The Healthification Podcast

I’m republishing this show on How Not To Diet in excited anticipation of my upcoming podcast with Dr Michael Greger! Let’s keep this intro short. For now please enjoy my first conversation with Dr Greger and of course stay tuned to the chat to come. It’s recorded and will be released aligned with his new How Not To Age book ... READ MORE The post An Ultimate Weight Loss Guide with Dr Michael Grege...

This is an insightful conversation about a topic that feels close to mind for me and so many of my clients right now. Whether you call it hustle culture or always being ON or the hamster wheel – however you describe it, from personal experience it does not feel joyful, sustainable or even especially effective! Me&my is a Sydney nutritionist practice that ... READ MORE The post Anthony Hartcher and...

Nancy Leeds Gribble was a successful real estate agent, happily married with a young son when her life was devastated by the death of her husband. We all know life isn’t fair and this was the beginning of a series of unwanted and unexpected life turns. Driven by the need to live a long, fit and healthy life for her son ... READ MORE The post Nourish Your Body and Mind for a Vibrant Life Over 50 wi...

This is such a high energy and hopeful conversation on a shift to sustainable plant-based agriculture. For a few years I’ve been aware of the huge benefits, to animals, to human health and of course to the environment of veganic farming and yet, I was not sure of how it might actually work. How realistic is it to remove both all chemical inputs AND all animal inputs and exploitation? How productiv...

Where to start with today’s guest?! Chris MacAskill of Plant Chompers is a master at making the science-based benefits of a plant dominant diet both informative and entertaining. There is so much more to this humble Geophysicist though. Chris is co-founder of the premium photo sharing site, SmugMug. Previously, he also co-founded Fatbrain, an online bookseller which sold to Barnes & Noble. As we w...

Today it is my huge pleasure to welcome Captain Paul Watson back to the podcast. A lot has happened since I first got to chat with Captain Watson back in E739. Paul was ousted from the organization he founded, Sea Shepherd, and we discuss this “sordid mutinous affair” while also focusing on the Freedom the newly formed Captain Paul Watson Foundation now has to remain focused ... READ MORE The post...

Desiree Nielsen is a registered dietitian with a focus on plant-based nutrition and gut health. Desiree runs a nutrition consulting practice with a focus on complex, chronic digestive and inflammatory disease and plant-based approaches to optimal health. She is the author of multiple books, the latest being her new cookbook on gut health, Good For Your Gut: A Plant-based Digestive Health Guide ......

I am so excited to share this conversation with you. Darcy Gaechter is the first and only woman to kayak the Amazon River from source to sea. She is considered one of the world’s best female kayakers and one of the most accomplished expedition kayakers. Darcy’s brilliant book Amazon Woman: Facing Fears, Chasing Dreams, and My Quest to Kayak the Largest River from ... READ MORE The post Amazon Woma...

Todays conversation with Odd Man Inn Animal Refuge Co-Founder and Executive Director, Wendy Smith was such a joy. Wendy is both wise and compassionate. I could have spoken to her for hours. I’m blown away by her ability to excel in both the nurturing, care-giving component of running a sanctuary for a couple of hundred large animals and also her skill at the more strategic side ... READ MORE The p...

When my little rescue cat Loki came into my life I made a commitment to do what was right by him, despite my vegan lifestyle. I would feed him high quality, vegan cat food if he ate it and if not, well that was a compromise I would make. I’m happy to say Loki boy demolishes his vegan biscuits. I’m ... READ MORE The post Shannon Falconer and Creating Cultured Meat For Companion Animals. appeared fi...

I asked animal rights activist Jessica Nieves to come on the podcast after hearing from previous guest and founding director of The Barnyard Sanctuary, Tamala Lester what an absolute powerhouse, force for good she is! I was intrigued. Jessica has a background in Early Childhood Education, is mother to 3 little miracles and has been a grassroots animal rights activist for ... READ MORE The post Ani...

Today I’m chatting with the powerhouse vegan couple behind That Good Good Market.   Intent on making a more sustainable, compassionate lifestyle accessible and not scary, Paula Vallero and Malacchi Esdale started That Good Good Market in San Diego. It’s the most popular vegan market in the city. An inclusive and fun lifestyle destination for vegans and non-vegans alike. The fabulous ... READ MORE...

Laura Theodore is an award-winning celebrity PBS vegan chef, recognised television personality, podcast host, and award-winning cookbook author and recording artist. She is the co-creator of the Jazzy Vegetarian brand and author of seven vegan cookbooks. Laura is host of the three-time, TASTE award-winning television series, Jazzy Vegetarian, now in Season Ten. Laura’s mission is: Making the world...

Today I’m chatting to Maxime Sigouin, The Fit Vegan Coach. As founder of Fit Vegan Coaching, Maxime has helped over 650 vegans successfully transition to a healthier way of living.  With a huge mission to help 1 million people by 2050, Maxime is dedicated to spreading the message of plant-based nutrition and exercise as the key to leading a healthy and fulfilling ... READ MORE The post How To Tran...

Todays conversation is a beautiful full circle moment for me. 20+ years ago when I had freshly arrived in Sydney, long before I became a personal trainer, I worked on behalf some amazing not for profit organisations. During those years in fund-raising, the charity I was most drawn to, was WSPA. The World Society for the Protection of Animals. WSPA has since ... READ MORE The post Ben Pearson of Wo...

Do you ever find yourself dumbstruck at the disconnect most of us humans have for the plight of farm animals? We will gladly share our homes and shower our love and money on a select few finicky felines and precious pups… and yet the vast majority of animals on this planet are bred into existence purely for profit. To be imprisoned in ... READ MORE The post Compassion for all beings with Tamala Le...

Stevan Mirkovich is co-owner of Planted Expo a trade show, platform, and network designed to support you, no matter where you are on your plant-based journey. As Canada’s largest plant-based event, Planted Expo operates over 2 days in both Vancouver and Toronto. It is an immersive event featuring over 200 innovative local vegan and plant-based businesses and inspiring international speakers. Steva...

In March 2023 Animal Rights Activists Alexandra Paul and Alicia Santurio were acquitted by a California jury of the alleged crime of taking two sick, slaughter-bound chickens from a Foster Farms truck in Livingston, California. Today it is my huge pleasure to share with you my conversation with actress, certified health coach and activist: Alexandra Paul. I have long been a fan of Alexandra’s ......

Todays conversation is a change of pace that I trust will be both valuable and actionable. In a time that feels uncertain and fearful. When so much feels beyond our control, Gratitude is something you can control and, gratitude is the antidote to fear. You genuinely cannot experience both fear and gratitude at the same time. Try it. I’d like you to think of something ... READ MORE The post Melanie...

Imagine a world where all your favourite foods are available with animal-free agriculture.  Real, milk – cheese – ice cream and pizza… Although I personally don’t feel like I’m missing out on anything I’m super excited by the deliciousness the team at Tomorrow Farms are creating because, whatever it takes to enable a complete shift to animal-free agriculture. Today I’m speaking ... READ MORE The p...

Today I am chatting with Chef Babette about Ageing Strong and Why Love Is Easier Than Hate. This a powerful, passionate conversation that made me emotional. I had several moments where I thought “Yes, that is something to LIVE by.” I discovered the amazing Chef Babette via the documentary The Invisible Vegan and my interview with Jasmine C. Leyva. Filmmaker and actress Jasmine, was blown away ......

This conversation was absolutely a pinch myself moment. Speaking to an activist who has had, and continues to have, such an enormously positive impact on ending animal abuse globally. While patiently, persistently and relentlessly educating humans on how and why we should expand our circle of compassion to include ALL species.   Front and centre on peta.org is the quote: Bigotry begins when catego...

Kristel de Groot is Co-Founder of Your Super, a plant-based superfoods company, started to help people reduce their risk of chronic illness and live a healthier life. Kristel started Your Super with her husband Michael Kuech after Michael’s personal battle with cancer. The couple saw first hand how being “cancer free” did not mean feeling well inside.  They now sell their plant-based superfood mix...

Todays encore episode about Following Your Gut, and Saying Yes is a surprise ALL TIME FAV of mine. I am keeping this intro brief however you will hear Tanya and I discuss the plant based, rock n roll TV series Highway to Health and EXCITINGLY it is being released on YouTube as I speak. If you LOVE the sound of the show ... READ MORE The post Following Your Gut, and Saying Yes with Touring Bassist...

Emma Hakansson is the founding director of Collective Fashion Justice, a not-for-profit dedicated to creating a total ethics fashion system which prioritises the wellbeing of human and non-human animals, as well as the planet, before profit. Total ethics fashion is a term coined by Emma and it recognises that (to quote https://www.collectivefashionjustice.org/) Conversations around improving fashi...