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Psychology

Achieving Behavior Change Through Pleasure and Positivity with Sid Garza-Hillman: PYP 215

June 20, 2017

Sid Garza-Hillman is one of the world’s great bald plant-based podcasters of Jewish origin. He’s also a remarkably savvy and sane health coach, and a funny and frank philosopher of what constitutes a good life.

We met in person in Marshall, TX, during Healthfest, and found ourselves agreeing on lots of things that almost nobody agrees with us on. So deciding we were kindred spirits, we planned a podcast conversation around the state of plant-based practice and advocacy in 2017.

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Avoiding Burnout and Achieving Peak Performance with Bradley Stulberg: PYP 213

June 5, 2017

Bradley Stulberg and Steve Magness know a lot about burnout. They were up-and-comers in their respective fields – consulting and running – and neither managed to live up to their early promise. Both “burned out,” losing interest, passion, and the performance edge they had honed through years of hard work and deliberate practice.

As they rebuilt their lives, they both gravitated to the field of high performance. Wondering what happened, perhaps, and seeking a way to turn things around for themselves and others.

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Overcoming Addiction with Adam and Lecia Sud: PYP 209

May 9, 2017

Adam Sud is only 34 years old and he’s already battled against obesity, type II diabetes, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, drug addiction, fast food addiction, and severe depression.

Once weighing over 300 pounds, he had lost all interest in life. Addicted to fast food and prescription drugs, Adam dug himself out with plant-based nutrition, after attending an Immersion with Rip Esselstyn.

Having reversed all of his chronic health conditions and losing 160 pounds, Adam is now health coach for the Whole Foods Market Medical and Wellness Clinic in Austin, Texas.

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Chris Voss on Negotiating with Others and Ourselves: PYP 208

May 1, 2017

Chris Voss learned negotiation in one of the most high-stakes professions possible: as a lead international hostage negotiator for the FBI. Having learned from the super-smart, super-rational Harvard negotiation experts, Chris quickly discovered that humans are not rational, and that principles and tactics that work with Rational Humans (a fictitious species) do not reliably work with Real Humans.

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Brian Kateman on Reducing Animal Consumption by Building a Big Tent: PYP 204

April 3, 2017

Brian Kateman is cofounder of the burgeoning Reducetarian movement, and one of the bright young stars in the fight to save humanity, animals, and planet earth from spiraling into an unredeemable mess.

Brian reached out to me about a year ago, sharing a modest vision for an edited book designed not to turn ordinary people into vegetarians or vegans, but simply to encourage and empower them to eat less meat.

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Overcoming Guilt and Shame with Michael Edelstein: PYP 203

March 27, 2017

Michael Edelstein, PhD, returns to the podcast to help me wrap my mind around two of my most faithful mind-companions, guilt and shame. Dr. Edelstein is a clinical psychologist, and author of the most excellent self-help book, Three Minute Therapy.

He’s also a student of the great Dr. Albert Ellis, founder of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), one of the foundational contributions to cognitive behavior therapy (CBT).

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Don’t Curse Yourself Out: Three Ways to Get Unstuck and Dump Your Dysfunctional Habits

March 24, 2017

One of the ways we keep ourselves stuck in damaging behavior patterns is by using language that predicts future failure. Some examples: “I always blow my diet on vacation.” “I’m not a morning person.” “I hate exercise.” “Evening is my horrible time.” “I avoid conflict, so I end up eating what everyone else is eating even…

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How to get your family to support your health transformation – without begging or getting angry

March 14, 2017

When one person in a family takes that first scary, courageous step toward wellness, you would think that everyone else in the family would be supportive.

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Caring for Our Bodies as Temples of Spirit with Nalida Besson: PYP 201

March 13, 2017

Nalida Lacet Besson wasn’t so concerned about weighing 240 pounds or passing the occasional painful gallstone. What got her attention in the summer of 2013 was a physical malaise so complete and overwhelming, she believed she was dying.

Everything hurt, including her skin. It was as if her body were saying, “I’ve had enough of this. Time to rest.”

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Scott Carney on Extreme Cold and Facing the World as It Is: PYP 197

February 14, 2017

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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Hi, I’m Howard Jacobson, host of the Plant Yourself Podcast, co-author of You Can Change Other People and Sick to Fit, and co-founder of WellStart Health Coach Academy.

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