Secrets of a Plant-Based SuperMom

After a serious motorcycle accident gave Brendan Walsh an opportunity to pause, he decided to sell most of his possessions, buy a bike and ride from Boston to Seattle to raise money for St. Jude. That led to embracing plant-based eating, his first marathon, long-distance swim and ultimately setting the record for the fastest time to bike the U.S. from North to South. Brendan is passionate about sp...

At any given time 1 in 3 people is actively trying to lose weight. It's no wonder weight loss is big business and with that comes a lot of misinformation. Join me as we discuss a few things I think are super important to know whether you're actively trying to lose weight or not.    Show notes: MyPlantStrongFamily.com/40

Perhaps my favorite benefit of eating plants is how they boost mental and emotional health. Today, we dig into the research to understand why that is, what you can do to increase your own sense of well-being. I do want to acknowledge that mental illness, depression and anxiety are complex and are the sum of many factors. Food choices are certainly not the only one, however, they are easily overloo...

I get more questions about Dr. Gundry's The Plant Paradox than almost anything else. His claims that many plant foods actually cause disease and weight gain have caused confusion for many and I hope to this is a resource for you or one that you can share with friends and family who ask you.  Show Notes: MyPlantStrongFamily.com/38

So sick that she was unable to work in her 20s, Cherie Calbom turned to juicing and a plant-based lifestyle to heal. It was a bumpy and difficult road, but after 3 months she felt like she had a new body. She has dedicated her life to learning all she can and educating others to help them do the same. Listen in as she shares her story and expertise on why juicing is so beneficial for our health, e...

It has been 10 years since Jane Birch discovered plant-based eating and she is someone who is not shy in advocating the diet yet doing so in a way that is full of love and patience. Jane is an expert on dietary scriptural guidance, particularly the revelations that are unique to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the Word of Wisdom. Most well-known for forbidding alcohol and tobacco,...

It was a fun day last year when my second grader came home from school to tell me about what had happened during lunch that day. He'd been eating red lentil nuggets (like chicken nuggets only made with lentils) for lunch that day and his teacher asked about them.  He told her we eat mostly plants and she shared she was working on eating plant-based too. He was so excited to have a fellow plant-eat...

After losing her mom to early onset Alzheimer's at the age of 59, Jenny Diehl has dedicated her life to learning about what she could do to protect herself and her family from the same terrible disease that claimed her mother. Jenny discovered important ties between our food and our household products and is passionate about educating others. Her hobby for natural body care products has morphed in...

Thankfully the impact of whole-foods, plant-based nutrition has on heart disease, diabetes and more is becoming more widely known and accepted. But perhaps my favorite aspect and one that I hope will gain more attention is the impact it has on the brain. This interview with Nate Reo is one of my very favorites, as he is so raw and real about the tremendous challenges he faced in both what led him...

Have you ever felt confused when trying to find information about a certain health condition? Doctor's visits are often brief, and information available online and in other places can be contradictory and confusing. We experienced this big time in 2015 when we began seeing specialists in an effort to resolve digestive issues my husband had dealt with for years. Almost without fail, the information...

Preparing meals with my 2 year old by my side has been challenging, to say the least. When he isn't insisting that I hold him by tugging on my clothes and pulling out his best whimper, he's often determined to be in the middle of everything, from measuring spices, to cutting vegetables or dumping oats all over the floor (visit me on Facebook or Instagram to see this week's disaster). It can be exh...

In my younger years, multiple sclerosis seemed like one of the worst things that could happen to someone. Having a disease slowly degenerate your body and ability to do the things you love seemed like a nightmare to me.  And while it still is no doubt something that's incredibly difficult to deal with, I am so grateful for people like Talia and others who have brought me so much hope and inspirati...

Chances are, you or a loved one is or has faced a cancer diagnosis. A cancer survivor herself, Suzy Griswold has dedicated her life to sharing the information she used to heal her mind, body and soul from the inside out through her non-profit organization, Healing Strong. Through Healing Strong, Suzy has supported thousands of people in their healing and is a wealth of inspiration and wisdom.  Suz...

One theme I notice in many of my interviews is the importance of addressing the mind and the spirit as well as the food. That those things need to be used in concert with the food to really achieve the type of health and healing we are seeking. So today I bring you a WWW, what's working well episode and tell you about something that has made a difference for me over the past few weeks that I hope...

Interest in fasting as a way to boost health has exploded over recent years and with good reason. Studies are showing it is a simple way to boost metabolism and reverse diabetes and insulin resistance as well as improve autoimmune conditions. It's free (and might even save you on your grocery bill) and you know I am all about the healing methods that are low-cost and easily accessible. Ben Tanner...

Although Craig Milton had grown up on a dairy farm and been a cattle farmer himself, he determined to become a strict vegan after watching the YouTube documentary Dominion. But it wasn't until this year when he decided to focus on whole plant foods rather than more highly processed ones that he began to see tremendous improvements in every aspect of his health, including joint pain, inflammation m...

At 49 years old Irene Alisjahbana has qualified for the world championships for both the full Ironman triathlon in Kona, Hawaii as well as the half ironman championships coming up this fall in St. George Utah, which just so happens to be the very same lake that I completed my first ever triathlon back in 2005. An ironman triathlon consists of a 2.4 mile swim, a 112 mile bike ride and finishes with...

Originally from New Zealand, Shamiz Kachwalla was a recent college graduate teaching English in Japan. With no history of any serious health challenges, he unexpectedly found himself hospitalized with ulcerative colitis for more than a month with treatments that only seemed to be making things worse. Miraculously his mom came across information that turned everything around for him, and today he a...

Discouragement, Overwhelm and SHAME are often feelings that come up when we start trying to make positive change, and they seem to be especially prevalent when our change has to do with our health and bodies.  I had the pleasure of several coaching sessions with Trisha and in my last one I was crying and crying and crying. Do you want to know what about? My house not being as clean as I would like...

Early on in my plant-based journey I had several conversation with family and friends about other kids who were eating super healthy at home but went hog wild whenever they they were at a birthday party or other activity where they had access to processed foods they didn't get at home. They observed that kids hadn't learned to regulate themselves and the underlying message I felt was that it was j...

Every parent knows that the gap between what our family is actually eating versus what we know would be good for them to eat is usually larger than we'd like. Whether it's at school, sports or church activities, birthday parties, or foods they eat with friends or family--it can seem like our kids have a flood of processed food coming their way, especially if you are working hard to emphasize whole...

Severe digestion issues nearly took Amy Thackeray's life as a young mother of 2 nearly 20 years ago. She struggled with Crohn's disease, Hashimoto's, depression and more for years until she decided she no longer wanted to simply manage the diseases with medication but wanted to find a way to fully regain her health. Today she is not only medication free but she continues to improve her times runni...

Tiffany Mortensen had diligently adhered to a low-carb diet in an effort to control her gestational diabetes in multiple pregnancies. But after the birth of her fourth child she was also struggling a lot with her physical, mental and emotional health along with the effects of Hashimoto's disease. Feeling like she didn't have much to lose by trying a plant-based diet, she precariously began eating...

With 100% coronary blockage in one artery and 80% in two others. Armando Alvarez was at a high risk for a heart attack and his cardiologist was recommending triple bypass surgery. With reasons we get into during the episode, the surgery didn't sit well with Armando and through a lot of research and a lot of prayer, he chose another path. In sharing this story, I want to be clear that neither Arman...

Nothing has highlighted the need for emotional resilience in ourselves and in our kids than the experiences of the past year. As I look back on the things that helped me the most, it's be the habits of investing in my own physical, emotional, mental and spiritual health that have given me the reserve to be able to keep going when things got hard. Finding ways to carve out time to fuel my body and...