The Healthification Podcast

This show was a true joy to prep for. I find comedians fascinating. Their aptitude for approaching challenging topics. In Myq’s case, planting vegan seeds in a fun, disarming and effective manner.  For a little official bio: American stand-up comedian Myq Kaplan has appeared on the Tonight Show, Conan, Letterman, James Corden, Seth Meyers, Comedy Central, Last Comic Standing, and America’s Got Tal...

Vancouver based Naturopathic Doctor Matthew Nagra is on the show today to help bust some of the more prevalent and persistent myths and misinformation about a vegan or plant based diet. Dr Nagra’s approach is evidence based – he’s led by the science and yet also importantly he’s an ethical vegan. Beyond digging in with micronutrients of concern with a vegan diet, to soy ... READ MORE The post Natu...

Todays conversation is full of insights, life-altering lessons and heart melting stories about the individual farm animals that have called Catskill Animal Sanctuary in New York state home over the years. Our guide is Kathy Stevens. Impassioned story teller and founder + director of Catskill Animal Sanctuary, one of America’s leading farmed animal sanctuaries. Over the last 21 years, CAS has saved...

As vegans we tend to lead with our hearts. That’s often a good thing. And yet, when it comes to the most ethical way to raise and feed our companion animals it can get divisive and confusing.  Today I’m excited to welcome Vegan Vet Armaiti May DVM, to the podcast. Armaiti is a practicing small animal veterinarian and vegan advocate. She operates a house call veterinarian ... READ MORE The post Veg...

Do you have someone you’d like to be when you grow up? It’s a funny thing to say I guess. For several years my guest today has been that lady for me!!! I’ve looked to Jan Saunders of The Beet Retreat Vegan Bed & Breakfast in stunning Noosa as someone whose energy and lifestyle and attitude are just so very aligned with everything I respect and everything I aspire to! ... READ MORE The post Jan Sau...

I first came across the work of Patrick McKeown at the insistent prompting of my dear podcast editor Sten, who elucidated numerous deleterious impacts of my mouth breathing and in turn the life changing benefits of nasal breathing. On a long train ride I demolished a couple of Patrick’s podcasts. Then a couple of his audio books. Better sleep. Laser focus. Mental acuity. Athletic performance. Calm...

Today’s conversation is all about easy, budget friendly deliciousness! Specifically, simple plant based meal planning that maximises free time and minimises unhealthy choices. VegInspired CEO, Cookbook author and Food-as-Fuel advocate Kathy Davis is joining me to share her healthy daily habits and how she makes plant based on-the-go work while traveling the United States in an RV with her husband,...

In this genuine and natural conversation author and entrepreneur Bobbi Giudicelli and I discuss one of the misconceptions about a plant based or vegan lifestyle that I’m passionately committed to exploding. Specifically, that eating plant based or living vegan is restrictive or dangerous for someone who has a history of disordered eating. At this point I feel I should do all the disclaimers, seek...

In this conversation with Australia’s leading Sleep Expert, Olivia Arezzolo we cover the Chronotype’s that regulate your sleep and wake times and dig in to the sequence of sleep strategies that you can deploy to sleep better tonight. Olivia is all about the science however her approach is fun. Who doesn’t want to know if they’re a Bear, Lion or Wolf? They are the chronotype’s and ... READ MORE The...

Visionary author, educator, speaker and 40+ year vegan, Dr. Will Tuttle Ph. D. is joining me today to explore the wide reaching horror and catastrophic consequences of animal agriculture.  Friends, my first conversation in E721: Dr Will Tuttle and The World Peace Diet blew my mind. We covered some of the main ideas in his best-selling book, The World Peace Diet, which has been called one of the mo...

Mitali Deypurkaystha is on a mission to create an army of conscious, ethical thought leaders through publishing, “so our screams to end the exploitation of animals, humans, and the environment will become too loud to be ignored.” I LOVE the sound of that! Mitali, is ‘The Authority Creator’ for vegan/plant-based, ethical, sustainable, B Corp, cruelty-free, green, eco-conscious and social experts, i...

In todays conversation with Faunalytics’ Research Scientist Andrea Polanco we discuss the findings of a new study showing how successful various animal advocacy types are across both the short and long term. Plant friends, if you’re yet to hear of Faunalytics it is an amazing online resource and not for profit with the mission to empower animal advocates with access to research, analysis, strategi...

Aotearoa, New Zealand maintains a clean, green image on global scale. Perhaps you’re picturing breath-taking mountain vistas, ancient forests, volcanic landscapes, stunning coastline and lush rolling green hills. The sad reality, NZ has cashed in its fresh water. NZ is home to 6 million dairy cows and 5 million people and yet those dairy cows create the same amount of waste as 90 million people. T...

It’s such a huge joy to share with you this conversation with the amazing founder and CEO of Animals Asia, Jill Robinson. Animals Asia is devoted to ending bear bile farming and improving the welfare of animals across Asia. As you will soon hear, team Animals Asia have been incredibly successful in their work to bring about long-term change and promote compassion and respect for all animals. In .....

In this conversation TheGutHealthMD Dr Will Bulsiewicz and I discuss some of the “unfinished business” from his first best-selling book Fiber Fueled. Incidentally my first chat in E686 with Dr B for Fiber Fueled is the most downloaded episode of Healthifcation and I understand why. Gut health is both fascinating and complicated. It could feel overwhelming. And yet Will has a unique talent in speak...

Erin Wing spent 2 years as undercover investigator for Animal Outlook shining a light on the horrors in facilities that breed and raise animals for food. Erin has certainly seen the worse of what humans do to non-human animals. She has witnessed first hand what most of us would struggle to glance at via video. And yet the truth that Erin has witnessed and documented needs to be shared. If ... READ...

Vikas Garg is founder and CEO of the user-generated, plant-based app abillion and he is on a mission to change the world by inspiring a billion people to go vegan in the next decade. Abillion is vegan made easy. On downloading, the app tells you: this app will change your life and life on our planet. And I’m inclined to agree. Since ... READ MORE The post Vikas Garg and abillion Are Making Becomin...

My guest today Vegucator Dawn Hilton-Williams has a passion for the everyday work of radicalising wellness – especially within disproportionately impacted communities. By that I mean communities such as BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Colour) who suffer the negative health consequences often in the form of deadly yet avoidable chronic disease of a SAD diet at an even higher rate than other com...

Friends this conversation tackles some of the objections to veganism that previously I might have steered clear of tackling! Some words can be used effectively to nudge a well intentioned white skinned animal rights activist off track. Or at least cause us to feel a little less certain in passionately, uncompromisingly advocating for the animals. Words like, Privilege. Colonialism. This should not...

Friends, todays conversation is a passionate and fascinating follow up to last weeks podcast with one of Eating Our Way To Extinction’s producer’s Mark Galvin. I’m chatting with the lead scientist for the powerful, shocking and hopeful documentary, Gerry Bisshop. For a little official bio: Following 37 years with federal and state government here in Australia, Gerard Wedderburn-Bisshop retired as...

Are you Eating To Extinction or Eating For Tomorrow with Mark Galvin. Eating Our Way to Extinction takes audiences on a cinematic journey around the world, telling the shocking but empowering story of why what we eat is the single most important tool we have for reversing the global environmental crisis.  Featuring shocking undercover footage, cutting edge science from leading experts, and ... REA...

Animal Activist Kai McBeth is Senior Advisor at Animal Rights Activism Sydney (ARAS). I know Kai, from the past few years of street activism and I have a lot of respect for his focus, consistency and his strategic and importantly effective activism. This conversation is going to be very actionable if you’re looking to up your activism game or simply just feel ... READ MORE The post Animal Activist...

Before prepping for todays interview I saw the Animal Save Movement as a global network of passionate animal rights activists committed to baring witness outside slaughterhouses with both the knowledge that transparency and truth is the biggest threat to animal agriculture. And also the hope that if slaughterhouse houses had glass walls (or at least an animal vigil at every slaughterhouse) then th...

When I heard first heard Dr. Brooke Goldner’s personal story of reversing the autoimmune disease Lupus which put her into stage 4 kidney failure as a 16 year I knew I had to invite her on the podcast. It’s not just the amazing health and life transformation that Brooke shares. It’s the attitude, the energy and the passion that emanates from her as she ... READ MORE The post Dr Brooke Goldner and R...

Plant friends, the science internationally recognised nutrition and fitness coach Cyrus Khambatta shares in todays conversation could seem a little confusing. And yet, well you know I’m not the science’y girl right? And also, Cyrus makes it straight forward and inclusive.  Cyrus Khambatta, PhD earned a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University in 2003, then prompted by...