Your wellness blueprint and energetics with Amie Skilton

I’m joined today by my amazing Inner Circle client Amie Skilton, who is a Naturopath, Herbalist, Nutritionist, Beauty Therapist, Reiki Master and Life Coach - she is a true modern day healer. We’re talking today about creating your wellness blueprint and practical ways you can bring your body back into alignment to live your absolute best life. 

Amie’s wisdom on everything to do with the human body is so profound. Her genius zone covers many different areas of natural health including nutrition, herbal medicine, massage, osteo, homoeopathy, bark and bush flower remedies, aromatherapy, green prescriptions and so much more. 

In this episode, Amie shares insights into what naturopathy is and how our body’s natural state is meant to be healthy. With so many entrepreneurs struggling with stress, lethargy, and adrenal exhaustion, Amie shares how to recognise the signs of burnout and what you can do to bring your body back into alignment with your wellness blueprint. 

In addition to her 20 years of clinical experience, Amie also has first-hand experience with mould exposure that left her completely debilitated.  She shares about this time in her life, the scary symptoms she experienced and how she brought her body back to full health by discovering the root cause. 

We touch on neurotropic medicine, what this is and Aime shares her top 5 life changing practises to stay absolutely glowing from the inside out. She talks about managing exposure to artificial light, reducing EMF exposure, meal and vitamin prepping and exposure to early morning sun. Aime also shares a great hack to get into deep flow by influencing her brainwaves.

This is such an incredible episode with SO much value and insight. If you feel like your body needs a boost to come back to its natural state of health and wellbeing, this is absolutely the place to start. Check it out.

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Transcript

Ruby  00:01

Welcome to flow state business. We have a modern day healer on our show today. Amie Skilton Welcome to the podcast.

Amie Skilton  00:15

Ruby. Thank you so much for having me. What a treat to be chatting with you today.

Ruby  00:20

I'm so excited for all the places that I think we're gonna go and all the places that we don't even know like, where our conversation's going, but it's going to be so amazing because you guys, when I say this, I really really mean this. Amie is literally like Siri. If you want to ask her anything to do with health and wellness, and everything to do with keeping your body in optimal health, I would go to Amie. I'd be like, Amie, this is happening. My ear hurts. What should I do? Like, you will love this episode. So I'm so excited. 

Ruby  00:56

Let's introduce you formally so that everybody knows more about you.  Now you've been in clinical practice now for 20 years or thereabouts, which is crazy to me because you don't even look 20 Like honestly go to in her Instagram, you'll know exactly what I mean. But when I saw that on your website, I could not believe that but then it makes a lot of sense why you know so much. And one thing that we're going to focus on today is really around the concept of your wellness blueprint, which Amie is a specialist in she really helps her clients formulate these personalised wellness blueprints. And the zone of genius she covers is so amazingly broad and yet so specific for what you need. So it covers things like nutrition, herbal medicine, her zone of genius is also in massage, osteo, homoeopathy bark and Bush flower remedies, aromatherapy. I mean, it keeps going and all things green prescriptions, which I think is super fascinating. And we have to get into that. And on top of all of this, Amie and I have also worked together inside of inner circle in 2022. And for the past few months, I've really seen Amie step up and create amazing group offerings that are now really here to help more people understand how to radiate their body and their light so much better and in a more aligned way. So welcome, my love. I'm so excited to have you here.

Amie Skilton  02:27

Thank you. Wow, what an introduction I'm facing at the thought. Love it.

Ruby  02:33

Literally like how do I fit all of this in in like one minute, which is crazy, because there's so so so much that you have studied that you have dived into that you have learned over these last few decades. And it's no wonder you really are such a sought after, you know, go to in all things natural health. So I really want to start with this question because I personally know, I was wondering this, and it's super basic. But how would you describe the neuropathy on all things natural health, what does it mean to you.

Amie Skilton  03:06

So natropathy really encompasses the essence of healing utilising the power of nature. And that is a very simplistic statement that tries to be an umbrella to everything. And you've already mentioned, you know, some of the things that fall under that it can be very gentle, more energetic style healing like bark and Bush flowers, or, you know, more energy style medicine and not every naturopath trained in that, by the way, that's often an add on but under the umbrella of natural healing, you've got the more energetic esoteric side, then you've got the basic fundamentals of nutrition, so macronutrients micronutrients, eating right for your own unique physiology. And green prescriptions can include things like exercise, sleep habits, you know, meditation, and then of course, you've got herbal medicine, which was, you know, the original form of medicine that we used before pharmaceutical techniques came along and isolated compounds and shifted them away from the way that they occur in nature. 

Amie Skilton  04:13

And so, you know, osteopathy, chiropractic falls under that sort of umbrella of natural medicine, although they're quite specialist to in my case, I was definitely taught osteopathic techniques. But you know, it really is an approach to bringing your body back into alignment with its perfect blueprint, as you were designed, like as nature intended. So what I mean by that is, every body really truly is designed to be healthy and happy. That's our natural state, our natural blueprint, and naturopathic medicine. The other side of that it's sometimes called Root Cause medicine is actually not just giving you something to help restore balance, but looking out for the things that have gotten in the way of you living your best life and removing them treating the root cause. And so it is very broad, and everything looks different depending on the client and what's affecting them specifically. So it's a, it's a system of medicine that requires a very high level of engagement on both parties, because you're working to find a unique solution rather than a prescription that's designed to match a symptom, or disease.

Ruby  05:25

Oh, my gosh, so much there that I literally am personally very excited to explore within my own body. You know, it's just like thinking to myself, Wow, what are the more esoteric side that I can really start to discover. But you know, one of the things that I loved hearing you say was, our body is really in our natural state meant to be healthy, so that we can go ahead and live our best life. And as you know, most of the women that listen to this podcast that I serve, and show up to twice a week, we are entrepreneurs, just like you are Eames, like, it's so amazing to be able to speak directly to business owners and entrepreneurs in relation to how we live our best life, and then overlay that with all things natural health and natural medicines. 

Ruby  06:13

So I want to kind of steer the conversation towards this, such an overarching conversation in the entrepreneurship world around feeling lethargic, and feeling burnt out and feeling as though our energy levels aren't quite there. And you know, wanting more of that and wanting to feel more aligned in our day to day, and not having stress become the predominant leader in the way in which we make decisions or how we show up each day. But so much of that is reactive. So much of that is I feel stressed. And now I need to do something about it. I would love to hear some of your advice that you might, you know, give to your community and your clients around how you actually see the signs of that and what to do when you see the early signs or even just how to recognise it, because so much of it is like, deal with it once you get there. And obviously, that's not ideal.

Amie Skilton  07:12

No, it's a recipe for burnout and disaster. And I have actually seen a lot this year of people walking away from their businesses or selling their businesses because they've been burnt out. And they've you know, they haven't maybe taken as good care of themselves. And look, we're up against it. As entrepreneurs, there's lots of unique elements that make it a higher risk for burnout as well. One of which is if we love what we do, it's very hard to put it down at the end of the day, and actually switch off and walk away. But so some of the signs that I would say that you're approaching burnout would be, let's talk about habits, so would take you too long to fall asleep, a healthy person should fall asleep around 15 minutes after they sort of put their head on the pillow and close their eyes. So if you're tossing and turning for like 20-30 minutes, and I've heard from clients, sometimes it's hours that is a big red flag. I mean, we've all been there. And don't panic if this is you like maybe in a launch season, although there's definitely a way to avoid that. But if this is like your chronic experience, that is a big problem. If you're waking up a lot in the night, if you're waking up feeling tired, I'm sure many of us can relate to that. If it takes you more than 30 minutes to clear your head once you're awake, like you feel like you got to get coffee and it takes you hours before your brain comes online. Another red flag if you are reaching for and this is something I see a lot with entrepreneurs and self employed people in my clinic is often they're reaching for stimulants during the day to get them up and get them going and keep them going. And then they're reaching for things to put the brakes on at the end of the night. And that most commonly looks like coffee, coffee, coffee, wine, wine wine.

Ruby  09:03

I feel exposed.

Amie Skilton  09:07

It's very common and of course like As humans, we have these things that we can use to enhance our experience or to keep us going. But again, it's a pseudo sense of energy and relaxation that actually depletes nutrients which is going to race you to burn out quicker and cause you to stay on that roundabout of finding false and empty energy outside of yourself. What other signs would I say I would say when you're constantly feeling a bit tense and on edge and you might not relate to that. I've absolutely had a client who I said something of that nature to. And they were sitting on the edge of the seat and they said through gritted teeth hold gripping the seat. I'm fine. I'm not tense at all. And no one wants to admit the tense but what that might look like for you is, maybe you're losing your temper a little bit with your kids or your partner or your friends, maybe your tolerance level. For me, it shows up as road rage, I get the shifts when people are driving like Muppets on the road. And so I don't ever road rage externally. But when I'm doing my the middle finger internally to someone on the road, that's a red flag to me. I am not rested, and I'm not well. And so it could be that you could be a bit snappy invitations, I've seen this as well. Social invitations feel like a burden when you feel stressed about going out. Because you either want to keep working or you're too tired. You don't feel like having fun. And maybe even looking at you know, the landscape of your days and your weeks and looking are there pockets of whitespace are there things in there that are bringing you joy just for the sake of having fun and don't have anything to do with your business. And if those things have like fallen out if your calendar, these are all kind of red flags that you're on the you know, the highway to adrenal exhaustion and burnout. 

Ruby  11:05

Oh, that has so cut through. And I really think we're approaching whenever you're listening to this. But if you're listening to this, as it releases, we're really approaching a time of year where a lot of that good stuff can fall out of the calendar, right, we're fast approaching the festive season, and it feels like everything is speeding up. Because it is like there's so much going on. And even as I'm hearing you say that, prior to November, I was going to the gym three times a week. And last week, I noticed hang on, I've only been once. And this week, it's Wednesday, and I haven't been at all and I'm gonna go later on today. But you know what happens when it's really super busy. So this is really timely reminder, to really look at those priorities to do with your health, because how many of us get to the end of the festive season or get to the new year, and we're actually more exhausted, because we haven't really, you know, placed all of these really important factors to be a priority. And we seem to kind of lose all sense of looking after ourselves during this period. 

Amie Skilton  12:13

It's honestly so easy to do. And our health and well being is honestly, almost entirely a product of our habits. And I think what's the slippery slope is is on the first week where you kind of don't go as often it's like, oh, it's just this week, you know, it's just this week, I've just got to get this done, or I've got some other things on. And, you know, I'll get back into it next week. And then very quickly, things can unravel. Before you know what it's been, you know, a month or several months. I've had clients who just stopped going to the gym years ago, and then it just never made it back. And you know, just as one silly little example. But same with you know, it could be anything from going to bed too late or, you know, not exercising, not meditating, not connecting with loved ones not doing something that brings you joy outside of your business. Which again, I appreciate how difficult that can be when your business lights you up what you do is, you know, so amazing. But you have to really be on top of it for lots of reasons. 

Amie Skilton  13:16

First of all, you're so precious, and you just can't afford to let your health suffer because it's so much harder to claw it back than if you maintain where you're at. But second of all, for most of us, even if we have a team, we are the business, we are the asset, we are the soul and the essence of the business. And I've really felt the impact of this in the last few years recovering from mould exposure, which we might talk about later. But when my energy is low, I'm not inclined to show up, because I don't have enough energy for me, let alone to pour from the overflow, which is of course what we want. So if you want your business to be successful, I promise you prioritising your health above the business will pay dividends in a way that prioritising your business over your health will absolutely not.

Ruby  14:08

Oh, this is so so juicy. And I do really want to go down that pathway of talking about your story with mould exposure, because you guys when I first met Amie, I actually did not even know this existed. I had no idea this was actually a thing. And you know, once you hear Amie's story, I think most of us here are going to be checking for some signs around the house. But it's certainly you know, out of a place of just realising how important our environment is, especially if you mostly work from one place and you don't realise that there may be something else going on in the environment you're in so yeah, take it away. Ames. Let's talk about this story of yours which is wild but so so needed as a very, very strong reminder. 

Amie Skilton  14:54

Yes, so like you before this happened to me, I really I didn't have have much of an idea. Ironically, the year before I got sick, I actually did a national tour on inflamed mood depleted mind. And it was all about the physiological reasons why people manifest anxiety and depression symptoms. And there's lots that goes into that. But one of them was exposure to a water damage building and this condition called sirs. And so I stood on stage, like all around the country, every major city centre, and you know, some of the smaller ones to lecturing about this condition, like I knew what it was, Oh, my God, the universe had a real life experience lesson lined up for me. And then at the end of that year, funnily enough, I was quite burnt out, took a career break from, you know, that aspect of what I was doing for the naturopathic profession, and moved into an apartment in the northern beaches of Sydney, for a break, I was actually taking 15 months off. And I was planning to do all of this other cool stuff, you know, with my own professional projects that I'd never had time to do whilst I was travelling and lecturing and speaking at conferences, and unfortunately, the apartment we moved into a beautiful renovation, it was gorgeous, Manly Beach, you know, sunny walked the water, but they'd screwed up the bathroom renovation. And so every time the shower was being used, water was actually leaking under the carpet through the entire puppet apartment, but you couldn't smell it, you couldn't see it. 

Amie Skilton  16:26

And this is probably one lesson I'd love to share 80% of the time, you can't see mould and this is what makes it such a difficult thing to identify because most people understandably would think I'm going to scan my house can't see mould therefore there's not a mould problem. Unfortunately, it's not that simple. But what happened was over a period of like three or four months, I went from being a fit healthy, cognizant, and fully functional, 37 year old woman to so incredibly unwell that I couldn't walk more than 50 metres on the flat without losing my breath, my blood pressure went up my entire body and mind collapsed, to the point where literally everything that could go wrong, my body did go wrong, and also in my brain, and it got so bad at one point, I couldn't remember my own name. I couldn't leave the house for months, because I couldn't actually figure out how to get dressed. I could never find my keys, my phone, my wallet. By the time I found one thing I'd lost the other. It was honestly so horrific. And my memory was terrible. I often found myself not knowing where I was, honestly, there's 1000s symptoms, which we don't have time to go into.

Ruby  17:45

That is so scary. And how did that happen so suddenly, almost right? It seems as though it was three months of the exposure, and then bam, just forgot your name. And all this stuff happened. It's, it must have been terrifying.

Amie Skilton  17:59

It was so bizarre, but because it was incremental, it wasn't like everything happened at once, which is what so long to register what was going on. But the reason it happened so quickly was for two things. Number one, I was working and living in that apartment. So I was there, you know, outside of going to the beach, or you know, a social occasion I was in that property 24 hours a day. So it may not have happened as quickly as if say I was leaving to a day job. The second reason is whilst mould is toxic to everybody, mycotoxins are poisonous and damage your organs and tissues and mess with your hormones. 25% of the population have a genetic haplotype. And I'm getting a bit technical, but basically a type of a genetic or immune response that doesn't allow them to clear the toxins in the same way as the other three quarters of human beings. Which means, you know, we ended up getting much sicker much quicker.

Ruby  18:56

Is that the gene mould that you you and I've talked about?

Amie Skilton  19:00

Yeah, the mould gene and my husband didn't have it. So although he was unwell, and he had some symptoms, he was nowhere near impacted like I was thank God because he was able to sort of keep me functional. Fatigue, by the way was so bad at its worst that I had to decide between having a shower or making myself a meal. It was horrendous. And so I would just say for anyone who's dealing with chronic fatigue or fibromyalgia, or cognitive issues, this is absolutely an avenue you'd want to explore. And luckily for me, because I was familiar with it, and a few things sort of lined up for the light bulb to come on, I was able to address the situation much more quickly than know most people would be able to. I had a colleague that specialised in this at the time that I was able to see and from there I trained in building biology, I did mould Testing Certification so I could find a mould free home but even with all those elements, it's been a real journey to climb back up out of that hole. Which is why, if you do check out my socials, you'll see I talk about health hazards in the environment like mould and EMFs. Because as a naturopath I'm taught to look for the root cause of disease, absolute blank spot in the curriculum. And so I'm really passionate about raising awareness on those issues, because so many of us are trying to eat right, trying to work out trying to meditate, we're trying to do all the right things. And yet, if these other pieces are poisoning us, we're not going to get the same results.

Ruby  20:38

Wow, what a story. I mean, there's so much more to it, my loves, you have to go and check out Amie's socials and their site. She goes into a lot of detail around this and has a whole course on it as well, which is something that I definitely want to highlight. But it just goes to show how you came out of that. I'm sure your mindset took a big hit from that as well. I mean, anyone who's gone through major health moments has a level of newfound resilience and you've come out the other side, not only healthier, but also now sharing this message and helping people understand it for themselves, which I think is something to just really, you know, praise you on. And I'm so inspired by the way that you've just turned that around. If you ever meet Amie in person, she is just like a beaming light of radiant health. 

Amie Skilton  21:33

Thank you. 

Ruby  21:35

So beautiful. You know what's really interesting when you said that as a naturopath, you are trained to find the root cause of the problem. This is brought up sort of something that happened last year. So you know how we went travelling all before COVID. We travelled the world, it was amazing. Then we were asked to come back, we came back, we settled back on the Gold Coast, which is where we are now. And it's so beautiful. And I remember thinking because we weren't moving around so much. We settled back in the house and I did experience this really kind of strange brain fog. It was a new feeling where I was sort of forgetting some things here and there. And I was just really you know that oh, yeah, I forgot that my client said that. Or I forgot that, you know, Michael had said this. And it was just this kind of like understanding that it wasn't as optimal as it was like maybe six months ago. Anyway, so I found myself at the Kinesiologist. I love my Kinesiologist and she had indicated, which is why I love Kinesiology. She's like, I think you need to go and sort something out. It's something to do here with your jaw. And there's some sort of poison or there's some sort of toxin that's sort of moving through your body. And it's causing this brain fog. So she's like, go and find yourself a naturopath. 

Ruby  22:53

I didn't find you which I'm spewing about now. I found another naturopath. Which you know, you and I spoke about that experience. But I went to another naturopath. And what I will say was I'm really lucky that I went there at that time, because what they ended up saying to me was we think it's your amalgams. So if you don't know what amalgam is, it's like the old school fillings that you get in your teeth. And it's just really like, lead base. So anyway, it looks like heavy, heavy metals, right. And I've had these since the school dentists, you know, when school dentists rocked up and you go to the school van, and you get these fillings and all this other stuff. So I've had them for so long. And she's like, Okay, let's get them removed, go to a holistic dentist, get them removed and get them filled with the good stuff now. And it's been about 10 months since that has been out. I can say now, because it's one of those things that you don't really have a lot of consciousness around. But I can say now I am feeling so sharp with mind. I remember so much with my clients. There's just rarely a day that I kind of forget stuff. I mean, obviously just the small things here and there. But the brain component of it is suddenly feeling so clear. And that is the power of neuropathy. As opposed to if you just went maybe to you know, regular GP or doctor, I don't know if they would have said, go and get your amalgams taken out. And obviously that was for me, you guys. It's different for everybody. But that's interesting. It's so cool. And I just wanted to share that.

Amie Skilton  24:28

I love that story. And I just never gets old even after 20 years hearing someone discover the thing that was in the way for them. And sometimes it's a real process to uncover it. Sometimes it's a process of elimination. Sometimes it's multiple things, you know, I've got a client at the moment who has amalgams, metal implants, cavitations, root canals that need to come out and you know, and mould exposure. For me, the breast implants that I had were also contributing to inflammation and immune system provocation. So I've got those out. But every time you sort of dive a bit deeper and uncover what's getting in the way of your healing, it's such a different and in my opinion, better approach than perhaps, like, if you're in the US, they are really big on neurotropics over there. And for anyone who's not heard that term, it can be a drug or something natural. And usually, it's something that was natural that they've kind of turned into a drug like compound to give you an edge mentally. Has anyone seen Bradley Cooper in Unlimited, it's that. 

Ruby  25:32

Yess, it's like that. okay, wait, the same as you know, like taking, like micro dosing on mushrooms and things like that?

Amie Skilton  25:41

slightly different. So with the micro dosing on things like psilocybin or LSD, far more in the realm of I don't want to call them plant medicine, because Because kind of other kind of aren't that definitely not herbal medicine in the classic sense, but they are more about like a spiritual journey and opening up neuronal pathways in your brain, you wouldn't have access to otherwise. And the more I guess, how to describe it would be it's like a super conscious state, it's like an altered state to have an experience and come back with a deeper knowing. Whereas neurotropics are specifically performance enhancing drugs, if we can just boil it down to that. So it might be more energy, but it's definitely focused around more concentration, more brainpower, faster thinking, you know, access to your, your genius, it's really cool. But what I'm saying is, if you had seen someone else, or particularly in the States, maybe or maybe you would have just tried nootropics to overcome that symptom of like a brain that was struggling under heavy metal toxicity. But now that you've taken that, that root cause out you're back to your baseline, and if you want to try neurotropics, you're gonna get even better results.

Ruby  26:53

Wow, okay, and all these sorts of things. Is this accessed only through you know, someone like yourself, or how would you find something like this. 

Amie Skilton  27:02

So look, I would recommend working with a clinical naturopath, if you want to try something because they can have a look at your genetics, your lifestyle, what you're for, and if they know much about the field of nootropics not every naturopath that interested in it, because it's sort of starting to step outside of like your natural state to like an add Let's enhance your natural state and using something that's been manufactured but if someone has a knowledge of that they can guide you as to what one they think would be best for you. That being said, a lot of the stuff can be ordered over the counter. So you know there is a risk associated with self prescribing but in the US it's honestly that they treat it like candy. Just pop this pop that. Methylene blue was really big for a while everyone had like the blue tongues that was like the kind of the thing Yeah, and this is lots of other ones out there and actually as a student as a herbal medicine student, I started working on my own formula but then I thought that was a bit irresponsible. So I stopped

Ruby  28:08

oh my goodness, I love this so much and see what I mean you guys like we could just keep going like let's not leave that pathway with Amie let's go down this pathway. It's It's such a fun conversation always. 

Ruby  28:24

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Ruby  29:03

I'd love to know what are some of your ride or die practices to keep yourself really in alignment to live your best life and to live you know around your wellness blueprint. How do you stay true to that I'd love to hear so it's so nice when you hear how the experts do it as well and and sometimes I don't know if yours will be but sometimes it kind of shocks me where it's like it's so simple and yet we forget that and it's you know anyway, but I'd love to hear what yours yours.

Amie Skilton  29:35

Oh my god, where do I stop? Let me give you maybe my the big ones that

Ruby  29:41

okay, okay, good. I'd love to hear. Is there a lot involved? Is it really complex?

Amie Skilton  29:47

No, it's honestly it's not. It's not complex at all. But some of these things require an awareness and so let me start with my absolute number one game changer. And I think a couple of these are particularly In fact, all of these I think are particularly relevant for entrepreneurs, because we're operating, you know, in a different realm, if you like to people with a regular day job, which I've also had, so I know what how different they feel. So, number one, managing my exposure to artificial light is probably in my top five life changing things. And there's a few aspects to it. But in general, the only artificial light we use at home after sunset is powered by bulbs that don't emit blue light. So yellow and red bulbs, which are specifically engineered not to emit blue light. It's a game changer for circadian rhythm regulation, metabolism, regulation, hormone regulation, and energy. I think artificial light exposure at night is one of the fundamental things that's draining people and making them feel like shit the next day. I do wear blue blocking glasses if I have to be on the computer after sunset. And I think this is particularly important because as entrepreneurs, we're often working dawn till dusk late into the night. If we have clients overseas, there's timezone challenges. So protecting yourself from the effects of blue light is absolutely paramount, and you won't regret it. 

Amie Skilton  31:14

Number two, and this is another big one, because many of us have virtual businesses. And even if you have a physical business, you'll be we're in a digital age, you'll have an online presence, and you'll have an online content strategy, and you're going to be on your phone. So reducing your EMF exposure is also an absolute game changer. That's a whole other conversation, I've got a whole other course on how to EMF Proof Your Home. But the exposure to wireless radiation is one of the single greatest health hazards to humankind we're currently facing. And yes, we don't want to live near a cellphone tower or work in an office near a cell phone tower. But the greatest exposure you're likely to be having us from your cell phone. So for me, I've got hardwired internet at home. So we don't have Wi Fi and my phone remains in flight mode unless I'm leaving the house. I also make sure it's always in flight mode when I'm carrying it on my body. And ladies, if you're putting it in your bra, while you're exercising, for God's sake, stop it immediately. There are specific tumours that appear in the breast as a result of the EMFs from the phone. Download your music, download the podcast, put it in flight mode, and then you know pop it on the side 

Ruby  32:29

a lot of women have their sort of on their chests like they have, you know, like around their neck like a lanyard and it kind of sits here all day.

Amie Skilton  32:36

Okay, if it's in flight mode, not so bad. But if it's not, that's your microwaving your cells, your hormones, your ovaries, all of the things. So I didn't become EMF sensitive until my mould exposure. So unfortunately for most of us, and certainly me prior to that you don't feel it. It's like the frog slowly being cooked in the pot. It just continues to just eat away at your health until you know, 10 years down the track and then something happens. So I would be very mindful with the way that you use wireless devices out you'll never see me with a pair of air pods. If you ever see me with air pods in my ears. You know, I've been kidnapped and held at gunpoint. Okay. Absolutely. And I know that sucks because the convenience of wireless is amazing. And maybe if you're just using them very intimately. Okay, maybe just use one and alternate the sides, but you'll never catch me using them. Because if you actually look at what they do, you probably wouldn't use them either. So EMFs and blue light, two really big ones. 

Amie Skilton  33:41

Other practices that I have are, I don't know what you're like Rubes, but like, when I get in the zone, I can't pull out like it's once I'm in the zone for the day. That's it. Everything else falls by the wayside to the end of the day. So I'm meal prep, and I also vitamin prep for the week. And so when you know every mealtime I've got something I can just pull out of the fridge I can eat and my vitamins are in a little you know, I've just dosed them out every Sunday into you know, 

Ruby  34:10

Have you got one of those little pill cases? 

Amie Skilton  34:12

Oh, damn straight I do. I love it so much I made a reel on it. It's like it's just it's one of my favourite secret weapons to keeping myself on track. Because if I don't do that, I don't take my vitamins. And then you know, I don't function as well. And I guess everyone could probably benefit from some sort of supplemental help. And I absolutely use the shit out of my knowledge to make sure my energy is good, and that my focus is clear. And I guess on that note for focus. Another couple of tips that I have for you is I sort of use things to influence my the brainwaves that I'm producing. So let me give you just a tiny TED Talk. 

Amie Skilton  34:54

So right now the brainwaves that we're producing, if we were to do an EKG are Her dominantly beta waves, okay. And when we're in a stress state, the high beta, when we meditate, or we're doing something where you feel really in flow, you're in an alpha state. And then you've got theta, which is kind of between waking and sleep where you can actually, you know, programme your subconscious to solve problems for you. And then you've got delta, which is sleep. Now, the alpha wave State is one of enhanced focus and concentration. It's like a super learning super productive state. And you can induce that in a number of ways. And when I'm doing deep work, not when I'm talking to a client, but if I'm writing, creating, you know, creating material for the course, whatever it might be research, especially, I do two things, I listen to binaural beats that induce an alpha wave state, using, you know, proper headphones, noise cancelling headphones, and I take a supplement called theanine. Now theanine, it's just an amino acid, it's nothing crazy. But first of all, it actually helps to block the receptors that are stimulated by caffeine. So it's great if you've got anxiety, or if you drink too much coffee. But it actually just helps you just, like zero in on what you're doing and not be distracted and impacted by other things going on around you. 

Amie Skilton  36:15

So that would be another health hack that I would say, and maybe one last one would be making sure I get early morning sun. The fact is, our biology is circadian in nature, and our cell functions are switched on and off by light and dark. And again, that artificial light piece has been something that's really impacted, you know, human health since the invention of electricity, but especially now with electronic devices. And so by signalling to my body, that it's morning time, all of those daytime functions come online immediately, as opposed to walking down to my office and you know, starting work and getting sun in the middle of the day, like my body clock, just all of our body clocks do not function well, doing that. So, you know, they're very simple lifestyle practices that I've shared. And obviously, it's just a handful of things. But all of them even just if you were to do one, or an absolute game changer,

Ruby  37:14

One last question. What do you do if you live in a part of a world where there is no morning sun? 

Amie Skilton  37:19

Yes. Okay. Look, we are designed to be seasonal creatures as well. So those shorter days and longer nights, again, early morning sun, so watching the sunrise, getting some midday sun as well, and also watching the sunset still really helpful to programme your system. But if you've like, for example, where we've been, we've had a very extended period of time have grey skies. So you can use red light, infrared and near infrared light to actually give your cells those health providing rays that the sun normally would. And in some more extreme cases, you can also use a vitamin D lamp to help stimulate vitamin D production from your skin. So there's always a hack if you need it. But if you're lucky enough to have access to all of these things, naturally, of course, that would be my first recommendation.

Ruby  38:15

Oh, so beautiful, Amie, you are just such an incredible light, modern day healer, someone who can simplify so many complexities that goes on with our human body. I appreciate your body of work so much. I have so much deep respect for the way that you really truly listen to and help your clients in such an authentic way but such a personalised way as well. And for anybody who wants to work with you, how would they do that?

Amie Skilton  38:47

So you can go straight to my website, what the naturopath said.com. And there's a work with me tab you can check out you know, some of the things that I do more commonly like gut repair or you know, clear skin clearing up your skin. But there's also a button there where you can just reach out and let me know what you're dealing with. And I can come back to you with how I can help. If you want to hang out with me on socials, I share an awful lot over there. I just can't help myself. So on Instagram, I'm that naturopath and you can get your personal Siri over there.

Ruby  39:19

I will leave all the links in the show notes below. And just to clarify, working with you is done online. So people from all over the world can work with you. 

Amie Skilton  39:30

Yes, yeah, absolutely. I'm working with clients in the US at the moment. I've worked with clients in New Zealand in the past and you know, it works almost exactly the same way as locally based clients. The only other thing that's different is finding locally sourced you know herbal medicines and supplements of good quality but yes, I welcome I welcome anyone from anywhere.

Ruby  39:52

That is so beautiful. Go and check out Amie are right now and honestly from my soul to yours. Thank you so much for your time. time your knowledge and your life on the show today

Amie Skilton  40:02

and thank you for yours