Primal Alternative Podcast

Jo Whitton ladies and ladies!  Does she need any introduction?  If you are like me and most of the people I know the words Quirky Cooking will have been lovingly recommended to you by a fellow Thermomix owner or healing foods friend – right?

I am so grateful to Jo for providing not only providing delicious easy to prepare family-friendly meals but also for creating a community of fellow Quirkies in the Quirky Cooking Chat Group.  Jo is real and sincere, open and honest, ethical and caring and she makes herself available for support and advice helping many on their journey to reclaiming their health.

But, she also has four kids and a healing journey of her own and her kid’s healing journeys too!  So how on earth does she do it? How does she have the energy and drive to keep showing up on our social media feeds day after day for over ten years?

Toward the end of last year Jo gave me permission to get some help around the home so that I could free up my time to spend doing what I am good at – being with my family and working on my business Primal Alternative.  There is some resistance around us women asking for help, paying for help.  We are almost considered less noble if we do.  But at what cost?  I was trying to do all the things and keep all the plates spinning at the cost of my own health and stress levels.

So I invited Jo onto the show to share her secrets of success without burn out and to give you the permission to get the help you need in your life. Whatever that may look like for you.

Jo Whitton lives with her family in Far North Queensland, Australia, where she runs Quirky Cooking from home and enjoys the country life. Growing up, Jo struggled with health issues such as frequent colds, histamine reactions, tummy upsets, food intolerances, blood sugar fluctuations, hormone problems, acne, and being chronically underweight. As she got older her health grew worse, and her children also began to have similar issues. Jo began researching ways to improve their health through diet, experimenting with alternate ingredients and allergy-friendly versions of family favourites. Their health began to improve, and in 2008 she began her blog, Quirky Cooking, to share the recipes she was developing. In May 2014 she published her best-selling Quirky Cooking cookbook with Thermomix in Australia, and began to teach healthy cooking seminars in Australia and overseas.

However, in June 2014, Jo felt like she hit a brick wall. Despite all the work she’d done to heal her family, her son Isaac’s health (13 yrs old at the time) suddenly went downhill. He descended into anxiety and severe OCD, and Jo realised that they had really just been treading water with an allergy-friendly diet, and they urgently needed to address the root cause of the health problems they’d been facing over the years – poor gut health. They embarked on a journey to heal Isaac through the GAPS protocol (GAPS: Gut and Psychology Syndrome). Within weeks they saw massive changes, not only in Isaac’s health, but also in Jo’s health and the health of the whole family. Within a year, Isaac was off all medication and living a normal life, Jo’s health had completely turned around and she had gained a healthy weight, and the family no longer struggled with food reactions.

Jo shares their family’s journey and interviews parents and practitioners with experience in natural healing in her podcast ‘A Quirky Journey’, along with her co-host, whole food chef Fouad Kassab. In 2017, Jo and Fouad published a best-selling cookbook called ‘Life-Changing Food’, and together they hold seminars and cooking demonstrations around Australia to share the importance of eating a healing, whole food diet. Jo also has an online program called Quirky Cooking for Gut Health, to support people working through the GAPS Intro diet.

You can find Jo at Quirky Cooking (the blog), and on Facebook, Instagram, the Podcast, and the Gut Health Program. Jo and Fouad’s cookbook, Life-Changing Food, is available online here, or from many health food stores and bookstores.

To find out more about Primal Alternative and Helen Marshall please head here: www.primalalternative.com

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Have you ever felt like you aren’t doing this whole wellness gig properly?  Or tried a super strict regime only to fall off the wagon by Thursday lunchtime?  What if you could actually create balance with your nutrition and successfully implement the 80/20 rule without it spiraling into yet another sugar binge?

On this show, I interview Shelley McKenzie from Freedom Wellness to share with us some actionable tips about how to maintain good health whilst still enjoying the pleasures that life has to offer!  Hoorah for that!

Shelley Mckenzie is qualified Nutritionist, and soon to be Naturopath, passionate about using food first to heal the body. She hopes that by sharing knowledge and passion, she will inspire you to make healthy and positive changes in all areas of your life.

Shelley practices nutrition out of Vida Lifestyles in Sandringham Melbourne, alongside the amazing Dr. Damian Kristof and co-host Dr. Jess Naughton. She also offers comprehensive online wellness programs as well as a popular blog, where she creates and shares three healthy recipes a week to help you on your journey.

After experiencing her own sudden health storm in 2013, leading to an autoimmune diagnosis. Shelley took it upon herself to learn to listen to the screams and whispers of her body and heal using the power of food. Since then Shelley has continued to practice what she now preaches, whilst learning along the way that happiness is a large part of health. So finding the perfect balance between health and enjoyment is essential. She lives a clean life but still loves dining out regularly especially when an espresso martini is involved.

She believes Freedom Wellness is a support system for all things health and wellness. And says “my mission is to empower & inspire women to heal their mind, body & soul with greater insight into what gives them true balance and wellbeing!”

Find more about Shelley and Freedom Wellness on her website (freedomwellness.com.au) and follow her on Facebook and Instagram for loads of yummy recipes (@freedomwellness).

To find out more about Helen Marshall and Primal Alternative please head here: www.primalalternative.com

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In the show today I chat to my good friend and gut guru Kirsty Wirth from Kultured Wellness and we dive into a great discussion about all of the barriers and blocks we put up when it comes to finally doing something about our health like –

• I am too tired.

Kirsty walks us through the usual blocks and lets us know that we can do this!  Kirsty shares some tips on how to give yourself permission to heal and to become a positive role model to others.

We talk about the things it takes to build resilience and how to implement change even when you feel so tired!

Kirsty has had her fair share of adversities and adventures since we last spoke so she gives us the low down on that too, including her recent brain injury.

You can buy Kultured Wellness gorgeous ferments and cookbook here.

To shop all things Primal Alternative and to find out about becoming a Primalista head here.

Thanks for coming on the show Kirsty, we love you loads!

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Your daily ‘dirt’ is your daily report from your body as to how things are going.  You will probably relate to eat of the poo descriptions that ‘poo whisperer’ Lynda Griparic shares (and giggle along) but what does each poo mean?  Your poo has some great feedback for you and we are going to share which each one has to say!

You can play at home and see what was making me giggle so much by checking out this post by Lynda.

Work with Lynda: www.lyndagriparic.com

For all things Wellness Sistas, Primal Alternative and becoming a Producer head here:

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We all know sleep is super important when it comes to our health right?  But why?

I love this episode, it is a bit of an education piece from one of my Wellness Coaching Clients who also happens to be a Professor at UWA and an expert in sleep!

Professor Romola Bucks will explain what sleep is exactly as well as the sleep stages.  We will learn what healthy sleep is, what happens when we don’t get enough sleep and explore some common sleep disorders.

Luckily sleep can be improved with behavioral change and positive habits like those that we practice in Thrive and in Wellness Sistas.

I am closing the doors on this Intake of Primalistas (Primal Alternative Producers) on March 29th, so if you want to bake from home, have a business that suits you AND help others and earn some money it’s time to Apply to Become a Primalista.

Find everything about our grain free food range, Wellness Coaching with me and all about becoming a Primalista here www.primalalternative.com

Professor Bucks obtained her qualification in Clinical Psychology at the University of Birmingham, UK, in 1991, before specializing in Clinical Neuropsychology. Subsequently, she obtained her Ph.D. in Cognitive Neuropsychology at the University of Bristol in 1999. Prior to moving to the University of Western Australia in July 2007, Professor Bucks gained extensive experience in the UK (1993-2001) in the diagnosis and neuropsychological assessment of cognitive impairment and dementia whilst running the Bristol Memory Disorders Clinic and Research Centre, University of Bristol. Currently, in the School of Psychology at The University of Western Australia, her main research interests are in normal ageing and in degenerative conditions. Her research focuses on extending knowledge and understanding of the effective and cognitive/neuropsychological consequences of chronic diseases. She is particularly interested in the identification of potential risk factors for cognitive decline, in scale/test development, and in impairments of awareness and emotion, with a special interest in obstructive sleep apnoea. Professor Bucks has expertise in cognitive and neuropsychological assessment and interpretation, in managing the process of recruitment and research with patient populations, particularly those with cognitive difficulties, and in training and supervising researchers to work with patient participants.

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I’ve invited my Nutritionist friend Karen Martel onto my show again to explore all things Keto, fasting and caloric restriction – when you are doing all the right things and it’s just NOT happening. In episode 43 I interviewed Karen about weight loss resistance – it really is a thing! If you haven’t checked that out already, maybe go back and listen after this one?

What’s going on there?

• Your weight has been starting to climb

This is the wonderful world of hormones! Unfortunately, when our hormones are involved or I should say NOT involved in the right way, weight loss becomes impossible!

Karen has an excellent program called On Track and I highly recommend you check it out here.

We will cover hormones, insulin resistance, keto pitfalls, fasting and much more!

To find out all about Wellness Coaching with me Helen Marshall, my grain free food range, or about becoming a Primal Alternative Producer head here.

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Vegans and Vegos – the total opposite of Paleo/Primal right?

Keto, LCHF – can’t do that when you are vegan?  Right?

Elly from the Natural Nutritionist and I discuss these topics in today’s show.  It’s a good one!

I ask Elly:

• how can a vegan make up for a lack of nutritious foods like bone broth, meat fish, fermented dairy and broth?

We also discuss: bloating, constipation, cravings, LCHF versus Keto, how low carb is low carb, LCHF and menstruation, parasites, gut health & build your plate guidelines plus much more like the short life span of a KFC chicken.

To work with Elly head to www.thenaturalnutritionist.com.au

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What’s your body image like? Do you think favourable positive thoughts about how you look and about your body?

Chances are, if you are a normal woman in today’s society there will have been times or there are many times when you feel less than ‘enough’ when it comes to how you look.

Maybe you have tried to change your body with diet and exercise or even surgery.

If any of the above resonates with you – you have to check out this show and this concept!

What if you could love your body as it is right now – like really love it?

I really relate to the work Emma is doing in the world with her Body Love Method and Body Love Academy.

Who knows – this might be your new career!  Check it out!

Emma Polette is The Body Love Coach. Her clients call her a real woman for real women. She is

She uses these modalities and many other tools to empower women to treat their bodies with love just as they are right now.

When she’s not teaching classes & workshops, empowering her private clients or recording her

www.bodylovehq.com 

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This is my first ever solo show!

I wanted to share with you my top tips for clean living including:

• what on earth to eat

I will share my story with you and the story of how the Primal Alternative business came to be!

This is a great show for you whether you are starting out or looking to take things next level on your human journey!

To find out about everything I discuss in the show head here www.primalalternative.com

I am offering Thrive for FREE plus a whole month in Wellness Sistas which is my brand new subscription membership!

➡️Join here:

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I would love to hear if you enjoyed this solo episode!

Love, H xx

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Jess is fab!  She has taken some of her home recipes and transformed it from a home business to a manufacturing food business that serves Woolworths!  Jess shares with us how she did it whilst maintaining her health lifestyle.  We look at why mindset counts, how she dealt with failures, what products she sells and why and how to make a success of it in a highly competitive and saturated market.

Find out more about Jess and Health Lab here.

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