Thrive Bites

In this episode, I chat with Chef Nina who is a leader for women in the culinary world about food & nutrition and what it means to thrive. 

Nina Curtis is the Director and Executive Chef for the Adventist Health, Roseville Campus Café and Culinary Arts department. At the helm of this dynamic culinary division, Chef Curtis continues to be recognized as a leader and trailblazer in the plant-based culinary movement. 

As the former Executive Chef at The Ranch at Live Oak, Malibu, the acclaimed seven-day fitness and wellness boot camp and the Chief Nutrition Officer for the Ranch Daily a meal subscription service in Southern California, Nina keeps her finger on the pulse of the wellness and plant-based lifestyle trends. 

Nina has been an avid proponent of a plant-based lifestyle for the past twenty years. Nina’s food and beverage background over the years include working with the Marriot Group, Hilton Hotels, Baxters, Manhattan Beach, the El Caballo, Oakland, Pure Food and Wine in New York and the Springs Restaurant and Wine Bar, Los Angeles. 

Chef Curtis presents lectures and demonstrations on health, nutrition, and whole foods all around the world. She has developed wellness training programs, set up kitchen operations, and has worked closely in conjunction with culinary master gardeners to develop seasonal and gorgeous garden-to-table recipes that are essential to having a delicious plant-strong culinary experience.

An MBA graduate of Pepperdine University, Curtis was also trained at Living Light Culinary Institute, Trinity School of Natural Health, the Natural Gourmet Culinary Institute, and she holds a Plant-Based Nutrition Certificate from the T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutritional Studies, Cornell.

Social Media Links:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/botanicalchef/

*Interview views are opinions of the individual. This podcast is not a source of medical advice* 

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In this episode of Thrive Bites, I chat with Chef Doctor Julia on how to prepare meals and how to rethink food for kids and the family!

Dr. Nordgren has the unique distinction of being a physician and a trained chef. Her years of treating patients for cholesterol disorders and childhood obesity motivated her to inspire people to make healthy eating part of their daily lives.

Dr. Nordgren received her medical degree from Dartmouth Medical School, completing her pediatrics residency at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, where she was elected Chief Resident.  

In 2012, she took a break from medical practice and enrolled in the prestigious Culinary Institute of America. She graduated with honors. She now combines her passion for great food and her knowledge as a physician to help families make sustainable, impactful lifestyle changes.

Now a Californian, Julia practices medicine at the Palo Alto Medical Foundation and does hands-on culinary medicine teaching at the Stanford Teaching Kitchen. She tests many of her recipes on her husband and two boys, who luckily have adventurous appetites and honest opinions!

Social Media Links:

Website: https://www.drjuliacooks.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drjuliacooks/?hl=en

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/drjuliacooks/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/julia-nordgren-md-a3864164/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/drjuliacooks

*Interview views are opinions of the individual. This podcast is not a source of medical advice*

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In this episode, I have this extended interview with Terra Rose Ganem, a powerhouse coach, and speaker, about coming back to ourselves and igniting that fire to creating the life that we want! 

Dedicated to helping people create a life of freedom, Terra Rose Ganem uses the platform of social entrepreneurship as an avenue to unleash her dreams to the world, serve her community and do it from a place of total alignment with her soul. She leverages the powerful life and business lessons being an entrepreneur offers to support others in rapidly reconnecting to their authentic & unstoppable inner power, create brilliant energy & live their passions through her coaching and speaking. She is highly intuitive and uses this gift to greatly shorten the distance between those she works with and their success. Her methodologies create confidence in their natural skills and build on their existing inner strengths. At terraroseganem.com, Terra shares the lessons, experiences, stories, and tools she has to help you ignite and cultivate your authentic inner power, living from a place of joy and flow to make your biggest dreams a reality. Additionally, she may be the world’s biggest fan of alliteration, walking around barefoot and raw chocolate. She loves all things adventurous/outdoors, thought-provoking conversations about the universe, and is currently building two companies in the superfood product realm and developing a hydroponic/biodynamic community-driven farm. 

Social Media Links: 

Website: https://www.terraroseganem.com 

Insta: https://instagram.com/terraroseganem 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/trglife 

*Interview views are opinions of the individual. This podcast is not a source of medical advice*

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In this episode, I chat with Chef Muriel Samuels about the importance of culture, community and the interpretation of food! 

Chef Muriel is the founder of ETON Foods. The business teaches and trains groups and corporations on evidence-based, practical, actionable solutions for sustainable tasty, healthy eating. Through speaking & consulting engagements including seminars, workshops, and retreats, ETON Foods offers Sierra-Leone inspired holistic, natural, health-supportive concepts that make you rethink your relationship with food. 

Social Media Links

www.etonfoods.org 

www.instagram.com/etonfoods 

www.facebook.com/etonfoods 

www.twitter.com/etonfoods

*Interview views are opinions of the individual. This podcast is not a source of medical advice*

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In this episode, I talk with Katie to discuss the components of finding balance in our lives. Check this one out!

Katie is a holistic plant-based registered dietitian and certified yoga instructor with a master's in human nutrition. She has a health transformation program that incorporates nutrition education, mindset practices, various fitness modalities, and relationship exercises to help people confidently reach their health and fitness goals in the most fun and sustainable way. She is a certified chef and prepares healing cuisine for retreats all over LA and Hawaii, and she enjoys creating YouTube videos. 

Social Media Links:

Website: https://vitaminkatie.com/ 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vitamin.katie/ 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vitamin.katie/ 

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQpoLlPtQcs

*Interview views are opinions of the individual. This podcast is not a source of medical advice*  

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In this episode, I chat with Stephanie about how she took a 3-month vegan challenge for a family member and then ended making it her own lifestyle! Check this one out!

Stephanie is an expert plant-based health coach. She is double certified in AFPA and E-Cornell and takes her job and passion seriously. She enjoys creating recipes for her blog, helping others succeed, and making the world a better place. She enjoys going to conscious music and arts festivals and often presents cooking classes there and at various vegan festivals. She went to Long Beach State University and resides in Venice CA. She loves good vibes only, the sun, and nature. Don’t hesitate to reach out and connect that’s one of her favorites things, other than eating yummy plant-based food. 

Social Media Links:

Website:  https://thesuperfoodgoddess.com/ 

Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/thesuperfoodgoddess/ 

Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/thesuperfoodgoddess/ 

Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoILKUaNnOF7mn-oq5o4ytQ 

*Interview views are opinions of the individual. This podcast is not a source of medical advice* 

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In this episode, I speak with Sanaz about the values of engaging our inner and outer world and how our words and thoughts can affect that.

A psychologist, educator, and trauma-informed yoga teacher, Sanaz is an Iranian immigrant born and raised in Dubai who has lived in the United States since 2000. Sanaz roots the foundation of her work in academic and clinical psychology and has extensive experience working as a therapist in communities from all socioeconomic backgrounds. Sanaz’s own experience with trauma at a place of employment shifted her approach from psychotherapy alone to the embodied healing practices of yoga. Sanaz is currently running trauma-informed programming in refugee camps, offering yoga healing circles for refugees and resiliency training for humanitarian aid workers exploring secondary trauma and self-care. 

Social Media Links:

Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/dr.yaghmai/

Website:  https://www.alchemyoftrauma.com/ 

*Interview views are opinions of the individual. This podcast is not a source of medical advice*  

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In this 10th episode, I speak with Pat McAuley who is an athlete turned serial entrepreneur who had a rude awakening with his health & fitness that led him into the plant-based living. Find out more on this episode!

Pat McAuley is a Boston-based serial entrepreneur, author, speaker, and startup consultant for ethical/plant-based companies.  He has started and successfully run companies in the tech space and food and beverage industries and has extensive experience building brands from scratch.  After a plant-based diet changed his life, Pat shifted his focus to building and supporting businesses in the plant-based space.  He is the host of the popular Eat Green Make Green Podcast and founder of Rewild, Boston's first fully plant-based beer hall and cafe. 

Social Media Links:

https://linktr.ee/eatgreenmakegreen 

Contact: [email protected] 

*Interview views are opinions of the individual. This podcast is not a source of medical advice*

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In this episode, I talk to Dr. True about the important subject of physician wellness and burnout! Most people do not know that burnout is an official diagnosis according to the World Health Organization!

Dr. True describes herself as "I am a Midwesterner, who was going to be an artist, a jockey (until I grew!), a veterinarian, a researcher until finally landing in medicine. I worked for about 6 years before Med school. I thought I’d be a pathologist but ended up loving Family Medicine. Did residency in my community, and stayed here for a PCP job. I loved working with patients. Was in an independent clinic, saw patients in hospital & nursing homes. It was okay until the electronic health record came along & changed my relationship with my job. And I had become a pill pusher - rather than knowing how to help the root causes, I only treated symptoms. Very frustrating. Now I worked all day, worked all night, and was miserable. For 5 years I struggled to find a balance where none existed.  I started looking at other options. I attended 3 conferences that taught me that Medicine could be different. An Ideal Medicine retreat, PriMed, and my first Lifestyle Medicine conference in 2013. I was hooked, and haven’t looked back. I got additional training, learned amazing things, and met awesome people - my Tribe. My interests are in Lifestyle Medicine & physician Well-being. I want to save the world - and my community is a place to start. I’ve become involved, I’m happy, I am changing lives in different ways than what I thought I’d be doing when I graduated."

Dr. Cheryl True is board-certified in family medicine and lifestyle medicine, is a CHIP facilitator, Walk-with-a- Doc organizer, and started Heartland Rooted, PlantPure Pod, a non-profit in Davenport, IA. 

Social Media Links:

Heartland Rooted:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/464588727084230/ 

CHIP:  https://www.facebook.com/QCCHIP/ 

Walk With A Doc:  https://www.facebook.com/WWADQC/ 

*Interview views are opinions of the individual. This podcast is not a source of medical advice* 

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In this episode, I spoke with Dr. Rani Polak, who is also a chef doctor who teaches the importance of why we need to get back into the kitchen to take back our health!

Dr. Rani Polak is the founding director of both the Culinary Healthcare Education Fundamentals (CHEF) Coaching program at the Institute of Lifestyle Medicine, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, and the Center of Lifestyle Medicine at Sheba Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel; as well as an Assistant Professors, Part-Time, at the Department of PM & R, Harvard Medical School. Dr. Polak’s focus, along with clinical care, is on clinical and translational research relating to the Culinary Coaching method which combines culinary training with health coaching principles. Dr. Polak is the PI of the Culinary CoRe (Culinary Coaching Research) group which aimed at expanding the culinary coaching as an effective, scalable telemedicine method to improve nutrition; and a course director of a medical education program at Harvard Medical School that disseminate culinary coaching to hundreds clinician worldwide. Dr. Polak's work has been featured in many media outlets including Scientific American, Herald Tribute, US News and World Reports, and USA Today.

Social Media Links:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CHEFCoaching/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/RaniPolakMD

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rani-polak-md-mba-chef-22578744/

Chef Coaching: https://www.instituteoflifestylemedicine.org/?page_id=511

*Interview views are opinions of the individual. This podcast is not a source of medical advice*

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