Category Archives for "Environmental Stress"

Helena Norberg-Hodge: World Localisation Day 2022

In honour of World Localisation Day, we’re publishing a special Unstress podcast with Helena Norberg-Hodge, a returning guest.

Helena is one of my favourite people and someone who inspires me much. Her organisation, Local Futures, has been around for nearly four decades.

Join us as we discuss a very inspirational movement. What’s going on in our local neighbourhood, how we connect with people and food, how supply chains become short, and how we may enhance not just our personal lives, but also the lives of our communities and the planet’s health.

Prof Pete Smith: A Holistic Approach to Allergies & Chemical Sensitivities

Allergies. What an exciting topic. What should we know about it? Today, we are going to be exploring the world of allergies with one of Australia’s leading allergists.

My guest today is Professor Pete Smith. Pete commenced his medical studies at the University of Tasmania and specialised in paediatrics in Adelaide before completing his PhD in molecular immunology. 
Pete has a clinic on the Gold Coast in Queensland in Southport. He takes holistic to a whole other level and it’s a real treat to hear him piece it all together. He’s also a Professor in Clinical Medicine at Griffith University and Bond University and an active member of the Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy.

Pete and I talked about allergies, asthma, his holistic approach to healthcare, why nasal breathing is so important, and so much more.

Dr Christos Miliotis: A Blueprint for Cooling Our Blue Planet

In this Unstress episode, we welcome back Dr Christos Miliotis. 

Dr Christos has been exploring strategies to draw down greenhouse gases from the sky to soil for 17 years, with a particular focus on the role of microbes in building the soil carbon sponge and drawing in more water vapour from the atmosphere and storing it in the soil.

In this fascinating discussion, Christo sheds light on the importance of soil bacteria and the diverse organisms that reside within them. 

Nicole Bijlsma: Healthy Home, Healthy Family

What exactly is Building Biology? And how can you use it to improve your health and well-being at home?

Today, we will learn everything about Building Biology from Nicole Bijlsma. Nicole Bijlsma is a woman driven by a passion to help the environment. Nicole, a former naturopath and acupuncturist with 15 years of clinical expertise, switched careers to become a building biologist after discovering a clear association between many of her patients’ illnesses and health concerns in their homes. Nicole is the best-selling author of Healthy Home, Healthy Family. She is also the founder of and the head of the Australian College of Environmental Studies.

SUMMER SERIES | The Ethical Omnivore: Grant Hilliard, Feather & Bone, and Choices Around Meat

Welcome to another Unstress Summer Series. In this episode, Grant Hilliard joins me to discuss being an ethical omnivore. Grant is the co-author of the wonderful book ‘The Ethical Omnivore’ and co-owner of a fantastic butcher in Sydney – Feather and Bone. Grant champions regenerative agriculture and whole animal consumption throughout his work. In this episode, we discuss honouring the whole animal throughout their life, which also means how they are managed. ⁠

SUMMER SERIES | Mastering Distraction: Insights from Nir Eyal on Indistractability

Welcome to another episode of Unstress Summer Series. Well, today we are going to explore two themes, actually, one about being hooked on devices and programmes and our modern world, and the other is how to become “indistractable.”

Do you have trouble focusing or working without distraction? Well if so, this week’s episode is for you. I spoke with Nir Eyal. Nir writes, consults, and teaches about the intersection of psychology, technology, and business. He is the best-selling author of Hooked: How To Build Habit-Forming Products and Indistractable: How To Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life.

In our conversation, we explore behavioural design, what distraction means, and how to become ‘Indistractable’ – a term he coined which means to be living with personal integrity, being honest with yourself.

SUMMER SERIES | Jocelyn Brewer on Digital Nutrition & Technology Addiction

Hello and welcome to another episode of the Summer Series. Well, today we’re going to explore Digital Nutrition, digital superfoods, and how to deal with the digital world we find ourselves in. My guest today is Jocelyn Brewer. Jocelyn is a registered psychologist who is changing the way we think about how we use digital technology. Her philosophy of “digital nutrition” aims to optimise your wellbeing and improve your digital literacy online and advocates tips for better cyber-psychological health.

In this fascinating conversation, we explore the benefits and challenges of digital technology, the effect of screen time on teenagers, the ‘digital disinhibition effect”, digital nutrition, and digital superfoods and uncover some practical advice for developing better digital health.

Helena Norberg-Hodge: Globalisation and Local Futures

Hello and welcome back to another episode of the Unstress Summer Series. Today, I want to turn our focus on regenerative agriculture. In line with this, I’d like to look back and share my conversation from September last year with Helena Norberg-Hodge.

Have you heard the expression “Think globally, act locally”? Today, we are going to explore both terms: Globalisation and Localisation.

My guest today is author and filmmaker, Helena Norberg-Hodge, a pioneer of the local economy movement. She is the founder and director of Local Futures.

In this podcast, Helena and I sat down for a chat concerning localisation, globalisation, the film The Economics of Happiness, neoliberalism, and industrial agriculture.

Dr Christo Miliotis: Make the Problem the SOILution

Today on Unstress, I spoke to Dr Christo Miliotis. If you’re a regular listener to this podcast, we did a programme before about his book, Diet for a Cool Planet. Christo is a doctor and scientist who has devoted his life and work to biodynamics.

Christo is always at the cutting edge of how to incorporate agriculture, climate, building, the built environment. He has a holistic view of the world and the problems and the solutions, and that’s how he has coined the phrase for the name of this episode: Make the Problem the SOILution.

I hope you enjoyed this conversation I had with Dr Christo Miliotis.

HEALTHY BITE: Why a Localisation Movement is so Important

Welcome to another Healthy Bite. This week on the podcast, we released an eye-opening episode with environmentalist Helena Norberg-Hodge. Helena outlines even more than you may have even thought about, as you wonder where our food is produced, whether our manufacturing is in our own country, whether you’re buying your food from a local farmer, whether you are supporting regenerative agriculture and the regeneration of soil, and so much more.

Join me as we discuss more about globalisation and the localisation movement.