This is (only) one of my submissions for Oprah..

Women are becoming men.

LOGLINE: Women are producing more male hormone (testosterone) than ever before, leading to aggressive women who are unable to conceive (infertility has nearly doubled in last 20 years) and who are unable to lose weight.

Outline of content: Discussion about changing hormones in women, how these changes may present (ie infertility, obesity, facial hair, aggression) and how to get appropriate treatment.

FACTS and fiction: 83% of women have identified that they feel they have or could have, a hormone problem.

(source www.byebyebridget.com survey on females and hormones, Aug 2010)

Poly cystic ovary syndrome is the medical condition of producing too much testosterone and cysts on the ovaries. It is believed to affect 1 in 10 women. Sam Beau Patrick, The Health Queen believes this figure is closer to 4 in 10 women.
(source http://www.womanshealth.gov.au)

THE STORY : A contributing risk factor for women and high testosterone levels is work.

“..Work often requires that women think with their heads first, not their hearts – which is unnatural for many women..” Sam Beau Patrick, The Health Queen said on Australia’s Sunrise show in August. “ The result is a rise in male hormone, Testosterone.” (A later national interview with Channel 9).

Her book, Beauty and the Beast Within, postulates possible reasons for the rising levels in testosterone in women, such as stress, evolution of women into the work force and a high carbohydrate diet. Testosterone is primarily a male hormone and is responsible for the male secondary sexual characteristics such as facial hair, acne , deepening voice and aggression. In women it can cause all of those symptoms as well as insulin blunting (a major cause of diabetes and obesity), poly cystic ovary syndrome and infertility.

Sam has 3 clients willing to appear on television to discuss their experiences.

Sam believes in educating and informing people to seek out health options that have measurable and obvious benefits. Sam has become a world expert in this area and her book is very topical and helping hundreds of women.

She has appeared recently on Week-end Sunrise and Today

Please contact Sam direct to discuss further.

Contact: Sam Beau Patrick Mobile: 0405 669 135 E: sam@healthqueen.com.au

great week-end

I love reflecting on my week-ends. i had the best – very academic, active and arty.

On Saturday I attended a seminar by 21st Century on buying property in the USA – I’m keen, but will do some more sums. One run and one walk. I attempted to go to watch the cricket (ashes) but was greeted by a sea of drunk Aussies and Poms. They were staggering, singing and generally sucking up the cricket frivolities and why wouldn’t you?

Home to do some art and a night with Dave Grohl.

Sunday was a big clean up before I get the 3 amigos. I had 2 clients – I love my clients. One bought me home made choc chip biscuits – HOW DELICIOUS! Thanks Helen.

Work, work, work. To the markets to buy some vegies, some organic meat, and to have some art works framed.

Home to walk honey, then headed off for a run and cooked a big pot of casserole.

Honey smooching

Lots of work into the night and helped a friend edit his amazing new sports psychology program.

Yummy salsa:

- organic tomatoes (these from my garden)

- 1 avocado

- different herbs and balsamic and olive oil.

Chop and devour – devine!

All in all, a great week-end!

How to be on Oprah

Channel 9 interviewed Susan Harrow an author of a book “How to be on Oprah’s Show”.

She gave clear, succinct advice about the necessary criteria to even try to be on her show. I took notes (of course) and this are the key points:

- you need to walk before you can run so

- have local tv exposure

- have a message to tell

- be qualified and an expert in an area

- have a following

- feel comfortable to have a conversation with Oprah, and to think on your feet.

She suggested creating a story to up-sell to Harpo (not the product or service)

She suggested the following:

- create a story with people willing to appear on the show

- get some media training

Reflecting on the above, I think I have everything covered. I will design and write an actual segment though and submit that to Harpo. Off I go to work :-)

Gluten free (Healthy) pancakes

The kids love these.

Ingredients

1 free range egg

1/2 cup almond meal

1/2 SR gluten free flour

2 TBS of melted butter

Enough milk (we use Zymil, but any ok incl. soy and rice)

Mix dry ingredients into a bowl. Add the egg and then add milk to the batter slowly. You usually need 3/4 cup of milk. This will avoid any lumps. Lastly add the melted butter.

Stir vigorously then place in round dallops into a flying pan with melted butter or oil.

We have ours with organic jam, honey or fruit. They are delicious!

Great week-end with the kids

IT was an up and down week, and fortunately finished with lots of laughs.

Mischa had a great time with Tracy and the Equine Experience. The 2 lit’ uns and myself wandered around the paddock and talked with the horses.

Good memories at Sea World and the markets.

And I managed to finish a drawings of River Hue, in Vietnam, a photo I took in 1992.

Gluten free lunch idea

This is another recipe that kids as young as my boy, 3, can do. Sushi.

It’s not that hard and the combinations are endless and made at home – it’s so much cheaper than the shops.

Ingredients:

Sushi rice

Seaweed for sushi making

fillings:

- tin tuna, vegemite, mayo, chopped red onion

- avocado

- fresh salmon/tuna with a smidge of wisabi (more for the grown ups)

- cooked chicken, grated beetroot, grated carrots, and grated cucumber

 

Put rice into a saucepan and fill with cold water so that the level finishes 1cm above the rice grains. Cook until all the water is absorbed. Towards the end you will need to stir more frequently. This should take approximately 20 minutes.

Allow the rice to cool.

Place a piece of sushi seaweed paper on a little bamboo (sushi roller) mat.

 

 

Smear a thin layer of rice (1-3 grains deep if you can imagine that) all the way to the edges. It’s tacky work but better if you lightly wet the tips of your fingers with cold water and knead to the edges of the sushi, much like pushing a pizza base to the edges.

Place your filling 2/3 of the way down in a long line.

Roll the first part away from you, using the sushi mat, tuck it in tight. Finish rolling the sushi roll and “glue” the edges with water or pressure.

 

Place back in the fridge. You can cut them straight away or cut them the morning that you need them. Great for lunches and a good was to get much needed omega 3 oils into the kids.

Today’s organic shop

How nice running into friends at the Organic markets. And today I added to the “grow-thy-own” garden with another herbal garden bed:

My friend and his wife, make and sell these: Organic Heirloom Vegetable Seedlings. Show respect for your body and health from the inside out.  There are over 30 different seedlings and herbs in this sack. The kids take a keen interest learning the different herbs and their healing qualities. And I pretty much go out at night, look up at the stars and munch away.

This was the weekly shop for $35. Corriander x 2, mint x 1, 2 lettuce, heaps of roma toms, punnet of devine strawberries, french sorrel, kale, 2 caps, 2 zucchinis and houmous.

The girls discovered gluten free pizza bases and somehow started their own little “make your own pizza” workshop. It’s so easy when they are involved with the preparation. They always want to eat the fruits of their labour.

PS: strike a pose and don’t smile!

Then some random playing and being kids

Why pick me?

I sent an email to a few people last night asking if they would send a “nomination “ to Harpo for me to appear as a guest on Oprah’s Aussie Adventure.

Some of these people didn’t realise my story – funny as from the inside looking out I had never considered that people didn’t know everything about me. they share a wine with me, so I assume they know EVERYTHNG about me… so to self-indulge a little and share a bit more about my self.. this is “me” and why I would like to be on Oprah. Maybe i will work backwards..

2010 Sam, Australia’s health Queen to appear on Oprah for multiple reasons:

1. My book: Beauty and the Beast Within, discusses a new endemic affecting women of the modern societies – hormone imbalances. This is the main cause for breast cancers, infertility, obesity, emotional upset and relationship break down. I believe women need to know why these changes are occurring, why they are at risk and how to avoid the health problems arising from it.

2. My new book: Menopause. This book is out this week. Informative book giving women options to manage menopause.

3. My orphan cause: I have been working towards en masse assistance to Asian orphans for many years. I have sponsored, and assisted many, but appearing on Oprah will give me a greater platform to help MORE little darlings.

4. Simply as an inspiration. My mantra - if you believe it, you can do it. I am a sole parent with 3 kids, self sufficient with great friends. I worked out long ago that this life (for me anyway) is not about being the richest person in monetary value, but being the richest person in life experiences. That is what money buys. Choice and experiences. I am fortunate to have both.

Acheivements

Written and published – Beauty and the beast Within, Menopause

Charities – have supported Bravehearts through the sale of my book

Media – have appeared in the Gold Coast Bulletin for being a successful working mum, have appeared on Weekend Sunrise (channel 7), have appeared on Today (channel 9)

Work – have continued to practice (and loving it) in my own clinic, Xtrahealth and Gwinganna

Kids – been their mum

Other – played waterpolo for Guppies and HBreakers, and have been nominated for Telstra Business Woman of the Year, nursed at John Flynn Hospital, given numerous talks and radio interviews.

2009

Written and published – Hot Tips for the Business Traveller. A corporate business man’s travel guide to fun and easy travel. I purpose wrote and published this book for Sir Richard Branson. I want him to take on the book as Virgins, sell through their outlets and all proceeds to be given to orphans in Asia. In this year, I  travel to UK twice to try to meet with Richard. No luck, big debt, but not perturbed.

 

Charities – I organise the Gold Coast Emergency Bush Fire Relief response. For 2 weeks, I cancel all my work and help collect, pack and ship 2500 boxes of goods directly to survivors of Victorian Bush Fires. Red Cross rang to ask me to cover the north (floods) and congratulate me as they have no idea how I set up such a massive response so quickly and single-handedly

Media – I appear in the local paper for my bush fire raising efforts, and multiple radio interviews for the same

Nursing in Intensive Care

Work – continue in my clinic

Other – waterpolo, children and life

2008

Draft my first book

Other – travel OS, raising my kiddies single handedly, waterpolo

2007

Focus on my new baby (and his father leaves). I go back to work on the way back from hospital when Kalani is 4 days old – the magic of working for oneself is that there is NO maternity leave .

2006

Probably this year will go down as the worst year of my life. I am pregnant, have 2 other kids under 5 and no support (well no family, my babies father is not living here and playing around) and I feel quite soul destroyed. However, My gorgeous son is born this year in December and he is an amazing reward.

2005

Leave my husband. Tough year – emotionally and financially I find the separation tough. I try to leave gracefully but still find there is lots of anger and BIG emotions to deal with. I survive.

2004

Work – I hold a public forum on pain management, conduct a primary intervention study into strokes and GP management. Amazing results (65% of patients have symptoms of stroke but don’t seek out help). I pitch this to a pharmaceutical company but it doesn’t go any where.

Study – complete Bach Health Science

Media – I appear in the local paper and on Channel 9 News for my pain treatment clinic (and great results).

Charities – I run multiple small charity events

Birth of my daughter, Maisy

2001 - 2003

Complete my naturopathy qualification, open my clinic, race for Australia in dragon boat racing, travel overseas for 3 months, get married in Scotland underneath a church.

2000

Birth of my daughter , Mischa. I go back to nurse at night, study and mother during the day. I find this a tiring year.

1997-1999

The best event of 1997, was winning my companies’ most prestigeous award of “representative of the year”. It is an honour and wonderful recognition.

Dragon Boat Racing – represent Australia here and there. Have fun

1994-1996

Live in Sydney, pharmaceutical rep, nursing, waterpolo, life

1990 – 1994

Live in Melbourne, nursing in Accident and Emergency. Grad Dip in critical care nursing. Have a great life and nursing career. Play waterpolo, Lacrosse for the state and do lots of amazing things. One including a trip to Asia where i secure a job for Care Australia . Shortly after securing the job though, I have my things stolen while in Vietnam and end up in jail for the night. Terrified, and lost, I come back to Thailand then decide I am best to be on Australian soil.

1987 – 1990

Live in Hobart, obtain my general nursing certificate at the Royal Hobart Hospital. Play waterpolo and Lacrosse for Tassie. Have a great life!

1985-1986

Attend college and am self sufficient at this stage. President of the student body (5000 full and part time students), appear on local council and hold a Tasmanian wide High Schools forum about kids needs (social, educational etc).

1981

My mum dies while under anaesthetic having a torn ligament repaired. I am 12 years old. For the next 5 years, I am shuffled around to relatives willing to have a troubled, driven child. They do there best (thank-you) but when I start working at 13, I rarely ask for a loan for money EVER again.

1974-1980

We live in Brisbane with my step father. Lots of abuse, trauma etc… somehow survive.

1969-1974

Live with my mum and sister in Hobart – she moves to the Gold Coast, leaving my father.

1969

Born in Hobart

 

I think that is it… a small bio. Anyway, I have big dreams about assisting the orphans in Asia. In fact, its hard to describe. It’s more than a dream. It’s like a calling. Regardless of what happens with Oprah, I know that I will be visiting and assisting orphans before too long.

I am so excited

I think i have found the key… Oprah is asking for Aussies to appear on her show. What a great opportunity. the link is https://www.oprah.com/ownshow/plug_form.html?plug_id=6004470 please go for it. There are a few different categories.

Spring Carnival in Melbourne

Absolutely ROCKS!

Melbourne is a FUN city and this week has been not disappointed. Spring Carnival – whether you are into horses or not, is a fun, colourful time.

I was fortunate enough to have a client fly me down (thank you x) and then went to the Melbourne Cup on Tuesday. It is up there with the Dubai Cup, Kentucky Derby etc… Brilliant day and should be on everyone’s bucket list.

I also was able to catch up with my besties… What is it about the connection and friendships developed in high school??? In the last month I have caught up with so many of my beautiful true-blue mates. And I love you all as I always have mwahh….

Here are 2 of my besties at a cool drinks and eats place: RIVAs in St. Kilda. Then onto a great night club called Vineyard. Both lots of fun and friendly locals.

Melbourne has some of the best shopping in the world (not that I love shopping, but when I do, I like good variety, quality and inspiration).

From Smith St Collingwood – great retro shops..

 

Race Day – rain/sun/rain/wind = Melbourne weather = 4 seasons in one day.