individuals to assist in healing emotions.
Ian is the author of the book Australian Bush Flower Essences and regularly contributes to well known Australian publications such as Wellbeing and Nature and Health. A regular guest on television and radio talk shows, he also taught at many leading Australian Naturopathic Colleges. He runs his own workshops on the Australian Bush Flower Essences regularly throughout Australia, North America, South America, Asia ad Europe.
I was very lucky to be taught by the best in the industry. Lucky enough to be exposed to Ian White, founder of Australian Bush Flower Essences. Australian Bush Flower Essences are catalysts to unlock your full potential, resolve negative beliefs and create emotional health and well being.
Flower Remedies are not new. The Australian Aboriginals have always used flowers to heal the emotions, as did the Ancient Egyptians. There has also been a very long tradition of use of Flower Essences in India, Asia and South America and they were also very popular in Europe in the Middle Ages. Hildegard von Bingen (12th century) and Paracelsus (15th century) both wrote about how they collected dew from flowering plants to treat health imbalances. Enjoy this podcast from a great Australian.
Great Ocean Road Health's new Director of Nursing, Libby Van Leewen chats about the role, her background and her hopes for the next few years.
Lynn From the Australian Dingo Foundation
The Australian Dingo Foundation is a not-for-profit organization established to promote the conservation of the dingo (Canis dingo) as a species, and to help maintain biodiversity in Australian ecosystems. Among other activities, it provides support to the Dingo Discovery Sanctuary to preserve a captive pure dingo population for possible future re-introductions, facilitate non-invasive research and help educate the public about the species and its serious plight.
There has been such a resurgence of interest in our Australian dingoes of late especially since quite a few well known celebrities have an interest in dingoes and championing their support, such as Peter Hitchner from channel 9 news, the guy from The Bachelorette that loved his dogs - forgot his name along with the show, and many more suddenly popping out of the wood works loving our Australian pure bred native dingo.
But this little resilient pup that has won the heart of the nation, Wandi (the purebred dingo pup that dropped from the air into a backyard garden turns out to be part of an endangered breed), is putting the Foundation on the map -
We'll talk to Lynn Watson, a huge advocate for Dingoes who is highly educated about scientific research and has decades of hands on experience having over 35 pair of dingoes at her foundation. And we'll have our own story to tell......
Dingoes their misconceptions 1080 bait Renewed interest in dingoes and relationship to biodiversity and of course we'll see how Wandi the magic Dingo who fell from the skies is going.
MONICA GAGLIANO, PhD, Thus Spoke The Plant
Ethnobotany is becoming mainstream - we need it in our current cultural climate to survive, to form a connection back to nature. Who better to chat to about this subject than the author and advocate of plants, Monica, who wrote the famous book last year, "Thus Spoke The Plant."
Monica is Research Associate Professor of Evolutionary Ecology. She is currently based at the University of Sydney as a Research Affiliate at the Sydney Environment Institute and a Senior Research Fellow at the School of Life and Environmental Sciences, opening the doors of the brand-new BI Lab – Biological Intelligence Lab.
She is the author of numerous scientific articles in the fields of animal and plant behavioral and evolutionary ecology, and is the co-editor of The Green Thread: Dialogues with the Vegetal World (Lexington Books, 2015) and The Language of Plants: Science, Philosophy and Literature (Minnesota University Press, 2017).
Her most recent book is Thus Spoke the Plant: A Remarkable Journey of Groundbreaking Scientific Discoveries and Personal Encounters with Plants (North Atlantic Books, 2018). Her work has extended the concept of cognition (including perception, learning processes, memory and consciousness) in plants. Gagliano has pioneered the brand-new research field of plant bioacoustics, for the first time experimentally demonstrating that plants emit their own 'voices' and, moreover, detect and respond to the sounds of their environments.
Monica Gagliano reveals the dynamic role plants play in genuine first-hand accounts from her research into plant communication and cognition. By transcending the view of plants as the objects of scientific materialism, Gagliano encourages us to rethink plants as people--beings with subjectivity, consciousness, and volition, and hence having the capacity for their own perspectives and voices. The book draws on up-close-and-personal encounters with the plants themselves, as well as plant shamans, indigenous elders, and mystics from around the world and integrates these experiences with an incredible research journey and the groundbreaking scientific discoveries that emerged from it. Gagliano has published numerous peer-reviewed scientific papers on how plants have a Pavlov-like response to stimuli and can learn, remember, and communicate to neighboring plants. She has pioneered the brand-new research field of plant bioacoustics, for the first time experimentally demonstrating that plants emit their own 'voices' and, moreover, detect and respond to the sounds of their environments. By demonstrating experimentally that learning is not the exclusive province of animals, Gagliano has re-ignited the discourse on plant subjectivity and ethical and legal standing. This is the story of how she made those discoveries and how the plants helped her along the way.
We were lucky enough to have this amazing being stay with us and this Live Radio Replay is what transpired during her stay with us.... Oh and its the most exciting book I have ever read - And I have read many!!!!A must read for all to transform your perception and ignite your imagination to what is possible!!!
Sandy Chamberlain is the new CEO at Great Ocean Road Health and as such, she will drive the future shape of Apollo Bay's many Health and Medical services as well as those in Lorne. She is no stranger to the challenges presented by rural, remote health provision across different sites so the future looks bright for both communities on that score. In this podcast we meet the person behind the title and gain a little insight into why she came to live and work here.
TED X, MINDVALLEY, Aust Mental Health Commissioner to Australian Federal Health Minister and Prime Minister. These are words that are synonymous with Nicole and the level she operates at with her public speaking.
One of the most inspiring women and yet one of the most down to earth we have met, Nicole Gibson is a multi award winning social entrepreneur, an unstoppable messenger of Love and the Human Potential.
Nicole is known as a multi-award winning social entrepreneur, but she prefers to be seen as an unstoppable messenger of love and human potential; impacting over 250 000 people world-wide with her unconventional models of community development and transformation. Currently Nicole is the CEO of a global movement, Love Out Loud, which aspires to engage 4% of the Western populous by the end of 2020, to successfully facilitate the world’s largest love-based movement.
When Nicole was 18 years old, she established a Not-for-Profit that worked in youth mental health and community capacity building, engaging tens of thousands of young people across Australia and the UK, in unconventional conversations of vulnerability, self-love, vision and connection. This was inspired after a terrifying lived experience with anorexia nervosa. After completing a significant national tour, at 20 years old, Nicole was a finalist for the Young Australian of the Year and listed as one of Australia’s top 100 most influential women at 21, shortly after taking out the Pride of Australia Medal. She's been featured in The Financial Review, made the cover of the Yellow Pages and had a documentary aired on prime-time national TV.
Nicole has made a vast impact in the health and education landscape in Australia, and served as the youngest Commonwealth Commissioner for Health in history, advising directly to the Australian Federal Health Minister and Prime Minister.
Nicole has pursued a successful career in speaking across tens of countries and recently has taken years of experience in corporate/political consultation, experiential facilitation and complex community work and launched her debut book 'Love Out Loud; making this process accessible and easily applied to any community or individual.
The Earth has its own circadian rhythm. These rhythms affect your body's health whether you have an awareness of them or not. They are cyclic - appearing in minutes, hours, days, months, seasons, years as well as decades that all impact your pathway throughout your lifetime.
We chat to Denny about how these cycles affect your health. the magical power and potential possibilities laden in a sunrise, The power of your energy centres, the contribution to your health and how they relate to the earths cycles
The hot topic of SUGAR. How sweet are you? What are the warning signs of sugar addiction? Where does sugar hide in our foods? The sneaky names for sugar. And we'll even give you tips on how to stop those cravings and give yourself a sugar detox.
The Apollo Bay Neighbourhood House continues to amaze locals and visitors alike with its' huge range of activities and community-building initiatives.
This podcast features Marrar Woorn co-ordinator Sally Forrester, and Mentor Program facilitator Trisha O'Donnell, sharing the latest news.
It's been a very busy time at the newly amalgamated Great Otway Health. Acting CEO Carissa Brock and her team have been "as-busy-as-a-beehive" with a cyber attack, a bus crash and the usual pre-summer demands while bedding in all the new procedures and arrangements between Apollo Bay and Lorne.
She talks to Bob Knowles about the current state of play.
Is the Musculoskeletal system your thing? Natural healing?
An osteopath is an Health professional who specialises in the treatment of the musculoskeletal system. Osteopaths believe that the body can heal itself if the right combination of manual techniques such as massage and the manipulation of muscles, joints, ligaments and tendons are used to bring the body back to a cohesive whole. Since graduating from RMIT in 2004, Dale has furthered his post graduate studies with Osteopathy in the cranial field for 15 years, with the founder of this program, Dr James Jealous in BIODYNAMIC OSTEOPATHY. AN osteopathic approach based on the principle that the body has its own inherent healing mechanism present throughout life.
The biodynamic view of osteopathy recognises that the embryological forces, that created the embryo, are also the forces of growth and development and the sustaining restorative forces throughout life.
Working with these therapeutic, homeostatic forces, the practitioner is able to communicate with the reorganization of the body as a whole, through the internal disengagement, synchronization and transmutation within tissue, fluid and potency.
Dale has worked in many clinics including Queensland and Melbourne before settling into a home based clinic in Geelong for 9 years, which he ran with the help of his wife Jackie. 3.5 years ago the call came to move to Skenes creek where Dale and Jackie have lived since, travelling to Geelong 3 days a week to sustain an osteopathic practice Dale started previously at a home practice in Geelong.