PATH Positive Approaches To Health

Toni and Jenny continue their road trip and head to Minneapolis, Minnesota to talk with eating disorder therapist Lee Wolfe Blum. Lee is the author of Brave Is the New Beautiful, her most recent book and the conversation unpacks many of the challenging and surprising emotions that came to the surface as Toni and Jenny worked through this lovely read. Lee explains the genesis of Brave and how it to...

Toni and Jenny head to Denver, CO and take a side trip to the Mediterranean on today’s episode… Whaaaaaat??? Seriously, we talk all things Mediterranean diet and plant-based nutrition with Cole Adam, Registered Dietitian and the brains behind the Instagram account eat.wild.greens. Cole talks Toni and Jenny through the fascinating history of the research behind the Mediterranean diet and what that...

Toni does a special solo episode with the help and support of the entire PATHPod Community - our first-ever listener challenge! Toni dives into listener responses to the question posed on social media… What is your Positive Approach To Health (PATH) during this time of COVID? The responses were incredible and overwhelming!! Our community is engaging in so many positive behaviors – from starting ga...

This little episode really packs a punch, giving us tons to contemplate as we continue to navigate the COVID pandemic. It’s Toni’s third Tale from the Trail and her first in this extremely odd and surprising year of 2020! Toni has a thoughtful conversation with her friend Shelby Edwards, who she met on the Los Gatos Creek Trail. They both talk about what their beloved trail has meant to each of th...

In this episode, Toni and Jenny take another trip to Southern California. This time they head to LA to learn about upcycling of food waste with social entrepreneur Kaitlin Mogentale, founder of Pulp Pantry, a social enterprise that sells food products made from recycled fruit and vegetable pulp. The conversation started with understanding more about Kaitlin and why she chose this PATH and opened u...

Toni & Jenny head down to Southern California in this Episode of PATH for a conversation with Toni’s childhood friend and comedian Joe Sib. Their chat is not necessarily what you would expect from a comedian… it’s not all jokes and laughs, but a heartfelt back and forth filled with rich, detailed storytelling and a great message about using the time and space we have been given to do something...

On this road trip, Toni has the heavy lift of traveling across the county while Jenny takes a short jump north as they head to Detroit, Michigan to talk with registered dietitian-nutritionist Julie Feldman about trauma and its impact on nutrition. Julie breaks down trauma to allow for a better understanding of what it entails. She also speaks to the impact of our current collective trauma and how...

Hannah Heredia joins The PATH Pod and chats with Toni about the benefits of getting out in nature. Hannah shares how hiking brings her incredible joy along with being a positive vehicle for working through challenges. She explains that completing a tough hike helps to inspire and build intrinsic confidence and motivation to tackle other difficulties. As a fellow registered dietitian, Hannah and To...

Registered Dietitian and Public Health Professional Elizabeth Aong joins Toni and Jenny to continue the Shelter In Place (SIP) series. As the weeks now turn into months, we are all really feeling the ramifications of isolation. Elizabeth offers guidance on how to tackle the resulting stress and anxiety based on work from Emily Nagoski in Burnout and Kelly McGonigal in The Upside of Stress. Elizabe...

Toni and Jenny decide to hit the record button while talking through their struggles and revelations as they complete week 1 of Shelter In Place (SIP). They recognize the challenges that we all must be facing along with tools that could be quite helpful during this scary and difficult time. Toni shares her struggles with taking a few too many trips to the kitchen for “inspiration” as Jenny laments...

We are in unprecedented times, no doubt. We are scared, anxious and isolated. But, many of us are finding creative ways to be connected and see the good. Toni does just that in this interview with her father’s long-time friend, Tom Francois. Tom gives us a large and much-needed dose of inspiration in this beautiful and touching interview. Tom has seen a whole host of challenges in his lifetime and...

We took a “road trip” a couple blocks over from Toni’s home in Campbell, CA to visit Steve Smith, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. Steve owns The Enlightened Mind, a mental health therapy practice. This episode is super-timely as our nation is hunkering down in their homes to help limit the spread of Covid-19. One of Steve’s areas of expertise is resolving stress, anxiety &/or depress...

Toni and Jenny tackle Challenging Assumptions in this new BCB episode. It is one of the biggest road blocks between what we want to achieve and our actual success. It drives our self-talk and shapes our beliefs. But, most of us are not aware enough to stop and question ourselves. This is an eye-opening conversation for sure! Toni and Jenny even share some personal assumptions that they have made a...

Toni and Jenny celebrate their first year of the PATH Pod by taking a trip down memory lane in their “Road Trip Recap”. They raised a toast to the many places they have traveled across the nation and the fantastic guests they were able to chat with along the way. If you have not been able to listen the PATH Pod in its entirety, this is a great cheater episode, where you can hear a little bit about...

In a nod to her Dear mother, Minnie Toledo, Toni created this Minnie Episode... Toni and her sweet mom head to Port Townsend in the lovely state of Washington. They visited with Minnie’s family and Toni finds herself thinking about the PATH community and how much her current trip overlaps with the many trips we have taken over the past year. She tells the story of her Auntie Lorrie, who was the ca...

In this episode, Toni and Jenny take a profound and meaningful journey into the heart-space to learn why it is so important to forgive. They had a wonderful conversation with Dr. Fred Luskin, founder and director of the Stanford University Forgiveness Projects. Dr. Luskin explains some of the challenges forgiveness presents and why many people find it so incredibly difficult. He also lays out a si...

We go down under (not really, our expert was in Toni's office in San Jose!) on this virtual road trip to learn more about meditation. We spoke with meditation teacher Tami Roos and learned so much! If any of you are wondering about meditation and what the benefits are as well as how to start your own practice, this episode is for you!! There is a ton of research in this area and Tami breaks it dow...

To celebrate the start of the new year, we are browsing another book! This time it is a brand new cookbook, hot off the press! Half The Sugar, All the Love is a collaboration between Jennifer Tyler Lee and Anisha Patel, MD that launched this month and is already the #1 seller in cooking with kids! Toni and Jenny sat down with Jennifer, who is an award winning author to talk about her new book. The...

Toni and Jenny learn all about Functional Mental Toughness (fMT) during their conversation with Dr. Brad Cooper. Brad explains what lead him to this research and how his own findings helped his performance as an endurance athlete, a researcher and a business leader. Brad sheds a lot of light on how anyone can build fMT - it is a skill that can be practiced and harnessed when needed. This is an epi...

Toni travels to NYC for her much needed Broadway fix and spends some time with a dear friend, Martin Navarrette. Martin shares a lovely tale about finding the right balance for his health and well-being and how connection, community, creativity and collaboration helped him forge this new PATH. We think this is the best gift we could give to our listeners today. The gift of finding your power - how...

Toni chats with Melanie Larsen about her experience presenting at Women's Night Out in Santa Rosa, California. Women's Night Out is a collaboration between Kaiser Permanente and The YMCA and has been thriving for over a decade. During the debrief between Toni and Melanie, they discuss how connection, community and collaboration are what bring these women together year after year to eat, talk and s...

Join Jenny and Toni for Anna Bohbot's debut on PATH! Anna will be a regular contributor on the podcast in 2020, giving her take on a myriad topics, the first one being food waste. Anna is super-passionate about sustainable and just food systems and increasing access to fresh, local and seasonal food - right up our alley at PATH! This episode is a great primer for anyone interested in the subject o...

Jenny takes us with her on a trip to her second home - Give Yoga in Columbus, Ohio. This is where Jenny has practiced week after week for most of the last decade. It is where she went through yoga teacher training and considers it a safe haven for weathering tough times. This is a tale of self-compassion and grace as Jenny took a 6 week break from yoga after a bout of back pain coupled with a mino...

In this episode we travel to Bend, Oregon to hear how Elyse Kopecky turned her passion for eating well and cooking into a NYC marathon win for her dear friend, Shalane Flanagan. Now, Elyse and Shalane have written two cookbooks, inspiring other runners and non-runners to cook more, using real, whole foods. They have a meal planner/inspirational journal due out in December as well as a top-secret f...

Just as Toni gave a bit of insight into who Jenny is a few weeks ago, Jenny does the same in this episode all about Toni T! From her quirky sense of humor, her brilliance with the word and her huge capacity for love, you will get know and understand Toni a little bit better as you ride along with her on your PATH!