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Healing Nature

Orienting Ourselves to Natural Time with Brian Tourville: PYP 354

December 13, 2019
Is time linear, or cyclical? According to analog watches, time goes around in circles. According to calendars and planners and most of Western culture, time moves ever forward. And few of us take seriously the cycles of nature when we contemplate time and how we move through it. Read More

We are Our Own Healers with Benjamin Alter, ND: PYP 342

October 1, 2019
Benjamin Alter, ND, treats his patients as if they actually have the power to heal themselves. This power introduces a wonderful and frustrating messiness into the scientific pursuit of truth. It’s hard to control for. It’s hard to randomize for. And it’s hard to replicate. In fact, science has dealt with this messiness by, at… Read More

Reconnecting with the Healing Power of Plants with Joe Cross: PYP 334

August 6, 2019
Joe Cross was, in the words of his first film, “Fat, Sick, & Nearly Dead” when he embarked on a 60-day experiment to escape the pain and discomfort of a lifestyle-induced auto-immune disease. His transformation story, chronicled in that 2010 documentary, has inspired millions of people to start juicing, and to add more plants to… Read More

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

Charles Eisenstein on Climate Reductionism and True Planetary Healing: PYP 309

February 12, 2019
Charles Eisenstein has been challenging my thinking for about 15 years now, but never more so than with his latest book, Climate: A New Story. Basically, Eisenstein argues that focusing all our environmental activism on reducing greenhouse gas emissions to combat global warming is a bad idea. As a card-carrying member of the enlightened, scientifically-literate,… Read More

Unleashing Nurses to Revolutionize Patient Care with Caroline Trapp, DNP: PYP 300

December 11, 2018
Caroline Trapp, DNP (that’s Doctor of Nursing Practice to you and me), is the director of diabetes education and care with the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM), as well as a nurse practitioner with Premier Internists in Southfield, Michigan. 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

Darren Morton on Happiness, Meaning, Longevity, and Smiling Baseball Cards: PYP 259

March 21, 2018
Darren Morton, PhD, is a Fellow of the Australasian Society of Lifestyle Medicine, which means that not only is he wicked-smart about how to live a long and healthy life, but also he shares his insights in a cool Australian accent. His latest book, Live More Happy, is a treasure trove of theory and practice of How to… Read More

Scott Stoll on Disrupting Healthcare with Plants: PYP 244

December 11, 2017
Scott Stoll, MD, understands the power of Believing You Can. Which is a good thing, because he’s made his life mission a task that would seem daunting to most: to transform the healthcare industry into one that actually practices health care rather than disease management and mitigation. Read More

Exploring the Pathless Land of Truth with Jeff Stanford: PYP 239

November 14, 2017
Jeff Stanford combines a scientist’s mind with a vegan’s heart and a mystic’s soul. He’s co-founder of the Stanford Inn by the Sea in Mendocino, California, an eco-resort complete with a fully vegan restaurant, The Ravens. Sid Garza-Hillman, who’s the nutritionist at the Stanford Inn, suggested that Jeff would provide fascinating content for the podcast, and… 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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