What can we learned from "failed" relationships that can help us succeed next time? Couples therapist Susan Orenstein talks about her work helping people move on and grow after a first marriage. The post After the First Marriage: Learning and Growing in Relationship: Dr Susan Orenstein on PYP 445 appeared first on Plant Yourself.

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After the First Marriage: Learning and Growing in Relationship: Dr Susan Orenstein on PYP 445

Tired of the nutrition debates? Confused about what YOU should be eating? Dr Casey Means of Levels Health shares the power of closed-loop data to change our lives - and health destinies - for the better. The post Discover YOUR Optimal Diet and Lifestyle Through Data: Dr Casey Means on PYP 443 appeared first on Plant Yourself.

Discover YOUR Optimal Diet and Lifestyle Through Data: Dr Casey Means on PYP 443

What are the best house plants for healthy indoor air? Which ones are easiest for beginners? What are the benefits to indoor plants? And how can we become more connected, calmer, and happier people through our co-nurturing relationships with these plants? The post Plant Care is Self-Care: Yuvika Iyer on PYP 442 appeared first on Plant Yourself.

Plant Care is Self-Care: Yuvika Iyer on PYP 442

Josh LaJaunie returns to talk about his strategies for staying sane, strong, and fit during the pandemic.  The post Mind Hacks for Getting Through a Pandemic: Josh LaJaunie on PYP 440 appeared first on Plant Yourself.

Mind Hacks for Getting Through a Pandemic: Josh LaJaunie on PYP 440

Author, academic, and artist Tyson Yunkaporta offers an Indigenous perspective on some of the core beliefs that have guided my life. Some, like veganism, survive in a different form. Others, like the Hero's Journey, lie in tatters. And some, like exercise, get transformed and deepened. The post The Queen’s Gambit, The Hero’s Journey, Veganism, and Exercise: Tyson Yunkaporta on PYP 439 appeared first on Plant Yourself.

The Queen’s Gambit, The Hero’s Journey, Veganism, and Exercise: Tyson Yunkaporta on PYP 439

Tada Hozumi is a somatics practitioner, and one of the leaders of a movement known as cultural somatics. In this challenging conversation, we discuss how our cultures can traumatize us and predispose us to oppress other cultures. And how we can "digest" our past - collective and individual as a way of healing. The post Healing Cultural Trauma: Tada Hozumi on PYP 438 appeared first on Plant Yourself.

Healing Cultural Trauma: Tada Hozumi on PYP 438

Glen Merzer has possibly created a new genre, the comedic plant-based memoir. Join me, Glen, and recipe contributor Chef AJ to talk about their new book, Own Your Health. The post Owning Our Health with Glen Merzer and Chef AJ: PYP 437 appeared first on Plant Yourself.

Owning Our Health with Glen Merzer and Chef AJ: PYP 437

Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams returns to the podcast to talk about his new book, Healthy at Last. Part family memoir, part political mission statement, part science review, part self-help book, and part cookbook, this is a celebration of the possibilities of health for the American people in general, and the Black community in particular. We talk about the title - from Etta James, and not Martin Luther King, Jr's "I have a dream" speech, as I first assumed - and the fact that, in Adams' words, "slavery never ended," and remains entrenched in the slave foods that are still harming Black people to this day. The post How Our Communities Can Get Healthy at Last: Eric Adams on PYP 432 appeared first on Plant Yourself.

How Our Communities Can Get Healthy at Last: Eric Adams on PYP 432

Barbara Tversky argues that our thinking, and consciousness itself, arises from the experiences of our physical bodies in space. Rather than being an afterthought, or just the province of athletes and dancers, spatial thinking is the foundation of all thought. The post We Move, Therefore We Think: Barbara Tversky on PYP 431 appeared first on Plant Yourself.

We Move, Therefore We Think: Barbara Tversky on PYP 431

Today's guest, Jovita Lee, is co-founder and vice president of Democracy Green, a North Carolina-based non-profit dedicated to environmental justice.  The environmental movement has a long and shameful history of privileging certain parts of the environment over others. Specifically, it's focused on preserving spaces enjoyed by the rich, and where the rich live.  The result is a nation in which environmental racism condemns poor people and people of color - regardless of income and economic status - to lives cut short by chronic conditions caused and worsened by pollutants and climate instability. The post Democracy Means a Healthy and Safe Environment for All: Jovita Lee on PYP 430 appeared first on Plant Yourself.

Democracy Means a Healthy and Safe Environment for All: Jovita Lee on PYP 430

Meryl Fury is a registered nurse and CEO of the Plant-based Nutrition Movement. And she's a fierce advocate for justice and sanity in a world lacking both. Emblematic of her approach to life is the story of how she went vegetarian at the age of 15, to help her family make ends meet during the economic troubles of the mid-1970s. When her mother admonished her to continue eating meat to stay healthy, Fury refused, and even spat out the meat sauce coating her spaghetti. Just as she outlasted her mother's insistence 35 years ago, Fury is still striving to outlast the broken food and healthcare systems that disproportionately harm people of color.  The post Outlasting Broken and Unjust Systems: Meryl Fury on Plant Yourself 429 appeared first on Plant Yourself.

Outlasting Broken and Unjust Systems: Meryl Fury on Plant Yourself 429

I think that having healthy, attractive skin is probably a lot more motivating to most people than a healthy heart, or liver, or pancreas. I mean, those organs are great and all, and important, but they're so, well, hidden.  Out of sight and out of mind, at least until they malfunction. Skin, on the other hand - it's staring us in the face all day long. Hell, it is our face. And when our skin feels dry and paper, or sags, or gets spots and wrinkles, we don't like that one bit.  So the good news and the bad news is - our lifestyles can significantly affect the health of our skin. Diet, coping with stress, sleep quality - all these can fast forward aging, or slow it down, depending on our choices. The post The Younger Skin Diet: Rajani Katta, MD, on PYP 428 appeared first on Plant Yourself.

The Younger Skin Diet: Rajani Katta, MD, on PYP 428

Gregg Clunis learned most of what he knows about persistence, strategy, personal development, and success from watching his immigrant parents struggle to achieve their dreams. Originally from Jamaica, Gregg and his family followed his father, who had been a professor and police officer in their native country, and worked as a migrant farm laborer in their new home. Gregg was attracted to the self-help world, and quickly discovered that the tactics and messages were often at odds with his perspective, and that of his generation in general.  The post Tiny Leaps Make Big Changes: Gregg Clunis on PYP 427 appeared first on Plant Yourself.

Tiny Leaps Make Big Changes: Gregg Clunis on PYP 427

Judy Brangman, MD, aka The Plant-Based MD, visits the podcast to talk about her labor of love, the Reclaim Your Health Summit. The summit is the first one featuring exclusively people of color in the plant-based healthcare space. Eighteen doctors, a dietitian, and a fitness expert all share their wisdom and action plans with Dr Brangman, and with everyone who signs up for this free event. The post Creating a Platform for Black Plant-Based Health Experts: Judy Brangman, MD, on PYP 426 appeared first on Plant Yourself.

Creating a Platform for Black Plant-Based Health Experts: Judy Brangman, MD, on PYP 426

Steven C Hayes is the originator of ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or Acceptance and Commitment Training, take your pick), one of the most important psychological approaches of the past 100 years. Why the high praise? For several reasons: ACT is evidence-based ACT is learnable ACT is actionable ACT can be practiced and shared by pretty much any human in any role, unlike most therapies that require degrees and certifications. ACT is built from the ground up from fundamental theories of human cognition and behavior ACT seeks to create mental health, rather than simply address mental illness In our conversation, we tackled the question that has vexed so many philosophers: Why is it so damn hard to be a human? The post Steven C Hayes on PYP 425: How to Liberate Our Minds appeared first on Plant Yourself.

Steven C Hayes on PYP 425: How to Liberate Our Minds

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