The Healthy Peaceful Podcast

Join me as I talk with "The Plant Food Chef," James Sant about the importance of fermented foods to creating a healthy microbiome.  James introduces his home ferments which range from kombucha to water kefir to wild blueberries to chile peppers with thyme from the local farmer's market.  James shares his passion for the health and flavor that fermented foods promote.  He introduces...

Join me in this conversation with Edward Esko, one of the world's leading teachers and counselors on the macrobiotic way of life as he explores his new book, Strengthening Natural Immunity: A Plant-Based Macrobiotic Approach , written with the Covid-19 pandemic in mind. Ed looks at the pyschology of populations living in pandemic "hotspots"; the correlation between toxic dead zones...

An interview with Alex Jack, author, teacher, and macrobiotic health counselor.  Alex is the founder and president of Planetary Health, Inc., a nonprofit educational organization that sponsors the Amberwaves grassroots campaign to preserve whole grains from genetic engineering, climate change, and other threats.  He holds conferences and seminars on diet, health, sustainability, engages in publish...

Join me as I read from Part One of the book Mindfulness in Action, Making Friends with Yourself through Meditation and Everyday Awareness (2013) by Chogyam Trungpa, edited by Carolyn Rose Gimian.  This is a book about meditation and how the meditative qualities of mindfulness and awareness influence our everyday lives.  Part One is titled "Making Friends with Yourself" and the following...

Noreen interviews Lino and Jane Stanchich, health counselors and teachers on the importance of chewing food well to overall health and vitality.  Author of Power Eating Program, You are How You Eat , Lino describes his father's discovery as a prisoner of a German concentration camp during World War II.  Faced with bitterly cold winters and hardly any clothing to keep warm, his father "ch...