The local magazine Profile on the Sunshine Coast comes out at the beginning of every month. There is always a cover girl. The cover girl on this particular month was our very own Up For A Chat co-host – Kim Morrison. This is no ordinary cover this is the cover of Kim at the age of 45 on the cover nude, tastefully hiding any sexual connotations and making it more about the marathon of life and bearing all about her life, trials, tribulations and triumphs. The scandal that emerged was something that we found meaning in and wanted to explore how we project our own fears, create our own perceptions and meanings and how we protect our own beliefs in order to be right about our model of our world and how we see things. Are our perceptions correct or our perceptions a result of our own beliefs, attitudes, identity and insecurities. In this podcast we explore these concepts and questions the validity of our opinion and judgement.

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Hormones and fertility are not an expert field for the Up For A Chat girls, so they decided to bring the expert in to talk about fertility, contraception and conception. Andrea Bickett teaches all things about hormones and tackles the big issues of hormone disturbances and increasing infertility in the western world. It is an hour of education and awareness about what we need to teach not only ourselves but our young teenage girls and boys.

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The body and the mind are connected, what you eat, think and do with your body affects your mind and in turn your mind affects your body and what you eat and do on a daily basis. Depression, anxiety, personality disorders and mental illness are rampant, causing distress in individuals, families and communities. Conventional medicine prescribes medication – but are there other things that we should do before we alter our minds with chemicals. Foods trigger neurotransmitters in the brain, to help us think – find out what foods and activities create an alert state in the brain and those that calm us down. Listen in on the conversation that will teach you about additives in food that cause aggression and hyperactivity. It is a fascinating hour of education and fun about food, mood and the mind leading up to the new seminars created by the Up for Chat Girls – Awaken the Change Within.

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Kim Morrison takes the lead on a journey of sensory ecstasy, tuning into the powers of nature and the connection of smell in our everyday life. The memories evoked both positive and negative. Discover the power of sensory anchors and the influence they have on your past present and future. Create and learn how to take control of your external environment and learn how potent substances such as essential oils will change the way you think and feel in every given moment.

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Carren, Cyndi and Kim explore the loss of loved ones and how it has affected their lives and those around them. Grief can define a life or create change. Is death the end or a new beginning, what happens when we die, what is the purpose of our life, how do we support ourselves, family and friends through the grieving process? What do we learn from the death and loss of loved ones. Do we as a society do death well and what are the 5 stages of grief and the key ways to support each stage. These questions and many more are explored in this podcast.

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