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Tech Talk with OptimalRxThe Five Elements with Janella PurcellKristin and Julianne speak with Janella Purcell, a pioneer in Australia’s Health and Wellness industry with over 25 years of clinical experience as a Naturopath, Herbalist and Nutritionist. Janella rose to prominence as a whole-food TV chef on shows like Good Chef Bad Chef, The Biggest Loser, and What’s Good For You, and has since become a sought-after public speaker, retreat facilitator, and healer in private practice. Janella is also the award-winning author of five best-selling books, widely used in Natural Health Colleges and wellness communities. In this podcast, Janella shares her knowledge of the Traditional Chinese Medicine conce...2025-07-031h 18
Toxic SilenceMaster Plants as TeachersRudolph Steiner is quoted as saying - "For every human illness, somewhere in the world there exists a plant which is the cure.”
Plants have been human’s companion since the beginning of time - providing us with everything we need to survive and thrive.
Yet in today’s modern world of instant gratification, processed food devoid of a life force, screens everywhere, all the time, all at once, and a focus on wealth, youth and beauty - many of us are feeling a deep disconnect, not just from others, but often without realising it - from n...2024-08-131h 19
Toxic SilenceDetoxing Your Patterns For AuthenticityThe ancient Mayan and Incan civilisations were the first to record various theories of consciousness. Since then many different definitions have sprouted up in various spiritual, psychological, medical, and moral texts in both Eastern and Western cultures. The ancient Mayans were among the first to suggest an organised sense of each level of consciousness, it’s purpose and relationship to humanity.
Then about 150 years ago, Sigmund Freud, speaking to consciousness and what in the dickens it might be - suggested that psychological processes are flows of psychological energy in a complex brain. Complex is right!
So...2024-08-061h 09
Toxic SilenceCommunication with Vedic AstrologyHippocrates once said - A physician without a knowledge of astrology has no right to call himself a physician. And many centuries later - super psychologist Carl Jung made this comment - We are born at a given moment, in a given place and, like vintage years of wine, we have the qualities of the year and of the season of which we are born.
Jyotish is the traditional Hindu system of astrology, originating in ancient India - it’s found to date back to around 10,000 BC. Based on The Vedas - the oldest sacred text of Hi...2024-07-3057 min
Toxic SilenceAncient Practices For The New EarthThe word 'Yoga' is derived from the Sanskrit root 'Yuj', meaning 'to unite; ’to join' or 'to yoke’.
So yoga means union, but we don’t see a lot of uniting going on with trikanasana these days do we?
Have we lost the point of yoga, or have we never found unity to be the point?
As per Yogic scriptures, the authentic practice of Yoga leads to the union of Individual consciousness - The Self, with that of Universal Consciousness - also referred to as God.
The desired outcome is to achieve pe...2024-07-231h 19Toxic SilencePlants And Planets For Communication‘Destiny is not a matter of chance, it's a matter of choice. It's not a thing to be waited for, it's a thing to be achieved’. I had this quote by William Jennings Bryan stuck on my fridge for decades, as I've often thought about the difference between fate and destiny. Maybe we can control our destinies, but not necessarily our fate. And the difference is what? Some would say that destiny means there are opportunities to turn right or left along the path, but fate on the other hand is a one way. So is my fate predetermined then...2024-07-1648 min
Toxic SilenceGood Vibes: Transformation Through Sound HealingFor many thousands of years ancient sages and enlightened communities have understood the significance of sound as a sacred instrument of immense power and potential, not only for healing but also for spiritual development. All tribes throughout history have been working in harmony with sound, and weaving it into their rituals, ceremonies, rites of passage, meditations, celebrations and healing philosophies as far back as the dawn of humanity.
Ancient civilisations revered sound so deeply that they believed it called the universe into creation. Indeed Om is known as the original vibration of the universe. This sacred sound i...2024-07-091h 10
Toxic SilenceMaking New Memories: Update Your StoryA single moment can last forever in our memory, yet research has shown us that perhaps our memories are less than accurate.
Which begs the question - if the average person has approximately 60,000 thoughts per day, and 75% of these thoughts are negative, and 95% are repetitive - what would happen if we consciously changed or ‘reprogrammed’ our traumatic memories?
It’s a traditional Lakota belief (these are the Sioux people of North American Indian tribes of the Midwest) that our healing reaches both forward and backward for seven generations.
If you’re one of the billio...2024-07-021h 06
Toxic SilenceRites Of Passage For Breaking SpellsThere was a time, and not so long ago, that matriarchal -or Mother-centred societies were the norm, and within this system there was Goddess worship - known as The Triple Goddess. During these times, especially in modern Pagan traditions, the Triple Goddess was said to represent the cycle of a woman’s life. Honouring the Maiden, Mother and Crone, and is often associated with Artemis - the Maiden, Selene - the Mother, and Hecate - the Crone. The Triple Goddess can also be represented by a full moon, waxing crescent moon and a waning crescent moon because the rhythm of...2024-06-251h 01
Toxic SilenceThe Wounded Inner ChildPsychologist Carl Jung called the energies that reside within us archetypes, and one of the primary archetypes we all possess is that of the Inner Child. The inner child is the part in our psyche that retains its innocence, creativity, and sense of wonder and awe - irrespective of our actual biological age. The Wounded IC feels that in the deepest parts of their being, there is something terribly wrong with them.
In this episode we’ll discuss what it looks like to be an adult who in childhood was silenced, leaving a huge gaping wound in th...2024-06-181h 00
Toxic SilenceEMDR: Reframing TraumaEMDR is a psychotherapy treatment that was originally designed to alleviate the distress associated with PTSD. In other words, it enables clients to heal from the emotional distress and physical symptoms that are the result of difficult life experiences.
The Brazilian novelist Paulo Coelho has a quote that goes something like this - ‘To heal a wound you must stop scratching it.’ He’s likening healing to a scar. There is something uniquely beautiful about all scars. They say the pain is over, the wound is closed and the healing has happened.
This sentiment is repeate...2024-06-121h 00
Toxic SilenceThe Soul Nerve: Vagus StimulationThe interaction between the mind and body was first put forward in the west about 500 years ago by the French philosopher and mathematician René Descartes. Descartes believed that the mind was non-physical and permeated the entire body - interacting via the pineal gland, (also known as the ‘third eye’). And indeed we now know that the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis is stimulated via the Vagus Nerve through its different fibres, kind of like octopii tentacles- to release cortisol by the adrenal glands. Um… this last piece of information has already sent my mind into a new place of wonder and...2024-06-0453 min
Toxic SilenceAvoiding Birth Trauma: Yes Ecstatic Births Are A ThingPTSTD or Postnatal Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder could in many situations be avoided if the mother had been heard. Instead we have too many women being diagnosed with PTSTD, stemming from a less than ideal birthing experience.
PTSTD is a type of anxiety disorder, also known as birth trauma, with symptoms including vivid flashbacks - feeling that the trauma is happening right now, not being able to show affection to your baby, feeling isolated and blaming yourself for what happened, and terror around the thought of going through labour again.
Not so long ago, birthing our ch...2024-06-0458 min
Toxic SilenceThe Purity Of The Throat ChakraClose your eyes, breathe deeply, and direct your attention to your neck area, especially around the base of your throat. How does it feel? Does it feel like there’s something stuck in there? Or is it swollen or painful? So now imagine speaking your truth, an absolute free- flow of your self- expression. Expression without fear is liberating, right? And a bit scary too, for sure. So does expressing our truth need always to be verbal, as in the spoken word? Do we have to get it off our chest! It seems not…
Vishuddha, the Sanskrit word...2024-06-041h 05Toxic SilenceTrailerJanella Purcell is a pioneer of the Natural Health industry. Her role as a respected and awarded Naturopath, Herbalist and Nutritionist with almost 25 years clinical experience, and a whole-food chef with 5 best selling books, has shaped the way Australians view the connection between food and healing of the body-mind.
We'll discuss the root of individual disease, how it can and does attach to different places in our body-minds, and discuss with experts how my guest's symptoms can be traced to a specific trauma and/or conundrum they’ve lived with, after choosing attachment over authenticity.
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Be your own best coach with JJInterview with tv's wholefood chef, Janella PurcellJanella Purcell is a pioneer of the Natural Health & Wellness industry and has worked tirelessly over the years to bring her extensive knowledge to the mainstream. Her role as a respected and awarded Naturopath, Herbalist and Nutritionist with almost 25 years of clinical experience has shaped the way Australians view the connection between food and healing. She has led the way in the media for many others to follow in the areas of food as medicine, body/mind healing, and sustainable chemical-free living.
Janella is best known both in Australia and internationally for her role as a pa...2023-09-121h 34
This Week In WellnessTWG 167: The Good Chef Janella PurcellThis week The Wellness Guys interview another celebrity chef, this time The Good Chef Janella Purcell. In a riveting conversation Janella not only shares some great recipes and food philosophy but delves into why she is no longer on mainstream TV. Learn what happens behind the scenes in TV land and how the marketing dollar influences the information you are presented. You will not want to miss this behind the scenes look into the life of a celebrity chef.
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