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This week marks the two year anniversary of my mother in law’s passing, and in her loving memory I’m re-airing this story about how my magical engagement overlapped with her tragic death, and how that taught me to live the crap out of my days and share my non-crap food even more. 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 comes from one of my favorite non-food spots in NYC: Hey Day, an amazing facial shop! I popped my facial cherry at Hey Day over a year ago and not to be dramatic, but it’s been transformative. I had no idea how much I’d enjoy being scrubbed and polished and getting the crap literally squeezed out of my pores, and I never could have predicted how much I’d learn about taking care of my skin. If you’ve never been to Hey Day, or gotten a facial, you should wash that fact away ASAP! But until then, enjoy this surprisingly delightful and terrifically informative chat with Jeni Sykes, the incredibly well-spoken co-founder and head of skincare at Hey Day and definitely get ready for some of the most tangible info that’s ever popped out of an episode.

You’ll learn:

• Some signs your skin might want a facial.
• What really IS a facial (and what it’s not).
• Everything you need to know about SPF.
• The shocking reason your skin is extra oily in the summer.
• Really how to exfoliate.
• And loads much more!

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The truthful tale of my book deal was anything but a straight, direct, easy line. It involved a lot of both woohoo AND boohoo, plus a surprising amount of woowoo …. all of which I dive into in this story. So if you press play on this episode thinking you’ll snag a copy and paste formula for getting your own book deal, this probs isn’t the perfect episode for you, but if you’re open to hearing how achieving great dreams is completely possible with more hustle, heartbreak and some spiritual shiz sprinkled in, this episode might just do it for ya.

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My guest today is like that lovably fiery, charmingly nerdy and way-smarter-than-you best friend we all wish we had. With her first bestselling book, Come As You Are, Emily Nagoski, a health educator with a PHD changed the conversation around sexuality for women of all orientations and now Emily has a bone to pick (a big bone to pick!) with another hot-button topic: burn out.

Leave it to Emily to get to the science behind the biggest health issues affecting women today and articulate the cause and solution waaaaaaay better than anyone ever has before. What’s especially notable about this new book is that she has a personal connection: after ignoring symptoms of burnout and stress, her twin sis Amelia got so worn down that her appendix actually burst. This not only stressed to Emily how mega-serious stress can be, but it also led Emily to bring her expert-from-personal-experience sister in to co-write the book with her.

In this episode, we got oh so real about oh so many things that’ll impact how you live your day-to-day life henceforth. Man, I WOULD NOT ever want to get into an argument with this gal because she has the facts to back up literally everything she says. I hope you love this one as much as I did!

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

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If Caroline Dooner’s name rings a bell, it’s probably because you’re heard of her book, or her massive movement called the “The F*ck It Diet.” Yes, she may have given me more than one anxiety attack as I listened to her long and yo-yoing journey with dieting, but the way she now shits on the inherent flaws of dieting and diet culture (which she backs with so much sound science thank you very very much Caroline) is SO relatable to SO many people. As a fellow past-life comedian, Caroline’s humor, coupled with her compassion, (with again, lots of research) allows her to fearlessly call out all the BS and misinformation that makes us make eating so hard for ourselves, so be prepared to wage no more wars with your grub after you listen. Matcha latte cheers to making “the f*ck it diet” the last diet you ever try!

Yay! Press Play to hear:

• How Caroline Dooner, author of The F*ck It Diet, fixed her tainted relationship with food
• Your hunger is there for a reason and why you need to stop ignoring it
• Why diets make peeps even more food obsessed
• The biggest sign that you’re underfeeding yourself
• No, disordered eaters are NOT only those who are incredibly thin… and other myths busted!
• What mind-blowing stuff the Minnesota Starvation Experiment of the 1940s has taught us about restricting calories and dieting
• And tons more!

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Where to get Sunwarrior - my favorite plant-protein powder- for 20% off with code: PARTY at checkout

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

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My guest today is a master of Chinese medicine and acupuncture. Heidi Brockmyre is a fertility savior and, to quote my own words that I actually said in this podcast episode, Heidi will give you a nudge in the right uterus direction. It’s freaking fantastic how Heidi has focused her efforts, passion and brilliance towards fixing issues surrounding fertility. As of this recording, she’s helped hundreds if not thousands of women and couples become conception success stories using Chinese medicine techniques. And if you’re not itching to get knocked up anytime soon don’t skip this chat because as Heidi explains (and I have her reiterate a dozen times): anything that makes you more fertile also makes your cycle healthier in general, which makes you happier overall so baby on the brain or not this is a chat not to be skipped like your period on birth control because you’re going on vacation not like I know anything about….

Press play to hear:

• How acupuncture can help you get preggers
• How to have a healthier uterus in 48 hours
• Just got off the pill? Why you shouldn’t freak out while your body’s trying to reset
• Some good reasons to try acupuncture and Chinese medicine before fertility drugs
• What constitutes a healthy period… and what doesn’t
• Aspects of fertility every woman should care about
• Wussup with acupressure
• How digestion and fertility are actually linked
• How to eat for better fertility
• And lots more!

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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!!

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You know that saying “put your money where your mouth is?” well my guest today puts her science where her mouth is. And puts nutritious plants in the bodies of athletes. So they can put trophies on their mantels and pride in their hearts..? Well, Angie Asche is a sports dietitian and one super smart dairy free cookie. Angie’s been a plant partier herself since 2011 and for the past five years, she’s been running her own private sports nutrition practice called Eleat Sports Nutrition. She advises athletes like pro sports players, gymnasts, ultra runners, figure skaters, and even every day type-a athletes like myself. Her husband, Cody Asche, also plays baseball professionally in the MLB so I got to pick her brain on how these guys manage to eat healthy when they’re always on the road traveling to different dugouts and stuff! Since I’ve dramatically upped my own athleticism in the past couple of years, I may have rapid-fired every question about planty sports nutrition I’ve ever had and Angie demystified it all - from the deal with iron, glutamine, protein and even how to travel with bananas which I still call BS on but whateverrrr…

Press play to hear:

• How to eat before and after your runs
• What’s the deal with protein anyway?
• Can I get enough protein as a vegan or vegetarian?
• How iron figures into the life of the cardio-obsessed person
• How pro baseball players eat on the road
• Supplements that will give your workout an epic boost
• A sports nutritionist’s go-to pre-run breakfast
• How to include sunflower seeds, turmeric and more into your daily diet
• Travel hacks for eating a well-rounded diet on the go
• And tons more!

Links related to this episode:

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

Where to get 3 FREE SMOOTHIES/SOUPS/CHIA PUDDINGS from Daily Harvest 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!

How to work 1-on-1 with me!

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My guest today has zero time to waste on not taking action to better our planet earth. And this convo with Max La Manna will be a zero waste of your time. Max is a plant based chef and a pro at zero-waste living. He’s going on 600 days of producing no food waste! If his Instagram rallies and role modeling how to eat plants without plastic packaging doesn’t inspire you to start making small efforts to better the health of the planet, nothing will. And don’t worry, if you feel like “bah humbug I doubt MY small efforts even make any diff!” we cover that. Or if you feel like” could this zero waste lifestyle BE any more overwhelming?” we cover that too. I love, finally having a chat about how eating more plants is fantastic for even more than just our own inner health, and Max is so the man to give us the why and the how to start living a more sustainable green lifestyle NOW! Oh, and yes, we cover the situation with those freaking straws!

Don’t procrastinate to hear:

• Simple tricks to cook environmentally-friendly food
• Greats ways to actually USE your food scraps
• How to do your part for the earth even if you live in a big city
• How to use your onions butts, apple cores, lemons peels and more
• Why stale bread actually isn’t a total goner
• Why making small changes in your kitchen does wonders for the earth
• Easy ways to destress the planet by tackling food waste in the kitchen
• 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”

Try Thrive Market and get an EXTRA 25% off your first purchase AND a FREE 30 day trial & check out my favorite products

Get my FREE #EATMOREPLANTS course!

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

How to work 1-on-1 with me!

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

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Audio Producer Of The Show - Oleksandr Hedz

Trust me when I say that if there’s a voice that can cut through all the BS around beauty standards and body image pressure, oh my, it’s today’s guest. Anuschka Rees whole motive with her hot off the press book, Beyond Beautiful is to help women stop obsessing so much over appearance, stop attributing their self-worth to their looks and start to recognize that the value of beauty has been INFLATED to the max in our society. Chatting with this girl literally settled my stomach (I’m not exaggerating!). In a pistachio nutshell, instead of worrying about if you’re beautiful and learning to see beauty in your “flaws”, she wants you to take beauty out of the equation altogether! Just knock it on out.

This chat literally schooled me - I learned some history, became more media literate and actually have started to have so much more pride in the fact that, honestly, I kind of naturally don’t give two hoots what I look like and I kind of always thought that was so lazy or unladylike but now I realize it’s actually awesome that I prioritize living over looking. And I wish that for you too. However this episode touches you, touch it, it will.

Get happy to hear:

• The difference between body positivity and body neutrality
• How to tackle beauty myths on a daily basis
• Why the era of “body positivity” and “empowerment” hasn’t resulted in more confident women
• Why regular people are editing their photos and how to become less obsessed with their Insta feeds
• How the societal value of beauty is affecting the mental health of women
• A practical conversation about banishing appearance-related rules
• How advertisers are using the body positivity movement in their favor
• How to stop obsessing about whether your appearance is enough
• How to stop equating self-worth to your appearance
• And 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 20% off with code: PARTY at checkout

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

Get my FREE #EATMOREPLANTS course!

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 submit a question for the show!

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

How to work 1-on-1 with me!

My guest today is a girl after my own heart, a fellow champion of flicking off the balance police and saying IMA DO THINGS MY WAY! Nealy Fischer, founder of the Flexible Chef and author of Food You Want: For the Life You Crave, gives some killer tips on how to bend without breaking and not just in an uncomfortable yoga way, but in an eating way, too. Nealy’s fascination with flexibility came out of necessity - she’s a mother of four, living a life that often takes her on planes, trains and automobiles around the WORLD. Still, she manages to practice what she preaches, which is eating awesome, fresh and planty things so you feel awesome, energized and confident. This was a great talk. Take notes because this bendy lady’s got some top-notch advice (minus the whole sardines in the airport thing…gross, Nealy…)

Press play to hear:

• How to abandon diet mentality and embrace flexibility in your food relationship
• How to bend without breaking in your kitchen, at your dinner table and in your workout
• Tips for food prep that’ll have you looking and feeling awesome
• Sneaky tips for great kids’ after-school snacks
• How to travel without ditching your health
• How to healthify any recipe
• How to use the zig-zag method to get on track with proper life “balance”
• What’s a flexible chef exactly and how to become one
• Why you actually shouldn’t fly with canned sardines…
• And 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

Try Thrive Market and get an EXTRA 25% off your first purchase AND a FREE 30 day trial & check out my favorite products

Get my FREE #EATMOREPLANTS course!

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 submit a question for the show!

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

How to work 1-on-1 with me!

Party in My Plants on Instagram

Party in My Plants on Facebook

Party in My Plants’ Cooking Videos on YouTube