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UC 335: Grab Life By The Balls Movement with Sam Parker

Being a bloke, being a husband, being a dad its a total rollercoaster ride.
There’s the indescribable love you feel for your family.
But then there’s the suffocating pressure:
~ the crush of providing for the family
~ the overwhelming sense of failure of where you are with your finances compared to where you want to be
~ the endless frustration of uncertainty of whether or not your doing the right thing with work, money, investments, cheaper electricity
~ then there’s the bullshit bombardment of how perfect everyone else’s life looks, what other blokes are doing and we compare that to our darkest moments- enter the shame and guilt.
It’s something us men, and women, need to own for ourselves. There’s no shame or guilt that’s going to change the way we feel about the ups and downs of life. THERE’S NO SHAME IN NOT FEELING AWESOME ALL THE TIME. But, instead we try to suck up that feeling, we push it down, we try to ignore it, we try to toughen up. We end up replaying all of those unwanted emotions and feelings over and over and over… we end up building an overdramatic soap opera IN OUR OWN HEAD. We start to believe in our own drama, thinking its true.
What we are all feeling isn’t happening just to us. Remember that other dad, down at the swings, remember the knowing nod that you both exchange. The knowing nod of: ‘Yep, I’m exhausted. Yep, I feel the pressure, too. Yep, I’m struggling to keep my head above water.’ The knowing nod of the grind as you both raise your takeaway cups of coffee to each other…and you both smile as you think you should have saved that 5 bucks and made the coffee at home.
It’s not just you. There’s other blokes going through the same shit as you, you’re not alone.
How do I know?
Because that’s what I feel too.
The Chatters interview Sam Parker, Founder of Grab Life By The Balls, Chiropractor, husband and Dad of one has seen Men floundering and decided as a young man wanted to help not only his own self and age group but men of all ages. With mental illness in Australian and NZ men increasing Sam wanted to find a platform for men to be Aussie and Kiwi blocks, honoring who they are, how they do life and reframing and doing things differently allows men to open more possibilities in their life.
www.grablifebytheballs.com.aufacebook.com/grablifebytheballs
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UC 334: Sex and Menopause with Janet McGeever

Janet is the co-author of ‘Tantric Sex and Menopause – Practices for Spiritual and Sexual Renewal’, a practicing psychotherapist since 1999, and TEDx speaker in Noosa, Australia in 2013. She is co-presenter of the life-changing ‘Making Love Retreat’ for couples, as created by her mentor and co-author and originator of the ‘Slow Sex’ movement, Diana Richardson, in Australia since 2012.
She has been a facilitator of women’s work for some 20 years and has had a long-held interest in the area of relationships and sexuality, holding couples retreats since 2009. Now 58, she had a difficult time having an early menopause at 38, where she felt like her body didn’t work anymore sexually. The discovery of ‘The Making Love Approach’ in her mid forties, initiated a profound re-awakening of her body and subsequent healing, despite the apparent obstacles that menopause created. She found that the pathway of menopause, and its effects on the body, heralded of a new sensitivity that was to be honoured and which catapulted her into a unique pathway to ‘changing the way we make love’ that was to become her life work.
Janet is the creator of ‘Womantime – Ancient Wisdom for the Modern-Day Woman’, a feminine self-care retreat and 6 month course that grew out of the writing of the book, ‘Tantric Sex and Menopause’.https://janetmcgeever.com/womantime www.makingloveretreat.com.au
Janet’s TEDx talk –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvXBCSiPRBQ
The Chatters had a lot of questions for Janet. Enjoy this deep dive into sexuality.
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UC 333: My Whole Mold Story with Alexx Stuart

Alexx Stuart is the author of “Low Tox Life” and the founder of the thriving online education hub by the same name, made up of several e-courses, a podcast (one of the highest ranked in the health category in Australia), recipes, articles and community action resources for an ever-growing community of people wanting to be healthier and make our planet happier. She’s an educator, change agent, author, columnist, speaker and consultant at the forefront of a movement that’s non-judgmental and tough on the system that got us here.  The Chatters have interviewed Alexx before but never about her mold story, and the array of weird and extraordinary symptoms that it provoked.  Alexx ends the interview with a solution.  Here are the resources she talked about.
All the mold info https://www.lowtoxlife.com/my-whole-mold-mould-story/
And where to find the book: https://www.lowtoxlife.com/order-low-tox-life-the-book-copy/
And courses: https://www.lowtoxlife.com/courses-new/
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UC 332: Pelvic Mesh Implants Gone Wrong with Justine Watson

Justine Watson President & Co-Founder of Mesh Injured Australia had a TVT fitted in 2010 for SUI. She discovered in 2017 after a cystoscopy that the mesh had skewered her urethra in several places and was embedded in her bladder. With no other explanations for her years of pain and systemic illnesses and after much researching, she travelled alone to the USA for removal surgery a few weeks later. Justine is a mental healthcare worker with more than 20 years experience and is now an advocate for Mesh Injured people and is currently involved in the co-design of a new Pelvic Mesh clinic in Sydney. Justine is also on the Health Consumers NSW Transvaginal Mesh Steering Committee. The Chatters are silent (for once), they are flabbergasted at Justine’s story, if you know anyone or you yourself have had a pelvic mesh implant or are contemplating having one then this is a not to be missed episode. This is for people with hernia mesh as well as pelvic mesh. As the shock subsides the Chatters have a million questions as you will too.
For supporthttps://www.facebook.com/meshinjuredaustralia/www.meshinjuredaustralia.org.au
1800 MESHED (637433) toll free national hotline for support
Blog: www.justineannewatson/
Mesh – journey to Recovery
https://healthissuescentre.org.au/consumers/consumer-events/unfinished-business-national-mesh-implant-forum
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UC 331: Challenge Your Physical to Find Your Amazing Strength with Jamie Milne

I’ve tasted the bitter flavour of failure. I’ve chewed and brewed over the decision of quitting, and the ripples caused by personal defeat. The small number of times I’ve quit has haunted me to this very day. One day I’ll grow, develop and mature enough to make peace with these moments. These are the words of Jamie Milne, NZ Maori of Ngati Pikiao, and born and raised in Rotorua, is about pushing the body to find your real strength. The Chatters interview this incredible man who wants to know how far he can go, to learn more about who he is and how he can help others. For tickets to the premier of the documentary Wairua Spirit and to learn more about events and Jamie Milne Training.
https://wairuaspirit.com
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UC 330: Life for the Chatters After Dr Jack Kruse and Jason Bawden Smith

Life can never be the same for the Chatters, after their discussions with Dr Jack Kruse (episode 327) and Jason Bawden Smith (episodes 328, 329). All three had their eyes opened, researched more, educated themselves and decided to make some changes. Cyndi had already decided that her lifestyle was already bringing in natures 3 secrets, she just needed to add a few tweaks. She was concerned about Jack’s dismissal of organic foods, and explains this fully. Carren found water that completely quenched her thirst and it’s like miracles started for her and Kim as always succinctly reviewed the conversation, the effect it had on her and the changes she made. Many people have asked the chatters questions about these episodes on light, magnetism and water, but the overarching comments were on how well the chatters handled themselves in the face of some complete contradictions in their own life.
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UC 329: Part 2 Jason Bawden-Smith, Light Magnetism and Water

The chatters began their conversation with Jason Bawden-Smith last week, the conversation continues on how light, water and magnetism and how they can effect health outcome, good and bad it all depends on whether they are native or non-native. Not having them is one thing but having too much of the wrong type will also cause issues. Here Jason speaks about the solutions; watch the sunrise, take light breaks if you work inside, for every 15 minutes outside you can survive 45 minutes inside, go to the beach, go barefoot, leave the phone out of the bedroom, have holidays in nature, less tech, more nature. The chatters love the fact that Jason gives them the strategies to be the best they can.
https://mitohq.com/?rfsn=2544543.6f84a6
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UC 328: Natures Top 3 Secrets with Jason Bawden-Smith

Jason Bawden-Smith is a successful entrepreneur, author and speaker. He has founded four companies during his business career, including one of largest and most successful environmental consultancy companies in Australia. But financial success came at a great cost. Jason developed 20 chronic diseases and cured himself by going to the beach and eating oysters—- okay it was a little more complex but not that much. His moon-shot goal is to reduce illness in 100 million people by 2030 but first he had to figure out how to heal his own body. This is a two part series as the chatters love his up beat manner, his intellect and his solving of problems especially when it comes to Natures Top 3 Secrets -light, magnetism and water.
Website: www.mitohq.com
E-mail: jason@mitohq.com
https://mitohq.com/?rfsn=2544543.6f84a6
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UC 327: Water, Light and Magnetism for Health with Dr Jack Kruse

Dr Jack Kruse is a neurosurgeon from New Orleans, he was on Up for A Chat in 2014.  Dr Kruse wants to make  a difference.  He is brash, knowledgable and confronting.  The Chatters are shell shocked and feel like they have had a full frontal assault by the end of the interview.  His three pillars for health are; water, light and magnetism.  He believes our 6th greatest extinction has been created by the making of our own asteroid – 5G and non native EMF’s.  He tells the Chatters after the interview, that they have to up their game, ask the right questions, and polarize the audience.  While you hear the first hour the Chatters have with Jack, the second hour, not recorded, brings out Jacks caring nature.  He has answers and they are not hard; watch the sunrise everyday, reduce blue light in your life and drink low deuterium water.  The Chatters suggest you don’t listen to this episode with your children in the car, its explicit, scary at times and confronting.  
The chatters also would like to create a discussion and want to hear your views.instagram/drjackkruse  www.patreon.com/drjackkruse  www.drjackkruse.com
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UC 326: We Love You New Zealand with Tessa Patrick

Our listeners, our selves our husbands are all impacted by the events that happened in New Zealand over the weekend.  Kim, Carren and Cyndi have had messages from their listeners asking to make sense of the shootings.  On Sunday night a vigil took place on the Sunshine Coast.  Our own Kim spoke at the vigil along with a young 23 year old New Zealand journalist – Tessa Patrick.  Tessa’s speech was heart-stopping, so the Chatters asked if she would join them today to try come to terms with violence and bigotry.  Carren being a survivor of the Bali bombing has the answer, which for many of our listeners will bring hope.
For more information of Tessawww.tessapatrick.com  
instagram; @tessapatrick
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UC 325: A Fat Lot of Good with Dr Peter Brukner

Peter Brukner OAM is a specialist sports and exercise physician whose most recent position has been Australian cricket team doctor from 2012- 17. Peter is the founding partner of Olympic Park Sports Medicine Centre in Melbourne and Professor of Sports Medicine at LaTrobe University. A founding Executive Member of the Australasian College of Sports Physicians, he served two terms as President and played a key role in establishing sports medicine as a medical specialty in Australia.
Peter is the co-author of the widely used text book Clinical Sports Medicine and has been team physician for professional football clubs as well as national athletics, swimming, soccer and men’s hockey teams including Olympic and Commonwealth Games. Peter was the SocceroosTeam Doctor at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa and subsequently became Head of Sports Medicine and Sports Science at Liverpool Football Club. He is the co-founder of the public health campaignSugarByHalf and is committed to the challenge of improving the nation’s health with improved diet and increased physical activity.
His most recent book A Fat Lot of Good was published in May 2018.  The Chatters were so excited to be able to grab an hour of Peters time in order for you to hear about how Peter is making an impact on Australian Health.
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UC 324: The Essential Oils Hormone Solution with Mariza Snyder

Dr. Mariza Snyder believes living a healthy lifestyle shouldn’t be a chore. As a Women’s Hormone Practitioner, she believes that you can heal your hormones without hormones. She balances your hormones naturally using powerful essential oils and self-care rituals. By incorporating simple, daily habits, Dr Mariza says you can transform your life into a healthier, more vibrant one and become the CEO of your own healthcare. Join the chatters as they spend time with another amazing essential oil advocate.
You can find Mariza:
@drmarizawww.drmariza.com
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