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EPISODE · Mar 15, 2026 · 11 MIN

#149 - Fire ants and Wellbeing

from Beyond Chronic Disease · host Wendy Gathercole

What have fire ants got to do with your wellbeing?More than you may think...In this episode I share a simple story about fire ants that opens up a much bigger conversation about awareness and self responsibility.Sometimes when we are not aware of a situation in can put us on our arse.Being aware of what is around us and the choices we make, stop us reacting and start responding. This is where true change happens.I have been stung by these little buggers more times I'd like to remember. They may be small but gee they pack a punch. Through my awareness of them in my garden I chose not to venture out there. Win win for my wellbeing but not for the garden.Through the eradication party we gave them, I decided to venture out and give it a test drive. Again my choice. This time it went to plan. No more fire ants, no more unsettling stings and no more weeds in the garden.....big win win.I took responsibility for all the choices i made.Thereby not playing the blame game and choosing what I wanted increased the state of my wellbeing ten fold. What are you choosing that if you made a different choice could give you a different outcome to enhance you wellbeing?There's more about this in my new book 'A Crohns Solution' coming soon.Want to know more? Click on the link below. You know what to dohttps://linktr.ee/wendygathercoleWendy x x

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