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Conscious Entrepreneurship

A Systems Approach to Fighting Chronic Disease with Olivia Kelly: PYP 324

May 28, 2019
Olivia Kelly is CEO and co-founder of WellStart Health, the fabulously amazing startup that I also co-founded. So everything I’m going to say about her is totally unbiased. Olivia and I have been jetsetting this spring, attending healthcare-related conferences in exotic locations like Washington, DC, and Raleigh, NC. And because we’re trying to take a… Read More

Holding Ourselves to a Higher Standard with Marco Borges: PYP 318

April 16, 2019
Marco Borges, founder of 22 Days Nutrition, is a visionary social entrepreneur.From humble beginnings, Marco has partnered with Beyoncé and Jay-Z to bring plant-based health to as many people as possible, as affordably as possible.And he’s one of those folks whose very presence and easy self-confidence compels others to take him seriously – in short,… Read More

Changing Habits and Lifestyle Through the Entrepreneurial Process with Danny Warshay: PYP 315

March 26, 2019
Danny Warshay is the executive director of the Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship at Brown University, and a long-time friend. He dropped by to talk about how to apply his Entrepreneurial Process to lifestyle and habit change. Neither of us knew exactly what we would discover when we began speaking, although we both had hunches that… Read More

Veggies, Opportunities, and the Gold Rule of Improv with Tess Masters: PYP 304

January 7, 2019
Tess Masters, aka The Blender Girl, is a powerful spokesperson for a healthy plant-based lifestyle, and a force of nature. Growing up in Australia on a “meat and three veg” diet, she was plagued at age 14 with extreme lethargy. A naturopath suggested that she eliminate gluten, meat, and dairy, and within 48 hours she… Read More

“Give us This Day Our Daily Plants” with Tina Ahern: PYP 302

December 26, 2018
Tina Ahern is a long-time Plant Yourself Podcast listener and supporter. When she reached out to share her inspiring story, I knew I wanted to share it with you. Long story short, Tina and her husband Brian opened up a partially plant-based restaurant in Perry, Oklahoma, as part of their mission to serve their community through… Read More

The Strategic Passion of a Bunch of “Lonely and Powerful Vegans” with Darina Bockman: PYP 299

December 4, 2018
Darina Bockman is a business mover-and-shaker; a Senior Finance Director at CBRE, and a long-time vegan activist. She felt split; on the one hand, committed to helping her organization succeed and achieving personal career success, and on the other hand, representing her views on animal rights, human health, and environmental stewardship through plant-based advocacy. And… Read More

Launching Your Next Chapter with Sanyin Siang: PYP 295

November 6, 2018
Sanyin Siang is a CEO Coach, Author, and the Executive Director of the Fuqua/Coach K Center on Leadership & Ethics (COLE) at Duke University. In other words, quite a big deal. Read More

Community Innovation and Global Solutions: PYP 294

October 30, 2018
This past Saturday, I set up my portable recording studio in Cary, North Carolina, to live-podcast the PCRM Kickstart Your Health NC Triangle event. I chatted with Neal Barnard, MD (not pictured, because he moves too fast to photograph ;), Eric O’Grey (PCRM donor coordinator and elegant man-about-town in a fashionable sweater and gold tie),… Read More

The Art of Fitness and Transformation with Gary Whitaker: PYP 287

September 12, 2018
Gary Whitaker is the founder and owner of Plant-based Fitness, a transformation gym located in Oakland, CA.  Read More

Sharing Music and Making This Place Our Home with Micah Hendler: PYP 283

August 14, 2018
Micah Hendler is the founder and director of the YMCA Jerusalem Youth Chorus, and one of Forbes’ magazine’s “30 under 30” (global leaders and change-makers under the age of 30). He founded the chorus to promote connection and peace between the teen communities of East and West Jerusalem; that is, inaccurately but roughly speaking, Palestinians… Read More

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