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I'm SO excited for today's guest, Xenia D'Ambrosi!
 
Join us to hear about how her cancer diagnosis led her to horticulture therapy, which led her to growing a thriving cutting garden business, Sweet Earth Co.

At Sweet Earth Co. Xenia and her team focuses on sustainable and regenerative growing practices and shares ways we can ALL just start where we are to make a difference for ourselves and our planet. AND Sweet Earth  Co. can help you to do just that with their foundational pillars of Grow | Design | Teach. Their new online course will be opening in Feb 2024, so get on the wait list asap! (Watch for it every year if you missed it in 2024.)

Course Info/Waitlist:  https://www.sweetearthco.com/cutting-garden-course

Use code VIBRANTHEALTH for 10% off the course.

Find Sweet Earth Co.'s Blog Post & Worksheets for 2024 Eco-Garden Goal Setting: https://www.sweetearthco.com/blog/garden-goals  

Sweet Earth Co. photo cred: Fay Fox© / @lovelyandtalented. 

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Are you a couch potato? Or do you move your body regularly?

Either way you will LOVE this episode with Dr. Vonda Wright! She is an amazing physician, speaker, author, and podcast host on a mission to help you maintain mobility as you age, but also optimize your health in order to live as vibrant a life as possible.

At a young age she decided she wanted a life of "behind the red rope" experiences. And she got just that as a professional football team and professional ballet doc. She's an orthopedic surgeon committed to researching and using the best medical evidence has to offer! She is an expert in her field and super fun to listen to.

I hope you join us for this AMAZING conversation and read one of her books. (Psst - she recommends you start with "Guide to Thrive" which you can get HERE). 

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Today's guest is Andrea Nicholson - CSI turned Functional Health & Nutrition Professional! If you are interested in a ROOT CAUSE approach to health, this is the episode for you.  Andrea walks us through her unique approach to investigating metabolic health and supports you to address underlying causes, ultimately leading to a life of vibrancy, energy, and health. 

As a Metabolic Health Investigator, she helps people reduce inflammation, optimize weight, and repair gut health by identifying and targeting the underlying imbalances. 

This is a GREAT conversation for anyone interested in being healthy from the inside out. 

Visit her at https://www.healthylifewithandrea.com/

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Today I welcome Yogi Aaron, author of the book, "Stop Stretching! A new yogic approach to master your body and live pain-free". 

What an amazing episode! Yogi Aaron is the founder of Applied Yoga Anatomy and Muscle Activation™ (AYAMA), a system of yoga that no one else teaches. It’s a revolutionary way to practice yoga that focuses on activating and engaging muscles rather than stretching them. This yoga methodology reduces pain and risk of injury while increasing range of motion, muscle strength, stability, and alignment.

He’s flipping the script and challenging conventional wisdom to craft a brand new way of not only caring for your physical body and eliminating pain, but coming into alignment with your purpose here on Earth. 

“Become Fearless, Live Limitless. Find out how to become pain free so you can finally uncover your true life’s purpose” is the greeting on his website, https://yogiaaron.com.

You can find his book on Amazon.

Check out all his offerings and sign up for his FREE 7-Day Pain Free Yoga Series HERE. 

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Meet Jayne Wesler - author, bone coach, speaker, and passionate advocate for INCREASING bone health naturally, without medication. Check out today’s episode where Jayne tells us about her journey with bones that were “thinning at an alarming rate” and what she did to explore all the nitty gritty details about bone health and how to create stronger bones WITHOUT medication. You will love her down to Earth, kind, and genuine approach to an issue that keeps increasing. 

Jayne has accomplished so much in her life! She is a lawyer, a psychotherapist, clinical social worker, author, speaker, and bone coach. She easily distills her unique constellation of knowledge and experience into easy to understand information AND actionable steps. 

Find her at https://jaynewesler.com including her books about bone health. 

And her FREE webinar about bone health (well worth the watch!): https://jaynewesler.com/no-bones-about-it/.

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Can we really save the planet, one bite at a time?
On this day, Earth Day 2023, I think the answer might just be a resounding YES!

And that's EXACTLY what J. Morris Hicks has been studying for the last couple decades and he thinks it's possible when we all adopt a plant forward (or even plant exclusive) diet.  He's a big picture, systems thinker with a long career as an engineer, process improvement consultant, and senior corporate executive. He began exploring what the best diet for humans really is and has been on a journey to spread the word about how powerful each and every one of us can be.  He rubs elbows with leaders in Lifestyle Medicine and has befriended many celebrity types with a similar mindset. He's a wellspring of knowledge and experience when it comes to the intersection of human and planetary health. 

You can learn more about Mr. Hicks' work, grab 2 FREE books (Outcry & 4 Leaf Guide to Vibrant Health) and sign up for his weekly SOS memos HERE: https://hpjmh.com

If you're a medical provider, consider using the 4 Leaf Survey in your clinical practice.
Here's your link: https://4leafprogramdotcom.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/updated-reg-survey-4-30-19.pdf

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Calling all nurses! AND anyone with an interest in plant based nutrition. 

Today I had the privilege of talking with Joanne Evans, RN - nurse extraordinaire! She's the GOAT of mental health nursing and plant based nutrition. Joanne has been a nurse for 50 years and has seen a thing or two. Not to mention her own journey with mercury toxicity, which is how she discovered the power of plants in the first place. 

Let me tell you a little about her . . . 
She is a Clinical Nurse Specialist in Adult Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing and expert in plant based nutrition. She’s a national speaker, author, mentor, leader, advisor to The McDougall Program, and is on the medical board of the Physician’s Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM), and in her "free time" heads up the Networking Subcommittee of the RN/APRN member interest group of the ACLM. 

Today we focus on the nutrition pillar of Lifestyle Medicine. In particular, how you can use a whole food plant strong / based diet for overall health and reversing disease INCLUDING the nuts and bolts of exactly how to do it while saving money. She’s going to share her experience using PCRM’s 21 day vegan kickstart program that helps get people started. 

Joanne also tell us about her newest book, “Cultivating Seeds of Health with plant-based Nutrition” with a forward by Neal Barnard, MD - President of PCRM. This book is a phenomenal intro to plant based nutrition and highlights so many wonderful nurses (you're all wonderful in my book) brining PBN to life with real stories from the trenches. 

Because of her decades of healthy lifestyle, she is able to jet set around the world and actively travels with her children and grandchildren. She's passionate about educating and mentoring nurses, as well as helping everyone make those sometimes hard behavior changes needed to upgrade and optimize health. 

You can find Joanne's book on Amazon, but if you just shoot her an email she'll send them to you directly with an autograph and a few bucks saving$! Just send her an email at [email protected]. 


Join us for this power packed episode! 

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Today we are saying YES to N.O.!

Dr. Nathan Bryan is the world's leading researcher on nitric oxide (N.O.), a gas often called the "magic molecule" because of its powerful role in your body. As you'll hear today, this gas is essential for proper cell signaling, relaxation and ability of the blood vessels to dilate and is implicated in the health of almost all body systems including your cardiovascular system (heart and blood vessels), brain, sexual function (men AND women), gut health, and more.

The problem is that our Western lifestyle constantly threatens the production and function of this magic molecule, which fades with age. You have so much power to increase it by diet, exercise, and general lifestyle factors. But we also discuss a couple nice supplements too.

Few quick hits about N.O. - things that reduce it (which is "bad") include:
- mouthwash
- antacids (you'll hear why being on a PPI like omeprazole may be detrimental)
- antibiotics

Tune in to hear about this wonderful, life sustaining molecule and say YES to N.O.!

ADDITIONAL VIDEOS:
If you like nerding out on this stuff like me, do some more exploring. Here are a couple videos with Dr. Bryan that I love! 
Plantstrong Podcast interview with Rip Esselstyn & Dr. Bryan: https://youtu.be/CEZtAli7tbI
Path to Healthier Patients:
https://youtu.be/pddFYjiSjzY

SUPPLEMENTS:
1) www.no2u.com - use code "VIBRANT" for 10% off & free shipping
2) www.berkeleylife.com - use code "SSPE02" to order (discount for larger purchases and in full transparency, this is an affiliate code and if you sign up with my code I receive a small commission without any additional cost to you).
NOTE - both websites above also tell more of the story of N.O.

FIND DR. BRYAN HERE:
https://drnathansbryan.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drnathansbryan/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/drnitric
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drnathansbryan/

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Today's guest is Lynne Bowman, a 77 year old vibrant and glamorous grandma and author of the 2021 “Brownies for Breakfast: A Cookbook for Diabetics and the People Who Love them.” 

Lynne is passionate about her health . . . and YOURS too! After reversing her diabetes with a whole food plant based diet, she is on a mission to show you how to EASILY do the same. Admittedly, she is no long strictly "vegan" (healthy version), but has maintained her NO diabetes status with a mostly plant based diet with occasional very high quality fish and the rare meat.

Brownies for Breakfast more than just a cookbook - it’s a masterpiece that will delight your taste buds with healthy, nourishing, whole food plant based, upgraded versions of your favorite desserts and plenty other comfort foods AND it is so visually appealing too with many images of Lynne and her beautiful home. 

Lynne's cookbook provides easy recipes that anyone can make & can be easily modified for the omnivores in the house. She keeps in mind the busy mom life too! This cookbook is for everyone, so grab it on Amazon! Get it HERE:  https://www.amazon.com/Brownies-Breakfast-Cookbook-Diabetics-People/dp/1736745018

Check her out and join her community HERE: https://lynnebowman.com
Connect with her on social:
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/LynneParmiterBowman
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/lynneparmiterbowman
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@lynnebowman485

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Meet Dr. Meagan Grega! Lehigh Valley's leading voice for Lifestyle Medicine. She co-founded The Kellyn Foundation to help members of the community "Make the Healthy Choice, the EASY choice"! Not to mention all the amazing work she's doing beyond her own community, especially within the American College of Lifestyle Medicine. 

Who IS Dr. Grega?
– Superstar of Lifestyle Medicine
– Modern day “Shaman” (she really is a compassionate healer)
– The GOAT - not only is she the “Greatest of All Time, but will eat anything with fiber!
– Public Speaker Extraordinaire including a TEDx Talk
– Chair of the 2023 American College of Lifestyle Medicine Conference
– and so many more awesome things 

Today’s conversation with Dr. Meagan Grega was amazing! Not only is she an engaging speaker, but a true trailblazer when it comes to Lifestyle Medicine. Her passion to preserve and improve the health of children and families is what drove her to co-found The Kellyn Foundation in the Lehigh Valley of Pennsylvania, where she also serves as Chief Medical Officer. 

Kellyn brings a “healthy” to life in the entire community through the healthy neighborhood immersion strategy, with 4 main initiatives. 

1 - Kellyn Schools (serving > 10,000 elementary school children - WOWZA!)

2 - Kellyn Kitchens (medically based cooking programs - YUM!)

3 - Kellyn Food Access (via their “Eat Real Food” mobile market - ROCK ON!) 

4 - Kellyn Lifestyle Medicine Initiative (reducing risk factors via evidence based LM interventions that include healthy behavior change - WOOT! WOOT!)

Consider attending the 2023 ACLM Conference if you’re a healthcare provider and/or Lehigh Valley’s 2023 VegStock!

LINKS:

Dr. Grega’s TEDx Lehigh Valley Talk: https://youtu.be/efGa8QD8pU4
The Kellyn Foundation: http://www.kellynfoundation.org

Recipes & More on Kellyn Foundation’s YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@kellynfoundation4762
Kellyn Kitchen’s Moroccan Lentil & Chickpea soup: https://youtu.be/neNr7YFpVPg Kellyn 3-Bean & Sweet Potato Chili: https://youtu.be/vKuBFv-GAsc 

Lehigh Valley VegStock 2023 (and beyond): https://www.lvvegstock.org

ACLM - https://lifestylemedicine.org
Lifestyle Medicine 2023 Annual Conference - https://www.lmconference.org

Wanna get social with Kellyn & Dr. Grega? SURE you do!

http://www.facebook.com/kellynfoundation

https://www.instagram.com/kellynfoundation

https://twitter.com/kellynorg

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