PATH Positive Approaches To Health

Toni and Jenny head back to Vermont to talk with another one of EatingWell’s rockstar team. Victoria Seaver is senior digital editor at EatingWell.com and she was a ton of fun to chat with about her Path, what she thinks about meal prep and of course, her ideas for making veggies delicious! Victoria shares a little bit about her Prep School series along with EatingWell’s digital content on Instagr...

Toni and Jenny take a trip over the Golden Gate and head to Marin County to visit with the ladies of Today I Noticed. Willow Older and Deb Huber started their community adventure in paying attention, Today I Noticed on November 12, 2018 and they have been T.I.N.ing ever since! They describe the act of T.I.N.ing as a small, manageable, creative process and a way to slow down. They explain that it s...

Toni and Jenny make the trek up to Seattle, Washington to visit with an amazing Dietitian and author of the Anti-Inflammatory Diet Meal Prep cookbook, Ginger Hultin. The three of them had a hopeful conversation about collaboration within the field of nutrition while touching on the importance of practicing evidence-based nutrition while keeping an open mind. They also dove head-first into meal pre...

This episode is part Road Trip, part Behavior Change Basics and part Kitchen Surprise all wrapped up in one! The PATHPod Gals head to San Fran to talk about behavior change and creating habits with Lindsey Kane who is a registered dietitian, nutrition consultant and lifestyle blogger. Lindsey splits her time between her private practice, Bite For Change and Sun Basket, a healthy meal kit delivery...

This is a CANNOT MISS episode! Toni and Jenny head to the East Bay to engage in a very timely and somewhat emotional conversation with Laura DeTar, the super-dynamic Executive Director of Fresh Approach, a Bay Area non-profit. Fresh Approach connects communities and farmers, while increasing access to fresh, healthy foods through educational outreach and programs. Laura shared how this vibrant org...

Toni and Jenny head to the City of Brotherly Love for a conversation with Felicia Porrazza, one heck of a registered dietitian and personal trainer who gives a ton of insight on the topic of fueling for exercise and movement. Felicia answers their barrage of questions including pre and post workout fuel timing, plant-based protein and protein requirements. They dig into the topic of non-scale vict...

The PATH Pod ladies celebrate 2021 and say goodbye to 2020 by taking on the freezing cold as they head to New Hampshire for a delightful conversation with David Baum. David is many things, but boring is certainly not one of them! With two PhD’s – one in organizational psychology and one in divinity, along with a stint in the circus, he is one interesting human with plenty of wisdom to share. Their...

On this Holiday episode of PATH, Toni heads back to Columbus, Ohio to meet up with Jenny and have a conversation with April Blaine, lead pastor at Hilliard United Methodist Church in Hilliard, Ohio. They hit on many themes during their chat including courage, community, strategies for coping and capacity. They talk about the difficulty of the last year, how April has shown up differently for her c...

Toni and Jenny take a trip to the big city of San Francisco to have a conversation about making space and providing perspective with Registered Dietitian Tami Lyon. Tami is a specialist in eating disorders and has extensive background in weight management and behavior change. She currently has a private nutrition practice, Healthy Living Nutritional Counseling & Consulting LLC where she helps...

Toni and Jenny head east to our Nation’s capital in this episode of PATH. They meet up with Gregory Lewis, Executive Director and CEO of True Colors United, a non-profit based in DC that implements innovative solutions to youth homelessness focusing on the unique experiences of LGTBQ youth. Gregory connects the dots early in their conversation linking the issue of youth homelessness with positive...

The PATHPod gals visit our neighbor to the north taking a trip to Toronto to have a few laughs and talk a bit about nutrition with Andy DeSantis. Andy is a Registered Dietitian & Author who has a gift for making nutrition, health and food info pretty darn funny and shares some background on how that came to fruition. The three of them also touch on what it is like to be male in a female-domina...

Toni and Jenny take a trip down to the beaches of Ventura and the town of Santa Barbara in this Thanksgiving Episode. This is a story. The story of a dog named Haole. It is also the story of his mom, Kim Murphy and how her open spirit allowed for Haole to give his gifts freely to others in a very unique way. It is the story of holding space for others, it is the story of community, connection and...

Toni and Jenny head to Indiana for another Kitchen Surprise! They talk with Katy Maher who has been a dietitian for 10 years and has found her home in the culinary world in the past few years. They talk about all things wellness before jumping into spices and the spice blends that Katy uses at home for food prep ease and adding a ton of flavor. Katy’s love of food and making it flavorful is palpab...

The PATHPod gals hike up the peninsula to Woodside, CA and talk with Jeanne Rosner of SoulFoodSalon, a platform to share ideas, gain practical knowledge on healthy cooking, create confidence in living a healthy life and ensuring a future healthy planet. Jeanne hosts a salon event monthly featuring local chefs, health & wellness experts, and nutrition culinarians. The three of them talk about b...

The PATHPod ladies head to Oklahoma City, OK in this episode that is all about Self-Care. Toni and Jenny talk it up with Katrina Leggins who is a mental health therapist, social worker and self-care advocate, writer and speaker. Katrina is the founder and creator of K Nicole Writing, an informational and inspirational platform that creates self-care tools to help support those in need. Considering...

Toni travels solo in this deeply moving interview with her old friend Gina Martin. Gina has worked for National Geographic for 21 years and is the Founder and Executive Director of the Bob and Diane Fund, an award for visual storytelling about Alzheimer’s and dementia. During their conversation, Gina shares the story of how the Bob and Diane Fund came to life and in the process gives a glimpse int...

It’s been a busy travel season here at the PATHPod! In their latest adventure, Toni and Jenny go all the way out to lovely, little Manchester-By-The-Sea, Massachusetts where they meet up with Kathleen Johnson, a Registered Dietitian who specializes in Intuitive Eating. Kathleen runs a private nutrition practice called Halve Your Cake where she allows patients the needed space to figure out that ea...

Toni and Jenny take a road trip to NYC and there is NO BROADWAY involved!!! Whaaaat??? Instead, Toni and Jenny had a wonderful chat with Michelle Routhenstein, a dietitian and cookbook author who specializes in heart health. Considering heart disease is the number 1 killer in this nation and as Michelle points out, 80% of heart disease is changeable with nutrition, this is an important topic! Mich...

September is National Suicide Prevention Month. As a Nation we are facing numerous challenges, many of which don’t seem to be going away any time soon. The struggle is REAL. We are all feeling it. That makes this topic more relevant than ever. Toni and Jenny sit down with Alexis Donato, licensed marriage and family therapist. Alexis takes Toni and Jenny through a mental health “CPR”, called QPR an...

Toni and Jenny had a great conversation with Sarika Shah who is a registered dietitian in private practice in Danville, CA in the SanFrancisco Bay Area. Her private practice is focused on the Indian American population and her IG handle is indian.nutritionist. The conversation focused on the work she does with her clients, a big part of which is myth-busting. She tackles this quite a bit on her In...

Toni and Jenny head back to Minnesota to talk with Jenny Breen, a brilliant Chef and Public Health Educator at University of Minnesota. Jenny takes them on a gastronomic PATH “transforming ingredients into meals” as she winds them through the basic elements of cooking and adding flavor to make plants taste delicious. From talking them through making a simple salad dressing to fat & acids and f...

The PathPod heads up to Wauwatosa, WI for a surprising interview with Sherrill Knezel who is a graphic recorder, sketchnoter, illustrator and educator. This marks the 50th episode for Toni and Jenny and to be able to celebrate with this dynamic lady couldn’t make them more delighted! They draw the path between Sherrill’s work and wellness right off the bat and it becomes very clear that the two wo...

This is a Part 2, continuing the conversation around goals from our August 4th episode with Shannon Ginther. Toni and Jenny break down the ins and outs of sticking to the goals you have set and how working from a hope mindset is a crucial component. The bulk of the conversation is based on a Zen Habits article, Sticking To Goals When Life Disrupts ‘Em. The full article can be found here: https://z...

Toni “travels” back to Columbus to see Jenny and have a conversation with Jenny’s friend Shannon Ginther who is a healthcare leader, women’s advocate and yoga teacher. The three of them tackle the fact that we are all still “sitting in the fire” and how we can think about using this time we have been given to focus on what we love. Shannon is quite a goal setter and talks through how she had to fi...

We cover a lot of ground in this fun little episode… Toni and Jenny introduce their most recent intern, Annina Bradley and have a conversation with her about what she is up to with her fantastic Instagram account, Nutrition Branched! They introduce PATH’s updated website that Annina has been working on, including new resources and episode links. They even throw in a kitchen surprise as gardens are...