The Plant Yourself Podcast

Thoughts on the episode? Let us know.Lenore Braford is founder, volunteer interim Executive Director, and volunteer Shelter Manager at the Piedmont Farm Animal Refuge, located in Pittsboro, North Carolina.Which makes her (and the sanctuary) my neighbor!Click to subscribe to the Mindset Mastery Memo.Support the show

Thoughts on the episode? Let us know.James Wilks is a producer, as well as narrator and chief instigator of The Game Changers, already the bestselling documentary of all time on iTunes.He got his nickname "Lightning" during his career as a mixed martial artist (which, as far as I can tell, means that he can kill me in at least a dozen ways using just a box of toothpicks and a birthday candle), the highlight of which was winning season 9 of The Ultimate Fighter in 2009.As good a fighter as he was, the sport had taken its toll on his body. He had enough cracked bones that his doctors told him that continuing to fight would probably lead to paralysis.Following his retirement from MMA in 2012, James spent several years learning how to rehabilitate himself. That's when he discovered that diet can play a significant role in healing and human performance.Click to subscribe to the Mindset Mastery Memo.Support the show

Thoughts on the episode? Let us know.Is time linear, or cyclical?According to analog watches, time goes around in circles.According to calendars and planners and most of Western culture, time moves ever forward.And few of us take seriously the cycles of nature when we contemplate time and how we move through it.Brian Tourville has been thinking about time, and how our disconnection from the rhythms and cycles of the natural world contribute to our alienation from it.Click to subscribe to the Mindset Mastery Memo.Support the show

Thoughts on the episode? Let us know.Wendy Wood, PhD, knows more about the science of habit formation - and habit breaking - than just about anyone.While popular writers share their opinions about habits, Wood does the research. More than 30 years worth, as a research psychologist first at Duke University and now at the University of Southern California.Wood has published over 100 peer-reviewed papers, and the paper trail of her research demonstrates a curious and creative and extremely tenacious approach to uncovering the mysteries of human behavior - particularly those human behaviors that are a mystery to the humans engaging in them.Click to subscribe to the Mindset Mastery Memo.Support the show

Thoughts on the episode? Let us know.Ron Tibbs is a wellness coach, plant-based advocate, and all-around great guy.He's part of the core team at WellStart Health, where he coaches, guides, and cheerleads clients to make significant positive changes in their lives.Ron is perfectly situated to do this, because he's created his own massive changes in the face of very strong opposing forces.Click to subscribe to the Mindset Mastery Memo.Support the show

Thoughts on the episode? Let us know.Melanie Joy, PhD is a social psychologist, vegan activist, political strategist vs all the oppressive "archys" out there, organizational consultant, and relationship coach. She joins the podcast to talk about her book Beyond Beliefs - essentially a merging of the political and relational.How can we advocate for human health, environmental sanity, and ethical treatment of animals without wrecking our relationships with family members, friends, partners, and coworkers?Click to subscribe to the Mindset Mastery Memo.Support the show

Thoughts on the episode? Let us know.Brittany Sade is a vegan entrepreneur and health coach. Her company, Prosperiteez Clothing, devotes part of its profits to combatting food insecurity in impoverished communities.Brittany wasn't always a paragon of healthy living. Thanks to meat three times a day, along with a serious cheese addiction, she suffered from skin problems, arterial blockages, and overweight.It took the suffering and death of close family members to wake her to the realization that life didn't have to be an inexorable descent into disability and disease and painful premature death.Click to subscribe to the Mindset Mastery Memo.Support the show

Thoughts on the episode? Let us know.Karen Smith is a plant-based registered dietitian, runner (sub-3 hours in the Boston Marathon, baby!), and all around good person.At Progressive Health of Delaware, which includes my Ultimate Frisbee buddy and podcast guest and lifestyle medicine superhero Dave Donohue, MD, Karen counsels patients on improving their diets and their health with a combo of skills: her RD training, her knowledge of plant-based nutrition (which she did not learn in school), and coaching techniques from the WellStart Coach Training Academy (hey, that's my school! :))Click to subscribe to the Mindset Mastery Memo.Support the show

Thoughts on the episode? Let us know.Kim Campbell is the culinary force behind PlantPure Nation and PlantPure Foods. She kindly agreed to visit the Plant Yourself test kitchen (which is just the kitchen in my home, cleaned up sufficiently for video) and make some delicious food for me, my wife, and my sister who was visiting from NYC.She also introduced us to nifty kitchen gadgets, one of which I promptly broke. This moment definitely deserves pride of place in the blooper reel of my life.Because this episode was so hands-on and visual, it didn't make sense to release the whole thing as an audio podcast. So today's podcast just introduces the videocast, which you can watch here.https://youtu.be/_6HzzJTeZT4Click to subscribe to the Mindset Mastery Memo.Support the show

Thoughts on the episode? Let us know.Margot Freitag is a coach who helps people transition to a plant-based diet successfully and sustainably. Growing up in Northwest Ontario (cue "Helpless" by Neil Young), she suffered from asthma, and made constant trips to the ER throughout her childhood.As a teen, she became a yoyo dieter, trying every variation she stumbled across in an attempt to lose weight: the apple-only diet, the "don't eat for a week" diet, low carb, etc. One plan she tried allowed her to eat cheese but not carrots, because sugar. (Sigh...)Click to subscribe to the Mindset Mastery Memo.Support the show