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PYP 092: Tracy Russell on Green Smoothies as the Easiest First Step on the Road to Health

On December 31, 2007, Tracy Russell went to bed in mediocre health, lacking energy to exercise, and 40 pounds overweight.

The next morning, she made her first green smoothie, and hasn’t looked back since.

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PYP 091: Heather Crosby on the Courage to Become Healthy

When Heather Crosby found herself in poor health and, according to her doctors, destined to be on meds for the rest of her life, she decided to take her health into her own hands.

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PYP 090: Heather Jo Flores on Turning Lawns into Gardens as a Radical Act

Heather Jo Flores came of age in an “addicted, abusive, and estranged family” in the slums of Los Angeles in the 1980s.

An unlikely leader of the modern environmental movement (a label that is far too small for Heather, as you’ll see), she moved from radical activism to community building to connection making to her current project, replacing most of the world’s suburban lawns with thriving gardens and food forests.

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PYP 089: Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn on Ending the War Against Our Hearts

I’m delighted to share my interview with one of the most important medical figures of the 20th and 21st centuries. I hope this recording will be around in a hundred years so my descendants can brag that great-great grandpa knew both T. Colin Campbell and today’s guest, Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr, MD.

I figure that will be like being buddies with Galileo and Copernicus when everyone thought they were nuts.

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PYP 088: Anjali Shah on Being – and Feeding – a Picky Eater

In a recent email from Coach.me, a smartphone app devoted to positive habit formation, I was introduced to a healthy eating coach named Anjali Shah.

Since a lot of the Coach.me community is in love with versions of paleo, I was happy to see a health coach dedicated to helping people transition to a truly healthy diet, with little or no animal products or heavily refined foods.

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PYP 087: Lani Muelrath on Exercise and Other Fuels for the Plant-Based Journey

Lani Muelrath is one of the world’s most accomplished wellness and fitness coaches. She combines cutting edge scientific research on fitness, diet, and mindset with an encyclopedic knowledge of behavorial science with a lifetime of experience helping people achieve health and happiness.

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PYP 086: Martin Gibala on Fitness in 3 Minutes a Week

Today’s podcast guest, Martin Gibala of McMaster University in Ontario, Canada, has been studying that question in his lab for a decade. And his answer is a great piece of news for folks like me who may have only 10-15 minutes in which to get in that daily workout.

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PYP 085: Ann Bradney on Feeling the Bad Stuff and Becoming Radically Alive

Ann Bradney’s life spun out of control from the age of 13, when she first discovered drugs and drinking. For the next 18 years, she lived in constant misery, self-medicating and functioning barely above life support.

At 31, she had a fleeting yet powerful realization: she wanted to live.

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PYP 084: Julieanna Hever on the Vegiterranean Diet

Julieanna Hever, the Plant Based Dietitian, was torn.

As an expert on nutrition, she knew that the healthiest diet for humans is plant-based whole foods.

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Healing in the Midst of Uncertainty: Kerry Kay on PYP 083

Kerry Kay is a tango dancer, energy healer, motorcycle rider, and dear friend.

As you’ll hear, she performed a Reiki healing on me many years ago, when I didn’t believe in that sort of thing.

I went on not believing, even as I experienced something pretty remarkable (if not downright miraculous).

Over the years, my own attitudes have softened; the more I know about science, the more I realize science doesn’t know.

So if you’re willing to “go there” with us, you’re in for a fascinating glimpse into the heart and mind of a healer.

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