A Gluten Free Podcast

A Gluten Free Podcast
Episode 155 

On today's episode of A Gluten Free Podcast my brother Blake and me sit down to talk about all the work and the behind-the-scenes that's gone into building our new website which is now live! We also chat about Blake's recent gut health journey and why he's now gluten free. 

What we'll cover:
* Wim Hof, Breathwork and cold therapy
* Why we decided to build a website for A Gluten Free Family
* Combining the skillsets of Bec, Blake and myself in creating the website
* What we've learnt from the process of building a website
* Blake's recent gut health journey and why he's gone gluten free
* How the website is part of our mission to continue helping those in the coeliac disease and gluten free space


Links:

Check out our website!

Join A Gluten Free Podcast Facebook Group

Get in touch

You can find me on Instagram @a.gffamily or send an email to [email protected]  📩


Disclaimer

The content on this podcast is not a substitution for professional medical advice. It is the opinion and experience of the show host or guests. Please seek professional medical advice from a medically qualified professional before making any decisions about your health or diet.

A Gluten Free Podcast 
Episode 154 

One thing I think everyone in the world needs right now is some hope. Hope that we can deal with whatever our lives or the world throws at us. Hope that we will find the best way forward. Hope that we have the strength and determination to get there. 

Like many in the world right now I struggle with hope sometimes. I often think if what I’m doing is having an impact. I sometimes think hope perhaps is lost. But then… I think about why we MUST have hope. We must have a strong WHY. When we have a strong why, everything else will follow and, yes - hope will be restored! You’ll find out how I have kept hope in my own coeliac and gluten free life and how I am doing my best to share that hope with you to improve your gluten free life too!

Also I’ll discuss our website now being LIVE! Please go and check it out and let me know what you think.
 
What I’ll cover:
* Recapping last week’s episode with Sebastien Sans Gluten founder Sebastien Syidalza
* Why we need hope in our lives right now
* Why we are working so hard on instilling hope in the coeliac and gluten free community through A Gluten Free Family
* How Sebastien found hope while working so hard in creating his gluten free bakery
* Update of my conversations with an Australian politician around coeliac disease and the gluten free diet
* Teaser of next week’s guest episode


Links

Visit our website! Check it out here!! 

Join A Gluten Free Podcast Facebook Group

Listen to last week’s episode with Sebastien Sans Gluten founder, Sebastien Syidalza

Get in touch

You can find me on Instagram @a.gffamily or send an email to [email protected]  📩


Disclaimer

The content on this podcast is not a substitution for professional medical advice. It is the opinion and experience of the show host or guests. Please seek professional medical advice from a medically qualified professional before making any decisions about your health or diet.

A Gluten Free Podcast
Episode 153

I have been told by so many people in the last few years to visit a very popular gluten free bakery in Leichhardt, Sydney. It's gained a cult following in the coeliac and gluten free community. I had it on my list for a very long time and finally got myself there a few months back and wow... gluten free fam: it lived up to the hype! 

My guest on today’s episode is Sebastien Sans Gluten founder, Sebastien Syidalza. We’ll talk about his background working in Paris and London kitchens, creating his own Sydney gluten free bakery, his attention to detail and the immense response from the coeliac and gluten free community since opening his doors.  

What we’ll cover:
* Sebastien’s mission at Sebastien Sans Gluten
* Sebastien’s background training in Paris kitchens in the 90s & later meeting his wife in London
* Travelling out to Australia with his wife
* Working at a Sydney gluten free bakery and learning about coeliac disease and making gluten free food
* Transitioning from making gluten containing food to gluten free & the challenges he has faced
* Creating & opening Sebastien Sans Gluten
* Overwhelming response from the coeliac & gluten free community
* General tips around working with gluten free ingredients in the kitchen
* Sebastien and his team’s current & future goals with the business


Links 

Sign up to our website

Sebastien Sans Gluten website

Follow Sebastien Sans Gluten on Instagram & Facebook 

Sign Coeliac Australia's petition around the cost of gluten free food 

Join A Gluten Free Podcast Facebook Group

Get in touch

You can find me on Instagram @a.gffamily or send an email to [email protected]  📩


Disclaimer

The content on this podcast is not a substitution for professional medical advice. It is the opinion and experience of the show host or guests. Please seek professional medical advice from a medically qualified professional before making any decisions about your health or diet.

A Gluten Free Podcast
Episode 152

Change is inevitable. Change is hard. Change forces us to adopt new habits and ways of doing things. Change helps us grow.

If anything is certain in life, it is that change will occur. It's really the only the only thing we can count on. Nothing stays the same. This couldn't be more true than in our coeliac and gluten free lives. We must come to terms with the fact that our lives change when we have a coeliac disease diagnosis or we go gluten free for another health reason.

We will grieve our former lives before we went gluten free. We will miss how we used to be able to socialise, travel and leave the house without planning and preparing so much. Everything changes once we go gluten free. But, does that have to be a bad thing? Well, that's something I've been battling to answer in my own coeliac and gluten free journey lately. That's what we'll be chatting about on today's episode of Gluten Free Thoughts. 


What I'll cover:
* Recap on last week's episode with Grace Canning, co-founder of Allergy Life Australia 
* Grace's acceptance of change and looking at her allergies as an inevitable change in her own life
* My own change journey since being diagnosed with coeliac disease and my current frame of mind around change
* Looking back on where I was before my coeliac disease diagnosis and my gratefulness around the change in my life of a diagnosis 
* How we can reframe change to be a positive
* Teaser of next week's guest episode

Links

Sign up to our website!

Join A Gluten Free Podcast Facebook Group

Get in touch

You can find me on Instagram @a.gffamily or send an email to [email protected]  📩

You can also find my regular column for The Gluten Free Living magazine under the title Gluten Free Family  released quarterly for Coeliac Australia members.


Disclaimer

The content on this podcast is not a substitution for professional medical advice. It is the opinion and experience of the show host or guests. Please seek professional medical advice from a medically qualified professional before making any decisions about your health or diet.

A Gluten Free Podcast
Episode 151

Do you have allergies? Perhaps you or a loved one are experiencing allergy symptoms and wondering whether you should get tested? Allergies are definitely on the rise. More than four million Australians live with an allergy and it's definitely on the rise. Want to learn more about allergies? Well, you're in luck! 

My guest on today’s episode is Co-Founder of Allergy Life Australia, Grace Canning. We’ll talk about Grace’s own allergy journey, how allergies affect people’s mental and physical well being, how people living with allergies can advocate for themselves and the importance of having a support network around them.  

What we’ll chat about:
* What allergies Grace lives with & her allergy diagnosis story
* How your allergies have impacted Grace’s life
* How Grace manages her allergies on a daily basis
* Using an allergy card
* The social, emotional & mental health impacts of allergies
* The diagnosis process of allergies
* How Grace started Allergy Life Australia & the mission of the organisation
* The Talking Allergies podcast
* Common themes on Talking Allergies podcast
* Positives to come out of Grace sharing her own allergy journey and the allergy journey of others
* The importance of not be minimise your own allergy journey
* What changes Grace would like to see in the future around allergies
* Where Grace is focussing her efforts in raising allergy awareness now and into the future

Links 

Allergy Life Australia website
Follow Allergy Life Australia on Instagram, Facebook & Tiktok
Follow & listen to Talking Allergies podcast
Listen to my chat with Melrick on Talking Allergies podcast

Sign up for updates of our website launch!

Join A Gluten Free Podcast Facebook Group

Get in touch

You can find me on Instagram @a.gffamily or send an email to [email protected]  📩

You can also find my regular column for The Gluten Free Living magazine under the title Gluten Free Family  released quarterly for Coeliac Australia members.


Disclaimer

The content on this podcast is not a substitution for professional medical advice. It is the opinion and experience of the show host or guests. Please seek professional medical advice from a medically qualified professional before making any decisions about your health or diet.

Episode 150
A Gluten Free Podcast

You read that right gluten free fam - we've hit 150 episodes of A Gluten Free Podcast. To celebrate we're sharing a very special announcement. It's something we've been working hard on behind the scenes for a few months now. This announcement is to say thank you for all the support you have given us throughout this podcast and all we're doing in the coeliac and gluten free space.

What I'll cover:
* Recap on last week's episode with diabetes educator Cheryl Steele 
* The importance of having a team around you when dealing with coeliac disease and the gluten free diet
* Update on some coeliac disease advocacy I've been working on
* Celebrating 150 episodes and 75,000 downloads of the podcast
* Announcement of website launch, merch store and blog

Links

Sign up for updates of our website launch!  

Join A Gluten Free Podcast Facebook Group

Get in touch

You can find me on Instagram @a.gffamily or send an email to [email protected]  📩

You can also find my regular column for The Gluten Free Living magazine under the title Gluten Free Family  released quarterly for Coeliac Australia members.


Disclaimer

The content on this podcast is not a substitution for professional medical advice. It is the opinion and experience of the show host or guests. Please seek professional medical advice from a medically qualified professional before making any decisions about your health or diet.

A Gluten Free Podcast
Episode 149

My guest on today’s episode is Clinical Nurse Consultant & Diabetes Education Services Manager for Western Health, Cheryl Steele. We’ll talk about diabetes signs & symptoms which often fly under the radar. The testing, diagnosis & current treatments & management strategies for the disease & the link between coeliac disease & diabetes. 

What we’ll cover:
* Cheryl’s background & role as a Certified Diabetes Educator & clinical nurse consultant 
* Common signs & symptoms of diabetes 
* Difference between Type 1 & Type 2 diabetes 
* How diabetes is activated
* Diabetes testing, diagnosis & various treatments
* Ozempic 
* The link between diabetes & coeliac disease
* The current research & studies around diabetes 

Links

Diabetes Australia website 

Follow Diabetes Australia on Facebook & Instagram

Join A Gluten Free Podcast Facebook Group

Get in touch

You can find me on Instagram @a.gffamily or send an email to [email protected]  📩

You can also find my regular column for The Gluten Free Living magazine under the title Gluten Free Family  released quarterly for Coeliac Australia members.


Disclaimer

The content on this podcast is not a substitution for professional medical advice. It is the opinion and experience of the show host or guests. Please seek professional medical advice from a medically qualified professional before making any decisions about your health or diet.

A Gluten Free Podcast 
Episode 148 

On today's episode of Gluten Free Thoughts I'll talk about how I have been pushing myself outside my comfort zone lately in 3 areas of my coeliac & gluten free life. I'll urge you to think about how you can focus on pushing yourself out of your own comfort zone, whether that be in dealing with a new coeliac diagnosis, learning more about the gluten free diet, learning how to cook & bake at home, dining out or travelling, whatever it is - let's take little steps to get out of our comfort zone in our gluten free lives because that's how we'll grow! 


What we’ll cover:
* Discussing last week's episode with Bask & Co Founder, Janessa Rutter
* How Janessa pushed herself out of her own comfort zone to create a great business for the coeliac & gluten free community
* How I've been pushing myself out of my comfort zone in my own gluten free life
* How I've been working on my own health anxiety since my coeliac disease diagnosis
* How I've been working on cooking, baking & learning how to make gluten free food in general at home (through much trial & error!)
* Planning more travel & trips post coeliac-disease diagnosis 
* Focussing on pushing yourself out of your comfort zone in your own gluten free life 
* Teaser of next week's episode 
 

Links

Join A Gluten Free Podcast Facebook Group

Get in touch

You can find me on Instagram @a.gffamily or send an email to [email protected]  📩

You can also find my regular column for The Gluten Free Living magazine under the title Gluten Free Family  released quarterly for Coeliac Australia members.


Disclaimer

The content on this podcast is not a substitution for professional medical advice. It is the opinion and experience of the show host or guests. Please seek professional medical advice from a medically qualified professional before making any decisions about your health or diet.

A Gluten Free Podcast
Episode 147 

I have something to admit to you gluten free fam: up until recently - I missed oats. I missed having porridge for breakfast. It was quick, easy & no mucking around. Unfortunately oats can’t be deemed gluten free in Australia - this may change soon so stay tuned. So until that happens Aussies with coeliac or who are gluten free for other reasons might be looking for alternatives. I’m constantly asked “where can I find some decent gluten free granola or porridge that doesn’t taste bad or have a million ingredients in them” - my answer: Bask & Co.

Today I’m joined by the founder to talk about running a successful small business in the gluten free community & what it’s actually like to start from very humble grassroots beginnings to now being stocked on supermarket shelves nationally. When you have passion, purpose & persistence it’s amazing what you can achieve & my guest does this everyday around the clock & the gluten free community is obsessed (including me).

My guest on today’s episode is Bask & Co. founder Janessa Rutter. We’ll talk about the inspiration behind the business, her delicious granola, porridge & granola bar ranges & what it’s actually like running a small gluten free business & finding purpose within the coeliac gluten free community.

What we’ll cover: 

* What Bask & Co. is & Janessa’s mission with the business
* Janessa’s own gluten free story
* How Bask & Co. was created
* Being a successful small business in the gluten free community
* Bask & Co. ranges of gluten free granola, porridge & granola bars
* Becoming Coeliac Australia endorsed & how that’s changed the business
* Bask & Co. being involved in A Gluten Free Evening
* Feedback so far from the gluten free community around Bask & Co.
* Being stocked in Woolworths Metro & other news
* Janessa’s current goals with Bask & Co.

Links  

Visit Bask & Co. online store - Use our code GFFAMILY to save 20% at checkout! 

Follow Bask & Co on Instagram & Facebook 

Join A Gluten Free Podcast Facebook Group


Get in touch

You can find me on Instagram @a.gffamily or send an email to [email protected]  📩

You can also find my regular column for The Gluten Free Living magazine under the title Gluten Free Family  released quarterly for Coeliac Australia members.

🤳🏻 ❓ Have a question or comment for the show? Send a 1 minute voicemail to [email protected] & I might chat about it on the show!


Disclaimer

The content on this podcast is not a substitution for professional medical advice. It is the opinion and experience of the show host or guests. Please seek professional medical advice from a medically qualified professional before making any decisions about your health or diet.

A Gluten Free Podcast 
Episode 146 

On today's episode of Gluten Free Thoughts I'll talk about the 5 areas of patience I have been working on in my own coeliac & gluten free life. I'll share tools around how I have been trying to improve my patience in all these areas & how my guests have also worked hard on their patience. 

In so many areas of our coeliac & gluten free lives we need to be patient. Whether that be obtaining a coeliac disease diagnosis or realising we need to be on a strict 100% gluten free diet for life, researching & learning the basics around coeliac disease & the gluten free diet, travelling & dining out gluten free or the mental health aspects of living gluten free - it's a hell of a lot to deal with. Processes which didn't take us long in the past now take much longer due to planning, preparation, communication or waiting for other reasons. How do we use patience to the best of our ability during these times? I've been working on this question for the past 4 years & I have learnt a lot along the way. I'll be sharing it all with you today. That's what we'll be talking about on today's episode of A Gluten Free Podcast! 
 

What we’ll cover:
* Patience in the process of being diagnosed with coeliac disease
* Patience in learning the basics of coeliac disease & the gluten free diet
* Patience in learning to read labels 
* Patience in navigating dining out & travelling with coeliac disease
* Patience in understanding the mental health aspects of living with coeliac disease & being gluten free 
* Tools I've discovered which have helped improve my patience in these areas of my own coeliac & gluten free life & how you can apply these tools 
* Teaser of next week's episode
 

Links

Join A Gluten Free Podcast Facebook Group

Advice for those newly diagnosed with coeliac disease with Coeliac Dietitian Kristina Richardson of Coeliac Australia

Tips on How to travel gluten free with Matt Bzdel, creator of Gluten Free Street Gang

Tips on dining out with coeliac disease with founder of Pasta Di Casa, Anthony Dionne

Navigating the mental health impacts of Coeliac Disease a gluten free diet with Psychologist Juliette Thomson

Get in touch

You can find me on Instagram @a.gffamily or send an email to [email protected]  📩

You can also find my regular column for The Gluten Free Living magazine under the title Gluten Free Family  released quarterly for Coeliac Australia members.


Disclaimer

The content on this podcast is not a substitution for professional medical advice. It is the opinion and experience of the show host or guests. Please seek professional medical advice from a medically qualified professional before making any decisions about your health or diet.