The Party In My Plants Podcast

My guest today is my favorite person on the planet. He’s the avocado to my toast. The kom to my boocha. The massage to my kale. Although I wish he knew how to give me good massages. Today you get to meet my husband, Jesse, and hear our cozy chat about how we don’t let a little tofu come between true love.   If you want to stalk our wedding festivities and see Emily’s gf/v cake masterpiece as referenced in episode 108, or check out Sarah Rose’s natural makeup job like we spoke about in episode 107 or peek at how I did NOT ‘shed for the wed’ as I discussed in episode 59, just search or follow the hashtag #partyinOURplants on Instagram!   Links related to this episode: The full show notes with all the deets from this episode! Where to buy Apres plant-protein drinks and save 15% with code: PARTYINMYPLANTS Get my FREE #EATMOREPLANTS course! Where you can go to submit a question for the show! Where I’d much appreciate you leaving a review for the show in iTunes!! How to work 1-on-1 with me! Where you can go to sugg

In terms of making my ultimate wedding dream a reality, today’s guest takes the cake. And bakes it. Since that ultimate wedding dream I just spoke of was to be able to eat my own damn wedding cake at my own wedding. Without a stupid belly ache. So since Emily Lael Aumiller, the founder of Lael Cakes and an allergen-free pastry chef extraordinaire makes the world’s best vegan and gluten-free cakes, she’s essentially my wedding fairy godmother! I’m excited to share with you how Emily went from pastry sculpting to cake sculpting, and how through a fateful intervention of a lot of allergies, Emily decided to sculpt cakes those of us who have sensitives systems and/or just prefer not putting crap into our bodies can enjoy with glee! Emily’s company, Lael Cakes, is a Brooklyn based boutique cake studio that uses her own unique blend of non-gluten flours (don’t worry, I tell you what’s in the blend) to make the perfect pastry flour. It’s incredible how Emily substitutes real food ingredients for refined sugar, satur

My guest today only uses nontoxic attitudes and nontoxic products! And obviously believes in the power of eating non-toxic plant foods. Sarah Rose is a New York City-based Makeup Artist who, after working in the conventional make up industry, became appalled AF at how much pressure the media and beauty industry puts on women to meet the social construct of beauty. She experienced first hand how this drove women's insecurity levels way down and their crappy product purchases way up--and who's to benefit? Certainly not these women--instead, the pockets of these big conglomerate corporations who own most of the industry and even the petrochemical industry! It's one big vicious cycle.So in 2014, Sarah Rose was inspired to shift focus in her practice and she switched over to the good side - completely non-toxic, clean products, all made by smaller, passionate makers while deconstructing one's relationship with beauty. As a self-proclaimed Makeup Therapist, it's her goal to empower her clients to find confidence ev

The story of today’s guest is a long and winding and one that involves crime, international borders and an eff ton of breakfast. Ksenia Avdulova is the breakfast eater behind the @breakfastcriminals an award-nominated wellness brand that meticulously manages to merge food with mindfulness. (And dangerously leads to acai and smoothie bowls cravings on the regular.) What started as a whatevs, yolo instagram account devoted to sharing healthy brekkies has since transformed into much more than talking about the mornin’ meal, Ksenia’s now really the leader of a self love and self realization movement who believes that How you start your day is really - how you live your life. (Which explains why she loves to start hers in her signature heart-shaped bowl.) I only thought it was apropos for me to much on my breakfast protein waffles while interviewing Ksenia so if you think you’re hearing chews, you’re not imagining it! It’s me!   Get stoked to hear: - A twisty-turny immigration story (that totally has to do with br

In exactly 1 month from when this episode airs, I’ll be waking up as a married lady for the first morning ever! So I figured right now’s the perfect time to share my chat with a couple who is couple goals to the MAX. Sonja and Alex Overhiser, known on the interwebs as A Couple Cooks, are a writer and photographer duo behind the award-nominated food blog, A Couple Cooks, and the co-authors of the inspiring (to me as a soon to be also author) cookbook, Pretty Simple Cooking, which was named one of the “best vegetarian cookbooks” by Epicurious. And which lives on the SPECIAL FAVORITE COOKBOOKS section of my cookbook library, I’d like to add. Their plant-forward approach to eating and their joy-filled approach to cooking, mixed with their humble approach to love is what makes this couple pretty simply awesome. It was tricky tricky business scheduling this interview with BOTH Sonja and Alex but I just couldn’t settle one half of the couple cooks and I’m so thrilled I get to share both of them with you today! I’m a

My guest today knows first hand, and with her other hand too, just how much a personal crisis can be a catalyst for dramatic self and health discovery. Magdalena Wszelaki’s journey with hormone imbalance began with a diagnosis of Graves’ Disease, Hashimoto’s and Adrenal Fatigue. Yuck. 10 years later, doctors diagnosed her with Estrogen Dominance and a dangerously high level of heavy metal toxicity. Not fun. Magdalena Fed up with doctors who wrote her conditions off with a laundry list of pharmaceuticals, Magdalena left her career in advertising to focus full-time on understanding her body, her relationship to food, and develop a new way of eating that would repair and keep her hormones working smoothly. Now she is a holistic health coach who works with women to help them understand their health and get nice and comfy on their paths to wellness.   Some stuff in this episode:   - Covering the autoimmune disease spectrum and the symptoms - Why teenagers in Papau New Guinea have amazing skin - The seven foods to

I may not get to bring one of the adorable OG golden girls on my podcast, but I’d say the golden girl of wellness (as crowned by Elle) is an even more perfect guest. Said golden girl of wellness is Candice Kumai who is an internationally-renowned wellness writer, former line cook, former tv host, former-model, TV personality, five-time best-selling author, fellow Williamsburg dweller and incredible planty chef. Candice sits on The Well+Good Council and was recently named one of Arianna Huffington’s “Top 20 New Role Models in 2017.” Yeah, ok, NBD. Well, big deal is her latest book that’s all about celebrating and sharing her Japanese culture and traditions - both in cuisine (matcha, miso and soba OH MY!) and in self-care wisdom (kintsugi, wab-isabi, okinawa, huh?)! Ok, I’m so excited for you to hear this chat, HYAH!   Press play to hear:   - Candice's go-to smoothie of the moment - A super simple tip to help you get healthier right now - What Candice doesn't want to write about ever again - The importance of e

In this episode, you’ll slurp up my best advice for doing an occasional single day only juice party (also known as a 1-day juice cleanse). I’m spilling all I know about having that party feel so good you’ll want to pull an all-nighter. (Like have the 1-day juice cleanse lead into more plant eating the next day.) You know what? Enough analogies. THIS EPISODE IS ABOUT HOW TO DO A 1-DAY JUICE CLEANSE (LIKE IT AIN’T NO THANG).   Links related to this episode: The full show notes with all the deets from this episode! Where to buy Four Sigmatic Shroom Products and save 15% with code: “PARTYINMYPLANTS Steal my job!! Scope out the exciting and impressive curriculum for The Institute for Integrative Nutrition! Get my FREE #EATMOREPLANTS course! Where you can go to submit a question for the show! Where I’d much appreciate you leaving a review for the show in iTunes!! How to work 1-on-1 with me! Where you can go to suggest a guest (yourself or someone else) for the show! Party in My Plants on Instagram Party in My Plant

My guest today is so passionate about drinking plant-packed juices that he dubbed himself the “Juice Guru” which you’d think might be a bold title until you see how boldly Steve Prussack actually lives up to it! In addition to shooting plant drinks into his body every day, he and his wife Julie help over 100,000 dedicate juicees do the same. They’re the creators of Juice Guru, a business dedicated to spreading the message about juicing for healthy living and they’re the founders of the accredited Juice Guru Academy, which offers courses in juice therapy and health education, and trains juice coaches around the world. Steve’s the award-winning host of "Juice Guru Radio" which I had the pleasure of being featured on! Woot woot! And he and Juice are the authors of the bestselling book: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Juice Fasting, another book: Juice Guru - Transform Your Life by Adding One Juice a Day and the brand spankin’ new book: Juice Guru's Juicing for Rapid Weight Loss. That’s a lot of juice. I kinda have

It’s my 100th podcast episode! That’s a lot of podcast episodes! Almost as many podcast episodes as half the amount of episodes of the total amount of friends episodes! I had to do to something stellar to commemorate my 100th episode, (cuz you gotta do something to commem that 100th ‘sode!) and I couldn’t help but feel a calling about letting out a big luxurious vent about what has changed about wellness since I started my podcast 100 episodes ago. A lot’s different. Both in my heart and soul and in the “wellness industry,” and in this podcast episode I play one of my favorite games and share 2 truths and a lie all about the wellness industry! Except I have 6 truths and a lie. Or maybe that’s the lie and I have 7 truths! I guess you’ll have to press play and see…   Links related to this episode: The full show notes with all the deets from this episode! Where to buy Four Sigmatic Shroom Products and save 15% with code: “PARTYINMYPLANTS Steal my job!! Scope out the exciting and impressive curriculum for The Ins

In the same way that I once felt fated to live a physically uncomfortable and sucky life with my IBS and then turned that shiz around by taking control of my mind and food, my guest today, Elissa Goodman did the same thing - with her Hashimoto's and her umm, cancer. Now, Elissa is an L.A-based holistic nutritionist and cleanse expert who believes that proper planty nourishment plus a daily cleansing practice are essential for optimal living. (Plus a hefty dose of self-love and intuition listening.) Elissa’s mission is to educate and encourage healthy, mindful living to help others embrace the concept that we are a product of what we eat and how we treat ourselves. She’s mega passionate about using a whole slew of holistic healing methods, supplements, superfoods and herbs to help peeps reset their metabolism, overcome autoimmune issues, digestive and inflammatory challenges or heal themselves from disease and she may or may not have turned me onto my new favorite immune-strengthening supplement that might mat

Today’s episode is with someone who I think, I THINK...loves matcha as matcha as I love matcha? I mean he better. Because he’s one of the two dudes on a major mission to bring matcha to the people...to ALL the people. Graham Fortgang is one half of the founding fathers...I mean founding brothers...of Matcha Bar, New York City’s first specialty matcha cafe, THE OG! that opened in Williamsburg, Brooklyn allll the way back in 2014. Since then, Graham and his brother Max have been fueling themselves with matcha in order to hustle their way to basically matcha world domination - opening new matcha cafe doors open on both East and West Coasts and launching some magical bottled matcha products nationwide. As a long-time matcha drinker myself (way before Instagram photos of matcha even existed, I’ll have you know), I’ve been dying to dive in deep on this now ultra trendy green coffee alternative, and I did well, because nobody can MATCH-a the Enthusiasm and knowledge Graham has in this chat about Matcha. This is the

Today’s episode is a little change of pace. But it’s my podcast and I can do what I want to… so what I wanted to do this week was share a story I told at a storytelling show a couple months ago. What’s a storytelling show? Well have you heard of The Moth? The Moth in an organization dedicated to the art and craft of storytelling - that is, real people getting up in front of real audiences on a real stage with a real microphone telling real stories from their real, everyday lives. It’s pretty cool. So I didn’t perform this story at a Moth show but the next best thing  - a storytelling show called Speak Up in Connecticut in which my daddy dearest also performed!!! Awwwww how presh?! You might’ve heard me mention that I was going to be taking a stab at storytelling in episode 77 of this podcast with Simi Botic (whose book is chalk full of amazing stories by the way) and this story about my adorably doggie Tommy negatively benefiting from my healthy habits is that stab! The theme of the storytelling show I told i

My guest today is not just a one, but a TWO time breast cancer survivor, which is not once inspiring but DOUBLY INSPIRING. (I really couldn’t come up with something more creative there.) Caryn Sullivan spent nearly 20-years working in the world of sports and entertainment largely at Disney & ESPN and the Minnesota Timberwolves, crushing her job in that intense environment by fueling herself with good ol’ Diet Dr. Peppers and endless bags of baked quote unquote “HEALTHY” chips. It wasn’t until her wake-up call with stage IV cancer  that Caryn changed her focus from looking good to being well. She launched her blog Pretty Wellness to chronicle her journey toward wellness by sharing stories and lessons learned through her own hardship and has since been a champion in motivating peeps to thrive in their lives. Caryn’s been seen on The Doctor Oz Show, Hallmark Channel’s Home & Family and inspires thousands to embrace wellness in the motivational speeches she gives throughout the country and in her motivati

My guest today’s love for skin is way more than skin deep. Hehe like what I did there? I like it. And I also like everything Dr. Whitney Bowe had to say in this chat. Dr. Whitney is a renowned New York-based dermatologist (one of the most in-demand dermatologists in the country to toot her horn a little bit) and she’s incredibly passionate about researching and revealing the science that supports the link between nutrition and skincare. She regularly brings her expertise (and her own perfectly glowing skin) to programs like Good Morning America, The Rachael Ray Show, The Doctors, and Dr. Oz, and she and her work have been featured in publications like the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, Allure, InStyle, Vogue, Elle, and O, (as in The Oprah Magazine, not as in LMNOP). Her new book, The Beauty of Dirty Skin, is all about how our gut health affects our skin health which, is all like wut?! The coolest topic ever. And considering our gut health is affected by how hard we party in our plants, this chat is

Today’s episode is the Part 2 to my last episode (episode #93) and unlike The Hangover Part 2, this follow-up gets two thumbs up. Although this doesn’t have Bradley Cooper so you win some, you lose some. But my guest, Samantha Elkrief, is the perfect piggyback to Dr. Drew Ramsey from last week because she works with him! He’s the doctor in the nutritional psychiatry clinic and she’s the implementer! He’s the one all about the science of how food affects our mood and she’s the one about the hows of actually EATING said good moody food. Samantha’s a holistic health coach from the Institute of Integrative Nutrition (me too!) and a health supportive chef from the Natural Gourmet Institute (me also too!) and a social worker by way of Columbia University (me not at all). She specializes in helping peeps eat more plants and find permanent peace and joy with food. And speaking of joy, speaking with Samantha was exactly that!   Prepare your brain to hear:   How brain food isn't as complicated as you think Some signs

Today’s episode is part 1 of 2 because talking about eating to beat depression is THAT DAMN IMPORTANT. My guest today was a toughie to book - but soooo worth being that annoying persistent “oh god these people are going to hate me. If they’re even seeing these 39 emails” girl for. But I was elated to talk Dr. Drew Ramsey, who is a true pioneer in the space of mental health. He’s a psychiatrist who actually believes in the power of food or using “nutritional interventions” to help peeps overcome depression, anxiety and other emotional wellness issues -- hence his perfect nickname: the food shrink. Dr. Ramsey’s has a popular NYC clinic called the Brain Food Clinic, but he doubles as a farm boy who spends time doing farm stuff on his 127 acre organic farm in rural Indiana. He has a terrific ecourse called Eat To Beat Depression, he’s written 3 books including one called The Happiness Diet, another called Eat Complete: The 21 Nutrients that Fuel Brain Power, Boost Weight Loss and Transform Your Health and another

The only way I’m even slightly able to relate to today’s guest is because I’ve seen Miss Congeniality upwards of 13 times (and yes could definitely recognize it through a hotel wall like Chandler duh). Rachael Todd, I mean, sorry, MISS UNITED STATES, is the leader of the Gorgeous Mind Movement - her creation to help women master their minds so they can create a life of meaning. Aside from being Miss United States, Rachael is mindset coach, a health coach, a speaker and an entrepreneur. As you’ll hear in our chat, before becoming Miss US, or even Miss Florida (oh yeah, she’s that, too!) she had to overcome BIG shiz like: self-doubt, insecurities, stress, fear, lack of balance and no knowledge on how to wear a crown. But I mean, does anyone know how to wear a crown until it’s time to wear a crown?   Press play to hear:   What the Miss United State Organization REALLY promotes (hint: probably not what you think) Why Rachael chose food and hunger in America as her platform How food banks are changing – for the b

Nikki Sharp knows a thing or two or twenty about being unbalanced. She’s a former high-profile model who openly admits to have struggled with multiple eating disorders, body dysmorphia and other crazy crap that models experience, so when she fell into a plant-based lifestyle and experienced balance, good health and inner peace for the first time, she just had to spread the word! Well spread the word she most def did, to nearly half a million followers, mind you. Now Nikki is a health coach, yoga instructor, vegan chef and best-selling author, and her most recent book, Meal Prep Your Way to Weight Loss is considered by many to be the holy grail of plant-based meal prep guides. Ok, it’s considered by MOI to be the holy grail of plant-based meal prep guides. It’s pretty cool. As is Nikki. PREP yourself to hear: Where weight loss and the body positivity movement went wrong. The idea that you CAN love your body and still want to improve it. The gap between healthy serving size and the creations that live on Insta

My guest today is a Canadian born and raised former unhealthy, traditional pastry chef turned very healthy, plant-based chef. Lauren Lobley is a wiz at making traditionally unhealthy food remarkably healthy food and while experimenting in the kitchen and with her body, she realized “oh wait, I think I’m a plant-based paleo person!” that’s not a direct quote but it’s a true thing - Lauren went ACCIDENTALLY PALEO and wrote a whole book about it! Called The Accidental Paleo ! It’s really cool. Also cool is that Lauren run and operate a yoga studio in Malibu, California, with her ultra-fit hubby Ted, where Lauren provides the freshly baked vegan gluten-free granola, and Ted teaches the best class on this side of Malibu. Talk about a power couple! Now let’s talk to Lauren…   Press play to hear about:   - The conflict of pastry school and Lauren's fascinating health journey. - What’s the big deal is about the paleo diet! - Manipulating vegetables. - The power of being your family's head chef. - The myth of protein