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PYP 102: Nelson Campbell on Bottom-Up Revolutions that Transcend Left and Right

nelson-campbellNelson Campbell is the eldest son of Dr. T. Colin Campbell, co-author of The China Study, and author of Whole, and The Low Carb Fraud. (I helped with those last two.) For the past two years, Nelson has been quietly working on a remarkable project with the potential to change everything for the better.

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It's a documentary film that explores why, if a plant-based diet is so good for us, aren't we told about it by our doctors, our media, and our government. And it's a strategy for a follow-on grassroots movement that doesn't rely on politicians, billionaires, or media outlets to promote (or even approve of).

The film, PlantPure Nation, is currently in pre-release, which probably means something in Hollywood. It's scheduled for official release on, fittingly enough, July 4, 2015. And Nelson and the crew need our help to spread the word and turn the film into a catalyst for a bottom-up health revolution.

The Kickstarter Campaign ends on Thursday, May 14, 2015, at 11:41am. We fast-tracked this interview (posting within a couple hours of recording, which is a workflow that I hope never to repeat) so you would have a chance to contribute (and get some nice swag in the process) and share this opportunity with your social networks, digital and local.

In our conversation, Nelson and I cover:

  • why most people have never been told about the profound benefits of plant-based eating
  • why now is the time to challenge the trillion-dollar industries who benefit from the status quo
  • why top-down change almost never works
  • lessons from Nelson's activism in small-town North Carolina communities
  • how to get conservatives and liberals to agree (hint: they already do, on the important stuff)
  • what it's like to go on a 5-week caravan tour with 81-year-old T. Colin Campbell
  • “having no enemies” – how to tell a controversial story without alienating cattle farmers, or anyone else
  • how we can each help ensure the success and impact of PlantPure Nation
  • and much more…

Enjoy, add your voice to the conversation via the comment box below, and please share – that's how we spread our message and spread our roots.

Links

The PlantPure Nation Kickstarter Campaign

The PlantPure Nation Website

 

Dr Howie Jacobson

This podcast is a labor of love and a way to give back to the world that has given me so much. That's why there aren't any sponsors (except me :).

My day job is helping leaders and their teams master their mindsets to remove all obstacles to heart-centered high performance.

Here are three gigs that I do:

1. Executive and Senior Leadership Mentoring and Facilitation

I work with high performing executive teams in organizations — and executive teams that need to become high  performing. My focus is mindset mastery, because it’s our mindsets that either support high performance or get in the way.

At this level, everyone’s got the skills and experience to excel and contribute at the highest level. What holds people back is mindset stuff: specifically the triggers that get them out of creative engagement and into fight-or-flight defensiveness.

My practice is all about teaching people to respond differently to those triggers by updating old maps — essentially removing the glitches that the triggers grab onto.

2. Executive Coaching: Quick Wins for High Performance

I work with individual executives and leaders, one on one. The program is called Quick Wins for High Performance, and what we do is, we work strategically on one or two areas that are holding you back and keeping you from performing at your best.

We reverse engineer the presenting problems — too much work and not enough time, underperforming employees and teams, maddening organizational inefficiencies, etc — and identify and rewire the suboptimal mindsets that are behind those problems.

The work is all about updating your mental maps so your actions and responses are always appropriate, proportionate, and strategic.

3. High Stakes Conversations for Fast Growing Small Business Teams

I help small business teams have high stakes conversations with skill, humor, and grace. When people feel safe, they can do their best, most creative, most collaborative work.

So that's what I do. If you'd like any of those results, drop me a line and tell me about yourself.

You CAN Change Other People!

Well, that's what Peter Bregman and I claim in our provocative book of that title.

What we really mean is, you can bring out the best in the people around you. If you think you're powerless to help people change, it's because you've been going about it the wrong way.

Discover our straightforward, replicable process here: You Can Change Other People.

 

Music

The Plant Yourself Podcast theme music, “Dance of Peace (Sabali Don),” is generously provided by Will Ridenour, a kora player from North Carolina who has trained with top Senegalese musicians.

It can be found on his first CD, titled Will Ridenour.

You can learn about Will, listen to more tracks, and buy music on his website, WillRidenour.com.

Gratitudes

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4 comments on “PYP 102: Nelson Campbell on Bottom-Up Revolutions that Transcend Left and Right

  1. By way of an intro, in case you do not know, Howie, who authored with me the book, “Whole”, is incredibly talented when it comes to creative writing–the best there is.

    1. Howard says:

      Thanks, Dr. C!

  2. David Sax says:

    I look forward to the opportunity to be able see the Film. I’m tempted to visit Seattle just to be able to see it. I was just speaking to a friend who went to a SIYLI workshop last week and discussing the merits of bottom-up change – individuals that have meaning & purpose to their actions. I look forward to hearing more from Dr Campbell on a future podcast!

  3. David Sax says:

    I look forward to the opportunity to be able see the Film. I’m tempted to visit Seattle just to be able to see it. I was just speaking to a friend who went to a SIYLI workshop last week and discussing the merits of bottom-up change – individuals that have meaning & purpose to their actions. I look forward to hearing more from Nelson on a future podcast!

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