Lifestyle Tools and Toys
Good Posture, Healthy Back: Leon Turetsky on PYP 510
Smartphones and computers have wrecked our posture. Today’s guest explains the importance of good posture, and shows us how to get it back.
Read MoreVeggies, Opportunities, and the Gold Rule of Improv with Tess Masters: PYP 304
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 felt dramatically better.
Read MoreDesigning Your Life with Dave Evans and Bill Burnett: PYP 243
Dave Evans and Bill Burnett are co-authors of the New York Times bestselling Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life. You may not have heard of them, but their design work has almost certainly touched your life. You know Dave’s work if you’ve ever used an Apple mouse or laser printer. And Bill’s designs include the hinges…
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Instant Pot Tutorials
This video series is for people who’ve bought the Instant Pot, and haven’t taken it out of the box yet.
Read MoreHow to Overcome Our Cravings with Judson Brewer: PYP 220
Judson Brewer, author of The Craving Mind: From Cigarettes to Smartphones to Love – Why We Get Hooked, & How We Can Break Bad Habits – kept his meditation practice and medical career separate for a decade. Luckily for us, it eventually dawned on him to inform his research and clinical practice with the 2500-year-old insights…
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Hacking the Instant Pot and Air Fryer with Kathy Hester: PYP 214
My good friend and neighbor Kathy Hester is a combination cookbook factory and mad scientist. I like having her on the podcast partly because I get lonely and it’s fun to have in-studio guests, and partly because she brings me vegan goodies to share with my family, and partly because she is always pushing the…
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The Nuts and Bolts of a Good Night’s Sleep with Emerson Wickwire: PYP 202
Emerson Wickwire, PhD, returns to the Plant Yourself Podcast to share his message of a good night’s sleep. In this show we focus on actionable advice: What to do when you have trouble falling asleep, staying asleep, getting back to sleep, or waking up fully rested.
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Scott Carney on Extreme Cold and Facing the World as It Is: PYP 197
In the winter of 2013, Scott Carney traveled to Poland to debunk the prophet/madman Wim Hof, a charismatic Dutchman who claimed that his method of breathwork, cold exposure, and meditation could confer superpowers on its practitioners.
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PYP 151: Steven Sashen on Running Barefoot and Feeling the World
Steven Sashen is co-founder of Xeroshoes.com, and a fierce critic of the athletic footwear industry. Steven and I met when we were in the digital marketing world, and stayed in touch as we both migrated into health and wellness. Steven has been my “almost barefoot shoe” supplier since 2011, when I read Born to Run…
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