Low Tox Life

279. Kylie Butler on confronting and moving beyond addiction

17 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Trigger warning: Today's show is about addiction and my guest, Kylie Butler, coming through addiction herself as an alcoholic and moving through and b...

278. Are physical symptoms an invitation to explore how to get back to homeostasis? Dr John Demartini helps us unpack it.

10 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Dr John Demartini is back on the show, and once again challenging our thinking and perception to the core - this time on the subject of ‘wellnes...

277. Neuroinflammation and mental health with Brendan Vermeire

03 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

On this week's show, I have the wonderful Brendan Vermeire, aka the Holistic Savage, on the show to talk about his passion for mental health. We are t...

276. Roots and Rituals with Becca Piastrelli

27 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Do you feel a strong sense of belonging and connection? Would you say you have strong presence of rituals in your life from season to season, and in d...

275. What practising simplicity means with Jodi Wilson

20 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Would you say your life embraces simplicity? Today is an invitation to do that more, with author Jodi Wilson, whose book, Practising Simplicity tells ...

274. Terramation: Turning Death into Life.

13 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week, a heads up that in this episode we talk about death and dying a lot so if this is raw for you right now, you might want to skip it and I'm ...

273. Professor Maurie Cohen explores systems change options as we search for a healthier people and planet

06 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In a world where conversations exploring the grey area of big, complex situations is rare, I'm thrilled to bring you this conversation with Professor ...

272. City Living? Permaculture is still possible with Nicole Schauder.

27 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Think you don't have enough space to grow food? Enter the ever positive and can-do Nicole Shauder who will convince you otherwise - including a step b...

271. Melanie Salmon: Healing trauma with QEC

20 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Is trauma informing your current physical and emotional state? Are there challenges you're finding emotionally or physically too hard to overcome no m...

270. Marci Zaroff on building the Ecorennaissance

13 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Marci Zaroff is a powerhouse who has been innovating in the health and fashion space for 3 decades now, coining the term ‘eco fashion', being at...

269. The playlist for your best life with Dr Joseph Cardillo

06 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week I interview Dr Joseph Cardillo on energy and how we can Increase serotoninIgnite the limbic systemImprove your blood chemistryAchieve b...

268. Dr Stephen Cabral on harnessing the best tools for whole-body health

01 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week, I interview Dr Stephen Cabral, founder of the EquiLife & the Integrative Health PractitionerInstitute, and Author of the International ...

267. Step into YOU with Lorraine Murphy

23 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Do you remember a time where you felt really ‘you'. In flow? Maybe a great sense of boundless energy? The sense that there was something really ...

266. Alexx with Mental Health First Aid Specialist Pippa Baker on end of year challenges and thriving through them

19 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Do you find the holidays hard? On the final show of the year for 2021, I invite one of my oldest friends, Pippa Baker onto the show, who is a Mental H...

265. Mark Herrema on Replacing Plastic with AirCarbon

12 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week continuing our eco disruptor interviews, I interview Mark Herrema. Did you ever believe we might be able to stop using plastic and replace i...

264. Alyssa Couture on fashion for your health

05 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week we're talking Fashion with Alyssa Couture - It's been a while since we discussed fashion on the show and today with Alyssa, we talk about fa...

263. Professor James Trevelyan - Disrupting air conditioning for a healthier planet!

28 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Professor James Trevelyan is an engineer with many accolades for inventions and innovations over the past 4 decades. From sheep sheering robots to lan...

262. Helena Norberg-Hodge - Local is our future

21 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Helena Norberg-Hodge is this week's show guest, continuing our planet series on asking the biggest questions we can and finding the simplest, local so...

261. Earth Detox with Julian Cribb

14 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Journalist Julian Cribb, author or many books including his latest, Earth Detox, has spent a career asking the biggest of questions of where the human...

260. Dr Perry Nickleston on Brain and Nerves Detox

07 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

It was wonderful having Dr Perry Nickleston back on the show to go deeper into the conversation on healing all things chronic - whether it's pain, dis...

259. Dr Shamini Jain on disease healing and prevention through the neuroscience lens.

31 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

“I've had the experience of diving deep into the science and practice of healing, so I'm really jazzed to share that, but sometimes our own expe...

258. Discovering the power of Sophrology with Dominique Antiglio

24 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Have you ever heard of sophrology? These 3 shows this month have us focusing on inner work and today I speak with Dominique Antiglio. Dominique is the...

257. Rebecca Poole on The Significance of Sensitivity

17 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

It's time to talk about relationships - with ourselves, with others, as parents, as lovers. We're going everywhere today in what feels like a very use...

256. A children’s health hour of power with Dr Natasha Beck

10 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Do you have or care for kids? This is a great show with Dr Natasha Beck MPH, Psy. D and founder of Dr Organic Mommy, who passionately advocates for a ...

255. The alchemy of Nourishment with Esther Cohen

03 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Ever wanted to develop a deeper understanding of food and ourselves through the foods we eat? Today we explore intuitive eating with nutritionist and ...

254. Bees - from your backyard to around the world with Doug Purdie

26 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Doug Purdie is the author of Backyard Bees and knows everything you'd need to know about thriving as a beekeeper in your back yard or on your roof top...

253. The power of the urban farm with Greg Peterson

19 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

When we think of farming we think of the country, the bush, grass plains, endless acres… unless you're an urban farmer who sees possibility on ...

252. Grass roots Sustainability with Eilish Maloney

11 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Continuing on our food-source series, this week I interview community champion and chef, Eilish Maloney and I hope in hearing her story it helps more ...

251. Biodynamics and dairy with farmer Rob Watson

05 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Continuing our “connecting to source” series interviewing regenerative farmers, futuresteaders, urban farmers and researchers, this week I...

250. Futuresteading: A return to a simpler life with Jade Miles

29 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

What does living in awe and connection to the now while living for the future look like? It looks like Futuresteading, as described by author and farm...

249. Soil - The Incredible Story of What keeps the earth and us healthy, with author and farmer Matthew Evans

22 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the show we're kicking off a food connection series, talking to farmers rural and urban, co-op founders, intuitive nutritionists, beekeep...

248. Fasting ins and outs for all with Dr Mindy Pelz

15 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week to round out our brain series, I interview Dr Mindy Pelz, a passionate evidence-based proponent for fasting and what it can do for the human...

247. Dr Jill Bolte Taylor on her stroke of insight and whole brain living.

08 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week continuing our brain series, I interview the legendary Dr Jill Bolte Taylor. You may have seen her Ted talk… or that time she was int...

246. Dr Maya Shetreat on plant medicine and teacher plants

01 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week continuing our brain health series, I interview Dr Maya Shetreat - neurologist, herbalist, urban farmer and author of the best selling book ...

245. The First Survivors of Alzheimer’s with Dr Dale Bredesen.

25 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week we begin a series on the brain, with four leading experts on various aspects of brain health and recovery. This week Dr Dale Bredesen return...

244. Dr Rebecca Huntley on Climate Change Impact to Communities

18 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week is an interlude show between our parents and carers series this past month and the brain series we have from next week. Our interlude is on ...

243. Maggie Dent: an hour of parenting power with the queen of common sense and comfort

11 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

She's BACK: Maggie Dent is here to give us parenting gold as we celebrate her new book “Parental as Anything”. We talk about winning and l...

242. Veteran educator Rod Soper on children and resilience

04 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Another instalment of our parents and kids series during these few weeks and it's another super helpful show. Do you ever doubt yourself as a parent o...

241. Days Like These: Parenting comfort with Pip Lincolne

27 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week continuing our parents and kids series, I interview Pip Lincolne, author of the book “Days Like These” which really is a hug in ...

240. Vagus nerve health for babies, kids and parents

20 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week we begin a 4 week series on parenting and kids health topics - mental and physical and I can't wait to share the upcoming guests with you. T...

239. Amanda Gordon on resilience, boundaries and connection

13 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this show, I am thrilled to bring psychologist Amanda Gordon back after such a powerful show on grief last time she was here. Check out show 226 fo...

238. Mood Food - the connection between food and mental healt

06 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Got gut troubles? Needing to be on a “different” diet to family or friends stressing you out? Experience anxiety and want to look at how f...

237. Beth O’Hara on detoxification for sensitive peeps

30 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

As we continue on this environmental toxins and chronic illness series, I interview once again, the incredible Beth O'Hara. When I first had Beth on t...

236. Our inner environmental toxins and big picture healing

23 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We often think of environmental toxins as things that can harm us from the outside, but what about toxins inside our bodies? This week, continuing our...

235: Alexx goes solo with low tox guidance and FAQs

16 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week I'm talking about how to lead a low tox life and some of the guilt/shame snags people hit as beginners or when perhaps you're overwhelmed al...

234. Dr Sandeep Gupta on clinical developments with CIRS / Mold Illness

09 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Do you have a range of ongoing symptoms affecting multiple systems in the body and no idea what's going on, getting no answers? This week we dive back...

233. Hope is a verb: A fresh story to serve our planet with Emily Ehlers

02 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Hands up if you ever get overwhelmed about all the problems facing us and our world? If we simply ‘hope' with wishful thinking that things will ...

232. Liza Oates on the benefits of organic foods

25 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week continuing our people and planet series looking into the evidence for health benefits of an organic diet, with Liza Oates, PhD. Lisa did her...

231. Food Sovereignty with farmer and author Tammi Jonas

18 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Confused about food and the planet? This week continuing our people and planet series with the president of the Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance, ...

230. Can we have ‘stuff’ without breaking the planet? Professor Sandra Goldmark says yes.

11 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

“You won't think this is tiresome when you're having to canoe to work in midtown,” said today's guest Professor Sandra Goldmark to a direc...

229. Jarvis Smith: Global change through business and publishing

04 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Kicking off our people + planet series looking at businesses and thought leaders creating change from their corner of the world, we have the wonderful...

228. Ashok Gupta: How brain retraining leads to health and happiness

28 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

I am thrilled to bring you part 2 of the “brain retraining” work of Ashok Gupta this week, one of the wonderful resources I've found, inve...

227. Dr John De Martini - stop hiding from yourself and start living your highest value!

21 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Are you ready to stop hiding from yourself and feel truly empowered in your own life? That is what Dr John Demartini invites us to do and I'm thrilled...

226. The Psychology of Grief with psychologist, Amanda Gordon

14 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

I'm going to make a bold claim: That every human needs to listen to this show today. I burst into tears. Big time. From thinking about loss close peop...

225. Dr Jade Teta: What does it mean to be a next level human

07 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Jade Teta is back on the show with a quick metabolism research breakthrough at the start of the show and then straight onto one of his passion topics:...

224: Talking Pleasure with Jia Gottlieb

28 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

What does pleasure mean for you? This week we kick off a series to optimise life - call it upleveling, deepening our sense of well being and satisfact...

223. Dr Perry Nickelston

21 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Ever experienced pain? Have a pain in your back that won't go away? How about your elbow? Having a range of chronic issues with muscles...

222. Beth O’Hara

14 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Reacting to everything? Itchy itchy scratchy scratchy? Maybe you can't sleep? Wired and unable to calm down? Everything sore and achy all the time? Br...

221. Dr Alan Christianson - can we reset our thyroid?

07 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Got thyroid challenges? Turns out that a staggering 80% of people being treated for thyroid conditions, wished there were new treatment options to con...

220. Dr Rosalba Courtney: The magic of breathing optimally

31 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week continuing our health series, I interview Dr Rosalba Courtney, PhD, who did her PhD in the area of breathing: How to define through testing ...

219: The Body Electric with Dr Melina Roberts

24 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

How much do you know about the electrical system of the body? Do you know whether yours is working optimally, why it may not be, and what to do about ...

218: Dr Carrie Jones on Mitochondria, hormones and celebrations

20 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dr Carrie Jones is a Naturopathic Physician with a Master's in Public Health having over 12 years in the field of functional and integrative medicine....

217: Jo Whitton, Quirky Cooking on deep healing through food

13 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the show a dear friend joins me to discuss openly and honestly what it is to really struggle with yours and your child's health, how surr...

216: Weleda - Planet stewardship through business

06 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Every once in a while a brand comes along that sets the standard for many to follow. One of those companies is indeed Weleda, founded by Rudolph Stein...

215: Building a true Eco Home with Blue Eco Homes

29 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Our second Eco-Building special release this week is with Australian business owners of Blue Eco Homes, Joe and Merylese Mercieca, from the Blue Mount...

214: The Conscious Builder - Making conscious decisions around your home renovation and build

29 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Building and renovating is something we get asked about a lot and anyone who's met me knows, I am NOT the best person to ask. I do however know how to...

213: Ashok Gupta: Heal by retraining your brain?

22 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

I am thrilled to bring you the “brain retraining” work of Ashok Gupta this week, one of the wonderful resources I've found, investigating ...

212: Jane Milburn: Reducing planet impact from your closet

15 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Sometimes I have a guest on the show that makes me feel like I've had an hour-long hug and a cup of tea and all is just going to be fine in this topsy...

211: The Jewelry Industry with Pyrrha Jewelry founder Danielle Wilmore

08 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

I'm thrilled to continue an “Under the hood” fashion series, this week looking at jewelry after last week's denim show. Pyrrah jewelry are...

210: Building an ethical denim brand with James Bartle, Outland Denim.

01 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

On this week's show and for the next 3 weeks we're talking fashion - denim, jewelry and becoming a confident textile repurposer and fixer! So this wee...

209: Wade Lightheart: From Mr Universe to optimal health pioneer

25 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Wade Lightheart is someone who knows by sheer experience of failure, trial, test, measuring and eventual success, what the keys to optimal health are ...

208: Making the most of your dreams with Eric Tyrone-Brown

18 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Do you have a strange relationship with your dreams? Run to a dream dictionary to check the meaning of them? Not have them at all or struggle to remem...

207: “Use it All” - Making the most of your food with Alex Elliott-Howery

11 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Something like food waste isn't a very sexy front page story on the topic of global warming, but if you made food waste a country, according to Projec...

206: Budgets don’t work - Low Tox Money with Melissa Browne

04 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

What do finances and low tox living have to do with each other? A lot as we explored the first time the brilliant Melissa Browne was on the show (show...

205: Building resilience with Dr Brett Hill

27 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

I've known this week's guest for years and been on his podcast, and when I heard Dr Brett Hill had been spending the past few years on the topic of em...

204: The Last Migration: How fiction can help us heal the planet.

20 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

I am thrilled to welcome our first fiction author to the show this week, looking at the power of fiction in a time when reality can be very confrontin...

203: The world of colour psychology with Karen Haller

13 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

On this week's show, I interview global expert on colour, the colour psychologist Karen Haller and boy was it a fascinating deep dive into the signifi...

202: Michael Arterberry: On being encouraged and encouraging others!

07 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

If ever there was something we needed this year - for ourselves and to give to others, it's encouragement. Enter this week's guest who popped into my ...

201: Digestive health in a high tox world - it’s possible with Dr Melina Roberts

30 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week we're taking another look at Gut Health - this time with Canadian Naturopath doctor, Dr Melina Roberts. We look at gut wall integrity, enzym...

200: 200 Shows - Alexx Stuart

23 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we celebrate 200 shows! I take you through some of the highlights of the past 100 shows on food, body, home, mind and what I think the best...

199: Dale Bredesen: Progress in the world of Alzheimer’s disease

16 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

So many of you loved Dale Bredesen's first interview last year, show #143 for you to go back and listen to the Alzheimer's 101 interview so that you'r...

198: Barbara Freese: Industrial Strength Denial - How corporate denial is public and environmental health enemy No.1

09 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

I am thrilled to have author, researcher and lawyer Barbara Freese on the show this week lifting the lid on coal, radium, leaded petrol and more. As a...

197: Award Winning landscaper Monique Allen on the benefits of “Life-Scaping” your green space.

02 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Meet Monique Allen, the Founder & Creative Director of The Garden Continuum, an award-winning landscape design/build and fine gardening company. T...

196: John Gray - Going deeper into relationship communication

26 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the show we have Dr John Gray, known for his “Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus” and the many books he's done since. If...

195: Teen periods with author of “Fix your Period” Nicole Jardim

19 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

An important women's health topic this week: Author of “Fix your Period” Nicole Jardim was born to help women and girls with their periods...

194: Robyn Rosenfeldt, Founder Pip Magazine talks permaculture and the interconnections that make us and our planet stronger.

12 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

So over the past month we've talked about home health and the role of a healthy home in our own health. Then we've looked at construction industry hea...

193: Teresa Coady on Rebuilding Earth: Designing Eco Conscious Habitats for Humans

05 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Do you despair at the concrete jungle so many cities have become as well as the increased drought and floods we find ourselves experiencing these days...

192: My Chemical-free House, with Corrine Segura

28 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

I first came across Corrine Segura's work in a google search. It was 2016, I was in an inflammation cascade that seemed to bring me a new and bizarre ...

191: Alexx on what to look for to avoid water damage when choosing a home

21 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

So you want to avoid water damage and mould in a new apartment or house: What do you do? In this show, I talk about some of the things I've been findi...

190: Resetting your metabolism with Dr Alan Christianson

14 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week I have Dr Alan Christianson on the show talking dietary research, metabolism, thyroid and iodine. Alan is a naturopathic physician with who ...

189: Dr David Rabin, MD & PhD: Improved methods for mental illness challenges

07 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week's guest is medical psychiatrist and neuroscientist, Dr David Rabin. You can shrug your shoulders about patients not responding to treatments...

188: Dr Diva Nagula - his remarkable, non-traditional battle with cancer

31 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Have you ever had a health diagnosis or life event that floored you? Stripped you to your core? A cancer diagnosis isn't just a personal health crisis...

187: Dr Elisa Song on building a healthy immune system

24 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to a week of focusing on all that we CAN do to for our health from TODAY while living in a time of pandemic. There are many public health tria...

186: Dr Ben Lynch on genes, supplements and intuitive family health

17 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

I am excited to bring you this week's wonderful interview with one of my favourite Naturopathic Doctors. Dr. Ben Lynch is the best-selling author of D...

185: Dr Leila Masson on Heavy Metal Toxicity - diagnostics, testing and treatment

10 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Joining me for the 3rd time on the show, Dr Leila Masson, this time talking about heavy metal toxicity in children - but as she rightly points out, yo...

184: Gabriela Rosa: Fertility for the win - even when it’s hard

03 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Have you reached a roadblock on your fertility journey? (And if this ship has sailed for you but not for someone you know - can you share this importa...

183: Dr Jade Teta: muscle, metabolism and mindset

27 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

How's your relationship with your metabolism going? Are you the person who feels like none of the diets seem to work for you, while you look on at a f...

182: Tom Cronin on how meditation can save the world

19 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's show, the final show of our Low Tox Mind mini series, I speak to one of my favourite meditation teachers Tom Cronin, also an author and...

181: Sage Magdalene: Deeper conversations with the natural world

12 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

It's hard to put into words the crux of what this show is all about because it's a way of thinking and being as new to me as it perhaps might be to yo...

180: Guy Lawrence: Living in the present moment

05 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

As our low tox mind mini-series continues on the show, this week Guy Lawrence is back. We focus on finding joy in the present moment and even though t...