Primal Alternative Podcast

Megan Ellam is totally incredible!  She has completely transformed her life and made a stunningly successful business out of helping others do the same – deprivation free!  I seriously do not know how she does it – she can ‘keto-ify’ absolutely anything!  Going Keto in Megan’s Mad Creations world means losing 30 kilos and a whole bunch of debilitating health conditions whilst eating donuts, burgers, chocolate and wine!  Sounds very doable doesn’t it?

I loved my chat with Megan, we are sisters with very aligned values.  She was so generous with her time, after the interview we chatted for over an hour about food business!  Amazing woman!  I am so grateful to Megan, as I know all of her devoted fans are too.  You will love this episode!

From the moment Megan could reach the kitchen bench she has been creating amazing recipes and meals for her family, friends, and professionally.

After a short 13 year career in various award winning restaurants and cafes in Newcastle, Megan left to pursue a career in business development and sales, before returning to recipe development for her first blog Clean and Dirty Food.

In 2017 Megan was diagnosed with insulin resistance after struggling with her weight and health for more than 15 years.

Discovering the ketogenic diet Megan went on to lose more than 30 kilograms, self publish 4 cookbooks and many digital recipe eBooks and start 365, an online keto lifestyle and meal plan program.

Mad Creations website and company has kept Megan crazy busy and afforded her to now work full-time doing what she loves and helping others transition into the keto lifestyle and regain control of their health.

You can find Megan on the website www.madcreationshub.com as well as all social media

Check out a YouTube Video of this interview here.

To find out more about Primal Alternative’s grain free food range and Producer Franchise head to www.primalalternative.com

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In 2018 Wendy was invited to speak at The Wellness Summit.

Wendy has also spoken at Backpacks for Vic Kids, Unity Melbourne and The Pain Summit.

Wendy is doing all within her power to release all the excess weight she is carrying and change the lifestyle and mindset to a healthier happier version of herself.

She is passionate about helping people on their life’s journey. Whatever part of that journey you are on there is always something to change or improve that can help you live a happier, healthier life.

A podcaster, speaker, wellness coach, motivator, blogger and writer, Wendy wants to be a voice of hope and encouragement to anyone who needs it and as Wendy would say ‘it takes a village and be kind to yourself always’.

Wendy believes in living her life to the full every day.

You can connect with Wendy through her social media at Wendys Way on

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100011209925324

for inspiration, help and support on your wellness journey and to contact her to work with her or have her speak at your event.

To find out more about the Primal Alternative grain free food range or to become a Producer or Stockist and to find out about Helen’s Health Coaching Programs head to www.primalalternative.com

Thanks for being here!

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Steph Lowe is a Sports Nutritionist, triathlete on a break and Head Honcho at The Natural Nutritionist.  Find out why Steph is on a break in this episode!

Growing up Steph was only concerned with nutrition to lose weight, and even though a low fat diet got her to her ‘goal’ weight it didn’t make her happy.  A friend challenged her to go gluten free some ten years ago – way before it was cool and the norm and she has never looked back.

In this episode we dive into:

• How a SAD diet impacts our longterm health and gut health

www.thenaturalnutritionist.com.au 

Follow Steph on Facebook and Instagram @thenaturalnutritionist

Buy some of that amazing Fruit Toast Steph was talking about www.primalalternative.com/shop 

If you have a passion for wellness and want to do what you love and work from home – why not consider becoming a Primal Alternative Producer AKA a Primalista!  Find out all about it here.

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Daniella is the heart and soul of Intrinsic. Thanks to her holistic approach to working with both adults and children, she will live the journey with you.

As a certified practicing psychologist and wellness coach, she has empowered many people to transform their lives with her blended skill set. She helps you to develop a conscious awareness of self, RECONNECTING AND TRANSFORMING YOUR LIFE, MIND, BODY & SOUL.

She has developed an online transformation program which is based on more than 12 years of professional experience and from her own personal journey. Her qualifications include a BA (Hons) Psychology, Wellness Coaching Certificate (Wellness Coaching Australia) and Pranic Healing.

Watch the YouTube version of this interview.

Find out more www.daniellaprinci.com

For my Thrive Program head to www.primalalternative.com/thrive

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Oh holy jeepers I am jumping for joy today as I got to speak to the fresh, real and totally inspiring Karen Martel all the way from yesterday in Canada!  The fantabulous Elle Russ introduced me to Karen when she interviewed her for the Primal Blueprint Podcast and that is where I first heard Karen talk about weight loss resistance!

This is going to be sweet relief to your ears heart and mind if you, like me, feel like you are doing everything ‘right’, you know – eating a paleo/primal diet, moving your body, getting good sleep and feeling like you have a handle on stress!

Basically if you are eating primal and not losing weight – something else is going on!

Tune in to find out what that something is and what you can do about it!

Karen is amazing and I totally recommend having a session with her or joining her On Track Membership program.  Get all the info at www.karenmartel.com

Find out all about my grain free food range Primal Alternative and how you can turn your passion for wellness into a business by becoming a Primal Alternative Producer – AKA a Primalista! www.primalalternative.com 

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Alison Bell is the co owner of Broth of Life.  You will love this episode as you hear how Alison, a former athlete hit breaking point with four autoimmune diseases and caring for her son who had behavioural issues – serious ones – where he would get violent.

Through real food Alison and her son healed themselves and turned their life around.

Alison credits her healing to her consumption of Bone Broth.  Knowing how overwhelming it is to cool everything from scratch she turned Broth of Life into a business where everyone can get access to ready to go broth and heal their lives too.

To find out all about Broth Of Life, shop online or find a stockist head here: www.brothoflife.com.au

To find out more about Primal Alternative and how we make grain free easy with our range of home made Cookies, Breads, Pizza Bases, Pastries and Gellies head here: www.primalalternative.com 

To watch this interview as a video head here:

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When Sarah Clark was 28 years old, she received a diagnosis of premature ovarian failure. She accepted the diagnosis and had both her children through in vitro fertilization. Years later she realized the root cause of her infertility was a food intolerance.

She is a certified life coach with accreditation from the International Coaches Federation and a health coach with training from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition.

She is the author of Fabulously Fertile – Supercharge your Fertility Naturally, Fabulously Fertile Cookbook and Fertility Preparation Program. Her fertility coaching program, which includes functional lab testing, supports couples to make diet and lifestyle changes that dramatically improve the chances of a healthy pregnancy and baby!

On her Get Pregnant Naturally Podcast she shares that with functional medicine and natural fertility solutions we can eventually reverse infertility.  Check it out on iTunes, Stitcher and Google Play.

Here is the link for the 3 day Fertility Diet Challenge – www.fertilitydietfreebie.com

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In this episode, I am joined by fellow Wellness Couch Podcaster John Purl from Smashed Avocado.  John works with health and wellness to help his clients be more successful.  John shares his personal story of childhood hyperactivity and how he combined his love for health and wellness with his profession.  He will share some actionable tips with you including the key elements to making improvements and his 70,20,10 approach to eating.  We will find out what John had for brekky, what he thinks of wine, chocolate and coffee and his tips for success.

Fourteen years of working in wealth advisory and a lifetime of love for all things health and wellness has brought John Purl to where he is today, a business owner, a father and a desire to help others improve their health/wellness and career/financial success.

John brings about a passion to see people succeed professionally, financially and without sacrificing their health and wellbeing. With this comes an understanding that to succeed in your career, in your family life, in your business, in your pursuit to becoming a better/healthier you, you need to play the ‘long game’. To play the long game you need support, education and encouragement which is what drives John each day.

Let’s face it, if you’re struggling in health or happiness it’s difficult to be financially successful.

You can connect with John here.

Helen Marshall is a Primal Health Coach and Founder of the grain free food range Primal Alternative. The range includes breads, cookies, pizza bases, gellies and pastries which are locally homemade with love by a Primalista in your area.  If you have a passion for wellness, love to bake and would love to work from home in your own business then consider joining Primal Alternative.

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Menses.  Me monthlies. The curse.  Being ‘on’!  All of those negative connotations will be obliterated in today’s episode – in fact, I thought I was quite down with it and rad when it comes to menstruation but seems I am not – which was a nice aha for me!

If you are a women you need to listen to this episode!

Amanda Howe is a Naturopath, Author, Nutritionist, Herbalist, Mother to two girls and wife.

My goal is for every woman worldwide, to have a perfect period through correction of hormonal imbalances. Hormonal balance needs to occur within your reproductive system, your thyroid hormones and within the stress response in the body for you to be optimally healthy.

Amanda incorporates the use of herbal medicine, nutritional therapies, food as medicine and lifestyle counselling to get optimum results for each of her patients.

In this episode we will discuss what is normal and what is not when it comes to periods we go into flow and clots.  We talk about why stress is a big factor in our periods, and why inflammation can cause so many issues.

Amanda is full of practical actionable tips for you to incorporate into your daily life and *spoiler alert* if you are following a Primal lifestyle you are doing your very best to optimise your hormone health – so pat on the back and lap of the house for you sister!!

Thanks to Nessie Weir and Naomi Bryant for readers questions around flow and keto diet and periods.  Amanda’s answer may provide a missing piece in the jigsaw for many ultra low carb listeners.

You can find Amanda’s website here.  Her company is called As Natured Intended and you can find her on Instagram and Facebook too – be sure to add the .au.

Amanda’s books, Know Your Flow & The Nourished Family are available to buy on her website and Know Your Flow is available as an ebook too.  Awesome.

Working at the Illawarra Women’s Health Centre, Amanda deals daily with women’s health complaints including: hormonal imbalance, heavy & painful menstruation, PMS, irregular cycles, endometriosis, fibroids, PCOS, infertility, recurring miscarriage, menopause and more. In todays world she regularly sees people with digestive disturbances, lowered immunity, respiratory complaints and thyroid and endocrine disturbances.

Fancy working with Amanda?  Get in touch and book a time.

Thank you to everyone who has left me a review or a rating!  Shout out to Lynda Griparic for her awesome review!  I would LOVE for you to leave me a five star rating and a review so more people will find this podcast, reclaim their health and change their life!

I am your host Helen Marshall, I am a Primal Health Coach & Founder of the grain free food range Primal Alternative.  We make grain free easy with our range of locally produced breads, cookies, pizza bases and gellies – check out the range and find out how you could be come a Primalista (producer) here.

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I am really excited to welcome Primalista Rosie’s sister Robyn Puglia onto the show today!

Additionally, to consulting, Robyn provides technical support and clinical education for Regenerus Laboratories and mentors other nutritionists and physicians on all aspects of nutrition and Functional Medicine.

She is originally Australian, but has been living and working in the UK since 2004, Is married to an American and has two daughters.

Robyn shares her own health story, hear how she was sick for 19 years before she reclaimed her health and went on to help others do the same.

Stay tuned until the end to hear the amazing story of Zoe!

You can find out more about Robyn on her website here.

Robyn is also active on Instagram.

If you have a passion for wellness and want to help others and would love to start your own business why not think about becoming a Primalista – a Primal Alternative Producer.

Visit our online shop to get your Primal Alternatives delivered to your door – how easy is that?

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