Up For A Chat
Ever wanted to be a fly on the wall when two international speakers, best-selling authors and celebrated business women get together and have a chat discussing issues on health, wellbeing, relationships and mindset? Well here’s your chance to hear a duo of professional specialists working with the guys on the Wellness Couch - and they’re up for a chat! These girls are about challenging the norm and challenging traditions. Wellness nutritionist extraordinaire Cyndi O’Meara and wellness health and lifestyle educator Kim Morrison believe tapping into one’s innate intelligence and using a common sense approach is what makes positive change. They are your professional reminders teaching new truths about health, discussing issues you have thought about - even issues you may not have thought about. Up For A Chat is not just facts, figures and status quo this podcast series is about thinking outside the square, doing things differently so that you can make a difference in your life, in your family’s life, and not become a sickness statistic mentally, emotionally and physically. And most importantly this trio of girls are a reminder that learning can be fun!!
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Episodes
Tuesday Jul 16, 2013
Tuesday Jul 16, 2013
Is it as bad as they all say? Cyndi starts the discussion on cholesterol and how it has been given a bad rap, she goes into how the rate of people with high cholesterol and taking statin medications has risen from 4.5% of over the age of 45 taking cholesterol lowering medications in 1995 to, in 2010, 30% of the same age group are now taking these medications. Cholesterol lowering medications are worth $80 billion per annum to the drug industry. Cyndi brings up some interesting new research and Kim and Carren are stunned that the wool has been pulled over the public’s eye. Their outrage is palpable, and yours will be too. Cyndi has offered a list of questions to ask your doctor when he suggests you go on cholesterol lowering medication as well as references for further reading.
Questions to Ask Your Doctor if Your Blood Test is High For Cholesterol?
Is high cholesterol proven to be a bad indicator of total health?
Do our cholesterol levels change from day to day week to week? And if so would I be out of the ‘danger zone” if you took a reading in a week.
Is there really such a thing as good and bad cholesterol, or is it a homeostatic mechanism in the body?
Do you live longer using statin drugs or does it just lower your cholesterol?
Is cholesterol really an indicator of cardio-vascular disease? What percentage of people with heart disease have low cholesterol?
Does the body need high cholesterol levels in times of stress?
Does the cholesterol we eat make any difference to blood cholesterol?
How much cholesterol will the body make if I eat no cholesterol?
Is there another reason why cholesterol might be high?
Is the body really that black and white – high cholesterol – heart disease, low cholesterol – no heart disease?
If my brain largely cholesterol then why is cholesterol bad?
If I take statin drugs will I have a Vitamin D deficiency – after all we need cholesterol to make Vitamin D
Are there side effects to Statin Drugs – if so what is the complete list?
Can you guarantee that if I don’t take the medications that I will die tomorrow of a heart attack or are you just scaring me?
Ask your doctor whether they would take the medications?
Would diet help?
Would a traditional hunter gatherer diet make a significant difference?
Would taking wheat out of the diet as well as sugar cause a reduction in triglyceride and cholesterol readings?
Do I need my thyroid tested, could that have something to do with why my cholesterol is high?
Could it be a iron and copper deficiency that is causing my cholesterol to be high?
Perhaps it is the lack of antioxidants in my diet that may be causing my LDL to oxidise, therefore staying in my blood longer?
What is the particle size of my LDL’s and have you tested for the many different LDL’s in my blood stream or just calculated LDL results from HDL and cholesterol count?
Should I try a diet high in antioxidants and real foods before I use the medication?
The post UC 33: Cholesterol appeared first on The Wellness Couch.
Tuesday Jul 09, 2013
Tuesday Jul 09, 2013
The Up For The Chat girls talk all things dairy. The good, the bad and the downright ugly. How they manage to talk about dairy for an hour surprises them but when you get down to the nitty gritty our dairy has been changed so much it’s not surprising that it seems everyone is intolerant to dairy. Cyndi shares how she makes nut milks and Carren and Kim are not happy she had not let them in on her secret.
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Tuesday Jul 02, 2013
Tuesday Jul 02, 2013
JDRF – Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation have just finished their annual fundraising campaign using the sale of Jelly Babies with the following ingredients; glucose, sugar, water, thickener 1400 (wheat), food acid 330, 331, humectant 422, gelatin, flavours, colours, 102, 133, 110, 122, wheat starch, vegetable oil, glazing agent 903, preservative 220. May contain sulphites. Do you think that a charity looking for health for it’s members should sell this product to make money for research to find a cure for type 1 diabetes? This was the question posed for this weeks Up For A Chat.
The post UC 31: Jelly Babies for Fundraising! appeared first on The Wellness Couch.
Tuesday Jun 25, 2013
Tuesday Jun 25, 2013
The Power of NOW. Carren leads the Up For A Chat girls on another rabbit hole experience, each of them have AHA’s as the chat turns into an exploration of how to cope with emotional distress of death, relationship breakdown, financial ruin, loss of job and rejection. Their pearls of wisdom in this podcast will change the way you think about emotional stress, it will also create a new terminology for the word ‘present’. Listen in, be a fly on the wall while Carren, Kim and Cyndi change their own perception of time. This is one not to miss.
The post UC 30: Declutter Your Emotional Life appeared first on The Wellness Couch.
Tuesday Jun 18, 2013
Tuesday Jun 18, 2013
This is a two part series on decluttering. Physical mental and emotional clutter can become exhausting to the point where it paralyses your every move. Listen in while the Up For A Chat girls talk about the power of simplicity and decluttering, each have wonderful stories to tell about how they declutter their life physically Listen In
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Tuesday Jun 11, 2013
Tuesday Jun 11, 2013
Am I Really Making A Difference? Is it all worth it? Before The Up For A Chat girls started recording this podcast, Kim looked at Carren and asked if she was OK. Carren’s answer was, “Is this really worth it? Am I really making a difference?” Carren asked a universal question so Kim, Cyndi and Carren decided to explore that very question. It’s amazing where the conversation goes. Do we do things to make a difference in the world or do we do things because we love it? You’ll hear three vulnerable souls looking for answers. This podcast is very different to any you’ve heard, The Up For A Chat girls are contemplative and quiet and it is a look into their very soul.
The post UC 28: Am I Really Making A Difference? appeared first on The Wellness Couch.
Tuesday Jun 04, 2013
Tuesday Jun 04, 2013
Byron on Byron was the venue for the first intensive Awaken The Change Within with Kim, Carren and Cyndi. They decided to do a live broadcast from the seminar. The delegates were asked to put questions to them, so this podcast becomes a burning set of questions with The Up For A Chat girls giving Listen In
The post UC 27: Awaken The Change Within appeared first on The Wellness Couch.
Tuesday May 28, 2013
Tuesday May 28, 2013
Cyndi was at lunch with beach volley ball Olympic Gold Medalist Natalie Cook and they were discussing training and commitment to a sport. Natalie had spoke about her yoga teacher who got up every morning at 4.30am to practice yoga. Natalie asked her yoga teacher whether there was ever a morning that he did not want to get up and his answer was “no”. Cyndi then asked Natalie the same question regarding her quest to get to the Olympics and getting up every morning and training and her answer was ‘no’. The Up for The Chat girls decided to explore why is it that some people are so committed to something in their life that they can’t wait to get up in the morning versus others who just want hit the snooze button over and over and sleep the day away. Kim, Carren and Cyndi have a discussion where they begin to get Aha’s about the love and passion to do something is so inspiring that you can’t wait to get up.
They also talk about if your inspiration has waned how to reignite it.
The post UC 26: What Gets You Up In The Morning? appeared first on The Wellness Couch.
Tuesday May 21, 2013
Tuesday May 21, 2013
Kim, Cyndi and Carren are all pet owners – horses, cats, dogs, are found within their families. They decided to talk about pet care as Carren has a crisis with her beautiful dog Jett. The crisis hits a crescendo after 6 years of constant antibiotics, due to infections and itching. What started out as a conversation around Carren’s dog Jett and his antibiotics and treatments ends up exposing these three girls love for animals and their dedication and natural approach to the health of their pets. You will be stunned to hear what ingredients have been put into pet foods as fillers. No matter what you pay for dried food, the ingredients are almost exact. There are some beautiful stories in amongst all things pet care. Carren cried, Cyndi got goose bumps and Kim had her life saved.
The post UC 25: Pet Care appeared first on The Wellness Couch.
Tuesday May 14, 2013
Tuesday May 14, 2013
There has been a lot of misinformation on fat. The belief that fat makes you fat is the biggest fallacy of all. Kim, Carren and Cyndi discuss, everything to do with fat, going back in time as to when fat became a dirty word, learning about the research of Ancel Keys and why margarine was first made. Why does the heart foundation give it’s tick of approval to a totally manufactured food, with colours, preservatives and flavourings and why has butter been outed. Should we heat oil, what is the best oil to heat, is coconut oil good and is saturated fat a good fat or a bad fat. Are oils good for the skin and if so which ones? Listen in as the three Up For A Chat girls talk all things FAT!
The post UC 24: The Skinny on Fat: Oils ain’t oils and fats ain’t fats. appeared first on The Wellness Couch.
Tuesday Apr 30, 2013
Tuesday Apr 30, 2013
The Up for A Chat girls have been asked the question how do you deal with people who don’t support and share your lifestyle changes and create more positive people in your life with similar beliefs? The girls bring their own real life situations to the microphone and how they deal with people who constantly question their lifestyle and beliefs. And guess what it is not about changing others it is about standing strong in your own passion, conviction and philosophy. It is about being the example, the beacon of light that will create the ripple effect to change a family, community, country and world.
The post UC 22: Living with people who do not have your passion, conviction and philosophy appeared first on The Wellness Couch.
Tuesday Apr 23, 2013
Tuesday Apr 23, 2013
Are super foods just hype or are super foods foods that have been around for centuries that we are now rediscovering. Kim, Carren and Cyndi discuss what is a superfood, because everyone has there own interpretation and own beliefs.
Challenging the norm these three believe that a super food is anything that comes from nature. They discuss; greens, fermented foods, nuts and seeds, ancient foods, sprouted foods, whole spices and root plants as the ultimate when it comes to super foods. They even give you some recipes to make super foods super.
The post UC 21: Superfoods Or Supergroups? appeared first on The Wellness Couch.