MG Herbs - The Naked Naturopath

Happy to be celebrating our 100th episode of this podcast! With special guests Cindra and Luke from Conscious Couples (conscious-couples.com) and Sam, my husband. Reminiscing on our past one hundred episodes, we want to say a big THANKYOU to you all for being on this journey with us. Mel talks about the evolution of this Listen In The post TNN 100: Celebrating 100 With Conscious Couples appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

First of all, I am thinking of all of you! Hope you are safe and well. We will get through this together. I wanted to jump in and share my thoughts on the current pandemic and offer support and assistance as much as I can. I sent this information out in my newsletter to my Listen In The post TNN 99: Covid-19 appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

The wonderful Steph de Sousa joins me on the podcast today, to talk all about our upcoming retreat, Love Your Guts! Steph is a former contestant on the MasterChef TV show, fellow podcaster and author. We love working together and always have so much fun when we do, so we’re super excited to bring this Listen In The post TNN 98: Love Your Guts Retreat with Steph de Sousa appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

Mel talks about her publishing journey on this episode! The author of three cookbooks now, with the first two self-published and the last one published with one, then another publishing company. I recently shared this talk at Natex, an extraordinary natural health conference on the Gold Coast recently. I was nervous to do this presentation Listen In The post TNN 97: Mel Talks Publishing appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

Special and regular guest Nikki Warren (creator of Naturobest) is on the podcast again this episode! We chat about the quality of supplements in Australia and regulation of these, MTHFR and the controversy in the western medical world about this, anxiety and methylation, dosage of folate and SO much more information about these topics. You’ll Listen In The post TNN 96: Talking All Things Supplements With Nikki Warren appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

Dr Andrea Huddleston joins me on the podcast to talk all things SPERM and fertility. I have done many podcasts about women’s fertility and menstruation thus far, it’s about time we spoke about the penis-holding humans out there! I was struck by this fact on Andrea’s podcast and decided we NEEDED to discuss this on Listen In The post TNN 95: Dr Andrea “The Sperm Whisperer” appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

This episode, my good friend and fellow naturopath Cheree Sheldon, joins us for an episode all about pregnancy – before, during and after. Cheree is incredibly researched based, and we wanted to come together to discuss a listener query regarding “vaginal seeding”, that is, when doctors swab the mother’s vagina and wipe the vaginal fluid Listen In The post TNN 94: Vaginal Seeding appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

Mel was lucky enough to be interviewed by Tammy Guest for her podcast, The Natupreneur Movement. We speak about everything – From where the “naked naturopath” name came from, to the ins and outs of my publishing journey, to who we help in the clinic and so much more. We talk about living a the Listen In The post TNN 93: Mel Gets Interviewed By Tammy Guest appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

Stress and anxiety specialist Susie Garden joins me on this episode! Susie helps women feeling stressed, fatigued and anxious find their way back to a clear mind, a healthy body and a life that lights them up through her Wellness Clinic in Brisbane, divine Wellness Retreats and group program, The Anxiety Taming Method, as well Listen In The post TNN 92: Stress And Anxiety Specialist Susie Garden appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

We are honoured to have Dr. Diana Driscoll on the podcast for this informative and interesting episode. Dr D is an internationally recognised researcher, inventor, speaker, author and patient advocate. An optometrist by education, she was disabled for over a decade with “invisible illnesses”. Now fully recovered, she is the recipient of two patents to Listen In The post TNN 91: With Dr Diana Driscoll appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

Dr Maria Zuschmann joins me today on the show! Dr M is a Chiropractor, Personal Performance Coach and Author and has a passion for helping the community to feel and function better in all aspects of their lives. She has a podcast too, called Queen Of Stress, also on The Wellness Couch. We talk all Listen In The post TNN 90: With The Queen Of Stress! appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

Absolutely blown away by the news that I am number FOUR on the list of top twenty naturopathic podcasts. This news blew me away and a quick shout out to Feedspot for this incredible mention. You can find more podcasts on this list here – https://blog.feedspot.com/naturopath_podcasts/ In the light of this, I thought it was time Listen In The post TNN 89: All About Mel! appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

In this episode, we bring back a guest favourite, Lisa Hendrickson-Jack, to chat all things the pill. Lisa is a Certified Fertility Awareness Educator, Holistic Reproductive Health Practitioner, and author of The Fifth Vital Sign: Master Your Cycles & Optimise Your Fertility (which I have on my bedside table as we speak). It was great Listen In The post TNN 88: The Pill With Lisa Hendrickson-Jack appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

‘Tis the season for detoxing! I shared this talk at The Wellness Basecamp a few months ago and thought it was high time to share it on this podcast with you all. This is Not Just Another Detox, and you will soon find out why. Mel shares her take on detoxing and the impact of Listen In The post TNN 87: Mel Talks Detox appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

Levi Barker is our special guest on this episode. Levi is a Bwiti Iboga Provider in the Misokko Bwiti tradition and the director at Iboga Wellness Center in Costa Rica. He helps people live the life they want to live using the powerful master plant medicine iboga. The Iboga Wellness Center is a shamanic Iboga Listen In The post TNN 86: Plant Medicine with Levi Barker appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

Dr Greg Eckel is our special guest today! Dr Eckel graduated from the National University of Natural Medicine with a doctorate of Naturopathic Medicine and a Masters of Science in Oriental Medicine. He has recently released a book on Parkinson’s Disease called Shake it off: A FAN-C Approach to Parkinson’s Disease, which we chat a Listen In The post TNN 85: The Fan-C Approach With Dr Eckel appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

Super special guest, renowned nutritionist and fellow Wellness Couch podcaster Cyndi O’Meara join us on this episode! Cyndi has been a massive inspiration to me so it was wonderful to chat with her one on one about her journey, how her business Changing Habits evolved and what she is sharing with audiences worldwide today. She Listen In The post TNN 84: Changing Habits With Cyndi O’Meara appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

Celebrity chef and client Steph deSousa joins me on this episode! Steph was recently a contestant on MasterChef and came on to tell us all about it. For mother of four Steph De Sousa, there is nothing like cooking beautiful, wholesome and flavoursome food for those she loves. And it’s this passion she hopes to Listen In The post TNN 83: MasterChef Steph appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

Emma from Love Tea joins us on this episode, and what a great chat we had! We talk all things therapeutic herbal teas and naturopathy, as Emma is a qualified naturopath. We discuss how Love Tea came about, with Emma wanting to create beautiful products that were beneficial for people’s health and easily accessible. With Listen In The post TNN 82: Therapeutic Tea With Love appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

Alex from Nurtured Luna is our special guest on this episode! All the way from Canada, it was amazing to connect with Alex and hear all about her journey with pregnancy and how she came to start Nurtured Luna. Alex is a certified vaginal steam facilitator with a focus on herbalism. She has a passion Listen In The post TNN 81: Nurtured Luna appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

Featuring special guest Helen Marshall fellow podcaster, health coach and creator of Primal Alternative! Helen shares her story and struggles with her health and how this lead her to starting her own business, based on the principles of the paleo diet. We discuss Helen’s breakthrough when she changed her diet and how her symptoms disappeared Listen In The post TNN 80: Primal Alternative appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

Amanda and Trent from rok Kombucha join us on the show today! An awesome discussion for any fellow fermenters out there. The rok crew share with us their inspiration behind their kombucha company, how they make their yummy brews and discuss their product and how it works. We also chat about “natural flavours” which is Listen In The post TNN 79: Kombucha With rok appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

This episode is more for the cis-females in our audience, however, what we discuss is really important to the whole population! All the way from Canada, Lisa Hendrickson-Jack from Fertility Friday joins me on the show to talk all things female reproduction. Lisa is a podcaster and author like myself, as well a Fertility Awareness Listen In The post TNN 78: Fertility With Lisa Hendrickson-Jack appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

Excited to bring a special guest onto the podcast today, introducing Marcus Pearce! Marcus is a fellow podcaster, CEO of The Wellness Couch and facilitator and creator of The Exceptional Life Blueprint. It was such fun speaking to Marcus about all things passion, authenticity and life purpose. He is a bubble of inspiration and humour Listen In The post TNN 77: Positivity & Influence With Marcus Pearce appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

Special guests from The Movement Collective (themovementcollective.net) here in Newcastle Rod and Jennie join me live on this episode! We talk about the body’s capability and skill acquisition, growing a unique business and why doing exercise you love is so important (amongst other things). Movement is something I have started doing myself and finding it Listen In The post TNN 76: Get Moving! With The Movement Collective appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

We’re grateful to have fellow naturopath and nutritionist (and author and soon to be podcaster), Katherine Maslen. On this episode, we speak about how people get sick, why they get sick and how a shift is in place where people are taking more responsibility to look after themselves. Katherine shares her extraordinary health journey which Listen In The post TNN 75: Taking Responsibility For Your Health appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

This episode features fellow naturopath and now natural health business mentor, Tammy Guest. We take a behind the scenes look at the back-end of running a healing business, this one is more for the practitioners but would be interesting for anyone to take a sneak peek into what it’s like for us! Tammy speaks about Listen In The post TNN 74: Behind The Scenes With Tammy Guest appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

On this episode, Mel talks to fellow naturopath, podcaster and author Tasha Jennings. Tasha’s has a great website Conceive Baby, which focuses on helping couples healthfully conceive, overcome fertility issues and supporting women through IVF. She shares her journey with fertility issues and how this now fuels her work. Tasha is passionate about educating people Listen In The post TNN 73: Wellness Fertility with Tasha Jennings appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

On this episode, Mel talks about the differing qualities of herbs and supplements and how to gt the most out of your natural remedies! A herbal company recently flew Mel to their lab in Australia and she came back with huge insight into the quality of natural medicines. Not many people know the efforts and Listen In The post TNN 72: Not All Natural Medicine Is Created The Same appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

My husband Sam Larkings joins me on this episode to talk through living with Cerebral Palsy. Sam has lived with Cerebral Palsy since birth and has made it his mission to function well and thrive with this condition. Sam talks through what Cerebral Palsy is, how it presents and what it does to the body. Listen In The post TNN 71: Living With Cerebral Palsy appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

Lover of whole and fermented foods, organic and toxic-free lifestyle advocate, integrative health student and essential oil representative Erin Picken joins Mel on the podcast today! Erin has had quite a journey with wellness, with her two children struggling with health issues that western medicine could not address. She turned to a naturopath, which lead Listen In The post TNN 70: Raising Healthy Kids appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

On this episode, Mel discusses the release of brand new cookbook, From Peasants Food To Superfoods! Please note, there is mention of the book launch which happened in December (little behind with the release of this episode), but keep your eye out for other book events and happenings on our social media – Facebook @mgherbsaustralia Listen In The post TNN 69: From Peasants Food To Superfoods appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

Wendy from the Wendy’s Way podcast is our special guest today! Wendy has made a wonderful health transformation, losing over 50kgs and reversing her Type 2 Diabetes diagnosis. Wendy has an amazing story, and such a real-life approach to wellness. She has tried all kinds of programs and protocols and diets, with nothing lasting, until Listen In The post TNN 68: Wendy’s Way appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

Jane Jenkinson from The Wholefood Family (wholefoodfamily.com.au) joins Mel on this episode! Jane is a fermenting nerd as well, and runs amazing fermenting workshops in the Newcastle area and sells the beautiful beetroot kvass which you may have been lucky enough to try. Jane and Mel talk about how and why Jane got into fermenting, Listen In The post TNN 67: The Wholefood Family appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

This episode needs no introduction (or explanation really) as I chat with the one and only Pete Evans. Pete and I chat about all things health and wellness, life theories, the controversy around him and what he does and so much more on this extended episode to end 2018 with! You can find more about Listen In The post TNN 66: Pete Evans appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

Morning sickness affects up to 85% of pregnant women, so what can you do about it? Special guest Nikki Warren from Naturobest is back on the show for the third time to talk all about what morning sickness is, why do we get it and how to deal with it, naturally of course. Join us Listen In The post TNN 65: Morning Sickness appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

Today’s episode features special guest Bryce Finck from Stack Health, all the way from the USA. Bryce is a tech health guy, a physiotherapist originally from Australia, whose aim with Stack Health is to provide people with access to health information and consultations completely online. The aim of Stack is to allow people to access Listen In The post TNN 64: Digital Wellness appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

This episode features special guest and The Wellness Couch CEO and podcaster himself, Marcus Pearce. Marcus and I have a great chat about what each of us does in our work, our relationship with our clients and our purpose in life. I love Marcus’ outlook on what he does and how he positively inspires people! Listen In The post TNN 63: Positivity & Influence with Marcus Pearce appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

Dr Andrea Huddleston and Dr Ashleigh Bond from Wellness Women Radio feature on the podcast today! We chat together, taking turns asking each other questions and getting to know each other and our podcasts better. Dr Andrea and Dr Ashleigh are holistic chiropractors and host the wonderful Wellness Women Radio, featured on The Wellness Couch. Listen In The post TNN 62: The Wellness Women appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

Special guest Val Gent from Let’s Eat Paediatric Speech Pathology joins me on the show today to talk about how speech pathology works and specifically discuss tongue ties and how this affects children. Val decided to move into paediatric speech pathology when she was moved by a baby she encountered on her university practicum, and Listen In The post TNN 61: Speech Pathology & Tongue Ties appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

Nikki Warren from Naturobest joins me again for this episode, talking all things pregnancy supplements! Therapeutic benefits of supplements, price points and quality are discussed, with the multitude of different brands out there, this is something to really keep in mind when shopping around. The main problem with pregnancy supplements is that the people who Listen In The post TNN 60: Pregnancy Supplements appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

Join us for the Not Just Another Detox program! Completely online and supported, with meal planner, lifestyle changes and more for just $39. Start today! If you were at The Wellness Summit you would have heard an introduction to this detox talk, but if not, here is the talk in full. Learn about the toxins Listen In The post TNN 59: Not Just Another Detox appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

Candid solo chat with Mel on this episode, all about her inspiration for doing what she does, how she lives her life and the lessons she has learnt so far. This episode will get you up off the couch and taking steps towards living your best life! An interesting and insightful episode in which you Listen In The post TNN 58: An Insight Into My Life appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

THANKYOU so much to everyone that attended The Wellness Summit on the weekend, listened to my talk and came and met me at my stand! I was completely blown away by all of your feedback from this podcast and am so grateful for every single one of you that listen. Special shoutout to the beautiful Listen In The post TNN 57: Wellness Summit Wrap-Up appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

See me at The Wellness Summit this week! I’ll be speaking on the main stage and in the exhibitors section all weekend. All about allergies AND the herb of the month for August in this episode. ELDERBERRY is really common, an amazing herb and perfect for treating allergies, hayfever and all related symptoms. So many Listen In The post TNN 56: All About Allergies appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

On this episode, the tables are turned…The Naked Naturopath’s husband Sam interviews Mel! This candid interview sees Mel speaking all about naturopathy, what it is, what it means to her, how she got into it and how she works in her own clinic. Sam asks some great questions, asking Mel to compare dieticians to nutritionists, Listen In The post TNN 55: The Naked Naturopath Gets Interviewed! appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

Featuring special guest Nikki Warren from Naturobest. On this episode, Mel chats to Nikki from Naturobest – a naturopathic-based prenatal supplement range that changes according to where the patient is in their trimesters. Nikki shares her struggles with PCOS and how she overcame this with natural medicine, why she started studying naturopathy and the process Listen In The post TNN 54: Natural Approach To Female Hormones & Pregnancy appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

This podcast is a continuation to The Sugar Sin (episode 49)… All about FAT and how it does not make you fat! How the reduction in the fat content in our foods has lead to our sugar addiction. The brain is made of fat and it needs fat to function! We need fat to regulate Listen In The post TNN 53: The Facts About Fat appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

Featuring special guest Jeff Chilton from Nammex Organic Mushrooms Extracts. Use promo code mgherbs to get 10% off your first order of mushroom products! On this episode, Mel speaks to mushroom expert Jeff Chilton about all things mushroom. Jeff pioneered the use of mushroom for medicinal use and has been in the industry for many years. Listen In The post TNN 52: All About Mushrooms appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

This episode is sponsored by Remedy Kombucha. Menstruation – What is normal, what’s not, what you can take herbs for, what needs more investigation and everything in between! Mel talks about what a normal cycle is, PCOS – symptoms and natural treatment, Endometriosis – symptoms and natural treatment, dysmennorhea and how the herb of the Listen In The post TNN 51: All About Menstruation appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

This episode is sponsored by Remedy Kombucha. With special guest Joshua Pole from Infuse Health in Newcastle! Movement coach and business owner Josh is on the show today to share his philosophy around movement and the ethos of the business he co-runs with his wife, Rach. What is “movement” you may be thinking? It’s a Listen In The post TNN 50: MOVE For Life appeared first on The Wellness Couch.