WEB8: Weaving Our Reality

99: Showing Up Fully And Pivoting As A Food Blogger – TALIA POLLOCK of Party In My Plants

Apr 17, 2020

59:12

Talia Pollock brings humor into the world of wellness. She’s an author, storyteller and a plant-based chef. In this conversation recording during the COVID-19 pandemic, she shares her story of building a wellness platform,, how she used her podcast to get a book deal with a top publishing house, and her journey of pivoting her identity as food blogger.

Talia’s beautiful, funny and recipe-packed book, Party in Your Plants: 100+ Plant-Based Recipes and Problem-Solving Strategies to Help You Eat Healthier (Without Hating Your Life) is out on April 21, 2020.

We discuss:

What’s been helping her during the quarantine
Putting human connections first on social media
Coming out of a social media burnout
The magic of the “mute” button on Instagram
How she makes money with her wellness platform, Party In My Plants
How Party In My Plants allowed her to bring together comedy and plants
How she got a top publishing deal
How she got on Dr. Oz
Why podcasting can be a huge turning point for your business
How not having IRL social life brought her to social media
Loneliness as a side effect of becoming plant-based
Work and identity
Pivoting your identity is as a food blogger
What is success?
Pivoting as a food blogger
Why now it’s more important to show up fully in your light
How Ksenia got her Instagram account verified

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