This Week In Wellness

This week Brett and Damian have a fascinating chat with ‘The One Minute Coach’ Jaemin Frazer about overcoming insecurity. The boys question Jaemin about why we are so insecure and what we can do about it. Why do so many people feel like they are not good enough? Is this just life and we need Listen In The post TWG 350: Overcoming Insecurity appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

This week Damian and Brett were joined by inspirational Dementia researcher John Quinn (along with his wife Glenys). John was a school principle when he was “relieved” to get his diagnosis of early-onset familial Dementia. He says that whilst having Dementia was not his choice, he is choosing to live well with Dementia and based Listen In The post TWG 349: Living Well With Dementia appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

This week Damian and Brett interview James from Egmont Honey (www.egmonthoney.co.nz) about Manuka honey. Why is Manuka Honey so good? What do those ratings on the jar mean and how does it impact on the health benefits? What is the difference between Manuka and Kanuka? And What about Australian Manuka (Jelly Bush), what is the Listen In The post TWG 348: Manuka Honey And Looking After Our Bees appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

This week Brett and Damian interview world renowned integrative paediatrician Dr Elisa Song from www.healthykidshappykids.com at the 6th Bioceuticals Research Symposium. Dr Song shares a wealth if information about Chronic disease in kids including just how prevalent it is, why it is so high and what we can do to not only manage it but Listen In The post TWG 347: Healthy Kids Happy Kids with Dr Elisa Song appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

This week The Wellness Guys are at the 6th Bioceuticals Research Symposium in Melbourne and have been fortunate enough to be given the opportunity to interview the fantastic lineup of speakers. There will be more to come in the following weeks, but this week Brett and Damian had the pleasure of interviewing a world renowned Listen In The post TWG 346: Why Auto-immunity with Dr Amy Meyers? appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

School holidays have just finished in South Australia and Victoria and with Damo and Brett’s kids at different ages they proposed different challenges (and opportunities) for each. This week the boys discuss how they navigate these busy times with their families and find some harmony between work, family, their partners etc. So tune in for Listen In The post TWG 345: School Holidays! appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

This week Damian and Brett welcome on Toni Powell, author of the book “What A Feeling” to talk about positive relationships. Toni has a great way of taking a complex topic and making it seem quite simple with a practical. a no-nonsense approach that seems wise and kind at the same time. This episode is Listen In The post TWG 344: What A Feeling appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

With a name like The Naked Naturopath and a new podcast on The Wellness Couch how could the boys refuse an interview! But seriously Melissa Gearing is a wealth of information on all things naturopathy and especially herbs. She comes on the show to talk about the latest trends in naturopathy and nutrition and how Listen In The post TWG 343: The Naked Naturopath appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

This week Damo and Brett check out some of the health trends of 2018 and weigh in with their opinion on what does and does not cut the gluten free/keto/vegan/natural mustard. The boys talk about everything from keto to fanny packs and activated charcoal to edible glitter in a very fun episode with a serious Listen In The post TWG 342: Keeping the bloggers honest appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

This week Damian and Brett talk about pain. With the recent changes to the availability of Codeine a lot of people have been asking questions about what to do about their pain? How safe is Codeine? Why was it removed from over the counter? What does this mean for other drugs? What other choices are Listen In The post TWG 341: A pain in the… appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

This week Damian has just returned from a massive “natural foods” expo in the States and chats to Brett about what he found there. What ensues is a serious conversation about what is being passed off as “natural” in our foods and the ways that the real ingredients are being hidden from us as a Listen In The post TWG 340: Vegan Hot Italian Sausage appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

This week Damian and Brett have the privilege of interviewing Dr Terry Wahls about her amazing journey healing her body from crippling MS and what she has learnt from the process. Terry had gone on to create the Wahls Protocol, a way for everyone to help nourish their mitochondria and heal their bodies. She talks Listen In The post TWG 339: Dr Terry Wahls on minding your mitochondria appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

This week with Damian travelling across to America to find out all of the latest food trends Brett is once again joined by Marcus Pearce. The boys reminisce about their childhood diets, when they were strictest about food, how that worked for them and what their lifestyle looks like now in a rollicking conversation. So Listen In The post TWG 338: Why Diets Don’t Work appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

Brett is always experimenting with new and interesting ideas. Barefoot running, Paleo, intermittent fasting, fermented foods, the list goes on. Brett’s latest challenges are a 30 day cold shower challenge inspired by the one and only Wim Hof and the Cross Fit games. Brett has been inspired by the amazing anecdotal stories around the benefits Listen In The post TWG 337: Cold Showers and the Cross Fit Games appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

This week Brett is fresh off of The Wellness Basecamp in Brisbane, so Damo decided that it was a good idea to welcome on Marcus Pearce as well to chat about the experience. The Wellness Basecamp was full of love and community. Not only between the speakers but the exhibitors and the attendees as well. Listen In The post TWG 336: The Wellness Couch Community appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

This week the boys have a fascinating chat with Mark Sharman and Carmen Alvarado from Sven’s Island about Kanuka honey. The Aotea Kanuka tree is a tree from an island off of NZ and may have even more amazing properties than it’s cousin (the Manuka tree). Both the honey from the local bees and the Listen In The post TWG 335: Kanuka (that’s not a typo) honey appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

This week The Wellness Guys interview Janet from Zazen Alkaline water. Zazen make an incredible range of water filters favoured by pretty much the whole crew on The Wellness Couch so who better to get on to talk about what should and should not be in our drinking water, including discussion on chlorine, flouride and Listen In The post TWG 334: What should and should not be in your water appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

This week Brett and Damian interview a young mover and shaker in the wellness world Jordan Travers about his new book Man Alive. Jordan shares a unique and refreshingly simple approach to regaining health and well-being forged from his own near death experience and subsequent journey of exploration. So tune in for a great easy Listen In The post TWG 333: Man Alive with Jordan Travers appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

This week Damian and Brett talk about productivity. Why do you want to be productive? Is it even important? The boys talk about how their thoughts on productivity have changed over the years, and what they have tried that has worked and not worked for them. They talk about finding the balance between being productive Listen In The post TWG 332: Perspectives On Productivity appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

With Damian away on holidays Brett get’s the chance to take the reins. Not only does he bring in one of his favourite Paleo people Fouad Kassab from Quirky Cooking he also brings in a handsome replacement for Damo (Marcus Pearce) to help with the interview. Fouad shares with us the recent 4 day water Listen In The post TWG 331: Wilderness Fasting with Fouad Kassab appeared first on The Wellness Couch.