Up For A Chat

The rate of depression and mental illness has increased dramatically in the last decade.  The question is asked as to – do you wake up one day and have depression or is it a slow slide – before you finally go to your doctor?  How do you get out of the slow slide, what are the steps to take?  Carren has been through depression so Kim and Cyndi ask questions to find out the answers.  All three Up For A Chat hosts provide valuable information on how does depression start and what are ways to combat mental illness, physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually.  This discussion just didn’t stop – the information was just too important, so it goes for 1 hour 16 minutes. The post UC 34: Depression appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

Is it as bad as they all say?  Cyndi starts the discussion on cholesterol and how it has been given a bad rap, she goes into how the rate of people with high cholesterol and taking statin medications has risen from 4.5% of  over the age of 45 taking cholesterol lowering medications in 1995 to, in 2010, 30% of the same age group are now taking these medications.  Cholesterol lowering medications are worth $80 billion per annum to the drug industry.  Cyndi brings up some interesting new research and Kim and Carren are stunned that the wool has been pulled over the public’s eye.  Their outrage is palpable, and yours will be too.  Cyndi has offered a list of questions to ask your doctor when he suggests you go on cholesterol lowering medication as well as references for further reading. Questions to Ask Your Doctor if Your Blood Test is High For Cholesterol? Is high cholesterol proven to be a bad indicator of total health? Do our cholesterol levels change from day to day week to week? And if so would I be out o

The Up For The Chat girls talk all things dairy.  The good, the bad and the downright ugly.  How they manage to talk about dairy for an hour surprises them but when you get down to the nitty gritty our dairy has been changed so much it’s not surprising that it seems everyone is intolerant to dairy.  Cyndi shares how she makes nut milks and Carren and Kim are not happy she had not let them in on her secret. The post UC 32: All Things Dairy appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

JDRF – Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation have just finished their annual fundraising campaign using the sale of Jelly Babies with the following ingredients; glucose, sugar, water, thickener 1400 (wheat), food acid 330, 331, humectant 422, gelatin, flavours, colours, 102, 133, 110, 122, wheat starch, vegetable oil, glazing agent 903, preservative 220. May contain sulphites. Do you think that a charity looking for health for it’s members should sell this product to make money for research to find a cure for type 1 diabetes?   This was the question posed for this weeks Up For A Chat.  The post UC 31: Jelly Babies for Fundraising! appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

The Power of NOW.  Carren leads the Up For A Chat girls on another rabbit hole experience, each of them have AHA’s as the chat turns into an exploration of how to cope with emotional distress of death, relationship breakdown, financial ruin, loss of job and rejection.  Their pearls of wisdom in this podcast will change the way you think about emotional stress, it will also create a new terminology for the word ‘present’.  Listen in, be a fly on the wall while Carren, Kim and Cyndi change their own perception of time.  This is one not to miss. The post UC 30: Declutter Your Emotional Life appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

This is a two part series on decluttering.  Physical mental and emotional clutter can become exhausting to the point where it paralyses your every move.  Listen in while the Up For A Chat girls talk about the power of simplicity and decluttering, each have wonderful stories to tell about how they declutter their life physically Listen In The post UC 29: Declutter Your Life appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

Am I Really Making A Difference?  Is it all worth it?  Before The Up For A Chat girls started recording this podcast, Kim looked at Carren and asked if she was OK.  Carren’s answer was, “Is this really worth it?  Am I really making a difference?”  Carren asked a universal question so Kim, Cyndi and Carren decided to explore that very question.  It’s amazing where the conversation goes.  Do we do things to make a difference in the world or do we do things because we love it?  You’ll hear three vulnerable souls looking for answers.  This podcast is very different to any you’ve heard, The Up For A Chat girls are contemplative and quiet and it is a look into their very soul. The post UC 28: Am I Really Making A Difference? appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

Byron on Byron was the venue for the first intensive Awaken The Change Within with Kim, Carren and Cyndi.  They decided to do a live broadcast from the seminar.  The delegates were asked to put questions to them, so this podcast becomes a burning set of questions with The Up For A Chat girls giving Listen In The post UC 27: Awaken The Change Within appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

Cyndi was at lunch with beach volley ball Olympic Gold Medalist Natalie Cook and they were discussing training and commitment to a sport.  Natalie had spoke about her yoga teacher who got up every morning at 4.30am to practice yoga.  Natalie asked her yoga teacher whether there was ever a morning that he did not want to get up and his answer was “no”.  Cyndi then asked Natalie the same question regarding her quest to get to the Olympics and getting up every morning and training and her answer was ‘no’.  The Up for The Chat girls decided to explore why is it that some people are so committed to something in their life that they can’t wait to get up in the morning versus others who just want hit the snooze button over and over and sleep the day away.  Kim, Carren and Cyndi have a discussion where they begin to get Aha’s about the love and passion to do something is so inspiring that you can’t wait to get up. They also talk about if your inspiration has waned how to reignite it. The post UC 26: What Gets You Up

Kim, Cyndi and Carren are all pet owners – horses, cats, dogs, are found within their families.  They decided to talk about pet care as Carren has a crisis with her beautiful dog Jett.  The crisis hits a crescendo after 6 years of constant antibiotics, due to infections and itching.  What started out as a conversation around Carren’s dog Jett and his antibiotics and treatments ends up exposing these three girls love for animals and their dedication and natural approach to the health of their pets.  You will be stunned to hear what ingredients have been put into pet foods as fillers. No matter what you pay for dried food, the ingredients are almost exact.  There are some beautiful stories in amongst all things pet care.  Carren cried, Cyndi got goose bumps and Kim had her life saved. The post UC 25: Pet Care appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

There has been a lot of misinformation on fat.  The belief that fat makes you fat is the biggest fallacy of all.  Kim, Carren and Cyndi discuss, everything to do with fat, going back in time as to when fat became a dirty word, learning about the research of Ancel Keys and why margarine was first made.  Why does the  heart foundation give it’s tick of approval to a totally manufactured food, with colours, preservatives and flavourings and why has butter been outed.  Should we heat oil, what is the best oil to heat, is coconut oil good and is saturated fat a good fat or a bad fat.  Are oils good for the skin and if so which ones?  Listen in as the three Up For A Chat girls talk all things FAT! The post UC 24: The Skinny on Fat: Oils ain’t oils and fats ain’t fats. appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

The Up for A Chat girls have been asked the question how do you deal with people who don’t support and share your lifestyle changes and create more positive people in your life with similar beliefs? The girls bring their own real life situations to the microphone and how they deal with people who constantly question their lifestyle and beliefs.  And guess what it is not about changing others it is about standing strong in your own passion, conviction and philosophy.  It is about being the example, the beacon of light that will create the ripple effect to change a family, community, country and world. The post UC 22: Living with people who do not have your passion, conviction and philosophy appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

Are super foods just hype or are super foods foods that have been around for centuries that we are now rediscovering. Kim, Carren and Cyndi discuss what is a superfood, because everyone has there own interpretation and own beliefs. Challenging the norm these three believe that a super food is anything that comes from nature.  They discuss; greens, fermented foods, nuts and seeds, ancient foods, sprouted foods, whole spices and root plants as the ultimate when it comes to super foods.  They even give you some recipes to make super foods super. The post UC 21: Superfoods Or Supergroups? appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

Reframing Sickness as a Health Expression? In this weeks podcast, the Up for A Chat Girls become four, Dr Sarah Farrant author of The Vital Truth and creator of vitalmums.com joins Carren, Kim and Cyndi to answer the question, what is health? Sarah questions everything, explores the true meaning of words and dialogue that we use every day about our health.  Sickness is not sickness but rather we create  a ‘health expression’ and it is seen as an opportunity for growth, awareness and change.    She teaches a new paradigm to health in a very articulate way discussing the beauty of our Innate Intelligence.  She explains that there are many health fields but only three health approaches; Allopathic Alternative and Alternate.  Dr Sarah describes chiropractic in a unique way discussing how an adjustment is about bringing the body back to balance and centres the mind. The post UC 20: Reframing Sickness as a Health Expression? appeared first on The Wellness Couch.