100 Not Out

What impact do our food choices have on our social lives? The short answer is, that these days they play a big role. We now live in a world where our social lives can be stressful due solely to our food choices and food paradigm. Damian & Marcus explore this issue by sharing some of Listen In The post 100NO 81: Food, Stress & Socialising appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

With the rise of allergy-free, wheat-free, dairy-free, gluten-free, nut-free, egg-free and everything else free cooking, the good old family get together has become somewhat more complicated than ever before! Marcus and Damo discuss the ramifications of our newfound nutritional and physiological awareness, whilst also discussing the consequences of food-based family friction. The post 100NO 80: Food & Family Friction appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

The oldest female in the history of the world to ever compete an Ironman Triathlon (to be clear – a 3.6km swim, 180km bike leg and 42km run!) joins us from her home in Washington state just weeks before she heads to Kona Hawaii to compete at the ripe young age of 84. A remarkable woman with a strong faith, she shares with us her trials and tribulations on the adventure of life (And she did so just moments after a massive training sessions – what a lady!). The post 100NO 79: The Iron Nun: Sister Madonna Buder appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

Following Marcus’s release of the Exceptional Life Blueprint he received a number of comments on how much easier it has become to engage with people on social media and rationalise that we are still being social (even though we know deep down that is not the case). Marcus & Damian discuss just how easy it has become to fall into this trap and exactly what’s required to extricate ourselves out of it. The pair draw on real-life examples demonstrating the health benefits and power of socialising and physical touch. The post 100NO 78: Social Media vs Social Life appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

What does it take to live a truly magnificent life? To be the exception to the rule? Well after 12 years of researching, interviewing, consulting and podcasting on what it takes to live a truly magnificent life Marcus has released a free 4-part training video series called The Exceptional Life Blueprint. In this podcast Damian and Marcus discuss the 8 ingredients that make up the recipe called the magnificent YOU. The free videos are available at www.exceptionallifeblueprint.com.au . The post 100NO 77: The Exceptional Life Blueprint appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

Part two of our interview with Talisha Kendall The post 100NO 76: Talisha Kendall Part 2: Poo, Crohns & Success appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

It was staggering how many people raised their hands at The Wellness Summit when asked if they had a digestive complaint of some type. One Australian who has had more than her fair share of digestive complaints is Talisha Kendall, the first Australian to undergo a fecal transplant in this country due to her battle with Crohns disease. The great news is that she has improved her health exponentially and she shares her story with Damian and Marcus over two episodes. The post 100NO 75: Talisha Kendell: Crohns, Poo & Success! appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

Wellness Couch identity and Australia’s foremost nutritionist Cyndi O’Meara wrote an article this week on the likelihood of the paleo diet taking over the world. Read it here. As Marcus likes to do on the hottest topics in nutrition, he grills Damo on Cyndi’s view. The post 100NO 74: Is Paleo the Way? appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

After the buzz of The Wellness Summit Damo and Marcus give a big shout out to everyone who came up and showed their support and gratitude for the podcast. The guys relive their highlights and discuss just why personal growth events are just so good for the soul! The post 100NO 73: Wellness Summit Review appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

The discussion on grains and soy took up so much time on the previous episode that the guys didn’t even get through the first half of Pete Evans’s six never foods. This time the spotlight goes on dairy, sugar and meat, and some commentary on the criticism levelled at Pete Evans. The post 100NO 72: Pete Evans Never Foods Part 2 appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

Marcus & Damo begin the podcast with a very special offer for The Wellness Summit. Following that the discussion turns to celebrity chef Pete Evans who recently opened up a can of worms with his stance on some much-loved Australian food groups. Marcus puts Damian under the grill and asks just how appropriate are Pete’s recommendations Listen In The post 100NO 71: Pete Evans’s Six Never Foods appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

The Huffington Post recently published an article on 9 things everyone should know before turning 50. Marcus and Damian don’t think you need to be 50 before learning them so they discuss these 9 morsels of wisdom shared by people much older than 50 who wished they had learnt them much earlier. From weight loss to self-esteem and everything in between, these 9 are not to be missed. The post 100NO 70: 9 Nuggets of Wisdom appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

Damian has recently suffered some severe back pain and so the discussion about the purpose of pain, it’s affect on us, and the beliefs we have about it as we get older get some air play on this podcast. The post 100NO 69: The Pain Paradigm appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

Damo and Marcus explore the socially well-accepted position of being “busy” and just what impact it’s having on our ability to live an exceptional life. Damo is reading the book Essentialism, whose author Greg McKeown popularised the notion of business via his term “The Humble Brag”. More importantly, the concepts are so essentially basic that Listen In The post 100NO 68: Keeping Busy: The Humble Brag appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

Damo & Marcus get inside the mind of Wellness Guy Laurence Tham. Laurence is 39, creating sensational wellness right across the world and has a phenomenally strong mindset. How does he fell about turning 40? Does he feel like he knows what his purpose in life is (the answer will surprise), and how does he Listen In The post 100NO 67: Laurence Tham: Milestones, Mindsets & Motives appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

After our magical two-part interview series with Trevor Hendy, Damo purchased his online program Bootcamp for the Soul and is two weeks in. There’s been a number of victories and a few challenges, so we decided to bring Trevor on for some guidance and feedback which we know will benefit not just Damo and Marcus, but everyone listening as well. Topics include dealing with busy-ness, our significant others, making time for ourselves and more. The post 100NO 66: Damo’s Soul Report with Trevor Hendy appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

Marcus continues his grilling of Damo on a number of points raised by Chris Kresser in his book Your Personal Paleo Code (Diet in Australia). Questions that come up include the value of eating liver, preparing and drinking bone broth, access to grain-free chicken, improving digestive function and more.  The post 100NO 65: Your Personal Paleo Code Questions appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

Marcus is currently reading Chris Kresser’s Your Personal Paleo Code (Diet in Australia) and has a number of questions for his nutrition guru co-host Damian. What starts off as a long list of questions turns in to a discussion on dairy, particularly dairy and our ability and for some inability to deal with it. The post 100NO 64: Your Personal Paleo Code: Lactose appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

After listening to the wisdom of Trevor Hendy, Damo and Marcus reflect on the two previous podcasts and discuss some of the key issues that Trevor raised. Namely, is our “awareness” the next step in what it takes to age gracefully in the future, and the importance of reflecting on our life to be at peace with it in order to move on “make the rest of our life the best of our life.” The post 100NO 63: The Spiritual Side of Life appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

In the second part of this 2-part series with the legendary Trevor Hendy, the team discuss Trevor’s mantra of “living your best life”, and lifestyle habits that allow him to live a magnificent life, including his nutrition and exercise habits. The post 100NO 62: Trevor Hendy Pt 2: Bootcamp for the Soul appeared first on The Wellness Couch.