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Emily Lindsay, PhD, is lead author of an uber-important scientific paper on how to mitigate loneliness through mindfulness and acceptance training.Lindsay is a research scientist in the Psychology Department at University of Pittsburgh who studies how mind-body practices like mindfulness and meditation affect our physiology and ultimate health outcomes. It's an important field of study, because negative mental and emotional states can be terrible for our health.It turns out, for example, that loneliness and social isolation may be as bad for your health as smoking, or eating a crappy diet.Which is precisely the condition that Lindsay and her team sought to address in a recent study.

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Danny Warshay is the executive director of the Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship at Brown University, and a long-time friend. He dropped by to talk about how to apply his Entrepreneurial Process to lifestyle and habit change. Neither of us knew exactly what we would discover when we began speaking, although we both had hunches that there was direct applicability somehow, some way

We talked about viewing our “problems” from the perspective of “treasure hunt” rather than shame.

Danny shared his philosophy of finding problems worthy of solution via the tools and mindsets of anthropology.

We spoke about the importance of separating the problem from our solutions. And in one of the most profound lessons for me, spoke about taking a portfolio approach to brainstorming and trying to fix the problems.

As a bonus, if you are looking to turn your passion for plant-based living into a livelihood, there’s a ton of valuable advice here as well.

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Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship at Brown University

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The Plant Yourself Podcast theme music, “Dance of Peace (Sabali Don),” is generously provided by Will Ridenour, a kora player from North Carolina who has trained with top Senegalese musicians.

It can be found on his first CD, titled Will Ridenour.

You can learn about Will, listen to more tracks, and buy music on his website, WillRidenour.com.

Gratitudes

Thanks to Plant Yourself podcast patrons – Kim Harrison – Lynn McLellan – Anthony Dissen – Brittany Porter – Dominic Marro – Barbara Whitney – Tammy Black – Amy Good – Amanda Hatherly – Mary Jane Wheeler – Ellen Kennelly – Melissa Cobb – Rachel Behrens – Christine Nielsen – Tina Scharf – Tina Ahern – Jen Vilkinofsky – David Byczek – Michele X – Elspeth Feldman – Viktoriya Dolomanova – Leah Stolar – Allan Kristensen – Colleen Peck – Michele Landry – Jozina – Julianne Rowland – Stu Dolnick – Sara Durkacs – Kelly Cameron – Wayne Pedersen – Leanne Peterson – Janet Selby – Claire Adams – Tom Fronczak – Jeannette Benham – Gila Lacerte – David Donohue – Blair Seibert – Doron Avizov – Gio and Carolyn Argentati – Jodi Friesner – RuthAnn Funderburk – Mischa Rosen – Michael Worobiec – Alicia Lemu...

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Danny Warshay is the executive director of the Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship at Brown University, and a long-time friend. He dropped by to talk about how to apply his Entrepreneurial Process to lifestyle and habit change. Neither of us knew exactly what we would discover when we began speaking, although we both had hunches that there was direct applicability somehow, some way.We talked about viewing our “problems” from the perspective of “treasure hunt” rather than shame.Danny shared his philosophy of finding problems worthy of solution via the tools and mindsets of anthropology.

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When I asked Dr Monica Aggarwal to join me on this podcast, I figured we'd talk about her plant-based advocacy at the University of Florida, where she is an assistant professor of medicine and Director of Integrative Cardiology and Prevention.We got there, eventually, but took a fascinating detour into the gender politics of medicine, and cardiology in particular.

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When I asked Dr Monica Aggarwal to join me on this podcast, I figured we'd talk about her plant-based advocacy at the University of Florida, where she is an assistant professor of medicine and Director of Integrative Cardiology and Prevention.

We got there, eventually, but took a fascinating detour into the gender politics of medicine, and cardiology in particular.

Dr Aggarwal was on the career track to success and acclaim as a cardiologist, and at the same time refused to sacrifice her “childbearing” years. So with three children at home and a demanding practice, she wore her body down until it gave up, in the form of rheumatoid arthritis.

Now a patient, Dr Aggarwal got to experience the medical profession from the other side. She discovered lifestyle medicine, and healed herself through self-care and balanced living.

Through her own journey of illness, she became a much better healer herself.

We talked about what it takes for a woman to succeed in a male-dominated specialty like cardiology, and what medical education and practice might look like if it valued the gifts of the feminine as much as those of the masculine.

And what a female-friendly medical system might look like, and how we might get there.

Here's the video of our conversation:

And here's a 4-minute video from the American College of Lifestyle Medicine sharing and celebrating Dr Aggarwal's achievement in getting the University of Florida Health System to provide plant-based options for cardiovascular patients:

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Dr Monica Aggarwal

Finding Balance, by Monica Aggarwal, MD and Jyothi Rao, MD

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The Plant Yourself Podcast theme music, “Dance of Peace (Sabali Don),” is generously provided by Will Ridenour, a kora player from North Carolina who has trained with top Senegalese musicians.

It can be found on his first CD, titled Will Ridenour.

You can learn about Will, listen to more tracks, and buy music on his website, WillRidenour.com.

Gratitudes

Thanks to Plant Yourself podcast patrons – Kim Harrison – Lynn McLellan – Anthony Dissen – Brittany Porter – Dominic Marro – Barbara Whitney – Tammy Black – Amy Good – Amanda Hatherly – Mary Jane Wheeler – Ellen Kennelly – Melissa Cobb – Rachel Behrens – Christine Nielsen – Tina Scharf – Tina Ahern – Jen Vilkinofsky – David Byczek &...

Today's a huge departure for this podcast. For the first time, we explore the virtues of eating something other than plants.

No, don't worry. I haven't gone paleo or keto or carnivore (although one of my prior guests has (SMH)). I'm not into fish oil or organic beef liver or hummingbird tongue.

Today we explore an entire kingdom that can boost our immune function, mood, and possibly bring us sanity: fungi.

Jeff Chilton has been into fungi for a long time. His book, The Mushroom Cultivator: A Practical Guide to Growing Mushrooms at Home, written with Paul Stamets, has been in print since 1983.

And as the founder of Nammex.com and RealMushrooms.com, Jeff has long pushed the use of mushrooms for medicinal purposes.

Jeff explains that mushrooms are high in protein, contain a slow-acting carbohydrate, mannitol, and are rich in an immune booster, beta glucan, that makes up their cell walls.

Jeff's well known in the mycological community as a stickler for purity, and skeptic of many of the formulations of medicinal mushroom now showing up not just in health food store pill aisles, but at checkout displays at Whole Foods and in high end coffee shops.

In our conversation, we covered the health benefits of mushrooms, the best ways to take advantage of them, and what kinds of supplements to avoid.

Plus we chat about psychedelics, and what they might offer us in this critical time on the planet.

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Nammex white paper: “Redefining Medical Mushrooms: A new scientific screening program for active compounds.”

Article in the American Botanical Council HerbalEGram, October 2015: “Commercial Labeling of Medicinal Mushroom Products.”

Chapter in Science of Cultivation of Edible Fungi: “A New Analytical Fingerprinting Method for Quality Control of Medicinal Mushroom Products.”

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RealMushrooms.com

The Mushroom Cultivator

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New WellStart Coach Training begins in a couple of weeks! We're dotting our t's and crossing our eyes, and there's still time to learn more and apply: WellStartCoach.com.

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Today's a huge departure for this podcast. For the first time, we explore the virtues of eating something other than plants.No, don't worry. I haven't gone paleo or keto or carnivore (although one of my prior guests has (SMH)). I'm not into fish oil or organic beef liver or hummingbird tongue.Today we explore an entire kingdom that can boost our immune function, mood, and possibly bring us sanity: fungi.

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Sarah Bofinger is an unlikely Olympic hopeful, a WellStart Health Coach, and a fountain of positivity.

Today she returns to the podcast to update us on her Olympic dreams, and to share how becoming a WellStart Health coach has taken her training and life to a new level of awesome.

I'm dealing with the flu, so this is a perfect example of imperfectionism at work. No music, really short write-up. But done! In the can!

See, Sarah, I'm learning!

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Sarah Bofinger is an unlikely Olympic hopeful, a WellStart Health Coach, and a fountain of positivity.Today she returns to the podcast to update us on her Olympic dreams, and to share how becoming a WellStart Health coach has taken her training and life to a new level of awesome.

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As a newly divorced mother of two small children and high-powered professional, Diane Randall had let her health take a back seat to all her responsibilities. Overweight, diagnosed with high blood pressure and high cholesterol, she was jolted into action by a doctor's warning that her current trajectory was going to take years off her life.

Having seen type 2 diabetes lead to disability and premature death among family members, Randall took the warning seriously. Employing her training as a systems engineer and consultant, she approached her own health challenges strategically and methodically.

She discovered plant-based nutrition, along with other modalities and practices amenable to a healthy lifestyle, and eventually came to a point where she started helping other busy professionals make health a priority in their own lives.

In our conversation, Randall shares her insights, kindness, and compassion with me (who definitely needed a reminder about self-care today!) and you.

We speak of boundaries, of courage, of practice, of the journey to health and wholeness being one of letting go rather than adding, and of the importance of taking stock of how we're actually spending our time.

Enjoy, add your voice to the conversation via the comment box or audio recording box below, and please share – that's how we spread our message and spread our roots.

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DianeRandallConsults.com

Diane on Facebook and Instagram

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Are you tired of knowing what to do, and still not doing it consistently? The WellStart Health Big Change Program, led by Josh LaJaunie and myself, will help you take the steps to finally live according to your knowledge and values.

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Music

The Plant Yourself Podcast theme music, “Dance of Peace (Sabali Don),” is generously provided by Will Ridenour, a kora player from North Carolina who has trained with top Senegalese musicians.

It can be found on his first CD, titled Will Ridenour.

You can learn about Will, listen to more tracks, and buy music on his website, WillRidenour.com.

Gratitudes

Thanks to Plant Yourself podcast patrons – Kim Harrison – Lynn McLellan – Anthony Dissen – Brittany Porter – Dominic Marro – Barbara Whitney – Tammy Black – Amy Good – Amanda Hatherly – Mary Jane Wheeler – Ellen Kennelly – Melissa Cobb – Rachel Behrens – Christine Nielsen – Tina Scharf – Tina Ahern – Jen Vilkinofsky – David Byczek – Michele X – Elspeth Feldman – Viktoriya Dolomanova – Leah Stolar – Allan Kristensen – Colleen Peck – Michele Landry – Jozina – Julianne Rowland – Stu Dolnick – Sara Durkacs – Kelly Cameron – Wayne Pedersen – Leanne Peterso...