Joshua Weilerstein | Orchestral Conductor
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Joshua Weilerstein enjoys a flourishing orchestral conducting career across the globe and has forged close relationships with many of the world's finest orchestras and soloists. He is also the host of the popular classical music podcast, Sticky Notes. He lives in London with his wife Bernice and their two rabbits, Abby and Benji.
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Dr. Leigh Ettinger: Doctor Herbivore
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After many years of treating serious childhood diseases, Dr. Ettinger turned his focus to wellness and prevention. In 2021, he founded the Doctor Herbivore telehealth practice to teach families how to thrive while eating plant-based, especially when there are weight concerns. Dr. Ettinger enjoys helping families change course to a plant-strong path for their health, animals, social justice, and the environment.
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Danielle Medina: Fit N Play Mama
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Danielle Medina is the creator of Fit N Play Mama LLC, a fitness/ yoga and nutrition education resource for adults and children. Whether she is writing articles, conducting interviews, or teaching her educational webinars, classes, and workshops, Danielle loves sharing her knowledge with a variety of audiences on taking back their health and living their best life.
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Kate Galli: Vegan Health Coach
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Kate is relentlessly focused on creating a healthy, happy, compassionate vegan world. She specializes in creating the Mindset that makes your best eating and exercising choices simple and sustainable. Kate first got into fitness as a way to transform her body and confidence. She has spent 17 years helping thousands of individuals sculpt a body and life they love and over the past 7 years has focused on Vegan Health Coaching as one of the most powerful ways to advocate for animals is to be fit, strong, and healthy.
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Theresa "Sam" Houghton: Chief Nerd / Modern Health Nerd
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Theresa "Sam" Houghton has been eating a plant-based diet for 13 years and is the author of The Whole Food Plant-Based Diet Starter Guide. As Chief Nerd at The Modern Health Nerd, she helps plant-based and better-for-you brands understand their customers and create better long-form content. She's a graduate of both the Bauman College Nutrition Consultant program and the T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies Plant-Based Nutrition Certificate program, which gives her a unique perspective on plant-based health and content marketing.
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Ralph Montague: Longevity Coach and Author
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Ralph Montague is a longevity coach from Monmouthshire, Great Britain. He focuses on sleep and energy mastery. His passion for longevity evolved from working within the anti-aging industry for over twenty years. His first book within the STOP!! Series, is aptly named STOP!! Killing yourself – The Beginners Guide to Living Longer by Removing and Improving, encouraging readers to maximize their longevity with easy-to-follow guidance, checklists, and prompts is out now! Ralph also has just finished his next project; Sleep Mastery courses, helping individuals and companies achieve rested and...
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Kelly Dinham: Animal Photographer
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Mathilde Do Chi | International Food Law Consultant
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Mathilde Do Chi is an international food law consultant passionate about modernizing our global food system to tackle climate change, improve people's health and remove animals from our plates.
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Jennifer Calabria | Vegan Chef
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Show Notes for Plant Your Seed Podcast: Episode with Jennifer Calabria In this episode of Plant Your Seed Podcast, we sit down with Jennifer Calabria, who shares her transformative journey from a traditional diet to adopting a fully plant-based lifestyle. Jennifer recounts her health scare that prompted her dietary shift, her challenges with quitting smoking, cheese, and alcohol simultaneously, and how she's now influencing the culinary world, including her involvement with a steakhouse that introduced vegan options. What You'll Learn: Jennifer’s Vegan Transition: Hear about Jennifer's...
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Areina Plowden | The Vegan Foode
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info_outlineShow Notes for Plant Your Seed Podcast: Episode with Jennifer Calabria
In this episode of Plant Your Seed Podcast, we sit down with Jennifer Calabria, who shares her transformative journey from a traditional diet to adopting a fully plant-based lifestyle. Jennifer recounts her health scare that prompted her dietary shift, her challenges with quitting smoking, cheese, and alcohol simultaneously, and how she's now influencing the culinary world, including her involvement with a steakhouse that introduced vegan options.
What You'll Learn:
- Jennifer’s Vegan Transition: Hear about Jennifer's transition to a plant-based diet, what triggered it, and her initial feelings during a difficult hospitalization.
- Embracing a Vegan Lifestyle: Learn about the significant lifestyle changes Jennifer made and how she managed the transition.
- Challenges and Overcoming Them: Discover the struggles Jennifer faced when quitting smoking, cheese, and drinking all at once and how she coped.
- Advice for New Vegans: Jennifer shares valuable tips for those starting on a plant-based path.
- Health and Wellness Improvements: Insights into the positive changes Jennifer experienced in her health and well-being after going vegan.
- Evolving Perspectives: How Jennifer's views have shifted since becoming vegan.
- Educational Resources: The role of documentaries in Jennifer's vegan education.
- Impact on Personal Relationships: Effects of Jennifer's vegan lifestyle on her family and social connections.
- Addressing Misconceptions: Strategies Jennifer uses to respond to common misconceptions about veganism.
- Professional Integration: Jennifer discusses her involvement in developing a vegan menu at a steakhouse and its reception.
- Culinary Innovations: Insights into why chefs might resist vegan options and the importance of texture in vegan food.
- Staff Training: How Jennifer helped train staff to be knowledgeable about vegan menu items.
- Career Transformation: The courage behind Jennifer's decision to change her career path towards veganism.
- Current Excitements: What's currently thrilling Jennifer in her vegan culinary projects.
Timestamps:
- 0:55 - Transition to Plant-Based Diet
- 2:18 - Hospitalization Experience
- 3:49 - The Change to Veganism
- 6:23 - Dealing with the Vegan Transition
- 7:24 - Quitting Smoking, Cheese, and Drinking
- 8:25 - Advice for New Vegans
- 9:03 - Health Improvements
- 9:42 - Change in Perspective
- 11:16 - Watching Documentaries
- 15:35 - Family and Social Life Impact
- 17:27 - Responding to Misconceptions
- 18:45 - Vegan Menu at Steakhouse
- 23:53 - Chef’s Views on Vegan Items
- 27:23 - Vegan Menu Items
- 29:49 - Importance of Texture in Vegan Food
- 31:38 - Training Staff on Vegan Menu
- 33:50 - Courage for Career Change
- 34:50 - Exciting Current Projects
- 35:41 - Resources for Starting Vegan
- 36:59 - Contacting Jennifer Calabria
Resources & Links:
- Connect with Jennifer on Instagram
- Recommended vegan documentaries and resources mentioned by Jennifer
- The China Study: The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted And the Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss, And Long-term Health
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