The Party In My Plants Podcast

Today’s guest is a gem. He’s just a gem. And I’ve really never used that phrase before but I couldn’t think of any better way to introduce Chris Cieri, the founder of Franklin and Whitman, the instagram-famous plant-based, paraben and cruelty free skin care company you might already be familiar with. You know that song: “started from the bottom now we here?” Well Chris’ version might as well be “started with a beard now we here” because that’s really the story of how his passion-project-turned-second-job exploded onto the natural skin care scene. Just like Chris is blown away by the response to his handmade products, I was blown away by this conversation because we go WAY more than skin deep. Haha I love puns. We talk about morals and ethics and life and death and dogs and instagram and serums and dry shampoo and everything in between.   You’ll hear: Why is Franklin and Whitman is even called Franklin and Whitman (or “Frank and Whit” for short). The guiding principles/brand promises that Frank and Whit lives

Osha Key is passionate and skilled at helping women eat more plants to weigh less pounds. She’s a certified nutritionist and health coach and the founder of the Lovetarian diet, which contrary to what I thought, means more than just eating heart-shaped cookies. Now, full disclosure: I don’t weigh myself nor at all suggest that you do - in fact I’d discourage you from stepping on a scale or evening owning one, and in this positive body love society that we’re becoming (which, snaps for that I mean right?!), I feel like it’s become a little taboo to talk about weight loss, but honestly, I just believe that it’s totally a thing to both love your body AND take healthy steps to help it fit into cute pants more comfortably. And that whole healthy steps thing is exactly what Osha believes in - and believe it or not, the first step she suggests for weight loss is actually in your MIND, not in your meal.   Get ready to hear:   Three key components to healthfully losing some lbs. How your biggest transformation can re

I met today’s guest on the subway! Jonathan Goodwin was fiddling with some handcuffs and I asked him what he was doing, learned he was a professional daredevil stunt performer who's done everything from hanging from a building with just 2 fingers to flipping cars to getting attacked by a shark - PURPOSELY - to hanging to a burning rope just by his teeth on one of my favorite shows -- America’s Got Talent. I just KNEW he had to come on the show to share his perspective on mental toughness, focus and discipline! Ok, all that is true except we didn’t meet on the subway. The subway would actually be more believable than how we actually met. We ACTUALLY met on stage at The Palace Theater on Broadway in New York, in front of 1800 people, when Jonathan randomly pulled out of the audience and onto the stage to perform a stunt. And by “stunt” I mean I had to hold a flower horizontally by my teeth (which, btw is WAY harder than it might seem - you try!) and Jonathan, blindfolded, used a whip to chop that flower in half

Grace Smith, today’s guest, is one of the most experienced hypnotherapists on the planet! It’s true! And it’s true that Grace is on a mission to make hypnosis mainstream. Which is the opposite of mission impossible, because Grace is VERY successfully doing just that. I really don’t need to even introduce her to you because she tells her own story perfectly, but I should prepare you for all the literal “ohhs and ahhs” that come out of my mouth during this chat AND I should prepare you that after listening to this, you’ll have a level of excitement about hypnosis you never thought possible. Which won’t happen because Grace brainwashed you...but rather because I did. Just kidding….   You’ll hear: How Hollywood and stage shows have completely misrepresented hypnosis -- and what it ACTUALLY is. Why you can’t just hypnotize your husband to do whatever you want him to do. (Bummer.) The ‘you have to hear it to believe it’ story of how Grace used hypnosis to save her father- in-law.   The difference between self-hy

As a person whose job (and passion) it is to help others eat healthier, I’m routinely reminded of all the stuff that makes healthy eating hard. And I feel you -- happy hours with friends, donut day in the office and cohabiting with kale haters doesn’t help the fruits and veggies fly effortlessly into your mouth. But no matter what, I don’t believe you’re destined for a life where your struggle to eat healthfully will always be REAL. There might actually be things that you’re doing to make this whole eating clean thing way harder than it needs to be! If any of these eight habits ring true to you, drop that habit like it’s hot and watch more plants practically soar onto your plate.   Links related to this episode: The full show notes with all the deets from this episode! Where I’d much appreciate you leaving a review for the show!! How to work 1-on-1 with me! Get my FREE #EATMOREPLANTS course! Where to save 40% off Amazing Grass greens using code PLANTPARTY40 at checkout! Where you can go to submit a question f

My guest today, along with a team of smarty pantses, worked his buns off to create a healthier medicine. David Johnson, the CEO of Genexa, the world's first USDA certified organic & Non-GMO Project Verified medicine, is on a mission to help our bodies feel better as naturally as possible. Using the proven technologies of PLANTS, my besties! and building on the century old healing system called Homeopathy, the medicine David worked to create is nothing short of groundbreaking. But it wasn’t a piece of organic gluten-free cake to build this company, and David is here to tell us the full story, as well as help us understand how the heck the adjective organic can actually be used with the noun: medicine. So now let’s verb: GO!   You’ll hear:   - The whole idea behind Genexa and why David worked so hard to create it! - What the heck homeopathic medicine is. - Some powerful plants that are actually medicines. - How it’s possible that a medicine actually has no side effects. - Why “big pharma” puts borderline da

If you’re used to grabbing a tea from the coffee shop and sipping on it in between texts or while paused at a traffic light, my guest today really wants you to STOP! IN THE NAME OF TEA … AND SIP IT MINDFULLY…. Ok, those aren’t his exact words, but Andy Hayes, the founder of Plum Deluxe, a Portland, Oregon based small-batch tea company does believe that the beauty of tea is helping us SLOW DOWN (I mean, you can’t really chug tea) and enjoy a mindful moment. I like that. I like that a lot. And I like that Andy sat down with me for MANY mindful moments and explained the ins and outs, befores and afters, and hots and colds of tea! Yipee!!   Brew some tea and get ready to hear:   How (and why) to cold brew tea. The nifty tea tool you might have at home but not even know! How Andy names his tea fun things like the “hammock blend.” Fun ideas for mixing tea and booze! The A-Z process of making TEA. And cup fulls more! Links related to this episode: The full show notes with all the deets from this episode! Where I’d

Today’s guest comes from one of my favorite non-food spots in NYC: Hey Day, an amazing facial shop! I popped my facial cherry at Hey Day over a year ago and not to be dramatic, but it’s been transformative. I had no idea how much I’d enjoy being scrubbed and polished and getting the crap literally squeezed out of my pores, and I never could have predicted how much I’d learn about taking care of my skin. If you’ve never been to Hey Day, or gotten a facial, you should wash that fact away ASAP! But until then, enjoy this surprisingly delightful and terrifically informative chat with Jeni Sykes, the incredibly well-spoken co-founder and head of skincare at Hey Day and definitely get ready for some of the most tangible info that’s ever popped out of an episode.   You’ll learn:   Some signs your skin might want a facial. What really IS a facial (and what it’s not). Everything you need to know about SPF. The shocking reason your skin is extra oily in the summer. Really how to exfoliate. And loads much more! Links

Sarah Adler really makes healthy eating seem really simple. Which is really good. Because her business is called “Simply Real Health.” Sarah’s a real food lover to the core, and she’s really passionate about helping others love and eat real food with ease. She’s a rockstar nutrition coach, author of a beautiful cookbook (which I really did end up buying after this interview!) and just a really lovely, inspiring, real human being. I’m really happy I got to sit down with a person whose every Instagram post makes me smile (and crave something plant-y) (and kind of want to up and move to Seattle). I’m also really proud of myself for achieving my goal of using a form of the word “real” in every sentence of this introduction.   Get pumped to hear:   Why Sarah loves living in the land of grey. The huge Italian awakening moment she had that rocked her world! What it truly means to have a good relationship with food. 3 easy questions to ask yourself before indulging! What Little House on the Prairie has to do with th

My guests today -- yep, there are two of ‘em! -- are the fabulous founders of Soul Camp, a wellness sleepaway and day camp for adults that takes place on both coasts. Aside from satisfying their ‘smores cravings and learning how to read tarot cards, Soul Campers walk away from camp with a new friend or two, which I know you know is really hard to do. (Making new friends, that is.) So as two women who’ve masterfully created a breakthrough environment in which to do that -- which I can vouch for since I was a Soul Camp counselor in 2015! -- and who themselves have formed many true adult friendships, I knew of no people better to come on the podcast and address the elephant in the room: that making friends as a health-minded adult is hella-hard! And of course, we go into some super ways to make that hella-easier.   You’ll hear:   Scientific proof that having friends is essential to our longevity. The #1 thing you MUST have to make new friends! Tips for making new friends using social media. Literally where to p

Since I’ve been old enough to make my own decisions I’ve quit a whole bunch of things. And some big stuff, too. I mean, a sport that I’d played religiously for over 10 years, jobs, friends, fears, BEER!! But I’m a proud quitter. A strategic quitter. A HEALTHY quitter, in my opinion. And since wrapping the word “QUITTING” in a positive-connotation bow is a rarity, I figured I’d chat with you about MY art and science to strategic, positive quitting so maybe you can feel less lousy about finally giving up that thing you wanna give up, or carry less guilt about quitting so and so way back when (or yesterday).   Links related to this episode: The full show notes with all the deets from this episode! Where I’d much appreciate you leaving a review for the show!! Where to buy Genexa Organic Medicine for 30% off with code: PARTYPLANTS Get my FREE #EATMOREPLANTS course! Where you can go to submit a question for the show! Where you can go to suggest a guest (yourself or someone else) for the show! How to work 1-on-1 wit

Take a stroll through your grocery store’s nut butter section. There’s a very good chance some bright colored jars with a big squirrel and the words “Wild Friends” on the label will catch your eye, draw you in and make you smile. It’s true! And how it’s actually possible for nut and seed butter to make us smile? And also taste insanely good? Well that’s what I wanted to investigate. So I got to sit down with the co-founder of Wild Friends Foods, Erika Welsh, and talk about how her peanut, almond, cashew and sunflower butters are changing the bread spread game as we know it. Turns out, there’s not some manipulative mastermind marketing strategy behind Wild Friends, instead, there’s a BUTT ton of passion.   Get ready to hear:   How one rainy afternoon in college serendipitously birthed an empire of nut and seed butters. The #1 Wild Friends butter that most changes peoples’ lives. The story of Erika and Keeley’s humble hustle from college to the grocery store to Shark Tank to the Forbes 30 under 30 list. What h

You know how adopting all the healthy habits that we’re told to adopt can be incredibly overwhelming, stressful, confusing & social-life destroying? Well, today’s guest totally knows that. Or knew that. Which is why she completely ignored her doctor when they diagnosed her with an autoimmune disease in her early twenties. Flash forward to not so long ago, and Phoebe Lapine’s body and skin weren’t going to let her ignore her diagnosis any longer. She needed to do healthy stuff, STAT. But instead of just uphauling her entire life in one fell swoop, Phoebe, who was already a cookbook author, chef, culinary instructor, speaker, and blogger at FeedMePhoebe.com, decided to take a full year implementing one healthy habit at a time, so she could see which ones were really worth the hype...and the sacrifice. Thankfully, Phoebe didn’t keep her health experiment all to herself: she chronicled it in her new terrific book called The Wellness Project AND lucky for us, she deep dives into her wellness odyssey in this po

Today’s guest is a new kind of badass, she’s a BAD YOGI, with a nice ass probably because she does lots of yoga. Erin Motz of Badyogiofficial.com just reeks authenticity the same way that your sweaty yoga pants, well, just reek. The thing is, Erin’s loud and proud about not being a traditional yogi -- and she works long and hard to create a community where non-Sanskrit speaking, wine-loving, raggedy yoga-pants wearing yogis can UNITE! To date, with her brand, Bad Yogi, Erin has helped over 100,000 down-doggers proudly celebrate the fact that they’re bad yogis and she is essentially, redefining yoga culture. Kinda like how AirBnb redefined travel lodging. Except those are two completely different things so nevermind. Get ready to hear: The benefits of being a bad yogi. How to stop feeling so competitive in yoga classes! The honest correlation between yoga and weight. The answer to the question: is yoga supposed to be hard? The actual end goal of yoga. And plenty more! Links related to this episode: The full

If you’ve ever gotten lost in the grocery store you’ll be happy you found this episode. Because my guest Maria Marlowe is a grocery store guru...if that’s a thing. I mean, she has a whole 260+ page book on how to buy real food at the grocery store, so I assume that makes her a grocery store guru! Last time Maria was on the show, she spoke about how our food affects our face, and stressed the importance of eating clean shiz to clean up your skin. Well that’s all well and good, except if you don’t know how to purchase clean shiz to eat, you and your skin and your gut and your SELF are shiz out of luck. But no more do you have to feel like a foreign tourist in the grocery store or get home and try to spiralize a cucumber that you bought instead of a zucchini, because Maria dropped some knowledge bombs on how to be the bomb dot com at grocery shopping!   You’ll hear: What inspired Maria to write a guide to the grocery store. The biggest areas of confusion people experience in the grocery store. What term you sho

Neal Harden knows his way around plants. He knows how to dice ‘em, slice ‘em, present ‘em and combine ‘em in ways that makes them taste better than they’ve probably ever tasted before. Neal, the chef de cuisine of ABCV, a plant-based mecca and the third installment of the Jean George run ABC restaurants, is nothing short of a plant-whisperer. From breakfast to dinner he’s non-stop pumping out some of the most innovative and palate-pleasing ways to eat plants. It really takes some sort of plant guru to serve a simple plate of sauerkraut to rave reviews and accolades such as  “groundbreaking.” JUST SAUERKRAUT. That you eat with a fork. In our chat, which he kindly recorded at ABCV during some down time, if such a thing exists in a booked out for months restaurant, Neal humbly gives us a backstage view of what it’s like to run and execute a world-class plant-based restaurant. Although he isn’t able to give us all reservations...even to breakfast.   You’ll Hear:   The top-chef-like cooking audition Neal had with

Ilene Moreno of the thecolorfulkitchen.com is my best foodie friend. Between the two of us, I’d say we’ve covered 96% of the plant-party restaurants in New York City and together, we’ve been to probably 40%. We actually met because of our plant-party restaurant going! So we figured why not sit down and take you on a tour of our favorite New York City plant-party restaurants, as well as share our top tips for eating healthfully at non-plant party restaurants. As a bonus for this bonus episode, I made you my Ultimate Plant-Party Restaurant NYC Guide, which I’m now considering required reading if you live near NYC or are planning a trip here someday soon. To get the so-helpful-I-should-charge-for-it-but-I-won’t map, go to partyinmyplants.com/33. Links related to this episode: GET THE ULTIMATE PLANT-PARTY RESTAURANT MAP GUIDE HERE Where I’d much appreciate you leaving a review for the show!! Where to peek at Ilene’s book cover reveal! Where you can go to submit a question for the show! Where you can go to suggest

Adina Grigore is the found of SWBasics - a no-BS, truly natural skincare line that’s radically changing skin care for the way better. Adina is one of the coolest peeps I’ve ever spoken to which will be obvious as you listen, but aside from being cool and funny and authentic AF, Adina is a freaking skin genius … and a rebel! Her first book, Skin Cleanse, turned the world on its head when it revealed the truth: that to get clear, happy skin, the more simple, the more better. (And the more plants the more better, too.) Her second book which recently came out, Just the Essentials, proves how plants oils are skin heros and teaches exactly how to use them to make your skin glow like woah. I’d say get a pen and paper out to take notes because there’s such great info in this episode, but I already did that for you on partyinmyplants.com/32! You’re welcome! And thanks for listening! Get pumped to hear: My own shameful DIY hair product experience :-(. The #1 cause of bad skin, according to Adina. The top foods for gre

I don’t think there’s a person sweeter, sillier, smarter, and more passionate about the power of plants than Sarah Britton. If you don’t recognize the name Sarah Britton, perhaps saying MY NEW ROOTS will do the trick? Which is the blog name she’s been running for over 10 years and has used to inspire and change lives of hundreds of thousands of people all over the world? Yep! What started as a way for Sarah to simply share all this exciting life-changing healthy stuff she was learning with someone other than her uninterested ex-boyfriend, has morphed into a full-blown plant-eating movement, complete with an app, two books, retreats and a print shop. I thought we’d just be talking about plants, the subjects in Sarah’s drool-worthy photos, but this conversation led us to a truly holistic chat about health from the ground to the plate to the mouth to the mind! And speaking of mind, prepare for yours to be blown.   You’ll hear: Me embarrass Sarah about her site being a .org not a .com! #weirdo The farm experienc

My awesome guest today, Erin Willett, is an alumnus and semi-finalist of both The Voice AND The Biggest Loser, making her one of the coolest and most courageous females around - with kickass vocals AND kickass boxing skills to boot. Despite losing 87 pounds in one of the weirdest environments (The Biggest Loser ranch) Erin has an incredibly grounded, inspiring approach to weight loss and overall health. It’s actually pretty amazing to hear how balanced she is with food and how she credits exercise as not her first or even her second major factor for her tremendous transformation!   Get pumped to hear: The #1 factor Erin credits for her massive transformation. Her perspective on how words carry weight! And which words are yay and which are nay. The greatest thing she took back from The Biggest Loser ranch that changed everything for her. Her totally chill view on exercise today. A really yummy way to eat cauliflower! And much more   Links related to this episode: The full show notes with all the deets from t