Up For A Chat

UC 132: Mel Kent

08 Jun 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Mel Kent is the coach of the Changing Habits Healthy Living Club, she is also an incredible mother, wife and has a story to tell. Mel has lost 55kg ov...

UC 131: Charlotte Carr

01 Jun 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Charlotte Carr – lives in Sydney with her husband Wes and son Willow, she is famous for “THAT FORMULA” with too much vitamin A and the cook book...

UC 130: MINDD Your Family

25 May 2015

Contributed by Lukas

MINDD Your Family – Houston we have a problem.  Kim and Cyndi spent 3 days at the MINDD conference in Sydney and decided to do a podcast on what th...

UC 129: Breaking a habit

18 May 2015

Contributed by Lukas

This week the Up For A Chat girls are off around the country training and speaking! So this week, we flash to an oldie but a goodie. We have one of th...

UC 128: Amanda Rootsey

11 May 2015

Contributed by Lukas

This week the UFAC girls get to hear from an incredibly special soul, Amanda Rootsey. Amanda is an eco model (working exclusively with ethical, vegan ...

UC 127: Good Looking People Get The Jobs First

04 May 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Is this a true statement?  Beauty is Pain.  Really?  Kim, Carren and Cyndi broach the subject of plastic surgery and why the trend is increasing in...

UC 126: Weekly experiences can become life lessons

27 Apr 2015

Contributed by Lukas

What did you learn this week, personally and professionally?  This was the question asked in the Up For A Chat podcast today.  Education Experience ...

UC 125: Should I Take The Pill?

20 Apr 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Many questions are asked on the Up For A Chat Facebook page, one recently was questioning taking THE PILL which then lead onto questioning medications...

UC 124: Primalmum

13 Apr 2015

Contributed by Lukas

This week The Up For A Chat girls talk with Leanne Anders otherwise known as Primalmum. Leanne has two children who have PKU, a genetic disorder that ...

UC 123: Tanja Mitton

06 Apr 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Tanja Mitton is a Neurolinguistics master coach and Mindset Coach for the Australian High Performance Dressage and Para Squads.  Carren and Cyndi are...

UC 122: Dr Greg Clark

30 Mar 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Dr Greg Clark has worked with Kim in formulating skin care and understanding plant ingredients in the past. He is back in Kim’s life to find new ing...

UC 121: Are we driven by media and public opinion

23 Mar 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Astroturfing, or fake grassroots movements funded by political, corporate, or other special interests very effectively manipulate and distort media me...

UC 120: Melissa Ambrosini

16 Mar 2015

Contributed by Lukas

The Up For A Chat girls managed to sneak an interview with the gorgeous, life changing Melissa Ambrosini. Melissa found herself 5 years ago in hospita...

UC 119: Jessica Ainscough – The Wellness Warrior Part 2

09 Mar 2015

Contributed by Lukas

It’s been a very hard couple of weeks for the Up For A Chat girls, their dear friend Jess Ainscough also known as the Wellness Warrior passed away. ...

UC 118: Jessica Ainscough – The Wellness Warrior Part 1

02 Mar 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Last week was a very hard week for the Up For A Chat girls, their dear friend Jess Ainscough also known as the Wellness Warrior passed away.  Februar...

UC 117: Bucket List

23 Feb 2015

Contributed by Lukas

What’s a bucket list, is it about materialism or is it an experience you wish to have in your life.  Carren Kim and Cyndi explore why people have b...

UC 116: The Wellness Breakthrough

16 Feb 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Kim and Carren find themselves on a bus in Melbourne, without Cyndi, on the way to the Wellness Breakthrough… They asked the unsuspecting participan...

UC 115: Emotional Eating

09 Feb 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Up For A Chat this week gets into emotional eating.  By the end of the podcast the realisation that no one modality has the panacea but rather delvi...

UC 114: Back to School and Home Schooling

02 Feb 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Education this week is in the forefront of the Up For A Chat podcast. Kim is in the throws of getting her two children back to school. Her oldest Tayl...

UC 113: How a Thought or Dream Becomes Reality

26 Jan 2015

Contributed by Lukas

It’s funny how the podcasts start.  The Up For A Chat girls have a topic and then the topic takes them places they never expect.  Today was no dif...

UC 112: Paleo – To do or not to do?

19 Jan 2015

Contributed by Lukas

The Paleo Diet is all the rage at the moment, so Kim and Cyndi (without Carren – she is a vegan!) decided to talk about what it is, how it is helpin...

UC 111: Matt and Chelsea Horner – A Chiropractic Journey

12 Jan 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Matt Horner is the third generation of chiropractors with no less then 13 in his family.  He was born at home, bought up with a vitalistic lifestyle,...

UC 110: All Things Babies

05 Jan 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Kim and Cyndi do a podcast without Carren, they decided to talk about something that Carren may not have much knowledge on, pregnancy, birth, breast f...

UC 109: New Years Eve with Marcus Pearce

29 Dec 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Marcus Pearce is someone that the Up for A Chat girls call Charlie and he calls them Angels. Yes it is that sort of relationship. Marcus organises Th...

UC 108: Christmas with James Colquhoun

22 Dec 2014

Contributed by Lukas

OMG James Colquhoun visited the Up For A Chat girls while they were doing their Awaken the Change Within Conference to the surprise of the audience.  ...

UC 107: Vegie Head

15 Dec 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Vegie Head – a name that is on everyone’s lips. She’s young, brilliant, intelligent, motivated, inspiring and The Up For A Chat girls got to tal...

UC 106: An Interaction with Jacqueline

08 Dec 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Over the last 2 years of Up For A Chat, Kim often speaks fondly of a 90 year young lady called Jacqueline, she is a psychologist and seeker of the tru...

UC 105: Habits of Happy People Part 3

01 Dec 2014

Contributed by Lukas

This week is the final part of a 3 part series where the Up For A Chat girls discuss the habits of happy people.  This week Cyndi, Kim and Carren dis...

UC 104: Habits of Happy People Part 2

24 Nov 2014

Contributed by Lukas

This week is the continuation of a 3 part series on the habits of happy people.  The challenge to do one of the habits each day continues.  This wee...

UC 103: Habits Of Happy People Part 1

17 Nov 2014

Contributed by Lukas

This is the first part of a three part series on the habits of happy people.  Cyndi found an article on the web called the 22 habits of unhappy peopl...

UC 102: Tim and Ness and Marriage

10 Nov 2014

Contributed by Lukas

With one in two marriages ending in divorce and many people living in relationships that are not fulfilling, the Up for A Chat girls invite Tim and Ne...

UC 101: Tim and Ness and the Relationship with Self

03 Nov 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Tim and Ness Join the Up for A Chat girls to talk about relationships. When we think about the word relationships we think about one with other people...

UC 100: An Interview With Lis Kent

27 Oct 2014

Contributed by Lukas

The Y generation is known to expect everything for little work or nothing, but Lis Kent, a switched on 23 year old defies that stereotype. There are s...

UC 99: A candid interview with Fleur Welligan

20 Oct 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Fleur is a girlfriend of the UFAC girls, she was also Kim Morrison’s business partner for over a decade. She left Twenty8 to go back to New Zealand ...

UC 98: Reinventing yourself at any age

13 Oct 2014

Contributed by Lukas

One of the UFAC listeners requested a podcast on reinventing a life. She had found herself in her 50’s and single and wanted the steps as to what sh...

UC 97: The Perturbation of the Ponderification

06 Oct 2014

Contributed by Lukas

The Up For A Chat girls are on a road trip, it’s late at night, they have been speaking all day and have been driving for 3 hours, you could say the...

UC 96: Speaker Secrets Revealed

29 Sep 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Kim, Carren and Cyndi decided to talk about why they have become speakers and what it was like starting out. You will not believe that Carren managed ...

UC 95: A Talk in the Country with a Country Girl

22 Sep 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Kirsty Ostwald meets the Up For A Chat girls at the Bunya Mountains, west of Brisbane, she provides them with a beautiful lunch with proceeds from her...

UC 94: Rituals and Routines

15 Sep 2014

Contributed by Lukas

A listener asked The Up for A Chat girls about their rituals and routines, so listen in and here what Kim, Carren and Cyndi do when they first open th...

UC 93: Quirky Cooking with Jo Whitton

08 Sep 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Jo Whitton is a Mum who started looking at her diet after becoming ill.  She not only changed her diet but that of her whole family.  Her friends st...

UC 92: Interview with Marcus Lovett, Cyndi’s Brother

01 Sep 2014

Contributed by Lukas

It’s not often we interview men, but this man is different, he is the brother of Cyndi as well as an olympic freestyle skier, television and radio p...

UC 91: Multilevel marketing of health

25 Aug 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Carren, Kim and Cyndi are constantly asked if they want to join a multilevel marketing business. They usually have something to do with supplements an...

UC 90: Nikki Parkinson – 2011 blogger of the year

18 Aug 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Nikki Parkinson joins the Up For A Chat girls, she is a traditional journalist turned award winning blogger. Nikki reveals to the Carren, Kim and Cynd...

UC 89: Death and podcasting in a cemetery

11 Aug 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Kim, Carren and Cyndi have to drive to Brisbane, they are searching everywhere for a place that is quiet when Cyndi see’s a cemetery. Carren and Kim...

UC 88: Hospital food and how to survive it

04 Aug 2014

Contributed by Lukas

There is a real disconnect between the food that is supplied in hospitals and Assisting Living Homes and the health of the human body.  Most of the f...

UC 87: Midlife Crisis

28 Jul 2014

Contributed by Lukas

It is suggested by one of the Up For A Chat listeners to do a podcast on  “midlife crisis” – surely the girls have never had one and what would...

UC 86: Complimentary Medicine and therapies

21 Jul 2014

Contributed by Lukas

The conversation starts with the Up For A Chat girls trying to name all the complimentary health modalities they know of, it’s amazing what is out t...

UC 85: Marriage and Love

14 Jul 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Has the institution of marriage lost it’s meaning?  The Up For a Chat girls ponder this question.  Carren is in a defacto relationship, Cyndi and ...

UC 84: Eating Disorders

07 Jul 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Orthorexia Nervosa and more. Kim and Cyndi decide they have the disease Orthorexia Nervosa – an obsession with healthy eating. The conversation be...

UC 83: A full moon and Friday the 13th – part two

30 Jun 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Carren, Kim and Cyndi continue what they started last week by exploring the superstition behind Friday the 13 and they talk about the collective consc...

UC 82: A full moon and Friday the 13th – part one

23 Jun 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Could the coming together of a full moon and Friday the 13th have effects that are beyond our control. The Up for A Chat girls ponder this. It seeme...

UC 81: Dr Steve Myer Phd – Part 2

16 Jun 2014

Contributed by Lukas

The discussion continues, Cyndi get’s to ask more questions in this part, delving into the things that she has learnt since Steve has begun creating...

UC 80: Dr Steve Myer Phd – Part 1

09 Jun 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Kim calls Steve, Mr Phd, he works for Cyndi heading up her Nutrition Education Program and Carren is keen to meet the latest member of the Changing Ha...

UC 79: The Business of Twenty8

02 Jun 2014

Contributed by Lukas

The Business of Twenty8;  Kim tells her story about the rise and rise of Twenty8 – as the podcast proceeds it becomes extremely clear that business...

UC 78: Ethical Marketing

26 May 2014

Contributed by Lukas

The Up For A Chat girls talk about marketing with ethics.  They talk about how to market, where to find media suitable for your topic and the fun and...

UC 77: So You Want To Write A Book

19 May 2014

Contributed by Lukas

So You Want to Write a Book – Carren, Kim and Cyndi have been writing books since 1995 between them they’ve written over 15 books, published by ma...

UC 76: Jessica Ainscough – The Wellness Warrior Part 2

12 May 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Jessica Ainscough the Wellness Warrior and the Up for A Chat girls continue their fire side talk, exploring death, life, health, love, loss and conseq...

UC 75: Jessica Ainscough – Wellness Warrior Part 1

05 May 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Jessica Aincough is the Wellness Warrior, her blog has attracted 4,000,000 visits in the last 4 years. She is a good friend of the Up For A Chat girl...

UC 74: A Beautiful Love Story

28 Apr 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Romeo and Juliet – Kim and Danny are synonymous with extraordinary love stories. Thank goodness Kim and Danny are still around to tell their story....

UC 73: Carren’s Couch

21 Apr 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Carren has a surprise for Cyndi and Kim with regards to a new part to her business. The Up For A Chat girls (Kim and Cyndi) decide to interview Carre...

UC 72: The Business of Changing Habits Part 2

14 Apr 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Carren, Kim and Cyndi began this podcast in Part 1 the previous week, the discussion continued for 2 hours, so it has been broken down into 2 parts. ...

UC 71: The Business of Changing Habits – Part 1

07 Apr 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Carren and Kim begin the discussion asking Cyndi about her business, Changing Habits. This business started with an idea and has morphed into a busin...

UC 70: Near Misses and Presence of Mind

31 Mar 2014

Contributed by Lukas

It was an emotional day for Carren, Kim and Cyndi, the podcast started and Cyndi said that she loved Carren and Kim, this may sound soppy but it was p...

UC 69: Money, Mindset & Marathons

24 Mar 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Kim and Cyndi have just completed the Mooloolaba Marathon, both of them had times when their mind was telling them to stop but they knew they couldn’...

UC 68: Pregnancy

17 Mar 2014

Contributed by Lukas

No this is not about horror stories, this is about reviewing pregnancy and birth and looking at all the modern day things we do with regards to pregna...

UC 67: Thyroid – Part Two

10 Mar 2014

Contributed by Lukas

The Up For A Chat girls continue talking about the thyroid gland and all the things that seem to go wrong with it, it’s role in the body and how che...

UC 66: Thyroid – Part One

03 Mar 2014

Contributed by Lukas

It seems everyone has a thyroid condition so over the next two weeks The Up For A Chat girls talk about the thyroid gland and all the things that seem...

UC 65: How to FARC in Public

24 Feb 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Amanda Gore joins The Up For A Chat Girls for an hour of motivation. Amanda is a high profile international speaker and author and much loved friend ...

UC 64: Are Fat People Lazy?

17 Feb 2014

Contributed by Lukas

The Up For A Chat girls tackle a curly question – are fat people lazy. This conversation is prompted by two high profile women, having it out on na...

UC 63: Sharny & Julius – The Power Couple

10 Feb 2014

Contributed by Lukas

The Up for A Chat girls interview Sharny and Julius, an amazing young couple who don’t know the meaning of compromise.  They have 4 children, 3 und...

UC 62: Menopause

03 Feb 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Cyndi and Carren have begun to experience the symptoms of menopause, neither of them are prepared to put up with the discomforts and talk about what t...

UC 61: Living Without Fear

28 Jan 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Christmas holidays are over and the Up For A Chat girls are finally back together.  By the time they sit down to record hours have passed, so finally...

UC 60: Cyndi O’Meara LIVE at The Wellness Summit Melbourne

20 Jan 2014

Contributed by Lukas

LIVE – In this live recording from the Wellness Summit in Melbourne Cyndi O’Meara exposes why grains aren’t all they’re cracked up to be, and ...

UC 59: Kim Morrison LIVE at The Wellness Summit Melbourne

13 Jan 2014

Contributed by Lukas

LIVE – In this live recording from the Wellness Summit in Melbourne Kim Morrison explores what makes us all tick and how we are in fact different an...

UC 58: Caren Smith LIVE at The Wellness Summit Melbourne

06 Jan 2014

Contributed by Lukas

LIVE – In this live recording from the Wellness Summit in Melbourne Carren Smith tells her remarkable story of survival, how her partner’s suicide...

UC 57: New Years Resolutions

30 Dec 2013

Contributed by Lukas

As 2013 comes to a close and 2014 is about to dawn, we listen in on the Up For A Chat girls as they talk about their New Years Resolutions.  What bec...

UC 56: The Wisdom of Age

23 Dec 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Sandy Morrison a woman in her 60’s and mother inlaw to Kim joins the Up For A Chat girls for an hour that melted the hearts of all listening. Sandy’...

UC 55: Young Teenage Girls

16 Dec 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Three Beautiful, intelligent teenage girls from the local Sunshine Coast area join the Up For A Chat girls on a riveting conversation that was hard to...

UC 54: Blame and Responsibility

09 Dec 2013

Contributed by Lukas

The Up For a Chat girls have a little mantra of their own.  It goes a bit like this; we take full responsibility for our lives, our health and our re...

UC 53: Christmas

02 Dec 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Up For A Chat is getting into the spirit of Christmas.  Carren started the conversation by talking about the amazing gift idea she has for her family...

UC 52: Food For Change

25 Nov 2013

Contributed by Lukas

There has been a lot of talk in the media about cholesterol, saturated fat and statin drugs (cholesterol lowering).  Cyndi updates you on the latest...

UC 51: Conscious Eating

18 Nov 2013

Contributed by Lukas

In medicine the brain and body are segmented into different parts, but in actual fact as the girls point out they are very much connected.  Both eff...

UC 50: Girlfriends Whose Lives Have Changed

11 Nov 2013

Contributed by Lukas

The Up For A Chat girls invite one of their long time friends in for a chat.  Cathy Ledger is a successful business woman and mother of 4, she has a...

UC 49: Marketing and Advertising Persuasion

04 Nov 2013

Contributed by Lukas

WARNING – Explicit language is used in this podcast One of the Up for A Chat listeners asked the Up For A Chat girls to talk about the topic of Mar...

UC 48: The Importance of Role Models

28 Oct 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Cyndi begins this podcast because she is cross, cross with high profile sports people who flaunt their less than desirable drinking and social habits ...

UC 47: Creating Magic in Your Life

21 Oct 2013

Contributed by Lukas

When Cyndi reveals her amazing experience after reading the book E2 by Pam Grout, Carren and Kim download the book and begin their own experiment with...

UC 46: Money, money, money

14 Oct 2013

Contributed by Lukas

The podcasts starts with a great song by Carren, Kim and Cyndi, all about money.  At that point they realise they will not make it in the music indus...

UC 45: The Importance of Retreat

07 Oct 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Carren, Cyndi and Kim have just been in Fiji doing an Awaken the Change Within Retreat with delegates.  They start the podcast by talking about the ...

UC 44: Sleep – The more you get the longer you live

30 Sep 2013

Contributed by Lukas

This podcast is on sleep. It started with a snooze from Carren, she is the sleeper of sleepers.  Why do some people find it hard to sleep and others ...

UC 43: Understanding Food Addictions

23 Sep 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Carren, Kim and Cyndi start this podcast with the discovery of a new book and mentor they have discovered in the field of addiction.  They all have A...

UC 42: Eating for fuel or eating for emotion

16 Sep 2013

Contributed by Lukas

The Up for a Chat Girls talk about the two reasons we eat.  Some people eat to fuel their bodies, other people eat because of emotion.  No matter wh...

UC 41: The Chiropractic Adjustment for the Soul

09 Sep 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Carren has just been to the US speaking at a huge Chiropractic Conference in San Francisco, her AHA’s about Chiropractic begin a conversation of hea...

UC 40: Manifesting Matisse – Contemplating Life

02 Sep 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Cyndi has just been in Greece learning about how to get what you want in a systemised manner.  She has learnt the art of manifesting and talks about ...

UC 39: Why Cant You Be Normal Like Me

26 Aug 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Kim has just been to the US to study in Houston. Her studies took her further into her love of who we are and why we do what we do.  Is it Nurture or...

UC 38: Foods of the World

19 Aug 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Foods of The World – Edible Gardens; Kim, Carren and Cyndi have been traveling over the last month, and they discuss the foods of the world.  Ameri...

UC 37: Laughter Is The Best Kind Of Medicine

12 Aug 2013

Contributed by Lukas

The average 4 year old laughs 300 times a day, the average 40 year old only 4. Now you know Kim, Cyndi and Carren love a good laugh they especially lo...

UC 36: The Magic of Aromatherapy

05 Aug 2013

Contributed by Lukas

The Magic of Aromatherapy is Up For A Chat this week.  Carren and Cyndi sat dumbfounded and in aure while Kim taught them about plants, oils and the...

UC 35: Travel Tips

29 Jul 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Travel Tips – Kim, Carren and Cyndi love to travel, they are all experienced with traveling around the country and internationally.  Carren is off...

UC 34: Depression

22 Jul 2013

Contributed by Lukas

The rate of depression and mental illness has increased dramatically in the last decade.  The question is asked as to – do you wake up one day and...

UC 33: Cholesterol

15 Jul 2013

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...