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Athletic Performance

Relentless Solution Focus: Dr Ellen Reed on PYP 525

July 19, 2022

Our brains are brilliant at finding problems, and are great at keeping us alive by avoiding them. But this doesn’t work when our problems are in our heads. What does? Find out in this conversation.

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The Plant-Based Athlete: Matt Frazier, Robert Cheeke, and Josh LaJaunie on PYP 475

August 3, 2021

Will a plant-based diet help you become a better athlete? Is it as simple as just eating plants, or is there more to doing it right?

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Calories, Love, and Growth: Josh LaJaunie on PYP 473

July 20, 2021

Josh LaJaunie and I talk about new science of metabolism, how Josh lost 230 pounds and kept it off, and how to pursue an authentic human existence.

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Mind Hacks for Getting Through a Pandemic: Josh LaJaunie on PYP 440

December 1, 2020
Josh LaJaunie returns to talk about his strategies for staying sane, strong, and fit during the pandemic.  Read More

Healthy Penis, Healthy Life with Aaron Spitz, MD: PYP 372

March 2, 2020
Aaron Spitz, MD, is the director of male reproductive and sexual medicine at Orange County Urology Associates. He’s served as president of the California Urological Association, was the lead urology delegate to the American Medical Association, and has been an assistant clinical professor at UC Irvine’s Department of Urology for the past decade and a… Read More

Combating BS with James “Lightning” Wilks: PYP 355

December 17, 2019
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. We talk about the 7-year odyssey of making the film, its effect on popular culture and our food choices, and his appearance on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast earlier this… Read More

The Magic of Walking to the Mailbox with Elizabeth Bell: PYP 345

October 22, 2019
This week’s episode is an accident. I interviewed Elizabeth Bell in order to record a testimonial for WellStart Health, and ended up having a conversation so compelling and instructive and inspiring that I decided – with Elizabeth’s blessing – to share the whole thing. Read More

The Plant Yourself “Game Changers” Compendium

September 17, 2019

The Game Changers is a game changer for the public discussion of plant-based diets for health.

To celebrate its release, here’s a handy reference guide to all the Plant Yourself episodes with folks featured in or connected to the documentary.

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We are Nature with Josh LaJaunie: PYP 328

June 25, 2019
Josh LaJaunie returns to the podcast for a fifth (?) time, for a conversation about our relationship with nature. We talk about the beauty and grandeur of nature, and the ways human beings benefit and grow from being exposed to that loveliness. And also about nature’s dangerous and scary and yucky and itchy and hot… Read More

Improving Athletic Performance Through Plants with Shiann Darkangelo: PYP 321

May 7, 2019
Shiann Darkangelo plays professional hockey for the Toronto Furies, in the Canadian Women’s Ice Hockey League.If that isn’t a place you’d expect to find a plant-based athlete, join the club!Shiann is not only one of the world’s best hockey players, but she’s a passionate plant-based coach and mentor. Read More

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Hi, I’m Howard Jacobson, host of the Plant Yourself Podcast, co-author of You Can Change Other People and Sick to Fit, and co-founder of WellStart Health Coach Academy.

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