14 Jo Whitton, Quirky Cooking - The Activity Pod, Where We Help You Get Stuff Done

In this episode we interview Jo Whitton, aka Quirky Jo. Jo Whitton Jo Whitton writes a very popular food blog called Quirky Cooking. She also has a cookbook of the same name, podcast called 'A Quirky Journey', over 222,000 followers on Facebook, runs three Facebook chat groups, homeschool her four kids, travels and speaks at wellness seminars and cooking seminars, is trying to organise some Quirky Cooking retreats, teaches cooking classes, is developing an online program and writing a second book with a friend, and cooks everything from scratch as her family is on the GAPS diet. [I'm exhausted just typing that!] Her life has always been pretty crazy, and her motto is 'Life is like a great big canvas, throw as much paint on it as you can.' (Danny Kaye) ;) You can find Jo at Quirky Cooking and on her podcast A Quirky Journey. You can follow Jo on Instagram, twitter and Facebook. Jo's Facebook groups are Quirky Cooking and Quirky GAPS. In this episode we discuss

being "creatively messy"

Jo's morning routine and how it has changed

homeschooling

how Jo uses Trello for keeping lists

Jo's food philosophy and how it developed

why she eats the way she does

tips for making changes to your diet

eating a full meal for breakfast

what the GAPS diet is and why Jo is following it

tips to improve your gut health

the impact of food on children's behaviour

Jo's new gut health program

using timers to manage time

Resources discussed in the show 

Trello

Changing Habits Changing Lives by Cyndi O'Meara

GAPS diet (and an Australian GAPS site)

Jude Blereau

Sue Dengate Failsafe diet