The Conscious Health & Life podcast…

is a show for people who intend to open their minds, live to their highest potential and always continue learning about themselves and everything around them. Our host Ellen Louise Naturopath brings inspiring interviews with experts in their field and thought leaders to discuss everything and anything that can affect your health - mind, body, spirit. Ellen is a Clinical Naturopath who is dedicated to learning, empowering and sharing her knowledge for everyone to enjoy and change their lives.

EPISODES:

EP 1 - Connect to you Inner Wisdom with Naturopath Ellen

EP 2 - Rewriting Your Subconscious with Bianca Brown

EP 3 - Trauma, Meditation & Finding Your True Nature with Inga Dennett

EP 4 - Relationships & Attachment Styles with Ant Marino

EP 5 - Meditation, Fulfilment & Cumulative Stress with Tom Cronin

EP 6 - Food & Body Freedom with Paige Redford

EP 7 - Postpartum & Adrenal Depletion with Courtney Clark

EP 8 - Mould Illness & Healthy Homes with Amie Skilton

EP 9 - Breast Implant Illness & Loving Yourself with Kayla Nichols

EP 10- How To Make a Change & Reach Your Potential with Amy Mingin

EP 11- Living In Sync With Your Menstrual Cycle & The Moon with Kate Ibrahim

EP 12- Protect Your Hormones from Endocrine Disrupters with Maria Casamatta

EP 13- Thyroid & Hashimotos- Misconceptions & Autoimmune Support with Melissa Briggs

EP 14- How to Track Basal Body Temperature to Take Control of Your Fertility with Mel Angus from Temp Drop

EP 15- Iron Deficiency-The Real Reason You’re Struggling to Build Your Levels Up with Rebecca Edwards

EP 16- Sperm Health 101-Why Are Male Fertility Rates Dropping with Ellen Louise Naturopath

EP 17- Why Running From The Tiger Will Not Help Your Hormones with Ellen Louise Naturopath

Do you find yourself constantly running from the metaphorical tiger, aka your stress response?

Well, it turns out that this may not be helping your hormones at all.

Our body's natural response to protect us may actually be hindering our health journey, including our gut healing, mental health and fertility.

In this episode you will learn all about:

• What is the stress response - difference between fight or flight and rest and digest

• What symptoms show up in an elevated stress response vs a relaxed state

• How running from the tiger affects your fertility

Tune in to learn how running from the tiger can negatively impact our fertility and other aspects of our health journey.

Check out my article about Fertility & missing ovulations/cycles https://ellenlouisenaturopath.com/blog/fertility

Check out my new course Natural Fertility here: https://ellen-louise-naturopath-school.teachable.com/p/natural-fertility

Join me, Naturopath Ellen, in this informative solo episode where we delve into the world of male fertility and explore the often-overlooked topic of sperm health. As someone who has witnessed many couples struggle with fertility issues in my clinic, I am passionate about educating others in this area. In this episode, you'll discover:

• The crucial role sperm quality plays in fertility

• How to read and interpret a semen analysis report

• Lifestyle factors, hobbies, and occupations that can negatively impact sperm health

• Essential nutrients needed for optimal sperm health

• The link between stress and fertility

Tune in to learn more about male fertility and how you can optimize your sperm health for a healthy future.

Check out my new course Natural Fertility here: https://ellen-louise-naturopath-school.teachable.com/p/natural-fertility

In this week’s episode, we speak with Rebecca Edwards, Director of Education at Activated Probiotics all about iron deficiency, Why aren’t we absorbing iron & what to do about it - especially in women. This episode is quite technical language heavy but trust me - it will all make sense in the end! Low iron is something that Doctors, Naturopaths and Nutritionists see A LOT of in clinic - would even say approx 80% of my clients present as iron deficient when starting initial treatment with me. And often, despite having taken high doses of iron supplements or even iron infusions in the past they find their levels simply do not budge. It can be so frustrating to many which is why I want to unpack the misconceptions around iron absorption in this episode. In this episode, we discuss:

• Reasons why we may not be absorbing our iron - Eating too little? Supplement not strong enough? Taking too much?

• What actually blocks our iron - you may have heard of coffee & other tannins but what else!!

• Learn how our gut health is VITAL part of the puzzle to your iron levels

• Why taking iron everyday may be stopping you from building up your iron stores

• How other supplements like zinc and calcium levels affect your iron absorption

Rebecca is a speaker, writer, educator, and qualified Naturopath. She has over twenty years experience in education and has lectured in Australia, the UK, and the US, and delivered naturopathic education to healthcare practitioners all around the world. Rebecca is also the Director of Education at Activated Probiotics, where she is finding and sourcing the latest research.

Check out more of my favourite probiotics @activatedprobiotics

To learn more about probiotics for iron absorption & how you can access these - contact me at hello@ellenlouisenaturopath.com OR instagram @ellennaturopath

This week we cover everything you need to know to take control of your fertility, whether you want to fall pregnant or avoid it all together. Our guest is Mel Angus, a certified fertility awareness educator and Tempdrop team member. She discovered cycle charting as a means to avoid pregnancy naturally and soon discovered how much hormone health impacted wellness. She is passionate about helping others benefit from this knowledge. Mel loves having the opportunity to work for a company like Tempdrop that is leading the way in this area through Femtech advancement. Mel explains:

• How cycle charting and basal body temperature tracking (BBT) can help give insights into overall well-being

• How Tempdrop makes BBT tracking easier (better than ovulation strips and a thousand times better than period apps)

• Using BBT for getting pregnant without the guesswork

• How to use BBT for avoiding pregnancy (Please note: Tempdrop is not a contraception device)

• Limitations of manual BBT tracking (shift work, young bubs waking, poor sleep)

• How to use Temp drop for tracking sleep cycles

• How to use Tempdrop when coming off the oral contraceptive pill

• How long for temp drop to start giving info about fertile windows

In this week’s episode, I am joined by a dear friend and colleague of mine, Melissa Briggs who runs 'Elixir Naturopathy' in Brisbane, to discuss everything thyroid and Hashimoto's. Mel has been through her own thyroid journey which has driven her passion to support people in this space. As Naturopaths, thyroid health is a huge aspect of what we can support really really well - if I do say so myself! In this episode, we discuss:

• Best thyroid tests to get done - do not just accept TSH test and that "everything is fine with your thyroid"

• What is Hashimoto's - many people get disagnosed with it but get no explanation about what it is.

• Pregnancy & thyroid health - 1st Trimester foetus is dependant on Mum's thyroid hormones + link with miscarriage

• Risk factors linked to thyroid disease

• Why thyroxine does not actually help Hashimoto's

• How gut health & foods impact Hashimoto's immensley

• Nutrients & common deficiencies linked with thyroid issues

• Importance of checking for iodine deficiency

You can find Mel @elixirnaturopathy

Maria Casamatta is an environmental scientist based in Vancouver, Canada. Through years of experience restoring contaminated environments, she became interested in the effects of endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) on human health. Maria started her company Oliver when she learned that women are exposed to EDC's through personal care and cosmetics. Her mission with Oliver is to create a hormonally healthy future by creating products that are free of endocrine-disrupting ingredients. In this episode we discuss:

• What are endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDC's)?

• What products can EDC's they be hiding in?

• What are the items you need to switch out first?

• What do EDC's do to our body? Sneak peak: it includes all of the following: fertility, sperm health, early puberty, early menopause, PCOS, hormone imbalance, acne, thyroid imbalance.

• Why is removing EDC's most important in pregnancy ?

• How can we avoid EDC's? How can we learn to read labels & how can we trust brands that greenwash?

Find Oliver's EDC report link here: https://olivercare.co/pages/edc-report

Find out more about Olive Care Company on their website www.olivercare.co and follow them @olivercareco

Kate Ibrahim is a women's facilitator with a heavy focus on positive menstrual cycles and breaking the stigma which surrounds them. She runs women's circles, first moon circles, Mother's blessings and has an online store with many menstrual cycle-loving products such as reusable pads, adjustable cycle wheel, cycle oils & so many more amazing goodies! In this episode we discuss:

• The 4 phases of your menstrual cycle! All the way from Day 1 - Day 28

• Learn about why women are not actually designed to feel the same way every day of the month & how you can use your cycle to your advantage instead of hating it

• What to expect in the 4 phases - everything from hormone changes, emotions, energy, sleep, what to do and what not to do in each phase.

• Learn about rituals to honour each phase of your cycle and help you sync up to the moon How your menstrual cycle syncs to the moon. Learn about what it means to cycle with the new moon or the full moon.

Check out Kate’s online store: https://kabile.love/ and on IG @kabile.love

In this episode, Amy Mingin and I discuss how to make an actual change in your life & reach your true potential. Amy is a coach for influencers, health practitioners, NLP practitioner trainer & is also a Naturopath herself. We discuss:

• What is standing in your way of success

• Why we make excuses & avoid making a change even when we really want it

• How the way we speak to ourselves affects so many aspects of the process of change

• Learn simple tools to assess & implement change

"Anyone who does anything [from] endurance and major life changes - it's mindset over what is actually happening in physical reality"

Get in touch with Amy on Instagram @amymingin or check out her website amymingin.com

In today's episode, we discuss Kayla's journey with Breast Implant Illness (BII) & her journey to wellness. Kayla is the co-founder of Morning Light Yoga Studio, and a yoga and pilates teacher. She's also an Ayurvedic health counsellor and she used to be a Registered Nurse.

We cover so many amazing topics around her journey through breast implant illness:  

• Why BII does not get spoken about & uncovering the myths & misconceptions around how implants affect the body

• Breast implant illness signs and symptoms & how it can present in many different ways

• Symptoms that developed straight away from breast implants put in - all the way to 10 years later just before getting the implants removed

• How to get tested for breast implant illness

• Kayla's surgery to remove her implants

• The reason why Kayla got breast implants in the first place

• Learning to love your natural body

You can find Kayla @kaylas_wholesomelife and her studio @morninglifeyogapilates

Amie Skilton, a functional medicine practitioner of over 20 years, is a well-known and respected educator in Naturopathic medicine. For over 15 years, she has graced conference stages, TV sets and - in recent times - laptop screens via Zoom; and in that time has presented more than a thousand keynotes to functional medicine practitioners, integrative GPs, holistic pharmacists and the general public.

In this episode, Amie and I discuss:  

• Amie's journey with chronic inflammatory response syndrome (CIRS) caused by mould

• Symptoms that can present with CIRS - it's more than just sneezing and coughing

• How does mould happen in our homes - the hidden mould might not be obvious

• How to clean mould - p.s. bleach does not work

• How does humidity affect mould in the home & how to fix it

• How to test & find if you have mould in the home & if it is affecting your body

Check out Amie's course 'Mould Proof Your Home' - use code "ELLEN 15" for 15% off this fabulous course to protect you and your family.

You can find Amie @thatnaturopath and her website whatthenaturopathsaid.com/mould/ 

In this episode, I speak with Courtney, a clinical Naturopath, and Nutritionist with over 10 years of experience, a Mum of two beautiful boys & an amazing mentor. Courtney works in clinic seeing clients with very complex cases and also assisting through pregnancy and postpartum care. Courtney loves doing proper testing and using evidence-based medicine.

We discuss:

• Courtney has been through her own pregnancy and postpartum challenges & shares with us many clinical insights in this episode.
• How common post-natal depression is - doesn't mean that it's normal but it shows the lack of clinical work in the postpartum space
• Private midwifery care, public hospital births, home births
• How to get support postpartum after the common 6 weeks
• Postpartum care & common nutrient depletions
• Higher need for calories during breastfeeding
• Being a first-time Mum
• Dr. Google & where to get proper information
• How to manage postpartum when you have other kiddies already
• Ways to manage cooking, cleaning, visitors etc postpartum

You can find Courtney @courtneyclarknaturopath and on her website courtneyclarknaturopathnutritionist.com.au

In this episode, I speak with Paige Redford, a food and body freedom coach. She consults 1:1 and also has online programs to help people with mindset work around food, and body image, and help them to reach their full potential.
In this episode, we discuss:

• Paige's story - how she got to where she is today through her own health journey & eating disorder - anorexia nervosa and orthorexia
• Understanding your relationships with food
• How recovery from an eating disorder works
• What is intuitive eating & how to implement it while still keeping a healthy body
• How food restrictions for a long time can create disordered eating patterns
• How shame is commonly presented with the taboo of disordered eating
• Pressure of social media and body image
• How our eating patterns form early on in life from age 0-7yo - from our parents, during school etc.

You can find Paige @paigelredford and on her website paigelredford.com

In this episode, I speak with Tom Cronin, a coach, meditation teacher, author, speaker, and producer of The Portal film.

We discuss:

• Tom’s journey from Wolf of Wall Street broker & party life to living and breathing Vedic meditation as a teacher and coach.
• Symptoms of stress, dark night of the soul, how our body responds to stress, bifurcation point of the body with stress.
• How meditation practice can help manage our “units of stress” as a cumulative amount and how it can work as a preventative measure so our body can handle stress better and restore at faster rates.
• How meditation affects serotonin, melatonin, oxytocin, and dopamine.
• How we can feel internally fulfilled rather than getting fulfillment from external sources.
• How meditation can affect your intimate relationships in positive and interesting ways.

You can find Tom @tomcronin and on his website tomcronin.com

In this episode, I speak with Ant Marino, an amazing life and relationship coach who helps people who feel lost. He helps them to create healthy strong relationships with themselves & others, build self-confidence, overcome limiting beliefs and help people level up in life.

In this episode we discuss:

• Ant’s story about going from being an overworked people pleaser who had a belief that he was dumb, all the way to being a leader in his field supporting people in their life journey.
• How Ant feels younger at 34 than he did at 24!!
• Attachment styles, how they apply to your relationship with yourself and others and how you can move through this and heal to show up as the best version of yourself.
You can find Ant @antmarino1

In this episode, I speak with the wonderful Inga Dennett. Inga uses various modalities to explore what gives YOU meaning by helping you in your healing relationship with yourself and others. Some of these modalities include counselling, meditation, mindfulness, and inherited trauma awareness clearing. Inga’s counselling therapies are divine offerings and are open-hearted, authentic, mindful, intentional, connected, aligned, respectful and human. She will provide you with a safe and peaceful space where there is no judgment, just undivided attention to work on unlocking the potential in you.

In this episode we discuss:

• Inga’s story of going from working in suicide prevention as a counsellor and going through her own breakdown and becoming housebound - all the way to helping her clients process their ancestral trauma, connecting with their true selves and their potential, teaching meditation and creating whole transformational change in their lives.  

• Inga explains how ancestral trauma can be passed down through the womb & in the first stages of our lives

You can find Inga @the_divinelamplighter_ and on her website at www.thedivinelamplighter.com

In this episode, I speak with The Health Hypnotist, Bianca Brown. 

Bianca is a Clinical Hypnotherapist, Life Coach, NLP Master Practitioner and Yoga Teacher. With a genuine love for creating uplifting experiences, helping people transform their issues into possibilities and sole intention to leave clients in a more resourceful and positive state than when they first arrive, she aims to create a unique experience tailored specifically to each clients needs.
In this episode we discuss:

• How hypnosis can help your health 

• What a session with Bianca looks like  

• How our subconscious mind can be used to empower us  

• How we can rewrite things we have learned from our childhood that is holding us back

You can find Bianca at @the.health.hypnotist
https://www.thehealthhypnotist.com.au/

In this episode, your host Ellen discusses how to connect to your inner wisdom, discover your body's innate intelligence to transform physical health & dive deep into mind, body, and spirit. Learn about Ellen's story - health, career, volunteering - how everything has unfolded into the practitioner and business owner she is today.