Podcast Episode 24: Overcoming Ulcerative Colitis with Shamiz Kachwalla

Podcast Episode 24: Overcoming Ulcerative Colitis with Shamiz Kachwalla

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 

Podcast Episode 23: Overcoming Discouragement and Overwhelm with Trisha Biesenger

Podcast Episode 23: Overcoming Discouragement and Overwhelm with Trisha Biesenger

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 

Podcast Episode 22: When Your Kid Inhales the Birthday Cake: Plant-Based Intuitive Eating with Dr. Yami Carzola-Lancaster

Podcast Episode 22: When Your Kid Inhales the Birthday Cake: Plant-Based Intuitive Eating with Dr. Yami Carzola-Lancaster

Early on in my plant-based journey I had several conversations 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 

Podcast Episode 21: What to Do When Your Kids Want Junk with Trish Braunersrither

Podcast Episode 21: What to Do When Your Kids Want Junk with Trish Braunersrither

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 

Podcast Episode 20: Overcoming Crohn’s, Hashimoto’s and Depression with Ultra-Runner Amy Thackeray

Podcast Episode 20: Overcoming Crohn’s, Hashimoto’s and Depression with Ultra-Runner Amy Thackeray

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 

Podcast Episode 19: Mastering Gestational Diabetes and Hashimoto’s with Tiffany Mortensen

Podcast Episode 19: Mastering Gestational Diabetes and Hashimoto’s with Tiffany Mortensen

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