Another day, another questionable admission from Pete Evans. By now, the celebrity chef and paleo advocate is used to making headlines for his alternative lifestyle, unorthodox parenting methods and diet advice, but perhaps the 44-year-old’s latest revelation is his strangest.
Actually, no, bone-broth as a substitute for baby formula still sits pretty high on the “what the heck?” scale.
Speaking in an interview with News.com.au podcast Balls Deep the My Kitchen Rules judge revealed his daughters have been in therapy from as young as 12 months old!
Therapy for babies? Pete digs it.
It’s no secret the celebrity chef and his wife, Nicola Robinson, like to expand their mind and spiritual understanding, and it seems it’s a practise he likes the whole family to be involved, including daughters Chilli, 13, and Indii, 10.
Pete explained that as part of his holistic “journey”, for the past 20 years he been practicing Neuro-Emotional Technique (NET).
“It’s something I do with the kids from time to time ever since they were basically one-year-old,” he said during the podcast.
According to Integrated Wellness, NET is a stress-reduction technique.
“Practitioners who employ NET’s mind-body approach are trained to assist the body’s healing processes by identifying and balancing unresolved emotional influences caused by both real and imagined events,” reads the site.
Pete with his daughters Indii and Chilli.
While Pete has a great interest in the mind and it’s wellbeing, he says he’s never participated in traditional Western methods of psychology as he claims they “miss the mark” in treating the mind.
“Most forms of modern therapy like psychiatrists and psychologists sort of miss the mark on understanding how to deal with a human being,” he said.
While Pete’s methods may sound a little bizarre, he started NET sessions with his daughter Chilli at a young age for a very serious reason. He says Chilli she was born with a tumour and claims the therapy helped his hospital-admitted child as it enabled her to “get in a state of healing”.
Years later, Pete says he still has regular NET sessions with his daughters.
“I’ve seen the results these people have so why would I not want to include my children?” he said.
