AQJ 01: Our stories: why sometimes wholefood isn’t enough
Welcome to the first episode of A Quirky Journey! Grab a cuppa, sit down, and enjoy getting to know Jo and Leah as they share their personal stories with you. Learn about the health challenges that...
View ArticleAQJ 02: A Quirky Christmas! Surviving and Thriving this Season
Throughout the year many of us have made lifestyle changes that will not fit into our usual Christmas celebrations. Our family is now following a modified GAPS diet, and many others have changed the...
View ArticleAQJ 03: Preparing for Change: Where to start with GAPS
What is the Gut and Psychology Syndrome diet? What caused our families to embark on this journey? How have we avoided being overwhelmed by the many changes? In this episode, Leah and Jo delve deeper...
View ArticleAQJ 04: The How To’s of Making Home Changes for Health and Healing
Whether you are beginning the GAPS diet, or just working towards a healthier lifestyle, your home is an important place to start. In this episode we share our practical tips for preparing yourself and...
View ArticleAQJ 05: Gut healing, de-toxing, and how it feels to go through the die-off...
For most people, it’s a bit scary to think of moving away from your usual way of eating to a gut-healing diet like GAPS, and one of the scariest things is the thought of the de-toxing and die-off...
View ArticleAQJ 06: Why am I more sensitive to foods, now that I’m on GAPS?
Are you on an elimination diet of some kind, whether GAPS or another one, and finding it frustrating that you seem to be reacting to foods more strongly than you used to? In this episode Jo and Leah...
View ArticleAQJ 07: How Gut Health Affects Hormones, Fertility & Women’s Health – with...
In this episode we interview Samantha Bulloch, ND, Clinical Director & practicing naturopath, who is an expert in women’s health issues and helps many families with healing infertility issues....
View ArticleAQJ 08: Fat Adapted: Using healthy fats as an energy source
This episode begins with Jo sharing where she is at with her and her family’s health and GAPS journey, the ups and downs, and the importance of marking time while waiting for the gut to heal. The...
View ArticleAQJ 09: Interview with Talisha Kendall: Healing IBS, Crohns Disease and...
Do you suffer IBS, Ulcerative Colitis, or Crohn’s Disease? Do you struggle with absorbing nutrients, and suffering from low energy levels, even though you eat well? Have you ever been in a situation...
View ArticleAQJ 10: GAPS from a kid’s perspective: Isaac’s journey so far
This week we have a very special guest – Jo’s son, Isaac, who is the main reason her family began GAPS. Isaac is 13 years old, and very eager to share his experiences with changing his diet and how it...
View ArticleAQJ 11: Homeschooling: How and why we educate our kids at home
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to educate your kids at home? Are you wondering what would make a family decide to homeschool? Do you have questions about the benefits to the kids and the...
View ArticleAQJ 12: Mother Knows Best: Interview with Joanne Hall
What do you do when your newborn baby screams constantly in pain? Have you ever wondered what you would do if your child was diagnosed with severe allergies? What kind of approach do you take to help...
View ArticleAQJ 13: Natural Approaches for Special Needs Children – Interview with...
This week Jo and Leah are joined by Kristen Morrison, to talk about natural approaches for special needs children. Kristen was a fashion designer when her third child was unexpectedly born with Down...
View ArticleAQJ 14: Bone Broths: How and why to make them
Broth Broth. Has the world gone mad for the stuff? What’s so good about it? This week on A Quirky Journey we share the art of preparing bone broth – also known as stock – and how it can help with both...
View ArticleAQJ 15: Kitchen Tools: Our tips for a well equipped kitchen
This week Jo and Leah empty their kitchen cupboards and chat about : What they mean by a real food kitchen, and the importance of going back to homemade foods Kitchen tools they have invested, in both...
View ArticleAQJ 16: Bulk Food Buying and Co-ops
It can be very daunting when starting out to change your diet, as suddenly your food bill may go through the roof. How can this be avoided? Is it possible to eat healthy, organic or pesticide free (or...
View ArticleAQJ 17: Catching Up on the News and a GAPS Easter
It’s Easter time! So of course, Jo and Leah talk about chocolate, healthy Easter treats, non-chocolate Easter gifts, and Easter menus. But first, they discuss what’s been happening in the world of...
View ArticleAQJ 18: Organic and Low Tox Living: Interview with Alexx Stuart
We live in a toxic world, and most of us are suffering from some kind of toxic overload in our bodies. How can we eat and live in a way that reduces the toxins in our environment and bodies? What...
View ArticleAQJ 19: Lifestyle Changes for Health and Wellbeing
Today Jo and Leah discuss their top tips for lifestyle changes for wellbeing. They share the small changes in their own lives that have helped them to move forward in their health journeys. Small,...
View ArticleAQJ 20: Quirky Cooking Interview on “The Health Show”
Jo has recently been travelling in the UK with her Quirky Cooking classes, and while there she did a radio interview on Marlow FM’s “The Health Show”. Jo chats with Ann Garry and Jenny Tschieche...
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