As we enter into a new decade, I can’t think of a better guest to launch us into 2020 than Lauren Eirk! In this Season 2 episode of the Jennifer Zee Plant-based & Happy Podcast, I had the great opportunity to chat with Lauren all about finding purpose on her path to wellness.

Lauren Eirk, M.S., is the Founder of the Yoga Integrated ScienceTM Wellness Studio in  Louisville, KY which offers Yoga and Pilates group classes, Personal Training, Yoga Therapy  and MAT services. Lauren is a certified E-RYT 500 level Yoga Instructor with Yoga Alliance®  with over 35 years of experience in Health and Wellness. A Yoga Alliance® Continuing  Education Provider (YACEP), she is the developer of the 500-Hour Registered Hatha Yoga  School Yoga Integrated ScienceTM. Lauren is a Certified Yoga Therapist C-IAYT with the  International Association for Yoga Therapy. She is a Certified MATRx Full-Body Specialist, making her one of leading experts in the treatment of muscular Imbalances. Her training has enabled her to work with highly sensitive clients that suffer from complex, on-going neuro-muscular issues. Lauren is an International Continuing Education Provider, AFS Mentor, Brand influencer for Athleta® Brand clothing, and a member of the Body Bar® Instructor Team. Lauren has a passion for animal rights and partners her business with The Humane Society in Kentucky since January of 2013.

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Website: https://yogaintegratedscience.com/

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In this Season 2 episode of the Jennifer Zee Plant-based & Happy Podcast, I had the lovely opportunity to chat with Margaret Coons - Founder and CEO, or “The Big Cheese” .

Food preparation and production has been a long-time passion for Margaret. A vegetarian since the age of 12 and vegan since the age of 19, creating delicious alternatives to more conventionally available food products was a hobby that turned into a career. She didn’t grow up in a vegetarian family, so, she began to cook for herself at a pretty young age and became interested in making vegetarian and vegan dishes. Working as a chef in a vegan restaurant, Margaret spent many late nights in the kitchen creating cashew-based vegan cheeses. In 2015 she decided to try her hand at a local farmers’ market booth with the vegan cheeses she had been making for a couple of years. This was when the young chef-turned-entrepreneur combined her passion for food and the art of culinary experiences with her commitment to her dietary choices to create Nuts for Cheese. Just as she started the booth at the farmers’ market, when demand began to soar and retail requests came in, the business took off from there. Nuts For Cheese is now available in 1000 stores across Canada!

In this episode Margaret and I chat about:

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Nuts for Cheese Website: https://nutsforcheese.com/

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In this Season 2 episode of the Jennifer Zee Plant-based & Happy Podcast, I had the wonderful Marina Yanay-Triner from Soul in the Raw on.

Marina is a plant-based health coach and recipe developer. Marina creates quick, easy, and delicious vegan recipes and writes about the health benefits of a plant-based diet rich in fresh foods, focusing on evidence-based nutrition information. She helps clients go and stick to plant-based eating through her one on one and group coaching programs.

In this episode Marina and I chat about:

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Marina’s Website: www.soulintheraw.com

For more plant-based inspiration, coaching and education, visit: https://jenniferzee.com/AND Learn from 20 world-renowned experts with my plant-based online summit: https://plantbasedmasterysummit.com

In this Season 2 episode of the Jennifer Zee Plant-based & Happy Podcast, I had the amazing Dana, founder of My Alkaline Recipes on. Dana has been a great inspiration for me so naturally I wanted to have her on to share her plant-based journey of how she began to benefit from an alkaline diet. She also shares her top tips on making delicious meals that everyone will love and more!

Dana is the founder of My Alkaline Recipes, an Instagram based platform with Alkaline Vegan Recipes that are based on Dr. Sebi's Nutritional guide. Dana is passionate about healthy living and love creating recipes that help change the way people perceive food.

In this episode Dana and I chat about:

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For more plant-based inspiration, coaching and education, visit: https://jenniferzee.com/AND Learn from 20 world-renowned experts with my plant-based online summit: https://plantbasedmasterysummit.com

In this Season 2 episode of the Jennifer Zee Plant-based & Happy Podcast, I had the amazing opportunity to chat with Jenny Kong, my very own Muscle Activation Specialist! If you haven’t heard of MAT yet, you could be missing out on the key element needed to rebalance your body, increase muscle function and range of motion, experience faster recovery time, better workouts and finally, to achieve your highest quality of life yet.

Jen is the owner of Parallel Fitness Studio, a Personal Training Studio, voted best fitness centre by the community of Richmond Hill.

She is a Kinesiologist alumni from University of Toronto and a Personal Trainer and Muscle Activation Techniques Specialist.

Jen has worked with people of all ages, from athletes, to clients with MS, Parkinsons disease, lyme disease, stroke, surgery recovery, injury, joint replacement and arthritis among others.

She has an exceptional understanding of not just physical activity, but biomechanics and human anatomy and uses all of that to create workouts that build you up instead of break you down.

As a twin mom, she understood first hand postpartum how body aches and pain can affect everyday performance and has been since an advocate of a “less is more” philosophy. She focuses on finding weak, underused muscles that aren’t firing optimally and strengthening those to create a more balanced muscular system. Every workout is dictated by the client’s body and structural needs and not based on protocols or the latest trends.

She is totally passionate about health and wellness; and has spent over a decade in this industry educating clients about their bodies and how to work smarter, not just harder.

Jen’s proudest accomplishments are her twin girls and the time she went back stage and did a MAT treatment session on Phil Collen, Def Leppard’s Lead guitarist and his wife during their concert in Toronto.

In this episode Jen and I chat about:

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For more plant-based inspiration, coaching and education, visit: https://jenniferzee.com/AND Learn from 20 world-renowned experts with my plant-based online summit: https://plantbasedmasterysummit.com

On this episode of the Jennifer Zee Plant-based & Happy Podcast I had the incredible opportunity to chat with the creator of “Trying Vegan with Mario"

Mario Fabbri hosts a cooking show called “Trying Vegan with Mario” where he is on a mission to learn the best plant-based recipes from vegan experts. Trying Vegan with Mario airs on channel 1 in NYC and is streaming on Roku.

Growing up Mario’s dad owned an Italian Sausage factory and for a long time he anticipated taking it over. The sausage factory was a big part of his family tradition. At 18 years old he moved from his home in Chicago to Colorado, and at 20 years old, started a video production company filming food commercials for television. Everything was about creating the most ‘droolworthy’ meaty, fried, cheesy food shots to entice people. Mario became interested in vegan food when his business partner lost 100 pounds by eating plant-based. After that he began learning as much as he could about plant-based nutrition. During this time, he had to stop making unhealthy commercials and learn how to spread a healthier message. That’s what inspired Trying Vegan with Mario. The viewers learn about vegan cooking and benefits through his experience. It’s about delicious food that everyone can make.

In this episode Mario and I chat about:

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For more plant-based inspiration, coaching and education, visit: https://jenniferzee.com/AND Learn from 20 world-renowned experts with my plant-based online summit: https://plantbasedmasterysummit.com

In this Season 2 episode of the Jennifer Zee Plant-based & Happy Podcast, I had the incredible opportunity to chat with not one but two amazing guests about their peacefully chic meditation studio in my hometown of Toronto, Canada.

Stephanie Kersta MSc, RP and Carolyn Plater MSW, RSW are master's level clinicians in the field of mental health and health with over a decade of experience in private clinical practices, psychiatric, hospital, community and policy levels, and teaching appointments at McMaster University, Wilfrid Laurier University, Humber College, Durham College and Ontario Learn.  Together they founded Hoame, North America’s largest modern meditation studio, and with Ease Inc., they utilize their expertise and knowledge in the field of neuroscience, psychology, mental health and wellness to approach mental health education, and corporate health and wellness in fresh, creative and modern ways to disrupt the status quo and create solutions that actually work. 

Stephanie or “Steph” is known for her sarcastic sense of humor, is a clinical therapist, certified mindfulness practitioner, and educator and researcher for a number of academic institutions. When she isn’t in a session, or talking the ears off a group of students, you can find her snuggling her rescue pup Hemingway, paddle-boarding at her cottage with her hubby, travelling as much as she can, or cooking some yummy vegan meals for her friends and family.

Carolyn, Plater Or “gigs” (short for giggles because she’s always laughing) is a clinical therapist, certified yoga instructor, and educator and researcher for a number of academic institutions. When she isn’t in front of a lecture hall or with a client, you can find her in her yoga room, at the spa, or laughing over a great plant-based meal with her friends and family. Carolyn is also a wannabe voyager having visited over 30 countries and counting.

In this episode Stephanie, Carolyn and I chat about:

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For more plant-based inspiration, coaching and education, visit: https://jenniferzee.com/AND Learn from 20 world-renowned experts with my plant-based online summit: https://plantbasedmasterysummit.com

Season 2 of the Jennifer Zee Plant-based & Happy Podcast is ramping up and this episode is full of juicy tips on how to optimize your health and look great during the process!

Monica Otero has found her empowerment and contribution to society, via that of wellness, veganism and health. Her primary focus is guiding people into a state of alkalinity, which improves everything from their outward appearance, to daily thoughts, emotions, and cognitive reasoning. Determining the US as the "Dehydration Nation", with millions of Americans walking around in a zombie like state, she is intent on raising awareness to anyone she can touch. For this reason, Monica uses her knowledge to educate her friends, followers, clients, and anyone who will listen. Through her dedication to her posts, she has influenced thousands of people around the world to rethink what, and how they eat. She is a devout yogi, and has logged over 600 hours of yoga practicing daily, over the past several years. Along with HIIT training, Yoga has changed helped her find true enlightenment, and is the perfect complement to living a cruelty free lifestyle. 

Her life has come full circle, and her ambition to help people discover the benefits of living a plant-based diet, is stronger than ever. Her gift of writing and eagerness to spread messages of positivity, allow her to post articles that are written with love and total conviction. Her goal to get people motivated to live a life a positivity, stemming from the food eaten, the body staying hydrated and free of chemicals, is what keeps her passion for true wellness so strong. 

In this episode Monica and I chat about:

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Season 2 of the Jennifer Zee Plant-based & Happy Podcast is moving forward with some talk about a really cool molecule. Coined by some as the ‘Miracle Molecule’  Beth Shirley explains why she is so passionate about nitric oxide. 

Beth Shirley has developed expertise as a pharmacist and certified clinical nutritionist during a 40+ year career. This experience spans wellness department development and management, dietary supplement integration, new product formulations and integrative medical practice development. Beth provides clinical nutrition services for wellness-focused individuals across the entire age spectrum. Her specialties include stress-induced hormonal imbalance, intestinal dysfunction, autoimmune and chronic inflammatory issues, detoxification, and super-normal oxidative stress. Over the last nine years Beth has spent time working with some of the leading thought leaders in the world of nitric oxide research and through this has developed an in-depth knowledge on the topic and its potential applications in Patient care.

In this episode Beth and I chat about:

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I couldn’t think of a better way to kick off Season 2 of the Jennifer Zee Plant-based & Happy Podcast then to share this incredible story!

In this episode of the Jennifer Zee Plant-based and Happy Podcast, I had the amazing opportunity to chat with Fraser Bayley. 

Fraser has an unusual story – having gone from being a mentally ill butcher to a passionate vegan advocate, bodybuilder and online strength & nutrition coach. In a struggle to overcome serious mental illness including bi-polar disorder, ADHD (a learning disability) and severe social anxiety, Fraser chose to walk away from the butchery industry for good. He never realized how health, fitness and veganism would then come together as transform his life in many amazing ways. Today Fraser operates an online vegan health and fitness brand called Evolving Alpha with his wife Lauren, which helps other vegans, curious non-vegans & high performing entrepreneurs get, healthy, strong & achieve a higher state of peak performance through a range of plant based, vegan nutrition programs and coaching options.

In this episode Fraser and I chat about:

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Fraser’s website: https://evolvingalpha.mykajabi.com

For more plant-based inspiration, coaching and education, visit: https://jenniferzee.com/