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Oct 9, 2020 • 40min

How Our Families and Communities Can Become Healthy at Last: Eric Adams on PYP 432

Thoughts on the episode? Let us know.Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams returns to the podcast to talk about his new book, Healthy at Last. Part family memoir, part political mission statement, part science review, part self-help book, and part cookbook, this is a celebration of the possibilities of health for the American people in general, and the Black community in particular. We talk about the title - from Etta James, and not Martin Luther King, Jr's "I have a dream" speech, as I first assumed - and the fact that, in Adams' words, "slavery never ended," and remains entrenched in the slave foods that are still harming Black people to this day.And we explore some of the policy initiatives BP Adams has launched to bring the practice of plant-based health to Brooklyn, New York City, and the world.Click to subscribe to the Mindset Mastery Memo.Support the show
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Oct 6, 2020 • 1h 28min

We Think, Therefore We Move: Barbara Tversky on PYP 431

Thoughts on the episode? Let us know.Today's guest, Barbara Tversky, has spent her professional life questioning the primacy of the mind over the body.Her incredible book, Mind in Motion, argues that our abilities to think and perceive originate in our bodies. And more specifically, in the process of movement and feedback from the environment.Which means that physical activity is far from optional exercise. Moving our bodies in multiple ways, frequently, is the core of who we are as homo sapiens.If you want to grow and evolve, books and philosophies are fine, but challenging your physical body with new situations and challenges is a far more powerful engine of evolution.Click to subscribe to the Mindset Mastery Memo.Support the show
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Sep 29, 2020 • 1h 31min

Democracy Means a Healthy and Safe Environment for All: Jovita Lee on PYP 430

Thoughts on the episode? Let us know.Today's guest, Jovita Lee, is co-founder and vice president of Democracy Green, a North Carolina-based non-profit dedicated to environmental justice. The environmental movement has a long and shameful history of privileging certain parts of the environment over others. Specifically, it's focused on preserving spaces enjoyed by the rich, and where the rich live. The result is a nation in which environmental racism condemns poor people and people of color - regardless of income and economic status - to lives cut short by chronic conditions caused and worsened by pollutants and climate instability.Click to subscribe to the Mindset Mastery Memo.Support the show
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Sep 22, 2020 • 1h 36min

Outlasting Broken and Unjust Systems: Meryl Fury on Plant Yourself 429

Thoughts on the episode? Let us know.Meryl Fury is a registered nurse and CEO of the Plant-based Nutrition Movement. And she's a fierce advocate for justice and sanity in a world lacking both.Click to subscribe to the Mindset Mastery Memo.Support the show
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Sep 15, 2020 • 1h 5min

The Younger Skin Diet: Rajani Katta, MD, on PYP 428

Thoughts on the episode? Let us know.Rajani Katta, MD, is a dermatologist and professor at the Baylor College of Medicine, and the author of Glow: The Dermatologist's Guide to a Whole Foods Younger Skin Diet. On today's podcast, we talk about the evidence connecting diet and lifestyle to radiant, healthy skin.Click to subscribe to the Mindset Mastery Memo.Support the show
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Sep 8, 2020 • 1h 28min

Tiny Leaps Make Big Changes: Gregg Clunis on PYP 427

Thoughts on the episode? Let us know.Gregg Clunis learned most of what he knows about persistence, strategy, personal development, and success from watching his immigrant parents struggle to achieve their dreams. Originally from Jamaica, Gregg and his family followed his father, who had been a professor and police officer in their native country, and worked as a migrant farm laborer in their new home.Gregg was attracted to the self-help world, and quickly discovered that the tactics and messages were often at odds with his perspective, and that of his generation in general. Click to subscribe to the Mindset Mastery Memo.Support the show
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Sep 4, 2020 • 46min

Creating a Platform for Black Plant-Based Health Experts: Judy Brangman, MD, on PYP 426

Thoughts on the episode? Let us know.Judy Brangman, MD, aka The Plant-Based MD, visits the podcast to talk about her labor of love, the Reclaim Your Health Summit.The summit is the first one featuring exclusively people of color in the plant-based healthcare space. Eighteen doctors, a dietitian, and a fitness expert all share their wisdom and action plans with Dr Brangman, and with everyone who signs up for this free event.Click to subscribe to the Mindset Mastery Memo.Support the show
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Aug 31, 2020 • 1h 45min

Steven C Hayes on PYP 425: How to Liberate Our Minds

Thoughts on the episode? Let us know.Steven C Hayes is the originator of ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or Acceptance and Commitment Training, take your pick), one of the most important psychological approaches of the past 100 years.Click to subscribe to the Mindset Mastery Memo.Support the show
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Aug 25, 2020 • 1h 25min

Unraveling the Mysteries of Behavior: Mark Faries, PhD, on Plant Yourself 424

Thoughts on the episode? Let us know.A key role of medical professionals whose job it is to help their patients and clients change, is to frame messages to maximize the odds of desired behaviors. Unfortunately, most medical professionals have been trained to communicate in ways that actually reduce patient self-efficacy by challenging their autonomy and undermining confidence in their competence.On today's podcast you'll discover how to talk so patients will not only listen, but adopt positive new behaviors and maintain them in the face of ongoing temptation. Click to subscribe to the Mindset Mastery Memo.Support the show
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Aug 18, 2020 • 1h 19min

What We Know About COVID-19: The Science: Michael Rothberg, MD on PYP 423

Thoughts on the episode? Let us know.Michael Rothberg, MD, returns to Plant Yourself to share the latest actual scientific understanding of COVID-19. We spoke first in mid-March, when we didn't know much. Fast forward five months, and we now know a lot, but in the US at least, we're ignoring most of the science and suffering for it.I've been as confused as anyone else, daunted by epidemiological models I can't evaluate for accuracy, overwhelmed by social media fights about masks and free speech and hydroxychloroquine and vaccines and government overreach that have riven the plant-based community, and befuddled by competing claims of conferred immunity and how long it might last.So I got Michael on the Zoom and peppered him with my questions.Click to subscribe to the Mindset Mastery Memo.Support the show

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