Kayla The Nurturing Naturopath

Kayla The Nurturing Naturopath Hi my name is Kayla and I am a Naturopath. I studied at SSNT where I got my Bachelor of Health Scien Initial Consult: $100, Follow Up Consult:$70. CASH ONLY!

In Naturopathy we look at the person as a whole not just a sign, symptom or disease state and we try to get to the root of what is going on. When you come into see me we talk about the reason you have come in and then we go through all the different systems of the body because they interact and effect each other. We also talk about your diet and I do physicals e.g pulse, blood pressure, iridology

and whatever else I deem to be relevant to your case. I then work out a plan of action that can include: diet and/or lifestyle advice, herbal tinctures, nutritional supplements, flower essences, and homeopathics etc. Herbs: $40 for a 200ml bottle. I am trained in Natural Fertility Education which means I can teach you the signs so you know when you are fertile. I can support you and your partner from preconception care, conception care and when the baby is born. If you have any questions about what I do and/or how I can help you please don't hesitate to get in touch.

Today (25th July) is: National Pyjama Day, World Drowning Prevention Day! Support foster kids with BIG dreams. Wear your...
24/07/2025

Today (25th July) is: National Pyjama Day, World Drowning Prevention Day!

Support foster kids with BIG dreams. Wear your favourite pair of PJs and help to raise vital funds to support children living in foster care. With the money raised, you’ll be helping to offer learning skills to more than 800 children, fund educational resources and help provide stable, positive relationships. https://fundraise.thepyjamafoundation.com/event/npd https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCYomoNiY0w

Anyone can drown, no one should. Drowning doesn’t have a single cause, or a single solution. But it can be prevented. Drowning is an issue that affects every nation of the world. Globally, more than 300,000 people lose their lives to drowning every year. Drowning predominately impacts children and young people, with more than nine in 10 deaths occurring in low and middle-income countries, highlighting that vulnerable communities are most at risk. In Australia hundreds of families lose loved ones to drowning every year. Today aims to raise awareness of the importance of drowning prevention and to reduce preventable deaths. https://www.royallifesaving.com.au/about/campaigns-and-programs/World-Drowning-Prevention-Day https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pj1x62-wzxo&t=1s

24th-27th July is: Road Safety Round! When it comes to road safety, we’re all on the same team. Football and netball pla...
23/07/2025

24th-27th July is: Road Safety Round!

When it comes to road safety, we’re all on the same team. Football and netball players across Victoria are being called upon to ‘Band Together’. This year the spotlight will be on speeding, which is a contributing factor in at least 30% of fatal and 25% of serious injury crashes on Victorian roads. Don't risk it, slow down. Players will take to the field or court wearing blue armbands to honour lives lost on the road and serve as a reminder that we can all be the difference in making them safer. Your team would rather you be late to training or the game, than not arrive at all. There’s no excuse for speeding. Show up for your team. Slow down on the road.https://www.tac.vic.gov.au/road-safety/band-together/band-together https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GywYJIipEqw

Cosmetic Ingredient of the Day! INCI or Common Name Sulisobenzone (benzophenone-4, petroleum derived).FunctionsUV filter...
23/07/2025

Cosmetic Ingredient of the Day!

INCI or Common Name
Sulisobenzone (benzophenone-4, petroleum derived).

Functions
UV filter (the function attributed to a cosmetic ingredient that filters certain UV rays in order to protect the skin or hair from harmful effects on these rays), UV absorber (the function attributed to a cosmetic ingredient that protects the cosmetic product from the effects of UV light).

Potential Effects
Suspected endocrine disruption, sensitisation (heightened immune response following repeated contact with an allergen-any substance capable of provoking an inappropriate immune response in susceptible people, but not normally in others), possible photo allergic effects, pe*******on enhancement (the potential to enable chemical substances (both beneficial and potentially harmful) to pass more easily through the skin. An ingredient having this potential is called a pe*******on enhancer), contact dermatitis, safe as used up to 2.5% (CIR: the Cosmetic Ingredient Review is a body set up in 1976 by the Cosmetic, Toiletry and Fragrance Association. It uses an Expert Panel (CIREP) to review the safety of ingredients used in cosmetics).

Possible Uses
Cosmetic: body wash, shampoo, liquid hand soap, styling gel, facial cleanser.
Other: leather and textile fibres.

The Chemical Maze Shopping Companion, Bill Statham.

23/07/2025

Hi Everyone, here is today's Webinar on Diarrhoea! I hope you find it interesting and informative :)

Hi Everyone on today's episode I had Megan Gilmour the Co-Founding of MissingSchool:national not-for-profit organisation...
22/07/2025

Hi Everyone on today's episode I had Megan Gilmour the Co-Founding of MissingSchool:national not-for-profit organisation dedicated to keeping children with chronic physical or mental conditions connected to their school community. They provide: tools, a helpline and technology especially telepresence technology so students can attend class from wherever they are-they can access their curriculum, connection to peers, keep their relationships with their teachers and their learning and have that important social engagement that's so much apart of school. They've been around since 2012 and they started in a Canberra lounge room set up by 3 mums-Megan was 1 of them. https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/kayla5383/?fbclid=IwY2xjawLsD9FleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETExVWFIdEhoMmhvY1MyVGxkAR72ezGuXkiP-g5hAKHIJrMk6IOo__hOBZqy5-4EIaQoUeW5Enx0VhHL_E5HZw_aem_5_w3MH-J2xMoAAy8OKvfbg https://missingschool.org.au/ Helpline to ask questions or if you need a service: 1300 237 234.

The research done by Australian researchers says that up to 30% of children have at least 1 chronic condition. Some children and young people have multiple chronic conditions and other different factors that are affecting them. Taking the Australian school student population around 30% or approximately 1.2 million children experience chronic conditions at school.

Vision: a world where every child who can't be physically connected to their classroom can be digitally connected so that they have a continuing education and that continuing social connection with their: peers, teachers, school community and that can take place from wherever they are whenever they can-want to see that as business as usual in schools happening everyday in Australian schools and hopefully globally as well.

Mission: to solve school isolation for children who experience a physical barrier to attending school and that's primarily children with chronic medical or mental health conditions, but Megan can see them extending that to cover more children especially since now in Australia and globally schools are at the centre of an attendance crisis e.g. in Australia 40% of children are not attending school for 10% or more of the time across the life that's more then 1 year missed. There's no safe threshold for absence-this comes from the research and anything more then 10% of school missed and indeed many children experience much more then that is problematic for a students academic well being but also for their connection and engagement with their school community and their peers and teachers and can have really long lasting effects as well as being problematic today.

It's about these kids maintaining their identity as students as well not patients or kids who are sick. Not kids with a problem or a mental health issue but to just be a kid-seen and known as a kid.

A lot of what they're trying to achieve and do has to do with how a young person sees themselves and their belonging and their place in the world and that they can identify as kids and students and learners-key to it all.

Megan likes to say they're not just here to 'help' these kids it's about enabling these kids and young people to bring their contribution of who they are and their gifts, skills and talents to the classroom from wherever they are.

Impact: 1 of the things they've done in putting this on the map/agenda in Australia through Australian first reports, Australian first policy papers on the issue and a world first when it started telepresence robot service to prove that 2 way digital connection is completely possible from hospital or home. They have been able to collect over 1500 surveys and interviews from parents and teachers around Australia and that's enabled Missing School to code over 7,000 data points on: school isolation, what it means to reconnect a student to school/their community-what it means for the student and their family. Importantly what it means for peers and teachers too. What the research says about school isolation is absolutely correct in terms of what the data says for the student cohort that they engage/support and that is they fall behind academically, their relationships with their peers and their teachers become problematic, they experience huge amounts of anxiety and their physical condition or mental condition is accompanied by 1 or the other-medical/physical condition and mental health sit hand in glove they go together and so does well being sits right around wrapped around both of those and this can affect so many things in a students/young persons life as well as all the other things that they might be experiencing at the same time-gender identity, where they live in Australia, intersectional issues to do with socioeconomic situation, their cultural background. These kids are whole people, a Venn diagram of beautiful complexity and their data shows all of this. When they can reconnect them to the classroom the impact is quite phenomenal and 1 of the overwhelming data points is that social connection is really good-everyone learnt that in the pandemic that this is such an essential part of being human. What they can't know right now is whether that connection to the classroom improves their academic outcomes or not because that's a much bigger/longer study, but the 1st thing that they're doing is giving them presence-they are present in classrooms. There can be no academic progress without presence and then without inclusion and participation. It is known that their attendance does increase which means their opportunity to progress academically is underpinned by that and they know that they unlock school capacity to support them so that's the other thing that happens when they come back to the classroom, so that all the things that happen in the school can be there for them-subjects that they're doing at school, assembly, group work with friends, moments of play, graduation. They've reconnected over 7,500 classmates through this technology and trained hundreds of teachers. Had some impact on the policy in Australia-use of the technology, having the student cohort recognised as children who experience an equity deficit through their circumstances and need provisions to enable an equal playing field for them to achieve their potential.

Telepresence robots: devices-screen on a stand and a base with wheels so a Segway with an iPad on top and it stands in the classroom for the student who can't be their physically, enables them to dial in with a click to be seen and heard to see and hear and participate. Critically they're able to move the robot around the classroom from wherever they are. You can see a wide view of the classroom as a student who's not there and the robot can look up and down and you can move forward and around the classroom. It comes from Silicon Valley in the US-they've used that technology to demonstrate that any school technology could be used for this purpose today is it was in the pandemic when we had a public health crisis. Personal health crisis for a student could be used to connect them to the classroom when they're isolated-that's absolutely possible today and that's what they're really working for now. https://missingschool.org.au/telepresence-robot-australia/

Schools do help they are the centre of this story. Stories of teachers mapping out telepresences tracks in the classrooms with tape. Students participating in the year 12 formal via the robot and dancing on the dance floor. They've learnt so much from the amazing schools and teachers that they've worked with. https://missingschool.org.au/school-absence/

It's predominantly parents trying to setup this kind of support. Message to parents and carers is: there's no better advocate for your child then a loving parent-a loving parent will persist and keep trying to make that child's life better. Acknowledge how hard it is for parents to do this in the circumstances that they are in a chronic health or mental health condition for their child or more then 1 child. It can be very hard for parents to navigate this where the school system as a whole doesn't have that response ready and that is truly the case in Australia at the moment and that is something that they are trying to change. https://missingschool.org.au/parents-and-carers/

The community is so important in all of this because when we talk about school we're also talking about the school community. For school aged children we have all of those families connected to schools all across Australia. Across the schools they've worked with parents of peers have absolutely been aware that's happening and so they're very happy for that to happen. https://missingschool.org.au/community/

Donations: online form and they can also provide bank details to people who would prefer not to use a credit card. They make every dollar count. https://missingschool.org.au/public-donations/

The kids who they support are really doing it tough, many of the children they support have lifelong conditions. Being connected to their school community is a lifeline, these kids fight really hard and we need to make sure that they have a life worth living and that means that they can remain socially connected, have their learning, trying to reach their potential and be valued for who they are.

On today's episode I had Mary Connelly-Gale Chief Operating Officer Days for Girls Australia which is an: Australian re...
20/07/2025

On today's episode I had Mary Connelly-Gale Chief Operating Officer Days for Girls Australia which is an: Australian registered charity and they're part of an international movement, they work under a licensing agreement with Days for Girls International and they make washable menstrual pads for those who don't have access to purchasing commercial products and they also provide menstrual health education and advocacy for period poverty. They are 100% voluntary and every team has to fund raise to buy the material to make the kits that they donate to people. 1,500 volunteers around Australia. https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/kayla5383/?fbclid=IwY2xjawLlUb9leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFNMXlqcGpSU2VCYUFFOGUyAR7UdA8ZA_95f2PYirhLkUAjWw_n_7AbkjUzVlzLZtmhwissZofJIJPsOe25SA_aem_WpbOk2zX9yukY7wf7sMHlA

In Australia there's over 1 million people living with period poverty.

Mission: eliminate the stigma and limitations associated with menstruation through education, access to sustainable period products and community led advocacy because they believe that everyone who menstruates deserves to live with dignity, health and opportunity no matter where they live.

Days for Girls has a network of 82 teams right around Australia-teams in every state and territory. Days for Girls International: New Zealand, Canada, US, UK, Europe. Mary helps look after the teams in some Pacific Island Nations-Fiji, Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste, West Timor. Days for Girls International operate enterprises that run a small business in Africa, South America and some Asian nations. There's about 500 Days for Girls teams/enterprises around the world.

Periods are a natural part of being a health women, however there are over 500 million girls and women living around the world who face challenges everyday because of their periods-stigma, isolation, health issues because they don't have what they need to support themselves while they're having their period. They don't have access to period products which means they can participate in everyday activities like to going to school and work, socializing. There's many taboos and stigmas around the world in regards to periods e.g. women and girls are dirty when they have their period which is not the case. We need to educate people.

Days for Girls has a unique washable pad system that' s made up of 2 components: shield-made up of 2 layers of 100% cotton so there's less risk of an irritation and in between those 2 layers is a waterproof barrier=polyurethane laminate. That shield has pockets at each end and the most important part is what they call their liner which is made up of 100% cotton flannelette so it's absorbed and it has 2 layers. When it folds up it folds into 3 and slips into the shield which gives 6 layers of absorbancy. What's unique is 2-3 of these liners can be layered giving up to 18 layers of absorbancy. Because the liner opens up flat there's less water needed for washing and they dry quicker whereas some of the commercial washable pads and un**es if used for a heavy flow can be quite thick so they need a lot of washing/water to rinse them out to make sure there's no menstrual flow left in them and also they take a lot longer to dry because they're so thick and if they're not dried properly, the menstrual flow isn't rinsed out and cleaned properly there's risk of bacteria growing.

People can make a monthly donation or a one time donation. You can sponsor a distribution project or kits for domestic use. Provide in kind support e.g. providing gift cards for buying materials to make the kits. Can partner with them through your business. They run workshops in organisations that people can learn about period poverty. You can learn about what they do. You can help them pack kits. They run corporate workshops and they run workshops for schools. People can leave them a gift in their will or make an end of year donation. All donations are tax deductible. https://formstack.io/47429

You don't need to be a Sewer to join the teams. You can become an advocate for period poverty. They have a free online Ambassadors for Women's Health training-teaches how to deliver menstrual health education. https://www.daysforgirls.org/ambassadors-of-womens-health-training/ Host a fund raiser or an awareness event. Help with: administration, logistics. Apply professional skills in areas like: governance, marketing, training, finance.

Last financial year they made over 40,000 kits and nearly 7,000 of those kits were distributed in Australia the other kits were distributed mainly in the Pacific Island Nations. They do a big project with World Vision supporting refugees in Africa. The kits cost around $25 to make and they will last (depending on how well they're looked after) 3-5 years.

To break the stigma around menstruation we need to have open conversations with everyone (men and women). We need to recognise that period poverty is here in Australia as well-over 1 million girls and women.

Some of the teams run workshops for single dads.

They were supporting a food bank and a single dad of 3 daughters came in struggling to get his younger daughter to school because the previous month she soiled her dress when she had her period and she was teased-so she didn't want to go to school. He was given a kit for each of his daughters and the following time he came back in he said to the people that he felt like he was failing as a father when he had to choose between buying bread and milk for his girls for their breakfast and lunch and he had nothing left for the things the girls needed.

Every kit they get into the hands of a girl or women can make a difference.

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/daysforgirlsaustralia/
Website: https://www.daysforgirls.org/australia/

Today (19th July) is: AFL Carlton Respects Game! This year is the 10th year, the team will take to the field in orange s...
19/07/2025

Today (19th July) is: AFL Carlton Respects Game!

This year is the 10th year, the team will take to the field in orange socks and a special Carlton Respects guernsey. Fans are encouraged to be in their seats by 7:00pm-Jess Hitchcock will be performing and there will be a moment of pause, with lights in the middle of the ground to represent all 78 women who lost their lives to violence in 2024, and lights around the ground to represent the hundreds of women and children before them, as well as the thousands of people impacted by their loss. On average, one woman every four days is killed by violence, with two in five women having experienced physical violence from the age of 15 https://www.carltonfc.com.au/carlton-respects

Cosmetic Ingredient of the Day! INCI or Common Name Sucrose stearate (might be animal derived, might be GM).FunctionsEmu...
17/07/2025

Cosmetic Ingredient of the Day!

INCI or Common Name
Sucrose stearate (might be animal derived, might be GM).

Functions
Emulsifying (the function attributed to a cosmetic ingredient that promotes the formation of intimate mixtures of non-miscible (incapable of mixing) liquids by altering the interfacial tension), skin conditioning (the function attributed to a cosmetic ingredient that maintains the skin in good condition).

Potential Effect
Not assessed for safety in cosmetics by CIR (the Cosmetic Ingredient Review is a body set up in 1976 by the Cosmetic, Toiletry and Fragrance Association. It uses an Expert Panel (CIREP) to review the safety of ingredients used in cosmetics).

Possible Uses
Cosmetic: hand cream, foundation.
Other: unknown.

The Chemical Maze Shopping Companion, Bill Statham.

16/07/2025

Hi Everyone, here is today's Webinar about Constipation-I hope you find it interesting and informative. Thank you to my brother Anthony from Anthony Master of Massage for joining me and sharing his knowledge and expertise.

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Cosmetic Ingredient of the Day! INCI or Common Name Sucrose cocoate (sucrose esters of coconut fatty acids).FunctionsAnt...
14/07/2025

Cosmetic Ingredient of the Day!

INCI or Common Name
Sucrose cocoate (sucrose esters of coconut fatty acids).

Functions
Antistatic (a substance used to reduce static electricity by neutralising electrical charge on a surface), emulsifying (the function attributed to a cosmetic ingredient that promotes the formation of intimate mixtures of non-miscible (incapable of mixing) liquids by altering the interfacial tension), skin conditioning (the function attributed to a cosmetic ingredient that maintains the skin in good condition).

Potential Effect
Not assessed for safety in cosmetics by CIR (the Cosmetic Ingredient Review is a body set up in 1976 by the Cosmetic, Toiletry and Fragrance Association. It uses an Expert Panel (CIREP) to review the safety of ingredients used in cosmetics).

Possible Uses
Cosmetic: facial cleanser, body wash, anti-aging.
Other: unknown.

The Chemical Maze Shopping Companion, Bill Statham.

13/07/2025

Cosmetic Ingredient of the Day!

Styrene/VP copolymer (prepared from styrene monomers and vinylpyrrolidone, petroleum derived).

Functions
Film foaming (the function attributed to a cosmetic ingredient that produces, upon application, a continuous film on skin, hair or nails), opacifying (the function attributed to a cosmetic ingredient that reduces transparency or translucency of cosmetics).

Potential Effect
Not assessed for safety in cosmetics by CIR (the Cosmetic Ingredient Review is a body set up in 1976 by the Cosmetic, Toiletry and Fragrance Association. It uses an Expert Panel (CIREP) to review the safety of ingredients used in cosmetics).

Possible Uses
Cosmetic: toner, hair colour and bleach., styling gel, mascara.
Other: unknown.

The Chemical Maze Shopping Companion, Bill Statham.

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As a Naturopath I look at each person as a whole individual not just a sign, symptom or disease state and I try to get to the root of what is going on and treat that accordingly. When you come into see me we talk about the reason you have come in and then we go through all the different systems of the body because they interact and effect each other. We also talk about your diet and I do physicals e.g pulse, blood pressure, iridology and whatever else I deem to be relevant to your case. I then work out a plan of action that can include: diet and/or lifestyle advice, herbal tinctures,herbal teas, nutritional supplements, flower essences, and homeopathics etc.

I am trained in Natural Fertility Education which means I can teach you the signs so you know when you are fertile. I can support you and your partner from preconception care, conception care and when the baby is born.

Prices: Initial Consult:$100, Follow up Consult: $70. Herbs (200ml bottle): $40.

If you have any questions about what I do and/or how I can help you please don't hesitate to get in touch.