The Plant Protocol® Podcast with Lisa A. Smith, Gain Clarity, Confidence and Consistency on a Whole Food Plant-Based Diet

Remembrance is not just for death. It is also for past experiences in your life. ​Lisa recently lost her father, and she is dedicating this episode to him. While grieving his passing, Lisa experienced a profound revelation, inspiring her to change the way she thinks about and approaches life. ​As she shares lessons from loss, Lisa encourages you to begin thinking about how you want to be remembere...

A New Year means a new goal. Whether you are focused on weight loss, financial stability, business growth, or fostering fulfilling relationships, it’s time to stop justifying bad habits. If you have a history of setting goals but struggle to cross the finish line, this episode is for you. ​Lisa, Coach Milan, and Coach Carmelle share the top reasons people self-sabotage. From pushing yourself to tr...

Millions of people battle diabetes and pre-diabetes. What most don’t realize is that type 2 diabetes is a lifestyle disease. They blame genetics, bad luck, and everything EXCEPT their diet and poor health choices. ​If you are dealing with a type 2 diabetes diagnosis, Lisa wants you to know that you don’t have to live with it. You don’t have to manage it. And, you don’t have to rely on insulin or o...

Our gut is so crucial to our overall health. Yet, millions of people struggle with gastrointestinal issues. Many choose to deal with discomfort after eating, managing symptoms instead of fixing the problem. In this episode, Lisa shares the science behind gut health and why it is so essential to achieving your physical, mental, and emotional goals. She explains the most common causes of gut issues...

Do you struggle with making healthy food choices? Food can be an addiction, just like any other substance, like alcohol or drugs. If you are ready to make a bigger effort toward improving your health and diet, this episode is for you. Today, Lisa shares her 3-point assessment to help you identify if you have an unhealthy relationship with food. She explains what food addiction is and the key indic...

Today, Lisa is discussing a sensitive topic: cancer. A cancer diagnosis is one of the scariest things anyone has to deal with, whether personally or while supporting a loved one who is ill.  For too long, we have treated cancer like an end-of-the-world disease. But you don’t have to give up all of your power. There are lifestyle adjustments you can make so that your disease doesn’t become your ide...

We all know someone with high blood pressure, and we don’t think twice about it. Despite being a silent killer, most of us have become desensitized to it. Many people brush off this diagnosis, blaming unhealthy eating habits or genetics. High blood pressure isn’t inevitable. You can make choices that significantly reduce your risk of narrowing your arteries. You’re just choosing to rely on medicat...

Does your effort, meaning the time, energy, and work you are putting into your goals, match the results? If the answer is no, you have an addiction to working.  You might not think of this as a problem. After all, it is better than the opposite, like never finishing a project or struggling to start. We live in a culture that praises hard work and accomplishment. But overwork leads to burnout, and...

In this episode, Lisa explains the risks of carrying around excess weight and why being overweight is a preexisting condition. She shares her journey of losing over 60 pounds and why the eat less, burn more mindset isn't effective or safe.  To hit your goals, you need endurance. That starts with your health.  Lisa talks about what changes when you shift your goal from vanity (losing weight) to hea...

In September, Lisa spoke at Dr. Eric Thomas’s conference, Anchored, in Atlanta, Georgia.  Lisa has several speaking engagements scheduled, all with the world's top thought leaders and speakers.  Her success is not an accident.  In this episode, Lisa shares her process for how she went from a quiet coach to gracing stages, podcasts, and other renowned platforms with the best of the best. She breaks...

One of the most important relationships that we have is our relationship with food. In this episode, Lisa breaks down why food choices are so important to reducing stress, maintaining high energy, and living in Radical Obedience™. She explains why your relationship with food matters and the impact it has on every part of your life and your ability to do hard things.  Lisa shares what she eats on a...

You know your goals. You say you are ready to start working on your health, on your business, yet you can’t take that first step forward.  You aren’t alone. Many members of the Plant Protocol™ and Clarity™ struggle with internal thoughts that hold them back from committing to what they need to do to succeed. In today’s episode, Lisa welcomes her team to the podcast. Lisa and the coaches in Clarity...

Does starting something new excite you? Do you dive right into a new goal, and obsessed with seeing results? If so, you are a starter.  Being a starter is a blessing because it means that you don’t hesitate to take the first step. But there is a difference between an immature and a mature starter. Immature starters use a lot of energy up front because they are only interested in the reward. Along...

Burnout is a form of chronic stress. At the beginning of 2025, Lisa was under a lot of pressure and felt overwhelmed. As an entrepreneur, coach, speaker, and teacher, she had so many amazing things happening simultaneously. They were blessings, but also the source of chronic stress. In today’s episode, Lisa shares her schedule for the rest of 2025 and her Burnout Prevention Plan. It isn’t about sa...

Stress is not just caused by undesirable circumstances. If you attribute overwhelm, unexpected situations, or hardship as the source of your chronic stress, you are assigning blame in the wrong places.  In today’s episode, Lisa debunks the misconception that stress is only caused by things you don’t like or situations you don’t want to be in. You can be doing what you love, living with purpose, an...

Are you feeling stressed and overwhelmed? It’s probably because you are avoiding making a hard decision. It’s easy to feel paralyzed by difficult choices, especially if you are an over-thinker or prefer to take a passive role in decision-making. You don’t want to be responsible for the outcome, or you might be afraid of the impact your choice will have on your lifestyle, relationships, health, or...

When you are working towards a result like losing weight or getting off medication, it can be hard to wait. It is frustrating when the scale doesn’t move as quickly as you want or your business doesn’t take off right away. It is normal to struggle with patience because patience isn’t something that comes naturally. It is a skill you need to develop. Lisa lost over 60 pounds and has kept it off; sh...

Have you ever caught yourself saying, “It’s not that bad” about your health, job, or relationship? The truth is, that small compromise might be the very thing pushing you toward chronic stress, burnout, and even disease. In this episode, Lisa shares why prevention is still the best medicine, not just for your physical health, but for your peace, clarity, and quality of life. Drawing from her own j...

Chronic stress is not a result of external circumstances. That’s why you feel overwhelming anxiety when it comes time to pay a bill, or dread going into the job you don’t like, or are miserable with your partner, but don’t know how to fix it.  In this episode, Lisa shares real client stories about the impact of chronic stress on physical, mental, and emotional well-being. What you’ve learned about...

Your health is not a one-trick pony. What you eat, what you drink, how you move, and how you rest don’t just affect your weight. Stress and poor health compromise more than just your life expectancy. In today’s episode, Lisa highlights the three ways being unhealthy and stressed out make your life harder. She isn’t talking about the obvious things like needing prescriptions to manage chronic disea...

Living in a spirit of excellence is about what you do when no one is watching. That means no moderation and no excuses. If you want to hit your health goals, you need to follow through and commit to doing what it takes to be excellent all the time.  With the summer SOS challenge about to start, Lisa and Coach Kiwi share their blueprints for excellence. They each explain their process, compare note...

Do you remember the last time you were genuinely afraid? How did you respond? Fear is one of the most powerful emotions, and when we are so scared, it can paralyze us for a long time. It can paralyze us for weeks, months, and even years. In this episode, Lisa debunks the four most common misconceptions about fear. Your behavior is a reflection of your beliefs, so by reframing your beliefs about fe...

Has stress been on your mind? You aren’t alone. Chronic stress can kill, and when you pair that with unhealed trauma, it gets exponentially more dangerous.  If you are working toward becoming the optimal version of yourself, learning how to put chronic stress in remission is essential. In today’s episode, Lisa shares how to eliminate stress through healing. She outlines how being unhealed and chro...

Are you in constant flux, adjusting your diet and exercise over and over, trying to find the perfect balance to achieve your weight loss goals? We are programmed to think that all we need to do is make minor tweaks to our diet or workout routine to overcome chronic health challenges. But health is about way more than what we eat and how we move. In today’s episode, Lisa shares the secret ingredien...

In this powerful second half of the conversation, Lisa walks you through the deeper mindset shifts needed to put chronic stress in remission. If you’ve ever felt like stress is just a part of life you have to live with, this episode will challenge that belief and equip you with the truth.  Tune in as she shares how Radical Obedience™ offers a blueprint for sustainable healing and walks you through...