PATH Positive Approaches To Health

Toni and Jenny head out on their next PATH Pod road trip to Bridgehampton, New York to learn all about the amazing work of Joyce Shulman. Joyce has been on a journey for decades and her current path includes encouraging women to take ownership of their minds, their moods and their bodies through the simple act of lacing up their sneakers and walking together. Her overall mission is to get a millio...

The PATH Pod ladies are livin’ it up, eating their way through New Orleans, Louisiana with their new pal Molly Kimball. Molly is a rockstar dietitian who is turning the local restaurant scene on its head! Molly and her incredible team of dietitians have collaborated with local chefs & restaurants to bring healthy dishes to more than 300 menus in the state of Louisiana. Their Eat Fit project ha...

On this episode of The PATH Pod Jenny takes a solo trip all the way to Israel where she finds Dr. Rani Polak, Director of Spaulding CHEF Coaching Program, Harvard Medical School & Director of Sheba Lifestyle Medicine Program. Dr. Polak is the innovator behind The Culinary Healthcare Education Fundamentals (CHEF) Coaching program. They chat about the bridge Dr. Polak is building between the hea...

What An Inspiring Trip!!! The ladies of PATH take another trip to NYC, this time to visit with nutrition extraordinaire & Food Network star Ellie Krieger. Ellie is the host of “Healthy Appetite” and is the host and executive producer of the cooking series “Ellie's Real Good Food” on Public Television. She is also a New York Times bestselling, IACP and two-time James Beard Foundation award-winn...

Toni and Jenny take another trip to the sun but this time they are in Hilton Head, South Carolina visiting with Registered Dietitian & Diabetes Care and Education Specialist, Toby Smithson of Diabetes Everyday. Toby opens up and tells her childhood story of being taught to keep her own Type 1 Diabetes diagnosis a secret and how that has shaped her view of diabetes self-care. She busts some ser...

The ladies of the PATH Pod take a trip out into the hot, hot heat of the Mojave Desert in Southeastern California. There they found Doug Evans, author of The Sprout Book living off the grid in a yurt, essentially living on sprouts! Their conversation is all about sprouts and Doug takes Toni and Jenny on a sprouting journey… they talk about growing, harvesting, cost savings and how to make them int...

Once again, the ladies of the PATH Pod find themselves in the Pacific Northwest on their Positive Approaches To Health road trip. During this episode they are gifted time spent with a delightful young Dietitian/Doula by the name of Carly Knowles. Carly specializes in holistic postpartum care for new mamas and families including nutritional counseling and private chef services. These three gals tal...

Toni and Jenny make a return trip to Columbia, Missouri for a deeper dive into Mindful Eating with Dr. Lynn Rossy. This is the first repeat guest the ladies of the PATHPod have visited and they could not be more excited!!! Their first road trip to Columbia to talk with Dr. Rossy about Mindful Eating was released on April 15, 2019. Give it a listen! During this episode, Dr. Rossy shares her stories...

The PATHPod gals make the trek back up to the Pacific Northwest to have an incredible conversation with Mary Purdy, an Integrative & Eco Dietitian. Mary is the Big Brain behind the Nutrition Show Podcast and is an adjunct faculty lecturer at Bastyr University in Kenmore, Washington. The three of them sat down to talk a bit about the microbiome and perimenopause and ended up going down an entir...

The PATHPod ladies head east to Princeton, New Jersey in this episode that is all things environmental health! They have an eye-opening conversation with Aly Cohen, a physician who is tripled board certified in internal medicine, rheumatology, and integrative medicine. She is also a trained specialist in environmental health and the three of them dive head-first into this topic. In 2013, Dr. Cohen...

The ladies of the PATHPod head to the beautiful state of New Mexico for a delightful conversation with Fallon Bader. Fallon is a registered dietitian-nutritionist and the founder/owner of the Sprouting Kitchen where she marries nutrition and farming in and around the Albuquerque area. Fallon is super-passionate about teaching people how to cook at the source of where their food grows – on the farm...

Toni travels solo on this PATHPod trip to Carmichael, CA to have a conversation about resilience with Amy Myrdal Miller. Amy is an award-winning Registered Dietitian Nutritionist, farmer’s daughter, highly regarded public speaker, published author, and founder and president of Farmer’s Daughter® Consulting, Inc., a privately-held agriculture, food, and culinary communications firm. Amy gets deeply...

The ladies of the PATHPod head down to the great state of Texas to visit with Mary Ellen Phipps, the registered dietitian behind Milk and Honey Nutrition. Her mission and Milk and Honey is to provide healthful recipes and resources to help properly manage health condition(s) while allowing patients and clients to experience true joy and contentment from the food they are eating. The three of them...

The ladies of the PATH Pod show up in Indianapolis, Indiana during this episode steeped in humanism and deep connection. Toni and Jenny have an incredible conversation with Dr. Laura Vater, a hematology-oncologist who developed the SMILE Scale to help patients and clinicians prioritize their own health. It was through the recognition of the need for her own self-care that this simple, yet effectiv...

The gals of the PATHPod hung out in SanFran with their new bestie, Sarah Koszyk. Sarah is a dynamic influencer, mover and shaker in the green beauty space who also happens to be a registered dietitian and cookbook author. Sarah runs a thriving nutrition practice in SanFrancisco where she helps clients feel and look their best! The three of them get into what it takes to be successful in business –...

The PATHPod ladies embark on a journey during this episode – a spiritual journey to self-care as they visit with Shelly Tygielski, author of the upcoming book Sit Down To Rise Up, How Radical Self Care Can Change The World. Shelly is the founder of Pandemic Of Love, Meditation Teacher, Self-Care Activist and an extraordinary human. This episode will inspire, ignite and embolden while offering some...

The Femmes of the PATHPod head to France on another “roadtrip” to Europe! Toni and Jenny were able to pick the brain of Dionne Detraz, an integrative dietitian who specializes in the prevention, treatment and recovery of cancer in this informative interview. Dionne’s passion for helping others through their cancer journey is felt all the way through this conversation, which is part story, part pra...

The PATHPod gals are back in the Bay Area for a delightful conversation with Dr. Kyra Bobinet, an expert in the areas of Social Determinants of Health (SDOH), learned helplessness and the iterative mindset. Kyra shares her personal story that lead her to go deep into SDOH and her desire to illicit engagement in whole populations. She does this by way of combining her backgrounds in neuroscience &a...

What can the gals of the PATHPod say??? They love New York! Toni & Jenny embark on another journey to the Big Apple that affords them the chance to chat with an absolute treasure in the sports nutrition world. This time around…they have an illuminating conversation with Natalie Rizzo, MS, RD. Natalie’s experience as a runner who happens to be a vegetarian and super-savvy when it comes to nutri...

Toni travels solo to NYC in this episode of PATH Positive Approaches To Health and engages in an incredible conversation with Bradford and Brian Manning of Two Blind Brothers. Brad and Brian were both diagnosed at a young age with Stargardt’s disease, a form of macular degeneration. They are in the business of creating ultra-soft designer clothing from natural fibers for the sole purpose of fundin...

The PATHPod gals road trip up to Bend, Oregon to have a heartfelt and inspiring conversation with an entrepreneur and amazing human---Kristi Coughlin, MS RDN. Kristi is a trained Registered Dietitian Nutritionist but her path has taken her away from direct service to a different form of DIRECT IMPACT through inspirational products and messages. For three years Kristi ran an online nutrition practi...

The ladies of the PATHPod head north into Canada to talk with Tamara Saslove and Elis Halenko – co-founders of the RD Collective, a business that helps dietitians and food & nutrition entrepreneurs build and scale the business of their dreams. The topic of their conversation was Imposter Syndrome and it was eye opening to say the least! It creeps up on the best of us and can do a number on our...

The ladies of the PATH Pod took a fun little trip over to the California coast, landing in the little beach town of Santa Cruz to chat with Antonella Dewell. She is a registered dietitian who specializes in helping people who are dealing with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Antonella uses a low FODMAP protocol and explains the process along with the forensic nature of her work. She also helps to d...

The PATHPod gals head over to the UK for a delightful conversation with Maeve Hanan, a Registered Dietitian who has a passion for spreading evidence-based nutrition messages - just what the world needs more of! This super-fun conversation focused on food flexibility with snippets of content from Maeve’s blog and e-book which can be found on her website, Dietetically Speaking. Maeve explains what e...

Toni and Jenny take a small but mighty trip up the peninsula to SanFrancisco for a myth-busting game of Fact or Crap with Marcella Cox, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist specializing in treating eating disorders. Marcella is the Founder of Kindful Body, a collaboration of seasoned eating disorder professionals who provide online therapy and nutrition counseling throughout California. She is...