My talk for the Detroit-based Plant Based Nutrition Support Group is now available on Vimeo for your viewing pleasure. My segment starts at about 28 and a half minutes into the video. Enjoy!
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Josh LaJaunie is, by his own admission, a simple Bayou coonass who discovered plants and running, and transformed his life. His backstory is well documented in a couple of Rich Roll Podcasts, which you should drop everything and listen to if you don’t know Josh yet (links below).
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At various times in my life, I’ve felt like I was hitting my head against the universe.
Struggling to figure out what to do next. Stuck in a house and neighborhood that wasn’t right for us. Navigating a conflict between duty and pleasure. That sort of thing.
And eventually, I would call my friend Mark Leuchten and ask him to help me “figure things out.
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Marta Zaraska is the author of Meathooked: The History and Science of Our 2.5-Million-Years Obsession with Meat, which was just published this year (2016).
Marta writes about science and health for some of the most influential and prestigious publications, including Scientific American, The Atlantic, and the Washington Post. And now that she’s been published on the Plant Yourself Podcast, I suppose she’s reached the height of achievement 😉
Read MorePart 1: DO When we want to change our destiny, we start by changing our behavior. Hence DO. I’ve literally wasted years of my life planning, pondering, weighing my options, thinking, considering, evaluating, and anticipating instead of doing. There’s nothing wrong with thinking, of course. Nothing wrong with planning, with anticipating mishaps and preparing for them….
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Olivia Kelly is CEO of WellStart Health, a startup wellness company whose foundation is a plant-centered diet. Armed with a “why not me?” attitude, a background in fitness and health, and a dream, Olivia co-founded WellStart Health to change the game in corporate wellness and healthcare.
Read MoreDuring a run around the reservoir in Central Park this morning, I talked shop with one of my favorite doctors, Mary Wendt. Mary is the founder of Get Waisted, and deploys an awful lot of science and psychology in her quest to help people achieve a healthy weight. At one point, she brought up the…
Read MoreHalf a mile into my 8-mile run, the dawn fog reveals a row of glistening teeth ahead. As I slow, the teeth resolve into a snarl of incisors at the tip of an enraged, feral beast the size of a roided out badger. As I freeze and contemplate my getaway, another runner breezes past us. The…
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