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Personal Transformation

Venerating the Earth Through Wild Yoga: Rebecca Wildbear on PYP 557

July 5, 2023

Rebecca Wildbear is an outdoor guide, yoga teacher, and author of Wild Yoga: A Practice of Initiation, Veneration & Advocacy for the Earth. She invites us to view yoga as both a personal practice and a form of environmental and social advocacy.

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Wearing (and Being) Nature: Jeff Scult on PYP 495

December 14, 2021

Fast fashion is a disaster. For the planet, for the oppressed workers, and for the souls of those who are constantly exhorted to throw out their clothes and buy new ones. Today’s guest offers an antidote.

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Getting Fit in the “Church Basement” of a Facebook Group: Dan Carraciolo on PYP 450

February 9, 2021

Dan Carraciolo has engineered a remarkable self-transformation from unhappy, overweight diabetic to ebullient athlete. On today’s show, we talk about how he achieved it – and the obstacles he’s had to overcome.

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Staying off the Trauma Train with Shay Seaborne: PYP 409

May 26, 2020
Shay Seaborne is a trauma survivor, educator, and activist dedicated to demystifying trauma and helping people heal from – and with – Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (CPTSD). In our far-ranging conversation, we covered the origins of trauma, the mistaken societal beliefs that reinforce trauma and get in the way of healing, and ways of… Read More

Healing the Warrior Spirit with Ron Tibbs: PYP 352

December 3, 2019
Ron Tibbs is a wellness coach, plant-based advocate, and all-around great guy. He’s part of the core team at WellStart Health, where he coaches, guides, and cheerleads clients to make significant positive changes in their lives. Ron is perfectly situated to do this, because he’s created his own massive changes in the face of very… Read More

Getting Healthy and Giving Back with Brittany Sade: PYP 350

November 19, 2019
Brittany Sade is a vegan entrepreneur and health coach. Her company, Prosperiteez Clothing, devotes part of its profits to combatting food insecurity in impoverished communities. Brittany wasn’t always a paragon of healthy living. Thanks to meat three times a day, along with a serious cheese addiction, she suffered from skin problems, arterial blockages, and overweight. … Read More

Bouncing Back from Heart Disease with Ray Martin: PYP 339

September 10, 2019
Ray Martin, aka “Old Man Skin and Bones,” is on a mission to save others from what he went through: heart disease, expensive and unnecessary and potentially harmful medical care, and a bad case of the “If only I’d knowns.” Read More

Learning from Sacred Plants with Amber Antonelli and Anthony Esposito: PYP 338

September 4, 2019
Amber Antonelli and Anthony Esposito run the Awaken Your Soul iboga retreat center in Costa Rica. Iboga is the name of a plant native to Gabon and neighboring West African countries that acts as a psychedelic, or as Amber and Anthony put it, a “teacher plant.” 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

Honoring Tradition While Charting a New Course with Ramona and Dustin Lajaunie: PYP 325

June 4, 2019
Ramona and Dustin LaJaunie are part of a family that has lost over a thousand pounds through plants and running. The mother and brother, respectively, of Josh LaJaunie, Mona and Dustin are now the cooks in the family.  And one of their biggest challenges was abandoning all the classic southern recipes that they loved and… Read More

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