Vibrant Lives Podcast

Vibrant Lives Podcast

By Amanda HayesHealth & FitnessNutritionMental Health
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Vibrant Lives Podcast episodes

  • Sustainable period care with Hello Period founder, Robyn McLean

    Over the course of a lifetime, a menstruating women will use between 5 and 15 thousand tampons and pads. Most of those will end up in landfill as plastic waste - standard tampons take about 500 years to break down. That means, the world's first ever tampon is still on this planet.

    What if we could do period care differently? 

    Enter Hello Period, the world's first sustainable period company that offers reusable products - cups, discs, pads and period underpants. Hello Period was co-founded by today's guest, Robyn McLean.

    This is a story about innovation, about looking after our planet and about how an idea became a successful business.

    ROBYN McLEAN

    Hello Period website: https://helloperiod.com/

    How to use videos: https://helloperiod.com/pages/how-to-use-a-reusable-menstrual-cup

    MAGIC MIND

    Magic Mind Website: https://magicmind.co/vibrant

    Discount code: vibrant20

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      55 min
    • How to deal with your clutter with Professional Organiser and Productivity Specialist, Sandra Lane
      Do you ever feel defeated by the clutter in your life? Where do you even start the decluttering process?
       
      The good news is that this week’s guest, Sandra Lane, is a Professional Organiser and Productivity Specialist and she shares with us some useful, practical tips to tackle that clutter - both physical and mental.
       
      Our discussion ranges from why we accumulate so much stuff and the negative impact all that stuff can have on our physical and mental wellbeing to the liberating and empowering feeling of taking steps to deal with clutter. Sandra talks us through how to deal with our clutter and what I liked most about this conversation is her practical focus. Not all of us can achieve the minimalist dream i.e. pack away all our earthly belongings into boxes only to liberate the exact thing we need, say a kitchen knife or a shoe, when we need it. Sandra’s approach is a realistic one for busy people in busy households. 
       
      We also talk about digital clutter, a problem so many of us face these days, and dealing with procrastination which, by the way, is not laziness or poor time management. 
       
      I hope you enjoy this episode; it is packed (but not cluttered) with so many helpful tips.
       
      PS My apologies for the random dog barks that I could not edit out. During the recording of this episode, it was raining heavily and my dog was scared.
       

      SANDRA LANE

      Sandra's website: https://organizationlane.com/

      Sandra's TEDx talk, The Real Cost of Clutter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7ocDqkyHtc&t=14s

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        • 59 min
      • Exploring some of the links between food and mood with Celeste Ferraris OLY
        I have been looking forward to my discussion with Celeste Ferraris OLY for a while now and it did not disappoint!
         
        Celeste is a Clinical Nutritionist with a special interest in the gut microbiome and how food affects mood. Celeste gives us a really good overview of the gut microbiome, what our gut bacteria do for us and what can happen when our bacteria is out of balance.
         
        Celeste’s current research for her PhD is about the association between a liking for salty foods and depression, stress and anxiety. It is a fascinating area including how we experience taste and how our neurotransmitters many be involved. In terms of future implications of Celeste’s research, alternation in taste may be used as a screening tool for mood disorders, like depression. Reliable, non-invasive screening tools are important as screening can lead to diagnosis and then treatment.
         
        We also discuss Celeste's Olympic and Commonwealth Games success as a synchronised swimmer. It may be one of the lesser known Olympic sports but I was fascinated to hear about it, especially the rigorous training regime involved.
         

        CELESTE FERRARIS OLY

        Celeste's website: https://celesteferraris.com

         

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          • 1 hr 3 min
        • Achieving what matters in your life with oncologist turned executive and personal coach, Dr Tabitha Healey
          How do we know what matters in our lives and how do we achieve what matters?
           
          This week’s guest, Dr Tabitha Healey, helps people identify what matters to them and sets them on a path to achieving it. After 20 years as a medical oncologist, for reasons you’ll learn in our discussion, Tabitha switched careers and became an Executive, Leadership and Wellbeing Coach and a Clinical Hypnotherapist.
           
          Tabitha has looked after people at their most vulnerable, she’s tended to people near death and learned some valuable life lessons throughout which she shares with us and which inform her coaching business. We learn about the importance of self-care and how that can look, how to set boundaries around using our time and why that is important.
           
          The burgeoning area of medical hypnosis is a true passion for Tabitha. The application is vast from treating anxiety and chronic pain, helping people to quit smoking to dealing with trauma. The more we learn about the power of the human brain, the more adept we become at channeling that power. Totally fascinating! 

           DR TABITHA HEALEY

          Small moments, Big lives: https://www.tabithahealey.com

          Glo Clinical Hypnosis: https://www.glohypnosis.com.au

          LINKS MENTIONED IN THE PODCAST

          Huberman Lab podcast: https://hubermanlab.com

          Work Smart hypnosis podcast: https://worksmarthypnosis.com/podcasts/

          Feel Better Live More podcast with Dr Rangan Chatterjee: https://drchatterjee.com/blog/category/podcast/

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            • 1 hr 9 min
          • Eating insects - sustainable farming using insects as fodder with Dr Kristy Digiacomo
            Eating insects is not new; in many cultures insects have traditionally made up an important component of people's diets supplying protein and good fats. What is an emerging area of scientific research though, is using insects as fodder for production animals.
             
            My guest this week, Senior Research Scientist Dr Kristy Digiacomo, is very well acquainted with her research subjects, black soldier flies. Kristy entertainingly talks us through how the larvae of these flies, fed on food waste, can be converted into high quality fodder for production animals and it seems they find it delicious!
             
            We humans produce so much waste, particularly food waste. The ingenuity of growing insects on all our waste is that a low value product (e.g. supermarket waste) that cannot be fed directly to animals becomes a high value, safe food for animals via insects. A very neat circular economy can be created and it's a big win for sustainability, the crux of what scientists like Kristy are seeking to advance.
             
            Kristy confesses that she has eaten black solder flies…tune in to hear her description of how they taste.
             
            I found my conversation with Kristy so interesting and heartening to find out that so much innovative research is going in to improving agricultural practices and finding sustainable solutions.

             

            MY FREE GUIDE

            5 Common Nutrition Myths Debunked: https://vibrantlivespodcast.com/free-guide/

             
            KRISTY DIGIACOMO PhD
             
            Kristy's researcher profile: https://findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/profile/136989-kristy-digiacomo
             
             
            LINKS MENTIONED IN THE EPISODE
             
            Seven Seasons Green Ant Gin: https://www.somethingwild.com.au/product-page/green-ant-gin

             

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            • Is the #fitspo trend helpful or harmful with Dr Ivanka Prichard
              The term “fitspo” refers to “fitness inspiration” but is it really inspiring to see fitspos?
               
              I delve into the question with Dr Ivanka Prichard, Associate Professor and health psychologist at Flinders University, South Australia. Ivanka ’s interests include the interaction between body image, exercise and eating behaviour. We discuss factors influencing body image and the ramifications of having a positive or negative body image.
               
              Ivanka’s recent research examines the impact of different forms of #fitspiration imagery on body image and mood in young women. She shares her insights plus practical how to approach this tend as a critical consumer.
               

              MY FREE GUIDE

              5 Common Nutrition Myths Debunked: https://vibrantlivespodcast.com/free-guide/

               
              IVANKA PRICHARD PhD
               
              Ivanka’s researcher profile: https://www.flinders.edu.au/people/ivanka.prichard
               
              Twitter handle: @IvankaPrichard
               
              LINKS MENTIONED IN THE EPISODE
               
              Science Vs Podcast: https://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/sciencevs
               
              Appearance Matters: The Podcast!: https://www.uwe.ac.uk/research/centres-and-groups/appearance/resources
               
              Embrace Kids documentary: https://bodyimagemovement.com/embrace/embrace-kids/
              The cinema release is set for 1 September, 2022.
               
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                • 42 min
              • Five Minute Food Facts - Dairy vs Plant Milks

                Plant based dairy milk alternatives have exploded in popularity which is great news for people with allergies to dairy or lactose intolerance. For many of us, we choose them because they taste good and some of them, like oat milk, have better environmental credentials than cow's milk.

                Alternative milks have quite different nutrition profiles so it is helpful to know how your favourite milk stacks up when it comes to protein, energy or carbohydrate content.

                In this Five Minute Food Facts episode I break all that information down for you so you can choose the milk (or milks) that best suit your needs.

                9 min
              • The research that is moving us towards eliminating bowel cancer with Dr Susan Woods
                When we think of cancer research we often conjure images of test tubes, microscopes and lab coats. What are they doing, those brainy scientific researchers, and what are they finding out?
                 
                Today, I take you behind the scenes with biomedical scientist, Associate Professor Dr Susan Woods, who shares with us some of the ground-breaking and truly inspiring research taking place in her lab at Adelaide University Medical School. Susi specialises in gut (including bowel) cancer research. Her focus includes finding new ways to detect early stage bowel cancer because, as highlighted in my episode with Nick Lee OAM, when detected early, 95% of bowel cancer can be cured. Susi and her team are also looking at how to target treatment in later stage bowel cancer to act only on the cancer and reduce the unwanted side effects of current available treatments like chemotherapy.
                 
                Despite the heavy subject matter, my conversation with Susi left me feeling optimistic because of the amazing work she and her team do but also because she is aware of how important hope is to people with cancer and the work in her lab provides just that, hope for the future.

                 

                DR SUSAN WOODS

                Adelaide University Researcher Profile: https://researchers.adelaide.edu.au/profile/susan.woods#

                 

                LINKS MENTIONED IN THE EPISODE

                The Cancer Council: https://www.cancer.org.au

                Gastro-intestinal cancer trials in Australia: https://gicancer.org.au/community-clinical-trials/

                My episode with Nick Lee OAM: https://vibrantlivespodcast.com/podcasts/nick-lee/

                 

                MY FREE GUIDE

                5 Common Nutrition Myths Debunked: https://vibrantlivespodcast.com/free-guide/

                 

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                  • 48 min
                • Talking girls and women in sport, sports bras and menstruation with Dr Katherine Grellman
                  As we know, staying active is so important for physical and mental health. Unfortunately though, women are much less likely to play team sport than men and by the age of 15, nearly one-third of girls will stop playing club sport.
                   
                  There are numerous reasons for this, such as inappropriate (or non-existent) women’s changing facilities and fewer female role models. Yet many of the reasons like wearing the right sports bra and understanding your menstrual cycle, can be addressed with some basic knowledge. Understanding how a good sports bra should fit and function is really important to reduce breast bounce that can damage breast tissue and to increase comfort. Knowing what is happening to your hormones during menstruation and how you feel in during your cycle is vital and validating.
                   
                  My guest this week, Dr Katherine Grellman, Sports and Exercise Physician Registrar, who has a special interest in female athlete health, expertly talks us through these issues and more.
                   
                  This episode is not just for women. It is my strong opinion that the more men (who can be fathers, partners, friends, coaches, teachers of girls and women) that understand these issues the better. It will not only help normalise what half our population deals with but increasing awareness about ways to keep girls and women active is important for everyone.
                   
                  DR KATHERINE GRELLMAN
                   
                  Dr Katherine Grellman at SPARC: https://www.sparc.com.au/staff/dr-katherine-grellman
                   
                  Social media handle: @sparc_sport
                   
                  5 COMMON NUTRITION MYTHS DEBUNKED
                   
                  Download my Free Guide and join the Vibrant Lives community here: https://vibrantlivespodcast.com/free-guide/
                   
                  LINKS MENTIONED IN THE PODCAST
                   
                  Sports Bra Tool: https://bra.edu.au
                   
                  AIS Female Performance & Health Initiative: https://www.ais.gov.au/fphi
                   
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                  • Please tell your friends about the podcast and share it with them.
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                    • 38 min
                  • Beating bowel cancer with Nick Lee OAM, Founder and Chair of the Jodi Lee Foundation
                    Bowel cancer is also known as the "silent killer” because sometimes it can be asymptomatic, particularly in the early stages of the disease. After lung cancer, bowel cancer is the second most common cause of cancer-related death in Australia. But, it shouldn’t be. If caught early, 99% of treatments are successful.
                    Nick Lee OAM, my guest this week, is on a mission to empower Australians to prevent bowl cancer through the Jodi Lee Foundation, which he set up after the death of his wife, Jodi, from bowel cancer in 2010. Since then, the Jodi Lee Foundation has saved countless lives by raising awareness about bowel cancer and encouraging people to take a simple screening test.
                    I found my conversation with Nick really moving but also uplifting - he’s done so much good in our world.
                    JODI LEE FOUNDATION
                    Jodi Lee Foundation: https://jodileefoundation.org.au
                    Social media handle: @jodileefoundation
                    Bowel Cancer Sympton Checker: https://jodileefoundation.org.au/awareness-campaigns/symptom-checker/
                    Trust Your Gut campaign: https://jodileefoundation.org.au/awareness-campaigns/trust-your-gut/
                    The JLF Trek: https://app.jodileefoundation.org.au/events
                    5 COMMON NUTRITION MYTHS DEBUNKED
                    Download my Free Guide and join the Vibrant Lives community here: https://vibrantlivespodcast.com/free-guide/
                    LINKS MENTIONED IN THE PODCAST
                    The MindBodyBrain Project with Paul Taylor: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-mindbodybrain-project/id1534267189
                    Bowl cancer awareness month: https://www.bowelcanceraustralia.org/bowel-cancer-awareness-month
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                    55 min

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                  In Vibrant Lives Podcast your host, Amanda, interviews experts about healthy ways to eat, move and think, to help you live your vibrant life.