INSIDE AND OUTSIDE: Nature + Pop Culture News with Jessica Murnane

This week, I’m talking to Cait Flanders. Cait is the author of The Year of Less ( a self-help memoir and a Wall Street Journal bestseller). Cait and I discuss escaping feelings, boundaries with self-promotion, being good enough, why minimalism doesn't solve all your problems, and Tupperware parties. Plus she answers all the OPP fam questions!  Here's Cait:      This episode is supported by  Orga...

This week, I'm talking to Karen Walrond. Karen is an attorney, author, leadership coach, and sought-after keynote speaker on topics such as self-empowerment, creativity, and innovation.  Karen and I discuss coping with losing (nearly) everything in Hurricane Harvey, accepting help, her career path from lawyer/engineer to author/speaker/coach, and the power of supporting other women.  Here's Karen:...

This week, I'm talking to Grace Smith. Grace is a world-renowned hypnotherapist and founder of  Grace  Space and  Grace  Method Hypnotherapy School.  Grace and I discuss what hypnosis is (and what it isn't), accessing the subconscious mind, reprogramming your beliefs, and accepting responsibility aka taking your power back. PLUS she answers all the OPP family questions! It's a gooooood one.  Here'...

This week, I'm talking to Michael Ventura. Michael is the CEO and founder of Sub Rosa, he runs an indigenous medicine practice, and just wrote his first book,  Applied Empathy: The New Language Of Leadership.  Michael and I talk about the benefits of applied empathy, finding a mentor, his thoughts on self-promotion, and empathy vs. weakness. Plus he answers all the OPP Family questions.  Here's Mi...

This week, I'm talking to Timothy Pakron of Mississippi Vegan. Timothy is a photographer, recipe developer, food stylist, and soon to be author (with his debut cookbook, Mississippi Vegan). Timothy and I talk about why he chooses to focus on what he can eat and not what he can't, how he approaches veganism, his belly, finding confidence in his decisions, and why his new book means to much to him....

It's our season premiere! Ahhhh! So excited to be back. This week, I'm talking to Bethany C. Meyers. Bethany is a master instructor known for her body-positive and inclusive approach to fitness, the founder of The Be. Come Project, and an outspoken member and activist of the LGBTQIA+ community. Bethany and I break down what LGBTQIA+ (each letter) means to her, losing her religion and then creating...

This week, I'm talking to Candice Kumai. Candice is a classically trained chef, former tv host and former-model-turned wellness journalist, & five-time, best-selling author. This month, she's releasing her sixth and most powerful book, Kintsugi Wellness.  Candice and I talk about how confidence is contagious, the Japanese principles she uses to find a more balanced life, eating the frog, and how h...

This week we're talking to Dr. Lisa Mosconi. Lisa is the Associate Director of the Alzheimer’s Prevention Clinic at Weill Cornell Medical College (WCMC)/NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. Before that she founded and was the director of the Nutrition & Brain Fitness Lab at New York University School of Medicine (NYU). Lisa holds a PhD degree in Neuroscience & Nuclear Medicine, and is a certified Inte...

To celebrate our 100th interview, we're bringing back some of your most favorite and most controversial guests to find out what they're up to now. If you didn't hear these guests original episode, go back and take a listen. We've got links to them in the show notes of this show (below!)  Go listen:    This episode was supported by Franklin + Whitman . Makers of all-natural products for the modern...

This week I'm talking to Lauren Toyota. She's an author, creator of Hot For Food, and host of Lauren In Real Life . In her past life, Lauren Toyota was a MuchMusic VJ and nationally recognized TV host and producer for nearly 10 years.  In this episode we discuss accepting your "flaws", anger issues, maintaining and growing a thriving brand, and how Lauren's living in the now.  Here's Lauren:  This...

This week we're talking to Rose-Marie Swift for our 100th interview! Rose-Marie is the founder of RMS Beauty and has been a make-up artist for over 35 years. Her work has been featured in magazines including  Vogue, W , Harper's Bazaar , Interview, and Elle and her make-up has appeared in ads including Dianne Von Furstenburg, Calvin Klein, and Louis Vuitton, among others. And her portfolio include...

This week we're talking to co-founder of Braid Creative and Being Boss, Kathleen Shannon.  In this episode we talk about Kathleen's word of the year, money issues (we go deep on this), and the difference between "values" and "intentions". Plus she answers your questions too!    Here's Kathleen:       This episode is supported by Daily Harvest , they deliver soups, ready-to-blend smoothies, overnig...

This week we're talking to Katelyn N. Brewer of Darkness To Light about preventing child sexual abuse. A few figures before you listen: 1 in 10 children will be sexually abused by the time they are 18. 90% of abused children know their abuser. And there are 42 million survivors of sexual abuse in the US.  Please share this episode with at least one person today. As Katelyn shares in this interview...

This week we're talking to Sheri Salata. Sheri is the co-founder of STORY, a media company producing print, digital and live event content. She also co-founded Orange Dragon Productions where she is developing TV and film content. Her past life was a 21-year career with Oprah Winfrey. She was the Executive Producer on The Oprah Winfrey Show  and also served as Co-President of Harpo Studios and OWN...

This week is the season finale and WOW do we have a huge finale guest! We're talking to psychiatrist, empath, and best-selling author, Dr. Judith Orloff. No really. Do you understand how fortunate we are to get to learn from this incredible woman? It's huge.  Judith and I discuss what it means to be an empath, her proven coping strategies, dealing with energy vampires, and why she told me to "mind...

This week, I'm talking to PCOS (Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome) expert and author, Amy Medling. We discuss how she transformed her health after being diagnosed with PCOS, her biggest tools to managing the syndrome, and why it's so important to put your health first.  Here's Amy:  Listen and subscribe in iTunes Listen and subscribe in Stitcher       Show Notes:   Email hola (at) onepartplant.com with...

This week, Ruby Warrington is back! We're exploring the idea of sober curiosity, the shades of grey of alcohol addiction, how Ruby became more spiritual when she ditched the spirits, and her biggest advice to living a sober-curious lifestyle.  Here's Ruby:  Listen and subscribe in iTunes Listen and subscribe in Stitcher This episode is supported by mindbodygreen.   mindbodygreen's online classes a...

This week I'm talking to the founder of Working Daughter, Liz O'Donnell. Working Daughter is a community for women balancing caregiving and career. Liz and I discuss her journey to becoming a voice and advocate for working daughters, having the tough conversations with your parents as they age, understanding and navigating elder care, and the concept of "grelief".  Here's Liz:  Listen and subscrib...

This week, I'm talking to Sonja Overhiser, founder of A Couple Cooks and author of the soon-to-be-released cookbook, Pretty Simple Cooking . Sonja and I discuss living with cancer, the grieving process of a miscarriage, her wild ride to motherhood, and what (who) made all of her struggles worth it in the end. I know this sounds like a heavy as sh*t episode, but there is a lot of humor, laughing, a...

This week I'm talking with Lauren Handel Zander. She's an author, coach, and co-founder of The Handel Group. We discuss how to turn shitty situations into sacred ones, crushing negative self-talk (the inner dialogue that doesn't serve us), and how to kick your laziness's butt. Here's Lauren:  Listen and subscribe in iTunes Listen and subscribe in Stitcher   This episode is supported by Proud Mary....

This week I'm talking to journalist and author, Celeste Headlee. We discuss why we're doing empathy wrong and how to do it better, how to navigate those tricky conversations, and why we all need to just put our phones away (with the science to back it up!).  Here's Celeste:  Listen and subscribe in iTunes Listen and subscribe in Stitcher   This episode is supported by Thrive Market.   Sign up to r...

This week I'm talking to medical marijuana expert, Maya Elisabeth. Maya has been "treating cannabis as a superfood since 2008" with her brands, Om Edibles and Whoopi and Maya. In this episode, she answers every cannabis-related question you've ever had regarding CBD, edibles, topicals, federal vs. state laws, and properly treating chronic and menstrual pain with this plant-based medicine.  Here's...

This week I'm talking to kombucha queen, Daina Trout. Daina and I discuss her path to launching her brand Health-Ade, why starting small can be a good thing, inspiring vs. helping, and leaving your mark + doing something that matters. She also answers all of your kombucha questions (and some of her answers might surprise you!).   Here's Daina:  Listen and subscribe in iTunes Listen and subscribe i...

Erica Chidi Cohen is a doula, the co-founder of Loom, and author of the new book, Nurture: A Modern Guide To Pregnancy, Birth, Early Motherhood – and Trusting Yourself and Your Body . Erica and I discuss mental illness + pregnancy, how inclusivity shouldn't be so radical, the polarization of motherhood, how no birth experience is the "right" one, and why every woman deserves reproductive health gu...