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How to Become Intuitive: Christin Bummer on PYP 441

December 8, 2020

Christin Bummer used to lavish care on dogs via her Canine Kingdom business. Now she coaches humans to give similar consideration to themselves.  In our conversation, we explore the fruitful and scary landscape of operating intuitively rather than adhering to preordained rules.

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How to lose friends and NOT influence people

September 24, 2020

When I read The China Study in December 2004, I immediately launched a whole food plant-based Mission the Save the World.

I started with my own family. Instead of organic chocolate-flavored yogurt and homemade mac and cheese, I imagined them consuming the lethal poisons found only in the corpses of pro-democracy Russian journalists.

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

August 31, 2020
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. Why the high praise? For several reasons: ACT is evidence-based ACT is learnable ACT is actionable ACT can be practiced and shared by… Read More

Why I won’t “wish you luck”: PYP 406

May 13, 2020
Often a coaching client will end a session by saying, “Wish me luck” after setting a goal and making a plan to achieve it. In health coaching, this phrase is a huge red flag that the client is going to fail. Read More

Changing Your Thinking Isn’t Enough: PYP 403

May 7, 2020
Say you want to stop eating junk food, or drinking soda, or watching porn, or whatever. Maybe you’ve read a motivating article or seen a video, or gotten a scary medical result, or just got fed up at your current reality. So you set an intention, and then… you end up doing the same thing… Read More

Laser coaching: new pricing structure and other changes

April 30, 2020

Would you like my personal support on your journey to health, but haven’t been able to afford 1-on-1 coaching? In response to the challenges of COVID-19 (and thanks to a wonderful conversation with Mark Silver of Heart of Business), I’ve changed my pricing model to “Pay from the Heart.” Plus I’ve added group calls for my private coaching clients (a first). Check out this video for details.

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A Behind-the-Curtain Health Coaching Demonstration with Ian Lawton and Howard Jacobson: PYP 374

March 9, 2020
In this episode, I share a personal coaching session that I conducted with Ian Lawton, host of the Workshed Podcast.  Ian has lost around 150 pounds and turned himself into marathoner (3 marathons in December, 2019). And he’s training for his first ultra marathon in April 2020. The problem is, he’s been sneaking in the… Read More

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

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