This episode is about stress. Mary-Jane Burns used to work in a high-pressure catering industry. Suffering with IBS, she didn’t realise, how much stress was stored in her body, causing her symptoms, she attributed to different foods. A scenario too many of us are familiar with.

A dyslexic herself, the founder of The Holistic Health & Wellbeing Company, helps all kinds of people from all walks of life, including dyslexic children, deal with stress and stress triggers, we often don’t even recognise.

We talk about Mary-Jane’s journey from stressed out chef to a holistic practitioner, stress triggers, the holistic approach and dyslexia.

As always, we share a quick and simple plant-based recipe

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Music by Mark J Adair of Syncwood Studios www.syncwoodstudios.com

Artwork by Gemma O'Hagan www.gemmaohagandesign.com

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In the second part of my interview with a nutritional therapist Jane McClenaghan we talk about the microbiome and the importance of spending time outdoors, female health and diet shaming. We also briefly touch on functional medicine and NHS and Jane talks about her corporate workshops.

As always, we share a plant-based recipe, which you can find as downloadable pdf file on our social media.

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Music by Mark J Adair of Syncwood Studios www.syncwoodstudios.com

Artwork by Gemma O'Hagan www.gemmaohagandesign.com

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This episode is all about nutrition.

Jane McClenaghan is a nutritional therapist based in Northern Ireland, who developed passion for nutrition and the power of food at the age of eleven.

We talk about what nutrition means to Jane as a nutritionist, the challenges of ‘getting it right’ and the importance of enjoying and connecting to our food.

Jane give us a few tips on how to make simple changes in our diets that will last and, as always, we share a plant based recipe – this time it’s a seasonal one.

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Music by Mark J Adair of Syncwood Studios www.syncwoodstudios.com

Artwork by Gemma O'Hagan www.gemmaohagandesign.com

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In the second part of my interview with Karl Stephens, we talk about his garage bakery, Grain bakehouse products, sugar detox and chocolate.

Karl also shares his favourite recipe by Jamie Oliver and tells us what’s on the weekly Grain bakehouse menu.

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Music by Mark J Adair of Syncwood Studios www.syncwoodstudios.com

Artwork by Gemma O'Hagan www.gemmaohagandesign.com

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This episode is all about sourdough. I talk to Karl Stephens of Grain bakehouse about his journey from bricklayer to stay at home dad and self-employed baker making delicious sourdough bread.

We discuss the difference between real sourdough and commercially mass produced bread, the issues of labelling true sourdough and we have a little rant about food in general.

As always we share a plant based recipe.

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Music by Mark J Adair of Syncwood Studios www.syncwoodstudios.com

Artwork by Gemma O'Hagan www.gemmaohagandesign.com

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Meta Auden is a founder of Spectra Sensory Clothing - a Northern Irish company that brings clothing developed specifically for children on spectrum.

We talk about autism, the importance of comfortable clothing for kids and Meta's experience as a parent of an autistic child.

As always, we share a plant based recipe.

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Music by Mark J Adair of Syncwood Studios www.syncwoodstudios.com

Artwork by Gemma O'Hagan www.gemmaohagandesign.com

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This is the second part of my chat with Lucy Scott, the herbalist, trained cancer care nurse, naturopath and a transformational breath facilitator.

This time we talk about Kinesiology, the energies of the body, sage and the power of our own thoughts.

Lucy talks about her own lifestyle and shares a few tips on how to stay healthy.

As always, we share a plant-based recipe.

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Music by Mark J Adair of Syncwood Studios www.syncwoodstudios.com

Artwork by Gemma O'Hagan www.gemmaohagandesign.com

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My guest this time is Lucy Scott – a nurse, a naturopathic herbalist and a transformational breathwork facilitator.

In this episode Lucy reveals how her own health condition forced her out of her comfort zone and into the world of holistic medicine, while she worked as a nurse at a local hospital. We talk about her passion for preventative healthcare, gut health, asthma and the importance of working with both – the traditional and alternative medicine. Lucy also tells us all about the transformational breathing and the impact of suppressed grief.

As always, we share a plant-based recipe.

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Music by Mark J Adair of Syncwood Studios www.syncwoodstudios.com

Artwork by Gemma O'Hagan www.gemmaohagandesign.com

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This is the second part of my interview with of Ötzibrew founder, Tricia McNeilly.

We talk about a supplement product development, the importance of eco friendly packaging, what claims you can make on a supplement product label, and why sourcing the best is so important.

We also talk about Tricia’s desire to cultivate mushrooms in space and what steps she hast taken to make it a reality.

Tricia shares a tip on how to eat mushrooms and a quick plant based recipe with her favourite vegetable.

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Music by Mark J Adair of Syncwood Studios www.syncwoodstudios.com

Artwork by Gemma O'Hagan www.gemmaohagandesign.com

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In this episode the founder of Ötzibrew, Tricia McNeilly, talks about her interesting exciting career path and projects that lead her to setting up a mushroom supplement company.

We talk about mushrooms, what biohacking offers in terms of preventative healthcare, mushroom expert Paul Stamets and Tricia gets a little philosophical about music and mycelium.

As always, we share a plant-based recipe.

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Music by Mark J Adair of Syncwood Studios www.syncwoodstudios.com

Artwork by Gemma O'Hagan www.gemmaohagandesign.com

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