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I used to live with an insurmountable amount of anxiety. Anxiety attacks were a painful and routine part of my life; it was like my anxiety was my Uber drive and I was just a lost, helpless passenger in the back seat! Until enough was enough and I quit them. In this episode, I walk you through the 6 out-of-the-box, drug-free things I’ve done to effectively kick my anxiety to the curb (and keep it there like a loser for over 4 years now). If you struggle with anxiety, you cannot afford to skip this episode! (Sorry, not trying to make you anxious about it, but seriously. Listen up.)   Links related to this episode: The full show notes with all the deets & recipes from this episode! 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! Where you can go with a screenshot of your rating & review to get a free gift! How to work 1-on-1 with me! Party in My Plants’ website Party in My Plants on Instagram Party in My Plants on Facebook Party in My Plants’ Cooking Videos on YouTube

If you think eating plants is good for you, just wait till you try smelling them! Today’s show is all about using essential oils (the stuff in plants that make them smell) to elevate your life. It turns out that just like there’s "an app for that" there's "an essential oil for that," too. Press play to hear Casey Von Iderstein, essential oil extraordinaire, give the lowdown on more than 8 impressive "that's" that plants' oils can help with and exactly how you can easily bring out the magical healing powers of them all!   Get pumped to learn: How and why to live your life from a mindset of “doing your future self a favor.” Exactly how and why essential oils actually work (from a semi-sciency level). The best way to use essential oils on an emotional level. The totally secret hiding spot to rub your oils for maximum results! The 1 oil Casey would want if she were stranded on a deserted island. And so much more! Links related to this episode: The full show notes with all the deets & recipes from this episode! My gift guide which features essential oils among 35 other plant-perfect presents! How to work 1-on-1 with me! 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! Where you can go with a screenshot of your rating & review to get a free gift! Party in My Plants’ website Party in My Plants on Instagram Party in My Plants on Facebook Party in My Plants’ Cooking Videos on YouTube

If you want the perfect things to gift each person you’re likely to give gifts to, this episode is for you. You’ll hear about my favorite edible, smell-able, readable, useable and sentimental presents for all types of people - college kids, moms, sisters, secret santa recipients, co-workers, dudes and even yourself! And of course, these gifts all aim to give the ultimate gift: the gift of health. Because I’m corny. And also because, cmon, it’s the Party in My Plants Podcast! Links related to this episode: The full show notes with all the deets & recipes from this episode! How to work 1-on-1 with me! 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! Where you can go with a screenshot of your rating & review to get a free gift! Party in My Plants’ website Party in My Plants on Instagram Party in My Plants on Facebook Party in My Plants’ Cooking Videos on YouTube

Terry Walters was one of the earliest “clean eaters.” Her first book, “Clean Food” came out way before “clean” related to food in any way other than sanitary! But “clean eating” has since turned into a vague, trendy, catch-all phrase, right? Not anymore. In this episode, we lay down the law about what clean eating REALLY is (and really isn’t), so you don’t have to keep hearing stuff from the organic grapevine. Oh, and spoiler alert: clean eating is pretty much the same as plant-partying!   Get excited to learn: What eating clean REALLY means to Terry (and how, like in the game of telephone, “clean eating” can be misinterpreted). The difference between being rigid with your healthy diet vs. having a tight grip on it. Why you need fermented foods in your life, like YESTERDAY! How pizza and hot sauce can actually be part of your “clean” diet. Why eating in season is a serious no-brainer. And so much more! Links related to this episode: The full show notes with all the deets & recipes from this episode! The healthy hot chocolate you should make! 3 healthy popcorn recipes you’ll love! 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! Where you can go with a screenshot of your rating & review to get a free gift! How to work 1-on-1 with me! Party in My Plants’ website Party in My Plants on Instagram Party in My Plants on Facebook Party in My Plants’ Cooking Videos on YouTube

Surviving the food-focused holiday season without outgrowing all our clothes can feel frightening. And in this episode, I'm calling on something else frightening to help us: GHOSTS. You know the Christmas story about Scrooge? (From Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol?”) Well, the same 3 ghosts that showed Scrooge his past, present and future and helped him stop being a miserable Scrooge can actually also help YOU not be miserably SCREWED this holiday season! Press play and you'll hear the whole healthy holiday ghost story. Links related to this episode: The full show notes with all the deets & recipes from this episode! The healthy hot chocolate you should make! 3 healthy popcorn recipes you’ll love! 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! Where you can go with a screenshot of your rating & review to get a free gift! How to work 1-on-1 with me! Party in My Plants’ website Party in My Plants on Instagram Party in My Plants on Facebook Party in My Plants’ Cooking Videos on YouTube

Upping your self-care might actually be a secret solution to food struggles - especially around the holidays. By focusing more on taking care of ourselves from mental, emotional, physical and soulful places, we might be able to easily eat less pie! Because today’s guest, Jamie Mendell, explains how our relationship with food really isn’t about the food; it’s actually about the way we care for ourselves. Oh and if you think self-care stuff is just baths and tea with candles and face masks, this episode will have you thinking again!   Get ready to hear: why Jamie is so passionate about teaching self-care how a self care deficiency could potentially be a cause of holding extra weight the 411 about the 4 components of self care: mental, emotional, physical, soulful how to have more confidence in an instant a step-by-step self-care regimen for a holiday and lots more! Links related to this episode: The full show notes recapping all the deets of this episode! 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! Where you can go with a screenshot of your rating & review to get a free gift! How to work 1-on-1 with me! Party in My Plants’ website Party in My Plants on Instagram Party in My Plants on Facebook Party in My Plants’ Cooking Videos on YouTube

When you’re a guest in someone else’s home, it can be really stressful to stick to your healthy ways. You definitely don’t want to offend or inconvenience anyone but you also don’t want to eat your host’s Fruit Loops. So, to keep up with your plant-based foods without coming off as a plant-based prick, these 7 simple tactics are here to the rescue! (And will rescue you from throwing your healthy habits down the guest bathroom drain...) Links related to this episode: The full show notes recapping all the deets of this episode! 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! Where you can go with a screenshot of your rating & review to get a free gift! How to work 1-on-1 with me! Party in My Plants’ website Party in My Plants on Instagram Party in My Plants on Facebook Party in My Plants’ Cooking Videos on YouTube

If being more comfortable, creative and crafty in your kitchen appeals to you, this episode will appeal to you, too, because today’s guest, Lauren Kretzer, shares some super useful tips on all the above! Despite having cooked in a Michelin starred restaurant, celebrities’ glamorous kitchens, regular people's’ cozy kitchens, and her own home kitchen, Lauren’s certain that all we really need is a good chef’s knife and permission to chill to make healthy magic happen in our mouths (and then our bodies). In this plant-packed episode, we discuss: Lauren’s expert time-tested advice for pleasing picky palates (and a variety of palates, for that matter) The 2 “S’s” to keep in your fridge that’ll make weekday meals a cinch A GENIUS meal-planning shortcut that’ll revolutionize the way you plan your week’s worth of meals How she got her dream job of creating recipes for the amazingly popular plant-party restaurant, By Chloe The *key* to having fun in the kitchen and plenty more! Links related to this episode: The full show notes recapping all the deets of this episode! 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! Where you can go with a screenshot of your rating & review to get a free gift! How to work 1-on-1 with me! Party in My Plants’ website Party in My Plants on Instagram Party in My Plants on Facebook Party in My Plants’ Cooking Videos on YouTube

My first guest on the Party in My Plants Podcast just had to be a true plant-party-person (someone that makes healthy eating more fun) and Ali Maffucci of Inspiralized.com is exactly that person! Using a super simple kitchen tool called a spiralizer, Ali plays with her plants by easily twirling them into noodles. And who doesn’t love eating oodles of noodles?!

But if you’re just thinking zucchini pasta, you’re about to have your mind fully blown, because we talk about over 13 different fruits and veggies that can be made more fun (and more yum) with a spiralizer.

In this super INSPIRALIZING show, you’ll learn:

• Exactly how to spiralize 13 different fruits and veggies from A-Z (literally from Apple to Zucchini)
• Mind-blowing ways Ali adds spiralized plants to baked goods, desserts, and even cocktails
• The inspiring story behind Inspiralized and how Ali keeps creativity swirling around in her head
• How spiralizing has helped Ali shed 30 lbs.
• The birth story of the SWEET POTATO BUN (yes BUN - like a burger BUN. Made of sweet potato noodles!)
• The secrets to not crying over onions and slicing a pepper in 1 shot
• And so much more!

Links related to this episode:

The full show notes recapping all the deets of this episode!

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!

Where you can go with a screenshot of your rating & review to get a free gift!

How to work 1-on-1 with me!

Party in My Plants’ website

Party in My Plants on Instagram

Party in My Plants on Facebook

Party in My Plants’ Cooking Videos on YouTube

Have you ever wondered what PLANT-BASED actually means? Like, is it just another word for vegan? Is it what vegan drop-outs call themselves? Is it just a trendy thing to say these days? What about the reasoning behind going PLANT-BASED? Will it help you wear a smaller jean size? Feel more energized all the time? Or just be part of the in-crowd? In this episode, I teach you PLANT-BASED 101. You’ll learn: What PLANT-BASED truly means and what it doesn’t mean Why eating a PLANT-BASED diet is probs the way you wanna go How I arrived at this place of calling myself PLANT-BASED (and why I’ve built my business around helping peeps eat more plants) Tricks to make being PLANT-BASED absolutely NOT SUCK And other fun things! Links related to this episode: The full show notes recapping all the deets of this episode! 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! Where you can go with a screenshot of your rating & review to get a free gift! How to work 1-on-1 with me! Party in My Plants’ website Party in My Plants on Instagram Party in My Plants on Facebook Party in My Plants’ Cooking Videos on YouTube