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As part of my October of re-broadcasting some of my favorite episodes that are related to wedding stuff since I’m currently on my honeymoon in Botswana, this chat with my acupuncturist, James Rohr absolutely HAD to be the first chat to re-air, because getting his needles in my meridians were a significant part of my surviving the cray cray wedding process! James’ needles are my first destination when I need to boost my immunity, up my digestion game, alleviate anxiety or even, as you’ll hear, just pump my brakes and take a nap. I usually get some ‘puncture about once a month for general maintenance purposes, but in the last few months leading up to the wedding, I became an every other weeker, and then in the final month, an every weeker!! Not only do I have deep respect and admiration for his work and just acupunct as a whole, but as you’ll surely notice, James totally breaks the mold of what you might think of as a Chinese medicine healer. He’s a freaking funny dude! Half the time I’m with him I’m cracking up on his table, nervous that I’m gonna pop some needles out of me. I’m fortunate, well, we’re fortunate that James, who runs an acupuncture practice here in Brooklyn but also another one in Miami and used to be the head acupuncturist at Canyon Ranch Miami Beach, gave us so much wisdom, time and concrete reasoning behind this totally magical-woowoo-WTF-seeming healing modality that is acupuncture.

You’ll hear:

• Exactly what the eff acupuncture is!
• How this magic-like treatment ACTUALLY works.
• The #1 common ailment James treats that can alleviate so many other ailments.
• Ways you can avoid a bogus acupuncturist.
• That time James left a needle in someone…
• That other time James’ acupuncture treatment knocked a woman up…
• And so much more!

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My guest today is my favorite person on the planet. He’s the avocado to my toast. The kom to my boocha. The massage to my kale. Although I wish he knew how to give me good massages. Today you get to meet my husband, Jesse, and hear our cozy chat about how we don’t let a little tofu come between true love.

If you want to stalk our wedding festivities and see Emily’s gf/v cake masterpiece as referenced in episode 108, or check out Sarah Rose’s natural makeup job like we spoke about in episode 107 or peek at how I did NOT ‘shed for the wed’ as I discussed in episode 59, just search or follow the hashtag #partyinOURplants on Instagram!

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In terms of making my ultimate wedding dream a reality, today’s guest takes the cake. And bakes it. Since that ultimate wedding dream I just spoke of was to be able to eat my own damn wedding cake at my own wedding. Without a stupid belly ache. So since Emily Lael Aumiller, the founder of Lael Cakes and an allergen-free pastry chef extraordinaire makes the world’s best vegan and gluten-free cakes, she’s essentially my wedding fairy godmother! I’m excited to share with you how Emily went from pastry sculpting to cake sculpting, and how through a fateful intervention of a lot of allergies, Emily decided to sculpt cakes those of us who have sensitives systems and/or just prefer not putting crap into our bodies can enjoy with glee!

Emily’s company, Lael Cakes, is a Brooklyn based boutique cake studio that uses her own unique blend of non-gluten flours (don’t worry, I tell you what’s in the blend) to make the perfect pastry flour. It’s incredible how Emily substitutes real food ingredients for refined sugar, saturated fat, and dairy and uses dyes extracted from the natural pigments of fruits and vegetables to give her treats incredible scrumptious vibrant colors.

Press play to drool and hear:

• How the slow food movement (and food allergies) inspired her to create allergen-free pastries
• The gluten-free flour mix Emily invented and swears by
• What happens when you take away all the overly processed ingredients
• The kind of sugar most traditional bakeries use
• How to have self-discipline when you're around cake all day
• Why Emily creates vegan AND non-vegan cakes (and feels good about it)
• A behind-the-scenes peek at how I picked my wedding cake
• How she designs unique cakes for each and every client
• The style of cake that lets Emily's creativity shine through
• How to paint your cake with plants
• Emily's take on the dessert table trend
• Tips for overcoming the gluten-free vegan baking struggle
• And much more!

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My guest today only uses nontoxic attitudes and nontoxic products! And obviously believes in the power of eating non-toxic plant foods. Sarah Rose is a New York City-based Makeup Artist who, after working in the conventional make up industry, became appalled AF at how much pressure the media and beauty industry puts on women to meet the social construct of beauty. She experienced first hand how this drove women's insecurity levels way down and their crappy product purchases way up--and who's to benefit? Certainly not these women--instead, the pockets of these big conglomerate corporations who own most of the industry and even the petrochemical industry! It's one big vicious cycle.So in 2014, Sarah Rose was inspired to shift focus in her practice and she switched over to the good side - completely non-toxic, clean products, all made by smaller, passionate makers while deconstructing one's relationship with beauty. As a self-proclaimed Makeup Therapist, it's her goal to empower her clients to find confidence even barefaced! Without makeup! And by using plant-based skincare mixed with a plant-based diet, Sarah Rose works to empower women through revealing their inner + outer beauty.

Oh! And Sarah Rose also does wedding day make up! She’s doing my wedding makeup in 2 weeks which I couldn’t be more excited for because her M.O. is helping brides naturally shine like their best selves on their wedding day, not look like the most makeup-ed self on their wedding day. Just for funsies I took some photos from our clean wedding make up trial and put them in the show notes alongside photos I took from my shall I say bluntly, TOXIC wedding make up trial photos if you want to take a peeksies at the obvious difference in favor of clean beauty and being a natural bride, you can do so at partyinmyplants.com/107.

Press play to hear:

• How to begin fixing the emotional and physical relationship we have to beauty and makeup
• What the clean beauty industry needs to do better
• What stress is REALLY doing to your skin
• The skin concerns you can't fix without fixing your gut
• How to elevate your everyday look for not-so-everyday events
• The product that helps you fake some inner light
• Whether or not EVERYONE can wear a bold red lip
• Finally figuring out the difference between BB cream, CC cream, and tinted moisturizers
• A non-boring clean beauty history lesson
• Busting myths about the efficacy of clean beauty products
• The absolute BEST places to get your hands on some clean beauty products
• What label doesn't actually mean a product is clean or natural (#sorrynotsorry)
• Some scare tactics to steer you away from conventional beauty products
• Why clean beauty products look more natural than conventional beauty products
• Wedding Day Makeup 101 – prep,

The story of today’s guest is a long and winding and one that involves crime, international borders and an eff ton of breakfast. Ksenia Avdulova is the breakfast eater behind the @breakfastcriminals an award-nominated wellness brand that meticulously manages to merge food with mindfulness. (And dangerously leads to acai and smoothie bowls cravings on the regular.) What started as a whatevs, yolo instagram account devoted to sharing healthy brekkies has since transformed into much more than talking about the mornin’ meal, Ksenia’s now really the leader of a self love and self realization movement who believes that How you start your day is really - how you live your life. (Which explains why she loves to start hers in her signature heart-shaped bowl.) I only thought it was apropos for me to much on my breakfast protein waffles while interviewing Ksenia so if you think you’re hearing chews, you’re not imagining it! It’s me!

Get stoked to hear:

- A twisty-turny immigration story (that totally has to do with breakfast)

- How (and why) Ksenia started making her own acai bowls

- What started Ksenia's self-care journey (featuring a rock icon lookalike)

- Why the most important thing is to enjoy your food and eat mindfully

- How to practice your intuition and decide if you need chocolate or a hug

- What to ask yourself when you're standing in front of all the ice cream

- The traditional way to eat acai bowls (it's not what you see on Instagram)

- Why more superfoods isn't so super

- What sparked Ksenia's passion for authenticity and conscious consumerism on social media

- The reality TV show Ksenia once applied for (!)

- What you should do if you're not into eating in the A.M.

- And lots more!

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In exactly 1 month from when this episode airs, I’ll be waking up as a married lady for the first morning ever! So I figured right now’s the perfect time to share my chat with a couple who is couple goals to the MAX. Sonja and Alex Overhiser, known on the interwebs as A Couple Cooks, are a writer and photographer duo behind the award-nominated food blog, A Couple Cooks, and the co-authors of the inspiring (to me as a soon to be also author) cookbook, Pretty Simple Cooking, which was named one of the “best vegetarian cookbooks” by Epicurious. And which lives on the SPECIAL FAVORITE COOKBOOKS section of my cookbook library, I’d like to add. Their plant-forward approach to eating and their joy-filled approach to cooking, mixed with their humble approach to love is what makes this couple pretty simply awesome. It was tricky tricky business scheduling this interview with BOTH Sonja and Alex but I just couldn’t settle one half of the couple cooks and I’m so thrilled I get to share both of them with you today! I’m also thrilled I got to pick their brain about kitchen tools to register for before it was too late. Mmhm, listen up!

Get excited to hear:

- What inspired A Couple Cooks to actually cook and the first meal they EVER made

- The journey from never cooking to running a successful food blog and writing a cook book

- How to embrace failure in the kitchen and life lessons learned from cooking

- The trick to making food and cooking part of your life without missing out on life

- The appetizers they always put out when people come over

- How their day-job skills translated to the kitchen

- How they learned to share their passion and work together peacefully

- How to not want to use your knives on your loved ones when cooking together

- Whether Alex or Sonja is the better baker and what they make everyday

- What they eat when they don't want to deal with the process of making French toast

- What to do if meal prep is totally not your thing

- How not to be afraid of going to the grocery store

- The simple thing that will make you love your veggies, even Brussels sprouts

- What they wish they would have registered for to stock their kitchen as newlyweds

- The importance of not rushing through cooking and eating

- What they think they're bad at making

- And lots more!

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My guest today knows first hand, and with her other hand too, just how much a personal crisis can be a catalyst for dramatic self and health discovery. Magdalena Wszelaki’s journey with hormone imbalance began with a diagnosis of Graves’ Disease, Hashimoto’s and Adrenal Fatigue. Yuck. 10 years later, doctors diagnosed her with Estrogen Dominance and a dangerously high level of heavy metal toxicity. Not fun. Magdalena Fed up with doctors who wrote her conditions off with a laundry list of pharmaceuticals, Magdalena left her career in advertising to focus full-time on understanding her body, her relationship to food, and develop a new way of eating that would repair and keep her hormones working smoothly. Now she is a holistic health coach who works with women to help them understand their health and get nice and comfy on their paths to wellness.

Some stuff in this episode:

- Covering the autoimmune disease spectrum and the symptoms

- Why teenagers in Papau New Guinea have amazing skin

- The seven foods to cut out if you're feeling like inflammation is a problem

- Bad news about avocados if you've got IBS (sorry!)

- Why you should care about hormones and inflammation

- How to listen to your body and know when it's sending you a message

- What happens when your hormones start going haywire

- The lie we're being told about our periods and PMS

- How to make your period NOT suck

- The three things that are key to your hormone health

- What to eat to support your liver

- The life-changing Farmer's Wife Breakfast

- A simple method that could resolve your PMS issues

- Some signs you might have a thyroid issue even if the markers came back okay

-And lots more!

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I may not get to bring one of the adorable OG golden girls on my podcast, but I’d say the golden girl of wellness (as crowned by Elle) is an even more perfect guest. Said golden girl of wellness is Candice Kumai who is an internationally-renowned wellness writer, former line cook, former tv host, former-model, TV personality, five-time best-selling author, fellow Williamsburg dweller and incredible planty chef. Candice sits on The Well+Good Council and was recently named one of Arianna Huffington’s “Top 20 New Role Models in 2017.” Yeah, ok, NBD. Well, big deal is her latest book that’s all about celebrating and sharing her Japanese culture and traditions - both in cuisine (matcha, miso and soba OH MY!) and in self-care wisdom (kintsugi, wab-isabi, okinawa, huh?)! Ok, I’m so excited for you to hear this chat, HYAH!

Press play to hear:

- Candice's go-to smoothie of the moment

- A super simple tip to help you get healthier right now

- What Candice doesn't want to write about ever again

- The importance of embracing and celebrating your heritage

- The attitude that *might* help Okinawan women live more than 100 years

- How Candice balances it all out when she's feeling overwhelmed

- Why it's so important to celebrate imperfections

- How to ask for what you need (and actually get it)

- The Japanese ingredients you need to be cooking with

- The one self-care practice that has helped Candice the most

- How Candice shows and doesn't tell on social media

- And plenty more!

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In this episode, you’ll slurp up my best advice for doing an occasional single day only juice party (also known as a 1-day juice cleanse). I’m spilling all I know about having that party feel so good you’ll want to pull an all-nighter. (Like have the 1-day juice cleanse lead into more plant eating the next day.) You know what? Enough analogies. THIS EPISODE IS ABOUT HOW TO DO A 1-DAY JUICE CLEANSE (LIKE IT AIN’T NO THANG).

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My guest today is so passionate about drinking plant-packed juices that he dubbed himself the “Juice Guru” which you’d think might be a bold title until you see how boldly Steve Prussack actually lives up to it! In addition to shooting plant drinks into his body every day, he and his wife Julie help over 100,000 dedicate juicees do the same. They’re the creators of Juice Guru, a business dedicated to spreading the message about juicing for healthy living and they’re the founders of the accredited Juice Guru Academy, which offers courses in juice therapy and health education, and trains juice coaches around the world. Steve’s the award-winning host of "Juice Guru Radio" which I had the pleasure of being featured on! Woot woot! And he and Juice are the authors of the bestselling book: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Juice Fasting, another book: Juice Guru - Transform Your Life by Adding One Juice a Day and the brand spankin’ new book: Juice Guru's Juicing for Rapid Weight Loss. That’s a lot of juice. I kinda have to pee already. I’m gonna go do that and you listen to this truly wonderful chat about how a juice a day can maybe, actually change your life.

Get juiced to hear:

- What literally came out of Steve's fingers during his first juice cleanse

- How often you should do a juice cleanse

- What you shouldn't do after a cleanse so you actually get all the benefits

- The reason you need to drink your juice on an empty stomach

- Whether or not you can sub a green smoothie for a green juice

- The difference between cold-pressed, high-pressure processed, and pasteurization

- How drinking one green juice a day can improve your health

- Where people go wrong with juicing and how to fix it

- The Juice Guru Template and the go-to ingredients you can keep in stock

- What to pair with your green juice if you don't want to lose weight

- Combatting some of the negative press about juice

- Where to put all that pulp from juicing

- The easy recipe for juicing without a juicer

- AND MORE!!!

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