Sustainable Life Podcast™

This week M chats with Will Simpson from Green Circle Salons! 

Have you ever thought about how your hair should be recycled or composted after it's cut? What about the chemical laced aluminum foil used to dye your hair? The popsicle sticks used to wax your hair? Hair dyes? I mean we can't just spill hair dye down the sink, right? Listen to this podcast to learn all about the hard work that Green Circle Salons does to make the salon/spa world more sustainable. 

To find a salon in your area, check out the Salon/Spa section of the free Sustainable Life App (download for free on both Apple & Android) or visit www.greencirclesalons.ca to learn more. 

This podcast is a tangent of an earlier conversation between M and Dr. Shabita Teja. Did you know mood swings during PMS are not normal and could be signs of a larger imbalance in your body? Listen to this podcast to learn more. 

In this week's podcast M welcomes back Dr. Shabita Teja who is a Naturopathic Doctor and western medicine Pharmacist about what steps we should all take during this time to strengthen our immune systems!

To learn more visit https://www.shopwithm.com/blog/naturopathicdoctor to read the blog post associated with this podcast!

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In part 2 of this podcast M chats with ND Dr. Shabita Teja in more detail about what steps we should all take during this time to strengthen our immune systems! She shares what kinds of blood tests we should get + other testing to consider post-Covid. 

To learn more visit https://www.shopwithm.com/blog/naturopathicdoctor to read the blog post associated with this podcast!

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Our returning guest today survived the last recession and has no doubt that she will survive the next one. 

On today's Podcast Stephanie Ostler will share some tips on how you can not only survive an upcoming recession but also THRIVE as a small business. She also shares some more fun ideas she's working on - why not innovate and formulate new business ideas during this time... right?

Today we go into the vault and dig up the audio from a video interview that you can find on our app! 

Every Sustainable Brand verified and featured on our platform comes with a complimentary CEO/Founder Interview, through which M interviews the leader(s) behind the every brand. 

What an amazing way for you to do your own personal research into a company, right? Why invest in a company's products, unless you have 100% faith and certainty in not just the products... but also the individuals behind them! That's M's philosophy. 

To learn more about Devil May Wear and to buy your own sustainably made pocket panties, you can find this brand on the online shopping section of the Sustainable Life App listed under Women's Apparel and Jewelry. They ship worldwide. 

Light and love to you all!

You must be wondering how to keep your immune system strong during Covid-19... so are we! In this week's episode M interviews Dr. Shabita Teja who is a Naturopath AND western medicine pharmacist about techniques we can learn to help support our immune system during these uncertain times. 

We have rebranded to Sustainable Life App and our podcast is now called the Sustainable Life Podcast! 

Listen as app founder M announces why she decided to rebrand and to the sustainable businesses and brands of the world. M also shares her story behind what inspired the app - in involves a beautiful evening at an ashram in India with Nobel Peace Prize winner Kailash Satyarthi and his lovely wide Sumedha. 

If you want to feature your sustainable businesses or brand on the app for free, use Coupon code GRATITUDE-VIP (case sensitive) to submit your company to our platform. This coupon code ensures that you are featured for free in as many categories as you wish - indefinitely! 

Visit www.sustainablelifeapp.com - an app for sustainable living made easy! 

In this episode M interviews Muhannad Malas from Environmental Defence Canada. Did you know most receipts that we get when we make average purchases like going to grocery stores can be toxic? It's true! Listen to this podcast and learn how to protect yourself! 

Want an easy solution? Ask businesses in your area to switch to e-receipts! Don't want to have a face-to-face conversation with a business because you're polite? No worries, we've got you! Just tag your favourite businesses to our instagram post and ask them to switch to e-receipts! 

Not only are receipts dangerous for our health but they 100% a waste - most city recycling programs don't accept receipts because they are chemically based as opposed to normal paper which usually contains plant-based inks. Fascinating, right? 

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Listen and learn about how chemicals in our water, impact our health! 

In this podcast M interviews Sumeep Bath with the IISD (International Institute for Sustainable Development). Join M as she learns about how we have Canada's experimental lakes to thank for "Phosphate-Free" detergents, soaps and other products and how the products we consume, don't just impact the environment - but also our health! 

For more info on Shop with M visit: www.shopwithm.com 

For more info on the IISD visit: https://www.iisd.org 

Recap on Sumeep's suggestions for consuming sustainably:

- Research the products that you consume and google their impact on the environment and your health!

- Talk to your local government about your concerns! 

- Drink filtered water! (that one's from both M and Sumeep).