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Rachel Hoffman is what happens when a professional bossy person is also a messy person. Rachel’s the founder of (pardon my french but get used to it because it’s the name of her brand and we talk about it a lot): Unf*ck Your Habitat, and she is the author of a book by the same name. Her thang is motivating regular peeps to get up, start cleaning, and get their lives in order because she really believes that our home should be somewhere where we’re comfortable and enjoy being in. I believe that, too. But I can’t believe we had such a fun conversation about cleaning! Seriously! You’re about to hear Rachel drop a ton of knowledge bombs that’ll help your home look less like a bomb exploded in it! That’s what my mom always used to say about my room growing up. Oh and we get into mommy issues in this chat, too! FUN!

 

You’ll hear:

 

• The secret myth of the Instagram-perfect home.
• The brilliant and LOL and BLEEP blend of Marie Kondo meets Thug Kitchen method of organization!
• How to apply the Pomodoro technique to cleaning your house.
• Justification for the difficulty of putting on a new roll of toilet paper. You’re so welcome!
• The life-changing magic of getting to sink zero.
• How keeping a bowl in the right place might make you cook more.
• How to not ruin cleaning for life for your kids.
• And lots more!!

 

Links related to this episode:

The full show notes with all the deets from this episode!

Where to buy Four Sigmatic Shroom Products and save 15% with code: “PARTYINMYPLANTS”

Get my FREE #EATMOREPLANTS course!

Where you can go to submit a question for the show!

Where I’d much appreciate you leaving a review for the show in iTunes!!

How to work 1-on-1 with me!

Where you can go to suggest a guest (yourself or someone else) for the show!

Party in My Plants on Instagram

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Party in My Plants’ Cooking Videos on YouTube

Audio Producer Of The Show - Oleksandr Hedz

Today’s guest knows a thing or two or 52 about how to live a kickass life. (She wrote a book called “52 Ways to Live a Kickass Life” so that one was way too easy.) But just like you are what you eat, Andrea Owen definitely is what she writes about, which is life kicker-asser and a not-feeling-like-shitter. (Her new book is called “How to Stop Feeling Like Shit.” Very literal titles. I’m into it.) Andrea is writer, mentor and life coach who helps high-achieving ladies let go of control and choose courage and confidence instead of letting their inner critics call the shots. She’s also a retired roller derby player who subtly hinted in this chat that she may come out of retirement. You heard it here first, folks! And if you don’t know much about what roller derby is, don’t worry, I ask. This is a great episode for those of us who spend way too much time comparing ourselves to others, as well as for those of us who love crying to Natalie Imbrulgia’s song TORN.

 

Press play to hear:

 

• How Andrea found her calling on the internet.
• How to just be with your thoughts.
• What to do about social media + comparison + the fact that both make us feel like shit!
• Advice for shutting down your inner critic’s bullshit.
• What imposter syndrome, overachieving, and people pleasing have in common...
• Why it’s muy bueno to say “yes!” to saying “no!” :)
• How to have more fun as a grown-up. Yep.

 

Links related to this episode:

The full show notes with all the deets from this episode!

Where to get Sunwarrior - my favorite plant-protein powder- for 15% off with code: PARTYINMYPLANTS at checkout

Scope out the exciting and impressive curriculum for The Institute for Integrative Nutrition!

Get my FREE #EATMOREPLANTS course!

Where you can go to submit a question for the show!

Where I’d much appreciate you leaving a review for the show in iTunes!!

How to work 1-on-1 with me!

Where you can go to suggest a guest (yourself or someone else) for the show!

Party in My Plants on Instagram

Party in My Plants on Facebook

Party in My Plants’ Cooking Videos on YouTube

Audio Producer Of The Show - Oleksandr Hedz

My guest today is a lovely lady whom I warmly refer to as The Fairy Godmother of Low FODMAPs. She refers to herself as a registered and licensed dietitian, New York Times bestselling author and specialist in a low FODMAP diet and digestive health conditions, but I think The Fairy Godmother of Low FODMAPs sums it up rather nicely. I’ve received so many podcast question submissions about the increasingly trendy low FODMAP diet and I wanted to bring on the best of the best to give us the lowdown. Well, Kate is the best of the best and not just because I say so, or because Boston Magazine awarded her the best dietitian award in 2016 but also because she literally just co-authored the low fodmap roadmap called The Low Fodmap Diet Step by Step! So get ready to finally figure out this whole fodmap thingy majiggy, which might hopefully help your stomach if you struggle or just help you understand WTF this F-O-D-M-A-P lingo is all actually A-B-O-U-T.

 

Gut ready to hear….

- How an emergency surgery changed the way Kate eats

- Why “dry doody balls” aren’t actually very funny!

- What the hell are FODMAPs and what it even means.

- And also why you shouldn’t just randomly start a low FODMAP diet.

- The keys to low FODMAP success in the real world.

- And loads more!

 

Links related to this episode:

The full show notes with all the deets from this episode!

Where to buy Four Sigmatic Shroom Products and save 15% with code: “PARTYINMYPLANTS”

Get my FREE #EATMOREPLANTS course!

Where you can go to submit a question for the show!

Where I’d much appreciate you leaving a review for the show in iTunes!!

How to work 1-on-1 with me!

Where you can go to suggest a guest (yourself or someone else) for the show!

Party in My Plants on Instagram

Party in My Plants on Facebook

Party in My Plants’ Cooking Videos on YouTube

Audio Producer Of The Show - Oleksandr Hedz

My guest today used to freak out about food, her body, and not being perfect enough. It sucked. Simi Botic nearly ruined a lot of great big events in her life like her proposal (which we talk about) and her honeymoon (which we also talk about) by giving way too many craps about her body. But Simi freaks out a lot less now. Simi broke up with perfection, and in this episode, we dive all the way into how she did that and what the heck that even means. This isn’t an arbitrary conversion, by the way, helping give up perfectionism about their diet and exercise is exactly what Simi does for a living! In addition to being a coach, Simi just came out with a magnificent, hilarious and heartfelt book called “Letting Go of Leo,” which is truly so good that one night I delayed watching The Bachelor read Simi’s book in bed. I hope you know how many volumes that speaks….or big volumes that speaks? Or loud volumes it speaks?   Press play to hear:   How to let your mess become your success. How to stop focusing on being perfect all the time! Why to see failures as feedback and opportunities for growth. An argument for taking yourself to couples counseling! How to exercise your right to stop freaking out about exercise... What Mother Teresa, Sarah Silverman, and Simi have in common. A very important rule about birthday cake! And LOTS more.   Links related to this episode: The full show notes with all the deets from this episode! Where to buy Four Sigmatic Shroom Products and save 15% with code: “PARTYINMYPLANTS” Get my FREE #EATMOREPLANTS course! Where you can go to submit a question for the show! Where I’d much appreciate you leaving a review for the show in iTunes!! How to work 1-on-1 with me! Where you can go to suggest a guest (yourself or someone else) for the show! Party in My Plants on Instagram Party in My Plants on Facebook Party in My Plants’ Cooking Videos on YouTube Audio Producer Of The Show - Oleksandr Hedz

My guest today is a gut’s best friend. And probably after listening to this you’ll want her to be your personal best friend, too. Robyn Youkilis, a health coach, a wellness expert, a TV personality (my dream) an author and a speaker who is known for her straightforward yet supportive style. And she’s known for her adorable daughter who steals the show of her social media. Robyn’s remarkably passionate about helping peeps go with their gut (that’s the name of her first book) and becoming thin from within (that’s the name of her second book).

 

GUT excited to hear:

 

• A full double-confession of some stuff we stole as children!
• The big, inspiring body-love turning point she had right before getting pregnant.
• How you find your intuitive food voice.
• How to utilize “a morning minute” and what the heck that is.
• What “going with your gut” means. (Hint: it’s two-fold.)
• How and why to eat more fermented foods.
• Why chewing is chief.
• Why peeps even NOT struggling specifically with gut issues should give a crap about gut health.
• And loads more!

 

Links related to this episode:

The full show notes with all the deets from this episode!

Where to get Sunwarrior - my favorite plant-protein powder- for 15% off with code: PARTYINMYPLANTS at checkout

Scope out the exciting and impressive curriculum for The Institute for Integrative Nutrition!

Get my FREE #EATMOREPLANTS course!

Where you can go to submit a question for the show!

Where I’d much appreciate you leaving a review for the show in iTunes!!

How to work 1-on-1 with me!

Where you can go to suggest a guest (yourself or someone else) for the show!

Party in My Plants on Instagram

Party in My Plants on Facebook

Party in My Plants’ Cooking Videos on YouTube

Audio Producer Of The Show - Oleksandr Hedz

Today’s guest knows a thing or two or twenty about struggling with her health. Over the last decade, Amie Valpone and her body have been through quite a lot (think: Lyme disease, PCOS, colitis, parasites, pathogens, Candida, Mold toxicity, Heavy metal toxicity, Hypothyroidism, Leaky gut, SIBO, chronic hormonal imbalances, edema and even more) so through it all she’s simply had to become the #1 advocate for her own health. That’s why she’s so damn passionate about helping others heal their bodies holistically, or even prevent the need for healing their bodies holistically by living holistically. She’s a health coach, a Functional Medicine Nutrition & Wellness expert and the author of the wonderful book, Eating Clean. And annoyingly enough, even though Amie and I both live in the big APPLE (Yes her website, thehealthyapple.com came from the fact that she’s healthfully living in The Big Apple) but even though we’re both here in NYC, our internet connection was weirdly..umm..terrible. So please pardon the robot sounds between Amie’s words of healthy wisdom.

 

Get ready to hear:

 

• What eating clean actually means and how it relates to anti-inflammatory eating.
• Some of the super anti-inflammatory foods Amie’s obsessed with.
• The detox conversation. We had it.
• Want proof of the mind-body connection? Amie’s got your proof.
• How to get back in touch with your body. Here are real life tasks to try!
• A pep talk to stop stressing about organics and actually LIVE.
• And loads more!

 

 

Links related to this episode:

The full show notes with all the deets from this episode!

Get my FREE #EATMOREPLANTS course!

Where you can go to submit a question for the show!

Where I’d much appreciate you leaving a review for the show in iTunes!!

How to work 1-on-1 with me!

Where you can go to suggest a guest (yourself or someone else) for the show!

Party in My Plants on Instagram

Party in My Plants on Facebook

Party in My Plants’ Cooking Videos on YouTube

Audio Producer Of The Show - Oleksandr Hedz

Todays guest is peaceful AF but not preachy AF, which is unique and awesome for a meditation expert, enthusiast and entrepreneur. Ellie Burrows is the founder of MNDFL -- a collection of meditation studios sprawled throughout NYC. Ellie grew up in La La Land and was raised in a family in the entertainment business. She decided to go into film because she thought a lot of happiness waited for her there, but she never felt fulfilled and happy in Hollywood the same way her fam did. So she literally went soul searching or as she calls it, she became a spiritual tourist, and discovered the magic and simplicity of meditation. Rather than sparknotes her entire story, I think I should stop talking now and her Ellie do that because otherwise what would be the point of listening to the episode if I tell you everything in this bio, right? So press play to hear Ellie tell her story and remind us that meditation doesn’t necessarily mean plopping your butt on a fancy cushion.

 

You’ll hear:

 

• How Ellie went from a career in the film industry to now running a meditation business!
• What she awesomely means by “following the crumbs.” And why you prob want to follow your crumbs, too!
• How Ellie defines meditation and the diff between mindfulness vs. meditation.
• The 3 C’s to starting a meditation practice.
• The type of meditation that I do daily :-)
• How to make your meditation PORTABLE. (No butts on pillows required.)
• And lots more!

 

Links related to this episode:

The full show notes with all the deets from this episode!

Where to buy Four Sigmatic Shroom Products and save 15% with code: “PARTYINMYPLANTS”

Get my FREE #EATMOREPLANTS course!

Where you can go to submit a question for the show!

Where I’d much appreciate you leaving a review for the show in iTunes!!

How to work 1-on-1 with me!

Where you can go to suggest a guest (yourself or someone else) for the show!

Party in My Plants on Instagram

Party in My Plants on Facebook

Party in My Plants’ Cooking Videos on YouTube

Audio Producer Of The Show - Oleksandr Hedz

McKel Hill, a superstar dietician and the founder of the powerhouse wellness brand called Nutrition Stripped has been stripping down the complex topic of nutrition for five epic years now! In those five years, she’s written a cookbook, launched a robust society (not a secret one though), operates a thriving coaching practice, built a shop of super adorbs planty t-shirts and sexy stationary, and has brought knowledge and inspiration to millions and millions of health-seeking peeps. For someone whose senior high school superlative was to be “the Next Picasso,” she’s really been rocking the “next impressive and stylish entrepreneur female judge on Shark Tank” superlative these days, too. Here’s my chat with her about how she balances it all while keeping her body healthy and her plant eating on fleek!

 

Press play to hear:

• Her never-shared-on-a-podcast-before (I’m assuming...don’t fact check me) story of how she got engaged to a dude with the same name as my engaged dude!
• What she says when people complain about their hubby, roomie, etc. not wanting to also eat healthfully.
• How she created her massive brand “Nutrition Stripped.”
• Why she believes that “nutrition found her.”
• Her food philosophy in a nutshell...which coincidentally involves nuts.
• How to balance balance.
• Why she routinely strives to be uncomfortable (and why I think that’s a key to her major success!).
• Why she also strives to adhere to a morning routine to be comfortable (and why she says that’s a key to HER major success!).
• And lots more.

 

Links related to this episode:

The full show notes with all the deets from this episode!

Where to buy Four Sigmatic Shroom Products and save 15% with code: “PARTYINMYPLANTS”

Get my FREE #EATMOREPLANTS course!

Where you can go to submit a question for the show!

Where I’d much appreciate you leaving a review for the show in iTunes!!

How to work 1-on-1 with me!

Where you can go to suggest a guest (yourself or someone else) for the show!

Party in My Plants on Instagram

Party in My Plants on Facebook

Party in My Plants’ Cooking Videos on YouTube

Audio Producer Of The Show - Oleksandr Hedz

My guest today is a badass and a half. By day, Isabel Foxen Duke helps women stop feeling crazy around food - specifically women who are trapped in “diet land.” And by night, she practices what she preaches, which is intuitive eating, health at every size and filtering her social media to maintain a positive body image. She also eats a lot of Burmese food, which, in case you dunno, means grub from various regions of Myanmar. I could’ve talked with Isabel for hours and hours, which is why this episode is especially long, because as you’ll hear, I needed my own crash course in diet culture with a side of fat phobia 101. I am so jazzed up about the work Isabel does and I love more than anything her tell-it-to-em-straight, no BS tude, dude! K, now grab a healthy snack, put on your suspenders and nudge those nerdy glasses up your nose because school is in session.

 

Get excited to hear:

 

• How being put on a diet at age THREE affected Isabel’s relationship to food from prettttty much the very start of her life.
• What the deal is with “health at every size” and how it could legit change your life and your relationship with your body.
• Isabel’s crystal clear and helpful definition of “binge eating” which made my use of the word seem rather ridiculous.
• How to get started with intuitive eating!
• Fat phobia 101.
• The verrrrry finite difference between dieting and “making healthy choices.”
• Some practice ways you can work to improve yo’ body image.
• And LOADS more!

 

Links related to this episode:

The full show notes with all the deets from this episode!

Where to get Sunwarrior - my favorite plant-protein powder- for 15% off with code: PARTYINMYPLANTS at checkout

Get my FREE #EATMOREPLANTS course!

Where you can go to submit a question for the show!

Where I’d much appreciate you leaving a review for the show in iTunes!!

How to work 1-on-1 with me!

Where you can go to suggest a guest (yourself or someone else) for the show!

Party in My Plants on Instagram

Party in My Plants on Facebook

Party in My Plants’ Cooking Videos on YouTube

Audio Producer Of The Show - Oleksandr Hedz

I love this episode. Partly because my guest’s story is so rich that I basically took the day off from speaking when we recorded it which was chill, but mostly because my guest’s story proves the superpowers of plants. Ashley Wood, a plant-based nutrition advocate, writer and the host of the brand new podcast, The Good People Podcast, experienced how healing plants can be when she used them (instead of using butt skin - inside joke. Which you’ll get when you get into the inside of this episode.) to miraculously heal herself from a terrible accident and again to miraculously grow a baby in her body. So sit back, sip or snack on some plants and hear this woman’s really cool story that’ll surely get you giddy about partying in your plants!

 

You’ll hear:

• How walking up a foreign staircase changed Ashley’s life forever.
• The onion ring incident that tested and then proved the healing power of plants.
• Ashley’s birthing mantra which I actually want to adopt to my non-giving-birth daily life.
• Tips for getting your kids to actually enjoy eating healthfully!
• Some simple everyday recipes she thrives on, why simple is super and how you can eat more plants more simply :-)
• And plenty more!

 

Links related to this episode:

The full show notes with all the deets from this episode!

Where to buy Four Sigmatic Shroom Products and save 15% with code: “PARTYINMYPLANTS”

Get my FREE #EATMOREPLANTS course!

Where you can go to submit a question for the show!

Where I’d much appreciate you leaving a review for the show in iTunes!!

How to work 1-on-1 with me!

Where you can go to suggest a guest (yourself or someone else) for the show!

Party in My Plants on Instagram

Party in My Plants on Facebook

Party in My Plants’ Cooking Videos on YouTube

Audio Producer Of The Show - Oleksandr Hedz