Today’s guest has been a women’s health advocate, journalist and hormone educator for over 30 years! That’s more years than I’ve been….a person. Candace Burch is extremely passionate about using hormone testing to detect and correct hormone imbalances in women so all the bummer symptoms of hormonal imbalances, which Candace lays out in this chat, can go away. I gotta say - I very much appreciate what she does because us gals gotta stick together! You know? And get rid of our hormonal imbalances...together.   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

The moment that engagement ring slid onto my finger, I experienced two major immediate thoughts about my appearance. The first had to do with my nail (gotta stop leaving those things high and dry and chipped and shaped like spears!) the second had to do with my “body image.” The latter of which this episode is about.   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

Today’s guest is one of the chosen ones. Way before he was born, 13 generations before he was born, in fact, his destiny was set: he was chosen to be FUN-GUY that helps take medicinal mushrooms mainstream. And that’s just what Tero Isokauppila, the founder of the popular mushroom company, Four Sigmatic, has done. Deliciously, I might add. If you follow me on Instagram you’ve surely seen my fondness for the shroom, but in this chat you’ll hear about the functionality of the shroom. And the science behind it. And the way that Tero and his team at Four Sigmatic actually makes mushroom teas that don’t MAKE you gag and actually MAKE you feel like a better, stronger, well-er version of yourself. And why, even though they won’t make you hallucinate, Tero considers mushrooms *MAGIC.*   Get ready to hear:   How, for Tero, mushrooms are basically ninja turtles. What an ADAPTOGEN really is. (And FYI, it’s REALLY cool.) Why mushrooms are really really good for you. And which ones you might wanna start with. The real reason I crave mushrooms so hard since I’ve started drinking them. (And no it’s not because I’m “addicted.”) Even though they won’t make you hallucinate, Tero considers mushrooms *MAGIC.* This is why. How Four Sigmatic actually makes mushroom tea that doesn’t make you gag. And much 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

My awesome buddy ‘ol pal ‘ol international speaker, coach and bestselling author Shannon Kaiser is back today talking about something as deep as it gets -- self love. This is not just a woowoo buzzword, my friend, it’s actually something that’s really really important. I was stoked to sit down with Shannon to chat about her fourth book, The Self Love Experiment, the book that makes her all glowy when she talks about it! And for good reason - it’s all about discovering self love. Why the self-love experiment? Instead of the self-love project or self-love journey or self-love principles? Well you’ll have to listen to find out. Cliffhanger. Also a cliffhanger, is self-love actually achievable for US ALL? …… (Spoiler: yes, duh, that’s what this is all about!)   Press play to hear:   What a self-love experiment is and how you can do one! No beakers involved! The shocking percentage of people who hate something about themselves, and how you can work on lowering that percentage. How you can actually lose weight while still loving your body. My wildly honest and probably very relatable leg insecurity story. How to get back to self-love when you feel the opposite. And so much awesome-ness more!   Links related to this episode: The full show notes with all the deets from this episode! Where to buy Amazing Grass goodies and save 40% with code: PLANTPARTY40 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

Today’s guest is an expert in sweet potatoes. She’s also an enthusiast of them. She’s also a spokesperson for them! Jenné Claiborne, the creator of sweetpotatosoul.com is a vegan chef, YouTuber, blogger and author of the upcoming (or already published! If you’re listening to this after February 2018) cookbook: Sweet Potato Soul. I wonder how they came up with that title. What’s amazing and admirable about Jenné (well, many things are) but one thing is that she came to plant-based eating (or really veganism, as you’ll hear she prefers to call it) for animal rights reasons and THEN miraculously reaped the health and happiness effects. My experience has been the exact opposite, and it was pretty cool to chat with an ethical vegan who doesn’t want to rip my head off when we talk about that! I also admire Jenné’s pure love for the bean. And of course we talk about ways to prevent the dreaded bean toot….yes, it’s quite a hoot. Press play to hear:  What Buddha Bowls are, how to make one and why you should even care! Some reasons why plants are wayyy better for the environment than meat. Smart, easy ways for plant-eaters to get their protein! (And cook it.) (And also, not care so much about it.) What it means when you can’t eat beans. (And how to stop the tooting!) Jenné’s epic road trip and how she stayed healthy (and vegan) during it! And so much 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

Today is a quickie episode to answer to a biggie question: WHAT. IS. COLLAGEN?! Like seriously, what IS IT? Surely if you’ve spent a couple minutes on Instagram you’ve seen loads of peeps dumping this power called collagen in their smoothies, or maybe you’ve had someone recommend it to you. I’ll bet you smiled and nodded, or liked the instagram post and scrolled wondering silently, “WHAT IS COLLAGEN?!” I’m not saying this question was like eating you up inside, you know, I hardly doubt you were losing sleep over not knowing about collagen, but I do think you’ll feel pretty powerful after hearing the answer. Ok - maybe not powerful, but it’s always good to know things. That’s why I brought on a collagen spokesperson (a PR manager for Vital Proteins, the groundbreaking and mega popular collagen company) to share the scoop on what’s in their scoop! Whether you decide to try collagen after this or you decide to skip this bandwagon hopping for now, we can all agree on one thing: if you’re at trivia and the question WHAT IS COLLAGEN? comes up, you are good to go! You’re welcome.   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

Full disclosure: my longest experience with working in a true office place has been through watching well…The Office. A few times though. So that’s kind of a long time. But that’s not IRL. Which is why I wanted to bring on today’s guest who is an expert in eating plants in a pantsuit! Or in whatever else you wear to an office. Tracie Kendziora is a health coach whose bread and vegan butter is helping peeps eat cleaner in their cubicle. After working in an office (a real one, with real cubicles) for a decade and maintaining a plant-party diet for the majority of it, Tracie knows a thing or two about how balancing work with wellness - and not making clean eating a second full-time job. I don’t say this often but stay tuned through the end of the episode to hear a cool surprise!! And no, don’t just fast forward to the end for the surprise - that’s lame. You’re cooler than that. You’ll hear: The most important thing to NOT do before a meeting. ACTUALLY why your coworkers make you feel guilty about your salad. Awesome items to keep in your healthy desk drawer. Really clever ways to move more at work! One of which I implemented immediately… Mason jar salads 101. And loads more! Links related to this episode: The full show notes with all the deets from this episode! Where I’d much appreciate you leaving a review for the show in iTunes!! Get 30% Off Your Genexa Orders Using Code: PARTYPLANTS How to work 1-on-1 with me! Get my FREE #EATMOREPLANTS course! Where you can go to submit a question for the show! 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

This episode took me 2 months and like 20 attempts to complete. There’s nothing really funny about this episode, it’s more like a chapter from a Nicholas Sparks book with a dash of a Tony Robbins seminar and a sprinkle of the trailer of the movie Serendipity. That made absolutely no sense but really, life doesn’t make much sense, and that’s actually what this episode is about. How good people die. How even sick people stubbornly stick to their ways. How ‘waiting till you’re ready’ is both mature and wise but also foolish and wrong. Here’s my [hopefully inspiring] story of how I got engaged while cancer stole the life of my fiancé’s mother.

 

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Today’s guest is really a spokesperson for our insides. A publicist for what our unique bodies really want to thrive. A walking billboard for the magic that is meditation. Cassandra Bodzak, the author of Eat With Intention, a health coach, and a global meditation teacher is just bursting with passion for helping peeps create their “next level” lives utilizing the ‘FOOD, MEDITATION AND SELF CARE trifecta’...or triangle, as you’ll soon hear about. I’d seen Cassandra on the interwebs for a long time but it wasn’t until I met her at The Good Fest where she led an epic meditation (during which I snuck on stage when everyone’s eyes were closed to snag some killer pics for her!), that I got to witness first hand just how happy, confident and truly grounded she is. This is all to say that this chica thoroughly practices what she preaches, so listen to all she preaches in this jam-packed chat and then start practicing and I can guarantee you’ll feel more happy, confident and grounded, too!   Get amped to hear: What actually IS eating with intention? And how it can help you. Our embarrassing first AIM screen names. Proof that Cassandra’s philosophy: “eff it, just do it, don’t wait for it to be perfect” works! An easy way to love your body more...in the shower. How to get started with meditation (and how it’s like food!). What your food cravings really mean. And tons more!   Links related to this episode: The full show notes with all the deets from this episode! Where I’d much appreciate you leaving a review for the show in iTunes!! How to work 1-on-1 with me! Get my FREE #EATMOREPLANTS course! Where you can go to submit a question for the show! 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

Alyssa Ramos probably has more stamps in her passport than I have, I dunno, I’ve been sitting here for 5 minutes thinking of a good joke and got nothing. Suffice it to say that Alyssa Ramos, travel blogger at My life’s a movie, who’s been traveling the world non-stop for 3 years now, has a lot of stamps in her passport. Just one peek at the photos on Alyssa’s instagram account, and you’ll instantly get a bad case of the travel bug, because she just posts photo after photo of herself in one beautiful place after the next beautiful place. Oh and she uses a selfie stick for said photos. Because she travels the world completely solo like a badass girlboss unicorn mermaid girl POWER. Here’s our hack-fill chat in which we discuss flight hacking, jet lag hacking, exercise hacking, selfie hacking and my favorite: packing hacking!   Press play and you’ll hear:   How Alyssa legitimately get PAID to travel. Great advice for a starter solo-travel trip! What a truly nomadic life looks like. How Alyssa plays travel roulette - aka flight hacks to save money! Why it’s so easy to eat plants all around the world. Easy but effective ways to beat jet lag. And loads more! Links related to this episode: The full show notes with all the deets from this episode! Where I’d much appreciate you leaving a review for the show in iTunes!! How to work 1-on-1 with me! Get my FREE #EATMOREPLANTS course! Where you can go to submit a question for the show! 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