Podcast: How gardening can help Coeliac disease with Eimear McNelis
Rita Bonivento 
In this episode of the podcast, Eimear shares the process she went through over the last 13 years since being diagnosed with Coeliac disease.
Eimear McNelis of Red Dirt Road is a Journalist, Photographer and Marketing Specialist. For over twenty years Eimear worked in media, corporate and freelance roles for medium to large scale companies in the UK, Ireland and Australia.
Nowadays, Eimear uses her skills as a journalist to help brands and individuals in the horticultural, alternative health and wellbeing and philanthropy sectors create impactful stories, so they can create a valuable and meaningful community.
In this episode of the podcast, Eimear shares the process she went through over the last 13 years since being diagnosed with Coeliac disease, and how she awakened a passion for gardening.
We dive deep into the topics of no-dig gardening, intuitive gardening, the dopamine effect from sharing a harvest and how Yinnar Community Garden is Eimear's version of a Blue Zone.
"Gardening has made me aware of how important eating and growing locally is to your health and body, how gardening is a spiritual endeavour - meditation and grounding, being aware of climate change and our impact on waste and a way of keeping physically fit. When you nurture the earth, it’s really taking care of you in a complete way as a return."
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RECOMMENDED RESOURCES
- Charles Dowding is an authority on No-Dig Gardening and you can find his work here
- Huw Richards explores the concept of Intuitive Gardening on his YouTube channel
- Mary Reynolds also speaks of intuitive gardening and bringing wildness back to your garden
- Yinnar Community Garden
- Blue Zones are regions of the world where it is claimed a higher than usual number people live much longer than average. There are nine common denominators that determine this longer life expectancy, which The Gut-Mind Collective explores in the BREATHE Wellness Program. Learn more about longevity and the Blue Zones here.
- The Harvest High is explained in more detail in this article: Why Gardening Makes You Happy and Cures Depression
Categories: Slow Living, Gut Health, Self-care, Podcast