Eat Green Make Green

“Think about what you want your life to look like. To me success is waking up in the morning without an alarm, enjoying my coffee and a book, doing my thing and making people happy.”On this week’s episode of the Eat Green Make Green Podcast, I chat with Ana Arlacón and Matt Davey. Ana and Matt are the duo behind the popular VedgeTalk Podcast, VedgeTalk Español Podcast, and vegan food and fitness channel VedgeLife. Both Matt and Ana have been on the show individually previously, Episode 18 and Episode 65. The last time I saw Matt and Ana in person was days before they left everything behind them and set out for a year of traveling in a van. We talk all about their van life travels, the best experiences they had while traveling in the van, their favorite places they visited, the best and worst places for plant-based food, some van life hacks, the different perspectives they gained from seeing middle America and other places, why they decided to settle in Portland, Oregon, how the pandemic has affected their work as gig workers and influencers, how they’re taking advantage of their extra time at home, and why success is all about how you define it. Awesome episode with fabulous people!Show NotesVedgeTalk Podcast: https://www.instagram.com/vedgetalk/VedgeTalk Español Podcast: https://www.instagram.com/vedgetalkespanol/The VedgeLife: https://www.instagram.com/thevedgelife/Matt’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mattxdavey/Ana’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anaalarcon/Ana's Previous Episode: https://www.eatgreenmakegreen.com/podcast-1/2017/7/31/episode-18-ana-analarcn-good-vibesMatt's Previous Episode: https://www.eatgreenmakegreen.com/podcast-1/2018/7/16/hgzfqzcv9ffj16wce2k4xe2q6zpw9a

“It can happen in New York, it can happen in California, it can happen in Chicago. It can happen anywhere there’s a live wet market… it can happen in any factory farm or slaughterhouse.”On this week’s episode of the Eat Green Make Green Podcast, I sit down with the fantastic Carissa Kranz. Carissa is an award-winning attorney, former professional ballet dancer, and the founder vegan certification company BeVeg. This week Carissa filed a petition at the state level in New York to ban all live animal wet markets and set a precedent for the rest of the world. We talk about Carissa’s career path from professional ballet dancer to lawyer, why she started BeVeg, the most recent petition she filed to ban the New York wet markets, why wet markets and slaughterhouses pose a continued threat to human health around the globe, why many of our basic civil liberties are being violated due to meat, and the importance of acting now to protect global human and planetary health. This is obviously an extremely important topic. Please share and help educate.Show Notes:Carissa’s NY Petition: https://ladyfreethinker.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Copy-of-NY-State-Petition-to-Ban-Live-Animal-Markets.pdfCarissa’s Website: https://carissakranz.com/Carissa’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carissakranz/BeVeg Website: https://www.beveg.com/

“Medical treatment is designed to address the physical. The body is treated, but at their core, people feel untouched, unchanged. It is just as important to treat the person within the body.”On this week’s episode of the Eat Green Make Green Podcast I sit down with the amazing Avinoam Lerner. Avinoam is a renowned mind body interventionist who specializes in cancer and addiction recovery. We talk about how seeing a grieving woman as a child shaped his life path, why most western medicine approaches don’t address who the person is at their core, how our childhood experiences shape the narratives we tell ourselves, how our subconscious mind and programs impact our health and wellness, why he thinks meditation sucks, why he uses hypnotherapy to access and reprogram the subconscious mind, why we must transcend the Newtonian and mechanistic view of illness, why there is no one size fits all for healing, why his method is intended to let people spend less time in therapy and more time living their lives, why how we go through each day is a choice, and why recognizing our dominant thoughts is a great place to start healing. Get the notebooks out, this one is powerful!Show NotesAvinoam’s Website: http://avinoamlerner.com/Avinoam’s Addiction Recovery Site: http://releaseyouraddiction.com/Avinoam’s TEDx: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=th7QtQ3FMUQAvinoam’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/avinoamlerner/

"I draw from an infinite source… I try not to compromise on where I want to be based on where I am and what I can see immediately around me."On this week’s episode of the Eat Green Make Green Podcast I sit down with the one and only Loui Blake. Loui is a London based entrepreneur and speaker. He is the founder of the UK’s largest vegan restaurant Erpingham House and a partner in By Chloe UK, among many other projects. For Loui’s full life story, check out our previous episode here. We talk about the coronavirus situation in the UK, how Loui is handling his businesses during this challenging time, what habits and rituals he practices daily to perform at his best, why he’s doing a year of no alcohol, his experiences with plant medicines like psilocybin and how they’ve impacted him, why he believes he’s in control of his reality, why on the other side of the pandemic will be a more health conscious world, why his superpower is resilience, the current mantras he lives by, and much more. This is an incredible conversation and it exemplifies why Loui is such a high performer in business and in life.Show NotesLoui’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/loui_blake/Erpingham House: https://www.erpinghamhouse.com/Vegan Dough Co.: https://www.instagram.com/vegandoughco/Loui’s Plant Based Business Podcast: https://www.instagram.com/plantbasedbusiness/

“I was like Malcolm Butler, I came out of nowhere and I won the Super Bowl of movies… then I went on a 15 year run.”On this week’s episode of the Eat Green Make Green Podcast I sit down with the legendary Kris Meyer. Kris is an Emmy-nominated film producer behind some of the most iconic comedy films of all time, including Me, Myself, & Irene, Something About Mary, Shallow Hal, Fever Pitch, Super Troopers, and many others. He’s also a Boston native and media entrepreneur, most recently working on a podcast network startup called MuddHouse Media. We talk about Kris’s upbringing coming from a family of Boston Firefighters, why he chose to move to Los Angeles to pursue a career in film, the many challenges he faced trying to find his way in LA, how he serendipitously connected with the Farrelly Brothers, the most talented actor he’s worked with, what advice he has for people starting out in the film industry, how his health journey has evolved over the years, what he recommends to entrepreneurs when pitching a business or film, why he’s starting MuddHouse Media, and more. Kris has a beautiful life story of hardship, hustle, and going all in.Show NotesKris’s IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0583243MuddHouse Media: http://muddhousemedia.comKris’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/krismeyer?lang=en/

“People don’t know how to leave their ego out of it… The top endurance athletes in the world train by doing long slow days.”On this week’s episode of the Eat Green Make Green Podcast, I sit down with plant powered triathlete and my new triathlon coach Tom Fleck. For those that have followed the show since its inception, Tom is a Podcast OG and joined me on Episode 16 almost three years ago. He has a beautiful life story, from a guy with countless health struggles to now a seasoned triathlete. As some of you may know, I just signed up for my first Ironman (Ironman Mont-Tremblant) in August. Needless to say, I needed some guidance! Enter Coach Tom. We thought it would be fun to chronicle my journey to my first triathlon, from total newbie to (hopefully!) Ironman. We talk about Tom’s journey since our last chat, why I signed up for an Ironman with no background in triathlons, what my first few weeks of training looks like, heart rate training and why you train slower to eventually go faster, what my biggest challenges will be, the importance of dropping your ego during training, how to find the time for training, and all kinds of newbie triathlete info. We’ll do a check-in episode every month or two leading up to my Ironman. If you have any questions about training, email us at pat@eatgreenmakegreen.com and we’ll answer it on the next check-in episode. Enjoy!Show NotesJoe Rogan Coronavirus Episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3URhJx0NSTom Fleck Episode 16: https://www.eatgreenmakegreen.com/podcast-1/2017/7/16/episode-16-tom-fleck-realizing-your-potentialTrack my Ironman workouts on Strava: https://www.strava.com/athletes/51253241Tom’s Strava: https://www.strava.com/athletes/11888832

"Our food choices are one of the major areas where we can address the environment... what we eat can and does have a massive impact on greenhouse gas emissions"On this week’s episode of the Eat Green Make Green Podcast I sit down with the one and only Dan Goldman. Dan is a Boston-based and plant-based marathoner, triathlete, and clean energy entrepreneur. He is currently the Co-Founder and Managing Director of Clean Energy Ventures, a $100Million early stage clean energy venture group. We talk about how Dan got into the energy space, his many world travels, what “clean energy” is, the new innovations going on in the clean energy space, the potential integration of electric cars with your home, the bottlenecks to widespread adoption of clean energy technologies, the impact the Trump administration has made, the power our food choices have on combatting the climate crisis, the other steps we as individuals can take to reduce our carbon footprint, how he went from just starting running to becoming an ironman (triathlon - 2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike, marathon 26.2 mile run) in just six years, how he qualified for the 70.3 Ironman World Championships, what he recommends for people starting out in triathlons, what he looks for in an entrepreneur when investing, and much more. So much valuable information in this one on how we can all do our part for the planet.Show NotesClean Energy Ventures: https://cleanenergyventures.comDan’s Strava: https://www.strava.com/athletes/13542/

“You become qualified to do things by doing them.”On this week’s episode of the Eat Green Make Green Podcast, I sit down with the amazing Aurora Straus. Aurora is one of the only female professional race car drivers in the country and founder of the non-profit Girls With Drive. We talk about how a young girl from New York got into race car driving, her path and the many different paths to becoming a professional, what she views as her biggest accomplishments on and off the track, why building a racing career is very similar to building a startup business, the role a fellow Boston female entrepreneur (Zoe Barry) has played in her success, why she started Girls With Drive to encourage young women to get active in male-dominated fields, the physical demands and how she trains her body for racing, how she mentally handles the risk associated with racing, why she believes women are taught from a young age to be risk averse, and much more. Monday through Wednesday Aurora is in lecture halls at Harvard and Thursday through Sunday she’s going 175 mph in a BMW M4 GT4 in places like Daytona. Aurora is truly one of the most impressive 21 year old’s I’ve ever met.Show NotesGirls With Drive: https://www.girlswithdrive.orgGirls With Drive Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/girlswithdriveAurora’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aurorastraus/Aurora’s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aurorastraus

"You are what you make yourself to be. You've got the pencil in your hand and you get to write your story."On this week’s episode of the Eat Green Make Green Podcast I sit down with the force that is Laura Gassner Otting. Laura is an entrepreneur, keynote speaker, best selling author, and provocateur. Laura just released her third book Limitless: How To Ignore Everybody, Carve Your Own Path, and Live Your Best Life. We talk about Laura’s upbringing in Miami, her journey from law school, to then politics, what she learned from spending time around Bill Clinton, how she wound up in the non-profit world, why at 29 she decided to build her own executive search business, how she sold her business after 15 years, her jump into writing and speaking, and all about her new book Limitless. Limitless is all about living in alignment with who you are and what your calling is. Laura has such an amazing energy and there are so many gems of wisdom in this episode.Show NotesLimitless Book: https://lauragassnerotting.com/booksLimitless Assessment: https://limitlesspossibility.outgrow.us/limitless/Laura’s Website: https://lauragassnerotting.com/Laura’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heylgoLaura’s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/heylgo

"I didn’t know I could get to where I am today. I had a vision and I can show you how I mapped it out… but I didn’t know how I was going to get there, I just knew it was what I wanted to do."On this week’s episode of the Eat Green Make Green Podcast, I sit down with the super talented Chef Allen Campbell. Allen is a celebrity chef, entrepreneur, author, and sought after expert in sports nutrition. Allen has worked with multiple athletes including the likes of Tom Brady, co-authored multiple books including The Game of Eating Smart and the TB12 Method, and is launching his new meal delivery business AC Kitchen on January 5th. We talk about Allen’s childhood growing up poor and in a turbulent household, his time working in kitchens in his teens to get by, having a tumor at the age of 15, working in countless Boston restaurants as a young hot-headed chef, his struggle with alcohol addiction, his journey to sobriety, how he completely transformed his lifestyle to put his health and wellness at the forefront, how he became the personal chef of Tom Brady and Gisele, what he learned from his time with the Brady’s, and all about his new business AC Kitchen which will bring “nutrition forward comfort food” meal delivery to Boston starting on January 5th (email connect@allencampbell.com if interested in being one of the first 30 customers of AC Kitchen). Allen’s story is a beautiful one filled with struggle, perseverance, and the power of believing in yourself. What a great way to kick off 2020! Happy New Year.Show NotesInterested in AC Kitchen meals? Email Allen at: connect@chefallencampbell.comChef Allen Campbell Website: https://allencampbell.comChef Allen’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chefallencampbell