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The Kitchen Table

By Sue Bradley

Welcome to The Kitchen Table, sit down with us and be part of conversations that will inspire you to create change for the health of us and our planet.

Life is full of the unknown, full of wonder, full of mystery. Moving into the unknown is often where we find the healing. Life needs to be savoured and celebrated.

Our uniqueness is what gives us value and meaning. Yet in the telling of stories we also learn what makes us similar, what connects us all, what helps us transcend the isolation that separates us from each other and from ourselves.

Stories are the language of community.
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Ep 6. Regen Ray (Ray Milidoni) of Farming Secrets - Regenerative Farming and Sharing Soil Love

The Kitchen TableNov 22, 2021

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Ep 16. James Perrin - How moments can transform your life, the strenths that lie within.

Ep 16. James Perrin - How moments can transform your life, the strenths that lie within.

James Perrin is a father, thinker, philospher, podcaster and a community conscious human.

He hosts a podcast called The Overview Effect which is the paradigm shift astronauts experience when viewing Earth from space; where their outlook on life changes, they experience an emotional and spiritual transformation, and they return to Earth profoundly connected to nature and humanity.  Have you ever experienced this effect in your own life?  We delve into James' own experience of The Overview Effect in this episode of The Kitchen Table.

James is someone who loves to share and listen into story, speaking to others who have experienced this overview effect in their lives and sharing their story of how it profoundly impacted them.  When we connect on this level we connect deeper into what being human means.  Story is where our truth lives, where there are no boundaries, we share in differences, perspectives and experiences and this can change the world.

Please tune into James' own podcast and listen into the incredible stories he encounters and inspires and stirs much humility and courage within us all.


https://www.jamesperrin.com.au/

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-overview-effect-with-james-perrin/id1525053808



Aug 08, 202201:12:43
Ep 15. Joshua Gilbert - Worimi man, farmer, entrepreneur, environmental advocate, pursues transformation through modern storytelling weaving together the old and the new.

Ep 15. Joshua Gilbert - Worimi man, farmer, entrepreneur, environmental advocate, pursues transformation through modern storytelling weaving together the old and the new.

Joshua is a Worimi man, farmer and academic, Josh pursues transformation through modern truth-telling, bringing new concepts to the forefront through acknowledgement of the past. His work combines the old and the new, weaving them together to develop new insights and findings.

He is an entrepreneur and business advisor, working predominantly in the Aboriginal cultural, agricultural and environmental spheres and has worked with numerous not for profits, businesses and government to develop change and bring people on a journey of change.

Currently Josh is working as a researcher at the University of Technology, Sydney while working on achieving a PhD from Charles Sturt University. He is the first Aboriginal person to conduct higher degree research in the agricultural sector, exploring the role of Indigenous identity and culture through Western agriculture.

While he currently lives in Gloucester, his family has a farm at Nabiac, breeding Clydesdale horses and Braford cattle. He and his family are regulars at local shows.


You can find out more about Josh here https://www.joshuagilbert.co/

Here is a recent article from Sustainable Table where Joshua is an advisor https://sustainabletable.org.au/hey-australian-agriculture/

Jul 06, 202257:59
Ep 14. Cyndi O'Meara - Living your best life

Ep 14. Cyndi O'Meara - Living your best life

Cyndi O’Meara is a nutritionist, film maker – ‘What’s With Wheat?’, best-selling author, international and TEDx speaker and founder of Changing Habits. 

Cyndi is about educating, her greatest love is to teach people, in order for them to make better choices in their life, so they too can enjoy greater health throughout their life. 

Her unique, surprisingly simple and down-to-earth approach challenges and encourages others to eliminate unhealthy habits and has inspired thousands to make smarter choices about the food they choose to put into their body.

Concerned by the state of our health system and the lack of educated consumers, Cyndi explores relevant and confronting issues such as cancer, diseases, diets, drugs and medication and asks people to make a choice about what they are willing to consume. She raises serious questions such as ‘Is margarine really the answer or is it a major contributor to obesity, cancer, diabetes and heart disease? Are artificial sweeteners the great low calorie alternative or deadly neurotoxins?’ 

Her unique, surprisingly simple and down-to-earth approach challenges and encourages others to eliminate unhealthy habits and has inspired thousands to make smarter choices about the food they choose to put into their body. By educating people on how to read food labels, why diets don’t work, and how drugs can affect your total well-being and vitality, Cyndi confronts her audiences with new truths and empowers them to make long lasting changes with simple and achievable steps on how to create healthier habits.

Her qualifications include a Bachelor of Science degree majoring in Nutrition from Deakin University in Victoria and the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colorado. Cyndi also undertook postgraduate studies from RMIT Victoria in human anatomy, pathology, physiology and diplomas in diagnosis and management of health issues. 

A highly successful and award-winning businesswomen, Cyndi has been included in the Australian Financial Review and Westpac 100 Women of Influence Awards for 2016, 2016 Australian Organic Retailer of the Year Finalist and within Queensland, Australia received the Sunshine Coast Business Women of the Year in 2003, Sunshine Coast Sustainable Business Woman of the Year 2016 and Finalist for the Sunshine Coast Business Awards. 

In every aspect of her life, she looks outside conventional thinking to find new ways of balancing her time with family, business and good health to create a wonderful, balanced lifestyle. 

A lively and inspiring health expert and lifestyle coach, Cyndi O’Meara has regularly appeared on national talk-back radio to educate listeners on how to overcome health problems and lead a happy, healthy, high-energy lifestyle. Her ground breaking book Changing Habits Changing Lives (1998) became an instant best seller and its accompaniment ‘Changing Habits, Changing Lives Cookbook’, Cyndi is in high demand both nationally and internationally as a keynote speaker, especially since her TEDx Talk ‘What’s With Wheat?’. 

She has also grown a successful organic food company, is the founder of Functional Nutrition Academy and is currently building a 60-acre organic food bowl which will be used as an education centre for sustainable farming practices.

Jun 10, 202201:16:35
Ep 13. Lisa Wriley - Earth care and a story on what makes us human

Ep 13. Lisa Wriley - Earth care and a story on what makes us human

Lisa has a rare gift for working with communities, and an awesome commitment to recycling which has seen her travel all over Australia.  She was instrumental in the establishment of the Kariong Eco Garden over 15 years ago. Which involved many negotiations with council to find an appropriate community space that could be used. The garden is a place for the community to learn about managing vegetable gardens, composting, worm farms, reducing food miles and natural ecosystems.  Local teachers have also been to the garden for numerous professional development sessions and students have been involved in workshops to maintain vegetable gardens and composts. Kariong Eco Garden is also the site for Boomerang Bags which is a community group that Lisa co-ordinates to meet once a month to make shopping bags from recycled material.

As an active member of the central coast environmental education network Lisa helped to develop the Green Canteen project that encouraged schools to reduce the use of single use plastics in schools. Lisa organised the survey for schools and assisted to deliver sustainable cutlery and paper straws for schools to try in their canteens. She has continued to help lead this project in schools for 2019.

Lisa was instrumental in creating and developing resources for the Total Environment Centre ‘s Ocean Action Pod (including lesson plans for schools). The pod is a trailer full of informative displays to raise community and school awareness of the issue of plastic waste, marine debris and microplastics on the environment. Lisa is one of the presenters for the trailer and has successfully delivered the program across Sydney and the Central Coast.

Her passion is treading lightly on this sacred earth - particularly with regard to our use of what we call the earth's resources: living soil, minerals, air, water, biodiversity (the vast collection of plants/animals/life on earth). 

"I want to leave the planet in a better way than when I arrived".

"Born in 1971, I have arrived on this planet at a time when human population and ways of living have become utterly unsustainable. Our dominant economic system is based on growth theories that ignore the fact that our planet is finite. We are quickly using up resources like oil, which have formed over millions of years. I try to think globally and act locally."

My passion is treading lightly on this sacred earth. .... I want to leave the planet in a better way than when I arrived.

— Lisa Wriley

We spoke about her new project which has been an absolute labour of love is the re-creation of the game called conservation which orginated in New Zealand.  This game is a fun way to explore the many ways we can care for earth.  To learn more go to https://www.earthcaregame.org/.  There is a huge story behind each and every piece created for the game from the pieces, the paper sourced, the packaging.  


May 31, 202201:14:17
Ep 12. Sarah Beard - For the love of our Oceans

Ep 12. Sarah Beard - For the love of our Oceans

Sarah has over 30 years’ experience in film and television production. 

She has delivered content to commercial clients, broadcasters and for feature release as a production manager and producer across a number of disciplines including; documentary, visual effects, feature films, television commercials and long-form children’s cartoon series. This has given her an extensive understanding of the broader industry. 

Her passion is making content that both celebrates our natural world but also raises awareness around its decline. Sarah co-produced and was also the impact producer for the award winning feature ocean conservation film, BLUE, that continues to screen around the world inspiring audiences to take action to protect our oceans. Her most recent feature documentary is Sea Lions - Life By A Whisker, for Imax, that chronicles the critical status of the little known Australian Sea Lion.

In 2020 Sarah accepted the role as CEO of Take 3 for the Sea. Sarah's journey with Take 3 started in 2013 when she became increasingly aware of the insidious plastic problem in our oceans and its impacts on marine wildlife. Initially joining Take 3 as a volunteer, Sarah developed and launched the Take 3 Surf Life Saving Clubs Project and served on the organisation's Board of Directors while continuing her film and television career. Sarah’s connection with Take 3 continued, with co-founder Tim Silverwood featuring in her award-winning ocean conservation film, BLUE in 2017. 

Aligning with BLUE’s theatrical release in October 2017, Sarah and the BLUE team developed and implemented a 3-year multi-faceted impact campaign, which included over 65 partners from the not-for-profit, education, government, philanthropic and private sectors in Australia, the Pacific Region, Europe and North America. The BLUE education curricula has been used by over half a million Australian school kids, and the film and its outreach won the Banksia Foundation Sustainability Media Award for its contribution to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

Since this recording Sarah has resigned as CEO for Take 3 for the Sea to pursue further her passion and committment to the conservations of our oceans through film and other projects.


May 10, 202201:06:45
Ep 11. Adam Byrnes - Bush to Bowl, Connection to Country

Ep 11. Adam Byrnes - Bush to Bowl, Connection to Country

Adam Byrnes is a Garigal/Gadigal man. He is one of the co-founders of Bush to Bowl which aims to create spaces where families and community members can engage with Australia’s native plants and traditional Aboriginal knowledge and culture. 

Bush to bowl is a way of giving back to Culture and to Country as it gives so much to us on a daily basis. He believes strongly about protecting both these spaces now and into the future. 

Bush to Bowl also run workshops, programs & tours plus landscaping gardens. Adam is a man who deeply cares for community and connecting community, his heart is committed to making a difference and for us to connect to the one story that connects us all and that is the land we walk on. Our land has many stories to tell and it is up to us to listen and learn.

I was so grateful for this opportunity to sit and have a yarn with Adam, we have met a few times and I love what he is all about and I am very eager to see what the future holds for him and for the community he holds dear.

May 02, 202201:15:13
Ep 10. Sandi Pointner - Eagle Ridge Farm, Permaculture as a way of life

Ep 10. Sandi Pointner - Eagle Ridge Farm, Permaculture as a way of life

Sandi Pointner is a Permaculture practitioner who lives on a small acreage with her husband and 2 kids on the Central Coast of NSW.  

In between winnowing seed, tending to her chickens, ducks and goats, preserving food and raising her two children, she teaches permaculture and coaches individuals on ethical lifestyle and land management design. Sandi is passionate about local food sovereignty and empowering people to authentically reconnect with nature and community.

You can follow her on instagram https://www.instagram.com/eagleridge.permaculture/

If you wish to be notified on any of her her upcoming Permaculture courses just send her a DM and she can put you on an email list.


Apr 01, 202201:18:24
Ep 9. Mandy Dos Santos - Little People Nutrition

Ep 9. Mandy Dos Santos - Little People Nutrition

Mandy is a mama to 3 of her own little people. She is also a food lover, food scientist, nutritionist, educator and at heart, a kitchen mess maker.

She has worked with food for over 20 years. Within food manufacturing, nutrition consultation, menu development, childcare menu development, quality assurance and control, product development, food education, community education and food writing. Mandy also runs incursions into preschools and ELCs as well as hosts food and nature playgroups and sessions.

Mandy has a well-rounded and deep appreciation for the food environment and landscape in many situations and contexts. Her breadth of experience brings complexity and depth to her knowledge.

You can find out more about Mandy at

https://littlepeoplenutrition.com.au/

https://www.facebook.com/LittlePeopleNutrition

https://www.instagram.com/littlepeoplenutrition/

Dec 13, 202101:09:51
Ep 8. Shannon Cotterill - Earth, Fire, Water and Air

Ep 8. Shannon Cotterill - Earth, Fire, Water and Air

Shannon Cotterill is a local potter, oracle creator and witch, specialising in creating tools for divine connection through clay & fine art photography. A qualified Sister Circles Facilitator, she weaves her magic through working with the elements, rites of passage and ceremony.

Her ceramics business Asha Moon was first sparked back in 2015, the name coming to her during a dream. In that dream she was asked "if you could be the most authentic version of yourself, who would you be?" and to that she replied "I am Asha Moon..."

There was an idea brewing, a need to reconnect to parts of herself that she thought were long gone... and 2 years later in 2017 after much soul searching her little fledgling business was out there for the world to see..

Shannon is a professional photographer (who owned & operated 'Bloom Photography Portrait Studio' from 2002 - 2018), and an award winning fine art photographer - self publishing her first oracle deck ‘Of Earth & Ether’ in 2020.

In 1997 she completed a Certificate 3 in Ceramics & Sculpture at Newcastle TAFE fresh out of high school & had big dreams of working in the field of ceramics. Life had other plans for her (3 babies in her 20's & a journey in the world of photography & business!), but it's funny how life comes full circle & she's back to where she started.

Back to what makes her feel at one with the earth. Back to what makes her grounded & connected. Back to clay.

Podcast - Turns out She is a Witch

https://open.spotify.com/show/6hKUX9Bpnkz30iUWGSIa4z

Asha Moon

Website https://ashamoon.squarespace.com/

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/ashamoonceramics

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/ashamoondesigns/

Shannon Cotterill

Website https://shannon-cotterill.squarespace.com/

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/shannoncotterillphotographer

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/shannoncotterill_photographer/

Dec 07, 202101:01:52
Ep 7. Cheralyn Darcey - Botanical Historian, Author & Artist

Ep 7. Cheralyn Darcey - Botanical Historian, Author & Artist

In this episode I speak with my beautiful friend, Cheralyn Darcey, she is a gardener with a passion for ethnobotany and botanical history and has written and illustrated 20 internationally published botanical titles.  She produces and presents a live weekly two-hour gardening radio show, 'At Home with the Gardening Gang', on CoastFM 963 with Pete Little and  is also the gardening columnist for weekly print and digital editions for The Coast News, The Coast Chronicle and The Pelican Post.

She lives in Lake Munmorah and is the Garden Curator of SWAMP Central Coast (Sustainable Wetlands Agricultural Makers Project) - based in the middle of the NSW Central Coast, it is a working Community Garden which provides community outreach programs and community garden training.

You can find Cheralyn on Coast FM 963 every Saturday morning from 8.00 am til 10.00 am with Pete Little and I guarantee you will have a laugh and enjoy all the guests that are welcomed on each week.

If you would like to find out more about Cheralyn and buy any of her books please go to https://www.cheralyndarcey.com/

Nov 29, 202156:17
Ep 6. Regen Ray (Ray Milidoni) of Farming Secrets - Regenerative Farming and Sharing Soil Love

Ep 6. Regen Ray (Ray Milidoni) of Farming Secrets - Regenerative Farming and Sharing Soil Love

Soil Health Advocate Helping Heal Our Planet by Regenerating Healthy Soils at Farming Secrets an Online Education Company & Community of Soil Lovers!

‘Regen Ray’ is a soil lover and partnered with Farming Secrets to take their business into the next generation of online learning, launching the Soil Learning Center during the pandemic. He now works with mentors from around the world to create educational programs all about soil.

He has been teaching people about soils for years through his online classrooms, webinars and recently launched his podcast, Secrets of the Soil. On this show, he interviews experts in their field and talks about important topics all about the soil.

He wears many hats from business to marketing to operations and even crypto. His belief that everything good in life starts with healthy soil has allowed him to dig deeper and help create inspiring conversations all over the world.

Listen to Regen Ray on the Secrets of the Soil Podcast. - https://www.SoilLearningCenter.com/podcast

Watch Regen Ray on YouTube - https://farmingsecrets.com/youtube

For more info check out our educational website at - http://farmingsecrets.com

Nov 22, 202156:42
Ep 5. Kylie Newberry - transforming our food system to deliver a range of health, environmental, social and economic outcomes.
May 11, 202001:03:49
Ep 4. Ashley Reynolds - Integrative plant medicine, walking the road to recovery.

Ep 4. Ashley Reynolds - Integrative plant medicine, walking the road to recovery.

Ashley Reynolds is an addiction consultant and recovery coach who is also a knowledgeable plant-medicine enthusiast working with others via pre- and post-psychedelic integration and addiction recovery. Over his life he has overcome heavy drug addiction issues through both mainstream and alternative means- first using traditional medical recovery programs and in recent years; through a combination of ethnobotanical medicine, 12-step recovery models and his own mindfulness and meditation practices and studies.

He believes that integrative plant medicine has multiple applications and consults regularly with different individuals in the space; hoping to create a place where this can be made a legal, accessible resource for those suffering from addiction issues, mental health issues and for the medical treatment of chronic illness and end of life therapy.

If you want to get in touch with Ashley you can do so by contacting him via his email ashley@binarytide.org

Apr 30, 202001:02:05
Ep 3. Matt Bradley - An opportunity like no other, life during COVID-19 and what it means for us all?

Ep 3. Matt Bradley - An opportunity like no other, life during COVID-19 and what it means for us all?

Matt Bradley is an Australian born entrepreneur. He has founded a number of businesses specialising in Industrial Automation since 2001 involved in some of the largest projects in and outside of Australia.

Matt is a certified professional engineer who earned his Engineering degree at University of Technology, Sydney in 1994

Diploma in Engineering Management at Deakin University, 2001

Psychology of Eating coach in 2017.

A range of specialist engineering certifications in safety and cyber security.

His engineering career includes working for companies including Caltex and CSR until going it alone.

Building and mentoring high performing engineering teams, and leading large scales projects for various clients and projects most notably Victorian Desalination Project in 2009 to 2012, more recently Sydney Northwest Metro (2017-2019) and Sydney North Connex (2019 -2020) projects.

Hi passion / hobby for 25 years has been health in all its aspects of physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual.

He has experimented with many diets, supplements, meditations, and other BIO-HACKS, and is relentless in looking for and trying out new enhancements.

Being engineer he is OCD when it comes to digging into the “DATA”, sourced from many reputable avenues, creating a holistic picture of health and performance.

He loves challenging  and deep discussions in relation to all aspects of life and cultural norms, a contrarian at heart, always asking “Why are we going this way?”


Links to check out as suggested in the discussion:

Aus Death Statistics

https://www.aihw.gov.au/deaths/aihw-deaths-data

European Statistics for Death Rates

https://www.euromomo.eu/

https://www.euromomo.eu/graphs-and-maps/

Italian Health Site – Show distribution of deaths and comorbidities

https://www.epicentro.iss.it/

https://www.epicentro.iss.it/en/coronavirus/bollettino/Infografica_22aprile%20ENG.pdf

https://www.epicentro.iss.it/en/coronavirus/bollettino/Report-COVID-2019_20_april_2020.pdf

US Health site

https://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/index.htm

Other reports of Interest

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(20)30243-7/fulltext

https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/health/health-problems/coronavirus-australia-queensland-researchers-find-cure-want-drug-trial/news-story/93e7656da0cff4fc4d2c5e51706accb5

https://www.drbrownstein.com/85-chm-covid-patients:-zero-hospitalizations-and-no-deaths/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1232869/



Apr 24, 202001:40:07
Ep 2. Lets walk wild in the forest with Sammi Zajko

Ep 2. Lets walk wild in the forest with Sammi Zajko

Sammi Zajko is a wild and daring Fermentation Revivalist. She is a workshop facilitator, presenter, speaker, nutritional researcher, foodie, wild weed forager, mother and owner at Fermenting Australia.

Sammi has a background in nutrition and natural health. She is based on the Central Coast and runs fermenting workshops all over NSW and QLD, as well as in Sydney and in Melbourne. Her passion is to teach and share the wonderful and fascinating world of fermented food in a way that is accessible, easy and fun. Her workshops are energetic, informative and dynamic.

She has have been a guest presenter at a number of high-profile food, sustainability and health events around Australia.

Sammi is also one half of The Gut Warriors- a dynamic duo who travel around the country teaching sell-out Gut Health Seminars. Sammi teaches extensively about the human microbiome, food to support gut health and of course, fermented foods.

Sammi has recently completed her Diploma in Counselling, with the goal to work in a private holistic counselling practice from 2019.

Sammi is also a qualified and experienced doula (birth-support), Infant Massage Instructor, Swimming teacher, Dive Master, Reiki Practitioner and Shamanic Practitioner.

Sammi is a solo-mumma to her beautiful 8-year old boy, Jem. Jem’s favourite food is lacto-fermented pickles and he calls himself a “cheeky fermenter!” He is a potent reminder of the importance of fermented foods and high quality, nutrient-dense foods in the family diet for vibrant health. Jem is also her continued inspiration for living sustainably and treading softly on the Earth. She believes that we have borrowed this Earth from our children and her life and business reflects that philosophy.

www.facebook.com/fermentingaustralia

www.instagram.com/fermenting_australia

www.thegutwarriors.com

www.facebook.com/thegutwarriors

www.instagram.com/thegutwarriors


Feb 18, 202059:38
Ep.1 We can laugh, and talk, and relearn what we already know - interview with Stuart Gough

Ep.1 We can laugh, and talk, and relearn what we already know - interview with Stuart Gough

Today's guest's books back cover he’s working-on reads…

Can we start over and be strangers again? Let me introduce myself...

We can laugh, and talk, and relearn what we already know. Come-up with inside jokes, create new memories, by giving things another go? Would you have the courage to go back and start yourself, over? Maybe it’s not about fixing something broken. Maybe it’s about a second chance, by creating something greater…

Wow!

Born, bred, and living in Sydney, earlier this year I spoke with today's guest while waiting five hours for plane repairs on a flight back from the Sunshine Coast to Sydney.

At 53, Stuart Gough has spent the last seven years transforming his health (as you heard in his own words) “from broken to grateful”.

At age 46, Stuart figured out he’d developed osteoporosis and a bunch of other lifestyle diseases.

As a self-confessed workaholic, poor dietary and lifestyle choices first showed signs of disease with a torn knee meniscus needing surgery in 2008; then years of plantar fasciitis and multiple painful heel spurs requiring pain meds and crutches.

Needing more incentive to change his ways, a few years on, he ignored a thoracic spinal fracture that almost saw him paralysed in 2012.

In 2013, Stuart accepted the metabolic illnesses he’d given himself, had been his gift with a lesson and a choice attached to either do something about, or spend the rest of his life medicated living in a cared facility with many other lifestyle diseases, he’s now healed.

In 2016, Stuart became the first male graduate of The Functional Nutrition Academy; who he says their vitalistic philosophy “saved his life”.

Now 60kg lighter (did I mention that?) Stuart has fine-tuned a wealth of ‘simple approach’ knowledge that can apply to ‘any body’ starting a healing journey, or those lost and overwhelmed with the amount of information on offer.

And if we have time in today’s conversation, I’ll see if I can tug on his heartstring why so many people achieve poor results from their efforts, to share with us some missing jigsaw puzzle pieces he’s learnt from others we are better first focusing on, to help improve outcomes.



Nov 29, 201901:04:19