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UC 287: Mindfulness Made Easy

We would love you to join us; the Up for a Chatters, along with our mindfulness expert Vikki Kelly, in a life long experiment. To live as openly, connected and passionately as you can, day to day, moment to moment. In the good times and the bad. Vikki wants to explore the depths of compassion for everyone. To cultivate and deepen awareness and capacity to love. To brighten the mind and open the heart. Forget the rules and throw away the cushion. Join Vikki as she explores mindfulness like never before. Her book Mindful 2.0 is about allowing your life to inform your practice towards healthier habits of mind. Over 50, simple, highly effective activities and practices to calm a stressed mind, create space between the ‘rush’ and re-connect you with your inner bliss. Mindful 2.0 is your companion guide in the worthwhile pursuit of a calmer, happier and more deeply connected life. 
www.vikkikelly.com
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UC 286: Living a More Simple Life after Cancer Diagnosis

Carolyn Simmonds;  TV and Radio reporter, living the high life interviewing the likes of Kelly Slater, loving life with her family,  her two business – Thermomix & Nourishing and Delicious, helping people cook from scratch and eat as healthy as possible, finds herself with the diagnosis of breast cancer at 38 and the decision of what treatment to do.  Listen in as this energetic, eloquent, thoughtful and wise woman talks about her journey and what she has learnt and how her life has changed.  It’s a thought-provoking episode.
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https://www.dailyliberal.com.au/story/839113/love-on-air-at-our-abc-radio-studio/
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UC 285: Learning More about Health to Heal you, your Family and community Part 3

Cyndi interviews a naturopath and herbalist and Up For A Chat’s one and only Carren Smith who will be speaking at the Functional Nutrition Academy Summit 2018 in Brisbane.  Melonie Thomson’s passion for health and wellness began over 10 years ago, in particular- Herbal medicine, which naturally led her down the path of naturopathy.  By combining up to date professional knowledge and a passion for natural medicine, Mell has developed a range of therapies and strategies including nutrition, herbal medicine, flower essences, integrated screening techniques, iridology, mindfulness and wellness advice, that can transform your health on all levels and bring lasting changes.  Cyndi’s second interview is with Carren Smith, who needs no introduction on this podcast.
https://fn.academy/nutrition-summit-2018/
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UC 284: Learning More about Health to Heal you, your Family and community Part 2

Cyndi interviews two professors that are speaking at the Functional Nutrition Academy Summit this year in Brisbane.  Dr Margie Smith author of Gene Genius and co founder of Smart DNA she is a Molecular Geneticist with over 20 years experience in Neuro-genetics and Cancer genetics and her topic is DNA testing.  Professor Cliff Hawkins topic at the summit will be natural plant enzymes to help with digestion, his interest in this area has led to the invention of the Biohawk technology and the production of Biohawk’s ginger and pineapple products.   https://fn.academy/nutrition-summit-2018/
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UC 283: Learning More about Health to Heal you, your Family and community Part 1

Cyndi interviews two doctors that are speaking at the Functional Nutrition Academy Summit this year in Brisbane.  Dr Rodney Ford is speaking on The Energy Effect – the value of excellent nutritional health, on food allergy, eczema and “the gluten syndrome”.  While Dr Joanne Messenger will be talking about balancing your hormones.  Listen is as Cyndi asks each of these guests as to why they do what they do and what is the specialty in helping people get well and what will they be presenting at the summit.   https://fn.academy/nutrition-summit-2018/
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UC 282: The Clean Lunchbox with Michele Lynch

As a mother have you even been faced with a chronically sick child, gone to the doctor and their only hope is a diagnosis and treatment with a drug?  A mothers intuition is something not to ignore.  Michele Lynch’s son was diagnosed with universal alopecia (not a hair left on his body) she intuitively believed that it may be food that he was eating, so researched and changed the whole families diet.   Not only did she change the diet but wrote and self published The Clean Lunchbox cook book.  Listen into this inspiring mother of 4 young boys as she navigated autoimmunity and dietary changes.
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UC 281: Hormone Health with Sherrill Sellman – Part 2

Part 2 – As Women we are dictated by our cycles, there is an ebb and flow to our life.  If something goes wrong with our cycle the typical prescription is The Pill, HRT or something similar. But what if a problem with your skin or your cycle at no matter what age and this includes menopause, is a wake up call to change your lifestyle including food, movement, products you use, people you associate with and down time you have.  Kim and Cyndi interview the author of Hormone Heresy, Dr Sherrill Sellman, they are enthralled with her knowledge and understanding of the female and what we need to do to change our hormones to work in harmony with us as opposed to against us.
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UC 280: Hormone Health with Sherrill Sellman

As Women we are dictated by our cycles, there is an ebb and flow to our life.  If something goes wrong with our cycle the typical prescription is The Pill, HRT or something similar. But what if a problem with your skin or your cycle at no matter what age and this includes menopause, is a wake up call to change your lifestyle including food, movement, products you use, people you associate with and down time you have.  Kim and Cyndi interview the author of Hormone Heresy, Dr Sherrill Sellman, they are enthralled with her knowledge and understanding of the female and what we need to do to change our hormones to work in harmony with us as opposed to against us.
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UC 279: A Week to Change Your Life

Kim has just spent a week at Gwinganna Health Retreat in the Gold Coast hinterland.  It’s not always easy to find a week away from family, business, moving homes and friends, but Kim decided that it was important to do just that.  Listen in as Kim talks about the horse whisperer, organic gardener, the food, treatments, meditations and how each and every person she met had a different experience.  I guess it all depends on what you are looking for as to what you will find in that week to change your life.
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UC 278: How To Write Your Own Book

Carren and Kim are in the middle of writing their next books and decided to team up and share the journey of book writing. All three Up For A Chatters, Cyndi included have written books and each have tried various ways of creating them including publishing and self-publishing, solo writing and collaborating. Things discussed today include whether or not you should publish or self-publish, eBooks as opposed to hard copies, genres, ways to brain dump and story board, how important structure and flow is and the power of transcribing your thoughts and just getting started.
During the course of this exciting conversation Kim put Carren right in it demanding she sort a webinar for our listeners so they can get more information on this inspiring topic given she is such a guru. Carren is offering coaching, support and ghost-writing skills to you all. So if you have the slightest flurry and would love your dream to write a book come true then email Carren on info@carrensmith.com and register your interest immediately.
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UC 277: Recovering from an Autoimmune Disease

Karyn Finneseth is one remarkable woman.  Cyndi met this incredible woman at Terry Wahls Conference and then again at Nourishing Traditions in 2017.  At 37 Karyn was diagnosed with an Autoimmune Disease that affected her legs, speech, cognition and ability to function as an anaesthetist’s assistant.  She was given no hope by her specialist who declared the progression of her disease and the medications she would have to take for the rest of her life as well as telling her diet and lifestyle changes had nothing to do with her disease.  Sometimes angels come into our lives and Karyn had several enter including medical doctors, dietitians, cooks and a husband that supported her through not only her own changes but that of the entire family.  This is an incredible interview of determination even though her prognosis was fraught with more ill health.
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UC 276: Skin Care and the Industry with Megan Larsen

Megan Larsen and Kim have been friends for over 30 years, there love and knowledge of the beauty and essential oil industry is second to none.  With a unique background in aesthetics, aromatherapy, Ayurveda, Transcendental Meditation, biochemistry and natural healthcare, New Zealand-born Megan began making her own skin care products in Western Australia in the early 1990s. There was never any room for compromise. It was 100% natural or nothing.  Listen is as The Up For A Chatters discuss the skin care industry and how do you know what you are buying.  And you guessed it, it is about reading those ingredients.
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