Existennial
By Talia Pollock
ExistennialOct 26, 2021
My Existentialism Story, What's a Narrative Identity?, Why I 👎 Advice (+ refuse to say "frown lines")
In this second episode of Existennial I explain my strong 👎of giving general life advice. (How-to's like how to layer rugs, keep a baby alive or pair wine with curry are guidance I appreciate.)
I then talk about why I much prefer sharing ideas and sparking stuff for people with STORIES. I quote a Spanish philosopher's thoughts on being a teacher and then recap a smart psychologist's studies on "narrative identity," --> basically whether you're aware or not, we're each stringing snippets of our life together so our existence at least makes a little sense and isn't just some random series of events. Yeah, we go high brow.
After that, I storytell my personal narrative ie. what happened with my [most recent] existential crisis.
I wrap with some strong opinions on cheese, a major warning about The Bachelor Franchise, and a paraphrase of Neil Patrick Harris.
I hope you find value in this!
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NEW NEW! Meet: Existennial The Show
Welcome to Existennial, a podcast where I shoot the shit about how we shape our life's own meaning on this random-ass planet and do so without miserably copy-and-pasting someone else's life or drowning in a pee-infested pool of personal responsibility anxiety.
It's where we'll investigate intentional living through a smorgasbord of science, spirituality, psychology, philosophy, pop culture, eavesdropping, and thoughts-I-have-in-the-shower.
I'm Talia Pollock, an author, columnist, and lover of the yoga pose pigeon. I've been questioning the meaning and mocking the absurdity of life since diapers—and I've been writing about it since tampons.
If you're a millennial going through an existential crisis otherwise known as a quarter-life crisis..or a mid-life crisis.. a .33333333 life crisis or just a regular damn Tuesday, I am oh so glad you've landed here.
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![[party in my plants] 208: It’s The End of an Era! and the Beginning of My Journey with Bipolar 2. with special guest, Mr. Party in My Plants](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_episode400/17987507/fe2daf8df5e6499d.jpeg)
[party in my plants] 208: It’s The End of an Era! and the Beginning of My Journey with Bipolar 2. with special guest, Mr. Party in My Plants
This episode might come as a shock. Or it may not. Either way it’s here and you’re listening to it so how bout I stop guessing what emotion it might bring and just let it bring it! It has been the journey of all journeys to go on this ride with you. I thank you from the very bottom of my heart for giving me your most precious resource, your time and lending me your hopefully not too waxy ears to speak into all these hours over all these years.
If you have ideas for what you might want to hear more of as I rethink how I want to continue podcasting in the future, email me at talia@partyinmyplants.com. And on www.taliapollock.com/hello you can also sign up for my newsletter which is the best place to stay up to date with all my things! Of course, if you want the greatest thing to come out of this podcast, my book, stuffed to the brim with all the puns and healthy nuggets you’ve eaten up in this here podcast, my book Party in Your Plants is a thing you can buy wherever books are sold.
If the past 207 episodes has taught me anything, it’s that my hypothesis about partying in our plants was right on the money. In fact, I said it in episode 1 of the podcast: our greatest health & happiness comes from eating way MORE PLANTS than you do CRAP.
And The only way to guarantee we’ll ACTUALLY eat the plants is to take the HELL out of HEALTHY, which I think we did mighty well in this year ERA of the PIMP podcast.
So with that I say eat your plants with a smile, monitor your mental health, love AND BLOW yo’self and i’ll catch you in my new projects so stay in the loop with me at taliapollock.com/hello so I tell you about future projects. LOVE YOU GOODBYE.
![[party in my plants] 207: This is Your Brain on Plant Food, with Dr. Uma Naidoo, Food Psychiatrist](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_episode400/17987507/7e5b69884aca5866.jpeg)
[party in my plants] 207: This is Your Brain on Plant Food, with Dr. Uma Naidoo, Food Psychiatrist
She’s a Harvard-trained psychiatrist, a professional chef, a trained nutrition specialist, a food psychiatrist, the author of This is Your Brain on Food and just overall foodie brainiac. This chat with Dr. Uma Naidoo covered how the state of your mental health often starts with what you ate for dinner. As she says, “Happy gut, happy mood!” We talked about so much mood-boostin’ stuffs including how the gut and the brain are waaaay more closely linked than you thought. (Heard it here first before it goes mainstream!) Now, this is a chat that will have you turning your ahhhh to hahas and will have you revamping your shopping list. Yes, if you’re on a prescription, it won’t hurt to try out these brain food tips and no, I’m definitely not telling you to swap out your meds. As Dr. Uma says: you have to eat anyway, so adding healthy brain food to the plate is kinda a low hanging fruit. Her pun, not mine. Surprisingly!
Press play to hear:
- How your gut health is impacting your mental health
- What to eat for depression and anxiety
- The mental health disservices of the American diet
- Why your holiday charcuterie platter might be making you depressed
- A surprising new use for eggs
- How your gut and your brain and more connected than you think
- The not-yet mainstream science about how your dinner choices impact your mental wellbeing
- Spices that’ll spice up your life!
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![[party in my plants] 206: THE WHAT IS HUMAN DESIGN EPISODE with Nikki Brafman](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_episode400/17987507/72d0fede6dce47b6.jpeg)
[party in my plants] 206: THE WHAT IS HUMAN DESIGN EPISODE with Nikki Brafman
Nikki Brafman is a human design expert (in fact, she’s MY human design expert!). So much about what I teach is about living in alignment, stepping up to be your best self and living a life that is self loyal. Without human design, I wouldn’t be living my best, fullest and truest life. Or at least I wouldn’t have the verbiage to describe myself. If you read my recent Mindbodygreen article I shared how Human design legitimately changed my life. I am so thrilled to have Nikki to thank for showing me the Human Design ropes. And telling you all about the magical ropes too, in this here chat. >> PS. Get your free Human Design chart here to help you understand this episode better! <<
Press play to hear:
- What the heck is human design
- Why human design is different from astrology
- The energy types and how they behave
- How human design changed my life
- How it feels to be living in alignment
- Why human design can change how you make decisions
- How to start living a life guided by human design
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![[party in my plants] 205: “Unmeasure” Your Workouts + Healthify Your Relationship with Movement, with Simi Botic](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_episode400/17987507/86f7db767dbb22a6.jpeg)
[party in my plants] 205: “Unmeasure” Your Workouts + Healthify Your Relationship with Movement, with Simi Botic
Miss Simi Botic is a barre instructor, a health coach, the author of Letting Go Of Leo and the smarty yoga pants wearing brain behind Unmeasured. That last one is basically a ballet-meets-pilates class… but one that focuses on body positivity and self-compassion. (As in diet culture turns of phrase aren’t allowed and body punishing mentalities will be kicked to the curb!) This chat was all about embracing movement that we love in a self-compassionate way that has nothing to do with earning food or shedding calories. This is the podcast episode where we kinda just said it as it is: that there are ways to enjoy your studio or gym or road time because of the joys that come with it. Joys that have nothing to do with weight or body composition! And you know what, just like healthy eating, your workout doesn’t have to suck! For the story on how Simi went from a compulsive exercise obsessed gal to the one who teaches a warm-hug-of-a-body-positive barre class, press play!
Press play to hear:
- How Barre guru Simi Botic changed her negative relationship with exercise
- What’s an exercise obsession and how to spot it
- Why society doesn’t understand unhealthy workout behavior
- Signs it’s time to tone it down with your workout routine
- Joys your workout can bring that have nothing to do with body shape or size
- How diet culture shows up at the studio and at the gym
- Why Barre might be your movement of choice
- How Unmeasured is the movement choice that confronts diet culture
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![[party in my plants] 204: F*ck the Shoulds, Do the Wants! with Joyologist Tricia Huffman](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_episode400/17987507/dded907f3c190777.jpeg)
[party in my plants] 204: F*ck the Shoulds, Do the Wants! with Joyologist Tricia Huffman
My lady Tricia Huffman a.k.a. The Joyologist a.k.a. affirmation queen a.k.a. the shitty thought police (OK, enough of the a.k.a.s, we get it…) is my latest and greatest guest. The woman is more super than a superfood itself and as such, this lil’ chat was even more invigorating than my post-run heaped-with-greens smoothie. Tricia has a background as a sound engineer, has spent so much of her life on the road and pivoted her whole lifestyle to be one focused on joy, positive affirmations, cultivating career success and happiness, and staunchly askewing the word “should” and all that it represents. Her whole *fig*gin jam is to wake people up to the joys that exist RIGHT NOW in their lives. My friend, don’t let these great days perish like wilted romaine lettuce that you forget at the back of your damn fridge! Listen to find out how to fill your life with joy ASAP.
Press play to hear:
- Why “should” is no longer allowed in our vocabulary
- How affirmations really work
- Why it’s time to wake up and actually love the life you live
- What’s a joyologist and why you need one
- Why no one can make you feel inferior without your consent
- Don’t wait until you “have it all,” find joy in your life now!
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![[party in my plants] 203: Can Home Design Make You Healthier!? with Jamie Gold](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_episode400/17987507/ccc5d160447b6f95.jpeg)
[party in my plants] 203: Can Home Design Make You Healthier!? with Jamie Gold
We’ve heard about making our bank accounts work for us, we’ve heard about making our businesses work for us… but what about our home sweet home? Jamie Gold is a home design marvel and the author of a new book: Wellness By Design, A Room-by-Room Guide to Optimizing Your Home for Health, Fitness and Happiness and her whole philosophy is that if you wanna get healthy, start with your space. We covered so much in this episode from revamping the kitchen, organizing the damn stacks of papers (I know you got ‘em) on your counter, embracing hacks that are going to make your home more comfortable and really thinking through how we put together the rooms that now have multiple purposes. (Home-office-turned-gym-turned-reading-corner, I’m looking at you!) I know I learned a thousand things about how to make my space work for me so that I can live my best, healthiest, sanest, life. (Even if it includes getting the dorky cushy floor mat) Of course, we brought some planty magic to turn this housewarming party up to 11.
Press play to hear:
- Why to clear out clutter now
- Useful hacks to make your home more livable
- Kitchen mistakes you’re probably making
- What a functional home looks and feels like
- Why comfort and joy are essential to your interior
- How to make your space work as hard as you do
- Why practicality is just as important as prettiness
- How your home design can and should make your life easier
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![[party in my plants] 202: Less stuff, More Adventure! Practical Minimalism with Miranda Anderson](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_episode400/17987507/4fbb001c19d42f8d.jpeg)
[party in my plants] 202: Less stuff, More Adventure! Practical Minimalism with Miranda Anderson
This week on the pod is all about less stuff, more adventure, more freedom and the MOST fun chats with Miranda Anderson. ICYMI, I had a major move last year where Jesse, Tommy and I carted our stuff away from tiny apartments in NYC and into an amazing home in the woods where plants grace my presence the minute I walk out the front door. Behind the scenes on this whole transition was Miranda Anderson, established blogger and author of More Than Enough: How One Family Cultivated A More Abundant Life Through A Year Of Practical Minimalism whose book I listened to on repeat at least three times. In this talk we discussed how your stuff is holding you back from adventure, why practical minimalism is bound to bring fulfillment, why lipstick is freaking awesome and why open mindsets can lead to Puerto Rico or Texas or the woods o’ New York or wherever your heart leads you. I’d say this episode with Miranda left me with more than enough!
Press play to hear:
- Why less stuff inspires more adventure
- What is practical minimalism and why it might be right for you
- How to stop chasing materialism
- Why acquiring enough stuff is simply a decision
- How to live of life jam-packed of freedom and adventure
- Happiness = do more of the stuff you like and less of what you don’t like
- What’s an adventure mindset and why it’ll improve your life
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![[party in my plants] 201: Ditching Disordered Eating with Plants, with Tara Kemp](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_episode400/17987507/9ecd4d4b650bfe38.jpeg)
[party in my plants] 201: Ditching Disordered Eating with Plants, with Tara Kemp
When it comes to the good ol’ socially distanced plant partying, Tara Kemp is the guest of honor. Tara specializes in something so, so important and so, so valuable that I have the utmost respect for this gal. She helps women struggling with eating disorders recover through a plant-based eating philosophy. Having struggled with an eating disorder herself (which btw, she attributes to crippling anxiety that was left untreated) Tara, who is pursuing her phd in psychosocial health, knows a thing or two about exerting control over food, and the mental health roots in disordered eating. Her story is an empowering one. But the empowerment doesn’t stop with this special woman’s journey… we also chatted about deciding how you want to interact with food, movement, and in deciding which information to live by and which info to take with a grain of celery salt. I might as well call this one the Suit Yourself Episode.
Press play to hear:
- Why the road to recovery looks completely different for everyone
- Why U.S. treatment centres don’t allow vegan diets
- What is orthorexia and how does it overlap with disordered eating
- Learn to interact with food in a way that suits your life
- Why food fads might not always be for you and when to say no
- How plant-based eating can add positivity to your meal times
- Why fear-based eating is causing your extra stress at meal time
- Why your relationship with yourself is impacting your diet
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![[party in my plants] 200: Wellness Whistleblowing! (& How to Reclaim Yours) with Robyn Conley Downs](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_episode400/17987507/2db83a5fc8fa7ab2.jpeg)
[party in my plants] 200: Wellness Whistleblowing! (& How to Reclaim Yours) with Robyn Conley Downs
My dear friend Robyn Conley Downs is a speaker, educator, entrepreneur, podcaster, and new author of The Feel Good Effect: Reclaim Your Wellness By Creating Small Shifts That Create Big Change. (She was also interviewed in episode 132.) Holding a Master’s degree in education with an emphasis in behavior change, and 4 years of public policy & health change at the doctoral level, her work taps into cutting edge science around psychology, neuroscience, mindfulness, and habits. I mean, it’s all great to educate and inspire based on personal experience, but it’s also great to have solid profesh research to back that jazzzz up. What I heart most about Robyn is not just her willingness to be honest and vulnerable about her shtuff, not just her mission to embody and amplify a gentle approach to wellness, but her super nerdy professional research background which she draws on to share cutting edge science-based, (and life-tested) radically simple solutions for wellness. Her motto is “Less striving, more ease.” And my instruction is to press play for how.
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![[party in my plants] 199: Embracing Realistic Positivity (alt title: the “shades of purple” episode which you’ll understand when you press play) with Dr. Lauren Cook](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_episode400/17987507/d5a0eec15618e27c.jpeg)
[party in my plants] 199: Embracing Realistic Positivity (alt title: the “shades of purple” episode which you’ll understand when you press play) with Dr. Lauren Cook
My friend, Dr. Lauren Cook used to be best known as “The Sunny Girl,” and let me tell you, I’m probably not the only one who needs a lil’ ray of sunshine in this crazy, confusing and turbulent calendar year. This talented and wise gem of a human is a therapist, a speaker and a published author whose main goal is to help other people live according to their values. (Easy pea-sy, slice of carrot cake right?) Way back in the day when I first met Lauren, I picked her brain and she was generous enough to share her beautiful ideas with me. I had to have her on and share her wisdom with her sweet cat purring in the background. SO, in this chat, we discussed defining personal values, decision making, addressing mental health during the pandemic, finding joy during hard times and looking not just at the shades of blue and red… but finding the purple middle ground! I loved it and I hope you will too!
Oh and she’s putting on this wonderful Hearth Conference in Cctober! She compiled a ton of inspirational and healing speakers to share nuggets of wisdom to help you feel cozy and connected on World Mental Health Day which is October 10th and then beyond b/c really every day should be world mental health day nah mean? Tickets start at $48 and you can get them here!
Press Play to hear:
- What toxic positivity is and why it sucks
- Why depression is having a party in 2020
- How to re-adjust your to-do list making
- How to make decisions with less anguish
- Learning what your values are… and aren’t
- Embracing your authentic self fearlessly and unapologetically
- How to live in alignment with your actual purpose and true self
- Ways to cope with the state of the pandemic in 2020
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![[party in my plants] 198: Creating a Dinner Plate in Solidarity with BIPOC, Animals & the Environment (win x 3!) with Dr. Christopher Carter](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_episode400/17987507/087c778c33d0c681.jpeg)
[party in my plants] 198: Creating a Dinner Plate in Solidarity with BIPOC, Animals & the Environment (win x 3!) with Dr. Christopher Carter
Dr. Rev. Christopher Carter’s jaw-dropping impressiveness doesn’t stop at his credentials. I felt like I was in school during this interview because Christopher’s views, research, background and way of explaining Black veganism and cruelty-free eating was better than any binge-worthy docuseries I’ve ever come across during this pandemic season!
His passion for social justice, racial equality, food, animals and the environment made this such an incredibly energy-packed plant party. I loved his points about how vegan lifestyles that are self-centered don’t really bring the impact that they could have. He schooled me to the apple core. In our chat that I never wanted to end, Christopher explains how we can fill our grocery bags and load up our dinner plates in a way that doesn’t cause harm and is in solidarity with BIPOC people and their history. I mean, if you ever needed a powerful “WHY” to change your dietary lifestyle habits… this is it!
Press play to hear:
- How we define Black veganism and why it’s a better approach
- It’s not about you: why veganism needs to be less self-centered
- What is cruelty-free eating?
- How factory farming hurts BIPOC people
- Why modern-day farming practices echo ethics exhibited during slavery
- How to approach your meals from an anti-oppressive standpoint
- Why veganism has accessibility issues in America
- How veganism became so white
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![[party in my plants] 197: A Pediatrician's Plant-Based Party! Doctor-Approved Healthy Eating Secrets for The Whole Fam. with Dr. Yami (rhymes with Mommy)](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_episode400/17987507/6d898396612278eb.jpeg)
[party in my plants] 197: A Pediatrician's Plant-Based Party! Doctor-Approved Healthy Eating Secrets for The Whole Fam. with Dr. Yami (rhymes with Mommy)
Dr. Yami (rhymes with Mommy) has it going on. She’s a pediatrician (who only owns her own practice), an author, a health and wellness coach, a mom, a wife, the brains behind Veggie Fit, a podcast host, a speaker and a kick-ass family chef…and in this chat she really spills the *beans* on some great parenting truths that we all really needed to hear. We chatted about body positivity, not conflating inner health with outer appearances, encouraging kids to feel open minded at dinner time, allowing your youngins to eat intuitively, and backing the heck off to let them do so! Seriously, this episode was great. We tooks myths around children leading a vegan lifestyle and smashed ‘em up like a ripe avocado! And holy guacamole, do I ever feel like we packed this episode with all the good stuff and left no questions unanswered for our planty moms and dads or anyone caring for our inner child out there!
Press play to hear:
- How to entice picky eaters
- How your family *can* actually become vegan
- The magic of beans
- A heavy dose of body positivity
- Your parenting kitchen hacks that actually work
- Why fat-shaming has no place in your role as a parent
- Why you need to change your self talk now
- How kids are master pros at intuitive eating
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![[party in my plants] 196: "Leftovers Are The Bestovers" (summer reading from my book)](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_episode400/17987507/5597742b1f4da518.jpeg)
[party in my plants] 196: "Leftovers Are The Bestovers" (summer reading from my book)
So, you know I wrote a book right?! Well even though it’s a cooking one, I was able to stuff more words in it than I do spinach in smoothies. And in this episode, which I’m recording just before I go on my annual summer beach vacation where I’ll be glued to sand and books and watermelon for 3 weeks, I wanted to read some of the words in MY BOOK to you all about having a house party in your plants! At the end I ask you to take my anonymous super short ~ willpower ~ survey which you can do right here :-)
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![[party in my plants] 195: "CHEESE, GLUTEN, PROTEIN OH MY" (summer reading from my book)](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_episode400/17987507/51533ca19af31358.jpeg)
[party in my plants] 195: "CHEESE, GLUTEN, PROTEIN OH MY" (summer reading from my book)
So, you know I wrote a book right?! Well even though it’s a cooking one, I was able to stuff more words in it than I do spinach in smoothies. And in this episode, which I’m recording just before I go on my annual summer beach vacation where I’ll be glued to sand and books and watermelon for 3 weeks, I wanted to read some of the words in MY BOOK to you all about my thoughts on the triumphant trio: CHEESE, GLUTEN, and PROTEIN .. OH MY. At the end I ask you to take my anonymous super short ~ willpower ~ survey which you can do right here :-)
If you like what you hear, you can BUY MY BEST SELLING BOOK, PARTY IN YOUR PLANTS!
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![[party in my plants] 194: "WHEN HEALTHY IS 'HELL-THY'" (summer reading from my book)](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_episode400/17987507/885783722132e775.jpeg)
[party in my plants] 194: "WHEN HEALTHY IS 'HELL-THY'" (summer reading from my book)
So, you know I wrote a book right?! Well even though it’s a cooking one, I was able to stuff more words in it than I do spinach in smoothies. And in this episode, which I’m recording just before I go on my annual summer beach vacation where I’ll be glued to sand and books and watermelon for 3 weeks, I wanted to read some of the words in MY BOOK to you all about how to turn your clean-food frown upside down. At the end I ask you to take my anonymous super short ~ willpower ~ survey which you can do right here :-)
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[party in my plants] 193: "A Cravings Crash Course" (summer reading from my book)
So, you know I wrote a book right?! Well even though it’s a cooking one, I was able to stuff more words in it than I do spinach in smoothies. And in this episode, which I’m recording just before I go on my annual summer beach vacation where I’ll be glued to sand and books and watermelon for 3 weeks, I wanted to read some of the words in MY BOOK to you all about cravings. At the end I ask you to take my anonymous super short ~ willpower ~ survey which you can do right here :-)
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[party in my plants] 192: Party in Your PERIOD! With Nicole Jardim
When I first met today’s guest who is the wonderful woman the world calls Nicole Jardim (a.k.a. The Period Girl) years and years ago we were in a mess hall (at an adult sleepaway camp called Soul Camp). My friends were crowding her (back when personal space wasn’t a danger) to ask their juicy Q’s about their menstruation and I looked her in the eye with my nuva ring wedged in real deep and said “I don’t need period help, I don’t even get mine!”
Well hashtag mega grateful only skims the surface that I got this do-over with her. In this chat, which I sorry not sorry but kinda sorry used as a personal consultation, we covered everything from my messy period moment at my Bat Mitzvah to my confession that I’m on birth control and *gasp* that I’m ready to break up with it. I learned a lot - seriously, I felt like I was a 12-year-old in sex ed class. Really, how was there SO much about my body that I didn’t even know?! Well, Nicole, whose new book, Fix Your Period, came out around when mine did, breaks down some really need-to-know facts, dismantles the crazy wives tales and myths and sets us straight for once and for all that eating our plants helps our hormones, which I then tried and was perfect proof for. Period.
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- How a plantless diet = hell periods
- Why the pill is not actually your bestie
- Why bad nutrition leads to icky period woes
- How the Period Girl changed her lifestyle
- Why tracking your period should be on your to-do list
- The best reads and apps about periods and menstrual cycles
- What the heck is premenstrual dysphoric syndrome
- How to learn about how your body actually works so you can stop being scared of it
- Yes, your window of fertility is waaay smaller than you think
- And so much more!!!
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[party in my plants] 191: "Cosmic Health" with Jenn Racioppi (alt. title: How Pluto Went Rogue and Ruined 2020)
Jenn Racioppi’s health journey starts off really really tough. In her late teens and early 20s, Jennifer got two gynecological cancer diagnoses which led to her having a hysterectomy, being launched into early menopause and being prescribed tons of medications for depression, anxiety and hormone replacements. Don’t worry, the story has a positive ending which basically blew my socks off. This was in the 1990s and when Jennifer ventured to San Diego in search of better healing practices, she came across a woman who did her (shockingly accurate) tarot reading. From there, Jennifer started to dig into astrology, the planets, the moon cycles and all things related and it wound up being the biggest step she’s ever made towards healing. Today, she’s a genius in all these things and even has a book coming out soon. But before we get to all that jazz, here’s your astrology 101 class where I admit that I’m as much as an astrology newbie as anyone ever and Jennifer says hilarious things like “Pluto? Yeah he’s ruthless AF.” Enjoy!
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- Why astrologists predicted 2020 would be an absolute mess
- How a journey of cancer, antidepressants and hormone therapy led Jennifer Racioppi to astrology
- How and why Pluto is a total life ruiner
- Why setting goals for the new moon cycle is the way to be
- Your astrology 101
- How astrology and understanding your charts paves the way to wellness
- And more!
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[party in my plants] 190: Real Food Rhythms for Feeling Calm in The Storm o’ Life, with Sarah Adler (@simplyrealhealth)
Sarah Adler really makes healthy eating seem really simple. Which is really good. Because her brand and business is called “Simply Real Health.” Sarah’s a real food lover to the core. And she’s really passionate about helping others love and eat real food with ease. She’s a rockstar nutrition coach, author of two stunningly beautiful cookbooks The Simply Real Health Cookbook and Simply Real Eating Cookbook, a new-ish mom, wife, lululemon ambassador and a really lovely, inspiring real human being whom I’m genuinely honored (and borderline unhealthily obsessed) with calling a friend. This is her second episode on my podcast, her first one, episode #41 is every bit as delicious, and I went into this interview if you even want to call it that with zero notes which is unprecedented, but I knew we’d naturally hit the goods because nothing that comes out of this woman’s mouth is NOT GOOD. And I was right. This is one of the most wonderful chats I’ve yet to publish. Oh and I can’t remember if I say this in the chat or not, but seeing photos of her kitchen inspired me to put a pot filler in mine. Talk about being the ultimate influencer. She may or may not have also influenced me to want to have a baby soon. Or at least start to think about eating more like one…
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[party in my plants] 189: Regret is Worse For You Than Cheetos ❤︎ Remembering My MIL Three Years Later
Today marks three years since my mother in law passed away, and in her loving memory I’m re-airing this touching tale of how my heart-filled engagement overlapped with her heartbreaking death and how that serves as an ongoing reminder to live the crap out of my days and share my non-crap food even more. It’s also updated with two major life-impacting lessons I’ve carried with me daily since experiencing Nancy’s death 3 years ago; to-do’s that I hope you’ll be inspired to do, too.
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[party in my plants] 188: NOT KETCHUP, BUT A CATCH-UP ON WHAT IS PARTY IN MY PLANTS
As we welcome a new month, new season, and new scent of body wash I’ve been loving (did a little switchie from Dr. Bronner’s lavender to eucalyptus oh and boy oh boy is it sensational) I wanted to touch base with ya -- without touching ya cuz that’s dangerous -- about another little switchie switchie I’ve got going on here.
Learn why I changed my Instagram identity from @partyinmyplants to @imtaliapollock, get a refresher on what Party in My Plants [+ this podcast] is in general, learn my working definition of boldness and how I see it as a health practice, and get schooled on 18 perfect-for-summer recipes from my bestselling book Party in Your Plants!
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[party in my plants] 187: The Sweet Fruity Truth about Blood Sugar and Eating Plants with Diabetes, with Robby and Cyrus of Mastering Diabetes
This is only the third time in Party In My Plants history when I’ve publicly had a threesome - I interviewed TWO guests at the same time, you silly goose! I had an incredible hour talking with Robby and Cyrus which you will hear about in un memento. And for a conversation focused on diabetes, which I initially expected to be boring AF, I surprisingly and genuinely laughed a lot and have smiled thinking about since. Something that I found really cool about both Robby and Cyrus is that they were diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes and, parallel to my story, they used that low point in their life to get really curious, learn more and dedicate much or their time to healing their bodies and then helping others. Their journeys fascinated me. Not only did we get into the sciency, brainiac stuff (how many of us can ACTUALLY define insulin and explain the differences between Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes?) but we also got some great plant-y eating recommendations and fun backstories on both gentlemen. But the best take-home ever: you CAN and SHOULD, even and maybe especially if diabetic or insulin resistant, eat fruit, carbs and tons and tons of mangos. Orange you excited to hear? (sorry, hard to resist.)
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- How a diabetes diagnosis can merely be just an inconvenience
- Yes, you can eat fruit with diabetes, here’s how
- How two diabetics are defining the age-old advice
- Why insulin ain't your enemy
- Exercise is a diabetic’s BFF, here’s why
- Intermittent fasting IS all it’s cracked up to be
- Why the American diet leads to American medical issues
- A much needed reminder, for myself too, that like actually PLANTS (*produce*) are where it’s at
- And lots more!
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[party in my plants] 186: Stop. Checking. Your. Likes. (Like, For Your Health.) with Susie Moore
Susie Moore is an incredibly successful and genuinely glass-half-full kinda beautifully accented gal. Our chat was a necessary breath of fresh air and was chock-full of the kind of life-changing wisdom that I think PIMP listeners crave like cookies. Soul cookies. Easy to digest. Susie’s an kickass coach, writer, TV personality, and author (her latest book is called Stop Checking Your Likes: Shake Off The Need For Approval And Live An Incredible Life). As we mentioned in this talk, she has done ALLLLLL of this and more without a single college degree. That, my friend, goes to show that lack of official credentials is way less harmful than lack of confidence and self-limiting beliefs. Listen to this episode and you’ll be motivated to quit checking yo’ damn likes and use that energy to instead challenge the negative thoughts swirling around in yo’ damn brain! Here’s what my podcast assistant Sinead says is one of my strongest interviews yet.
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- Why it’s time to change your beliefs around the things blocking you in life
- The magic of the confidence-competence loop
- Why success and failure are the same things just on different points on the timeline
- Your life history doesn’t have to be in the driver seat of your life today
- How to stop checking your likes and caring about what other people think
- Stop taking yourself seriously: we’re all gonna die one day!
- Why living a life you like shouldn’t be uncommon
- How to challenge the beliefs that are causing you grief
- Stop blaming social media… it’s not about the app
- Your worthiness is inherent and non-deletable - accept it!
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[party in my plants] 185: How Healing the World Starts with Healing Yourself. This is Emotional Wellness with Brittany Piper
My guest today is one of my most cherished friends, Ms. Brittany Piper. You might remember her from episode 118 which I called “A LESSON IN SAYING THANKSFORGIVING US PAIN TO TURN INTO PURPOSE (AND TO TUNE US INTO WELLNESS)” -- it dropped on Thanksgiving, hence that brilliance I came up with right there. Brittany is a powerhouse speaker, an international activist, trauma specialist and a healing + wellness coach. She’s fits the bill of the most “practice what she preaches” er as she’s herself has overcome not just one, but many of the most horrific events any of us could imagine: sexual assault, eating disorders, the death of her brother and alcoholism and uses her experience to help others harness their hardships and grow through whatever trauma we go through so we can do amazing things. I’m going to cry just reading this intro.
Britt and I chatted a few weeks ago as she ate a humongous granola bowl, sitting in her closet at 36 weeks preggo! The day this airs is actually four days past her baby boy’s due date.
I planned this to be kinda a lighthearted chit chat about life being pregnant in a pandemic la la la but it quickly became a profoundly moving exploration into how to be strong and tender at the same time. I quickly shifted focus to grilling her on ways she suggested we work through trauma and thrive. Umm, hello timeliness. Thank you so much for lending me and my show your ears today and I hope this chat hits you right where you need it. As I love to say, the world is better when we’re our best, and really, we can’t care for others if we’re not caring for ourselves.
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[party in my plants] 184: Cock-Blocking Joy & Quarantining on an Island (Nantucket!) with Georgie Morley
My guest today is Georgie Morley, a coffee-loving creative and photographer, the host of the Chasing Joy Podcast, and the caring human behind her platform that inspires joy and personal growth through compassion and self-discovery. She loves to share tips, tools and lessons learned all inspired by her own path towards personal growth, wellness, and spirituality. And coffee. Georgie to coffee is me to plants. She lives in my favorite place on earth, Nantucket, the 14 x 5 miles long island, exactly 30 miles out to sea off the coast of Cape Cod. You know when you’re doing a meditation and you’re told to close your eyes and envision your happy place? Mine has been Nantucket since I started going there in the womb. I love that place so much it genuinely makes me cry thinking about, which I do on a honest to god daily basis. So Georgie’s there, and I feel like her Nantucket-essence just radiates out for us all to catch glorious whifs of. We’ve known one another through the interwebs for half a decade but haven’t really deeply connected until I was on her podcast last month and now when we did this flip the mic a doodle do in one of my new fun types of episodes called LAUGH WITH YOUR MOUTH FULL.
At the time of this recording I was eating some of my matcha mint chocolate chip date balls from page 275 of my BOOK WHICH IS OUT NOW FOR YOU TO BUY, and Georgie was of course, sipping on coffee which she told me after she drank black and used a v60 or chemex to make it? No clue what that means since I don’t drink coffee even though I was a barista for a whole summer ON NANTUCKET but if you need info on college look up @georgiemorley because she is the coffee pro.
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- How to lean in to what’s easy for you
- How to embrace your talents instead of running from success
- Lessons from the pandemic
- How to stop cock-blocking yourself in business and creative goals
- Why self discovery will make your life so much easier
- Notes on crying in the car
- Self care tools and advice for depression sufferers
- The deal on coffee, cafe culture and why both are so great
- Why we should try to achieve goals without even telling anyone!
- Some awesome things to do on Nantucket
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[party in my plants] 183: A Practical Chat About The Healing Magic of Mushrooms, Cannabis & CBD with Jenny Sansouci!
Jenny Sansouci has been in this wellness game for a loooooong time. I pat myself on the back for being going planty before it was really cool in 2008, but Jenny started her own platform way back in 2006. Not that it’s a comparison game. We know Jenny now as the brains and passion behind Healthy Crush, and now the author of her new spectacular book, The Rebel’s Apothecary: A Practical Guide To The Healing Magic of Cannabis, CBD and Mushrooms, and as an amazing messenger on how to support the health of those dealing with cancer based on her experience of being right there with her father, CBD, shrooms and cannabis, research and hope in tow, as he’s battled pancreatic cancer.
Jenny wasn’t didn’t always have a crush on health. What blew my mind is how Jenny overcame issues with alcohol, party drugs and a dusk-til-dawn party lifestyle. Way back when, she was the first person to dismiss meditation and she used to show up at work hungover. (Which sounds like my own personal nightmare.) Through hard work, an obsession with information and perseverance, she changed her lifestyle and became the well-known wellness gal she is today. Unlike me, Jenny is a research fanatic and I applaud her dedication to learning directly from scientists, doctors, mycologists, herbalists, and so many incredible experts in the cannabis and mushroom fields and then sharing it all with stories, so we less research-inclined can eat it all up!
Press play to hear:
- How mushrooms and CBD can help you heal
- How Healthy Crush became what it is today
- An incredible story on quitting drugs, alcohol and the party lifestyle
- How to support a loved one through cancer treatment
- The Rebel’s Apothecary: Who it’s for, why it’ll help, why it’ll change your life
- The deal on supplements and why they *could* help sick loved ones
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[party in my plants] 182: The “Fiber is Sexy” ‘Sode! With the Globe’s Favorite Gut Doc: Dr. B (Will Bulsiewicz)
Well, I had the poop doctor back on the show! My earlier chat with Dr. B. was such a breakout HIT that it’s about time I bring him back again. And this round two was as good - if not better - than last time. You let me know. We started off this talk by clarifying right off the bat that Dr. B is more of a tummy doctor than a butt doctor. From there, we got straight to his main point: fiber is SEXY ok? (I originally disagreed but he convinced me in the end.)
Dr. B’s new book, Fiber Fueled (which is a cousin to my book as we share the same publisher and hit bookstores within 3 weeks of each other!) will change your life and educate you on how the gut actually works. During these times when the coronavirus has the world shut down, it’s important to know that most of your immune system lives in the gut. In other words, hurt the gut, hurt your immunity! Dr. B.’s goal is to get his information out there to convert the processed food eaters to see the value of plants and start taking better care of their gut health. I think you’ll be convinced. And highly entertained. And maybe blushing if poop is not a topic you usually engage in discussion around.
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- Why fiber IS so sexy
- Why your need to eat as many different plants as possible
- Diversity, diversity, diversity! For health, health, health!
- Why fiber fuelling will change yo’ life!
- How your poop in the window to your gut health
- The average American diet is 60% processed foods!
- Why gut health is where it’s at
- Did you know: Your immune system lives in the gut!
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[party in my plants] 181: EFT Tapping for the Win! And for the stress-zapping with Jessica Ortner
If you’re a follower of my work (and self) and a listener of this here show, then you likely know I’ve just made a comeback after spending months in a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad slump. I was depressed, overwhelmed and swimming (like doggy paddle treading) in anxiety that, of course, as our stress does - it turned physical. Tapping, what we’re talking about today, was pivotal in me pivoting out of my overwhelm ocean, my pity pool, my hot mess hot tub….
Here’s my interview with Jessica Ortner, skeptic-turned tapping expert, bestselling author of The Tapping Solution for Weight Loss and Body Confidence, and co-creator of the massively popular and internationally celebrated Tapping Solution. It’s intentionally my first interview back in MONTHS and I hope my passion for tapping, the very thing that helped me lure myself out of the low-vibe lazy river, is palpable. Here in this chat, Jessica spills how tapping can help us with basically everything keeping us down, how tapping impacted her personally, and exactly how you, yes you, can do it right now...without your houseplants thinking you’re weird. And by right now I mean in like 50 minutes because at the end of this episode Jessica and I do a tapping meditation together which you and your clean hands can do along with us to feel better now.
In this COVID crisis, anxiety, depression and new emotions they probably need to invent words for are flying off the charts so this episode is my gift to you so you can experience just a little more ease in your everyday life.
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- What the heck is tapping and why did it help me so much?
- Why tapping is the practice to use during corona times
- Tapping vs. meditation: What’s the difference?
- How tapping can help you become motivated, reduce stress, settle anxiety, cure insomnia, lose weight, love yourself and even see financial success...
- A heart-warming story on tapping and body image
- How to acknowledge your thoughts so you can move through them
- The best new scientific self-love approach
- BONUS: it features a quick, powerful guided tapping meditation
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[party in my plants] 180: What you Need More Than A Blender: MY BOOK! “Party in Your Plants” is Out!
Wowie kazowie my first book, “Party in Your Plants” is outie! And is sitting pretty as a #1 Bestselling New Release for over 2 weeks straight now on Amazon. Today I’m gonna introduce you to it. Literally, by reading the introduction… and other fun parts that illustrate 9 ways my book, “Party in Your Plants” will empower you to eat more plants!
Because, while yes, my book is technically a cookbook, it’s really an empowerment book to empower people to eat more plants. As a review so eloquently says:
“This book is a "food" book that isn't actually about the food. And I mean that in the best way possible. Party In Your Plants is really about the PARTY part - how to make your life feel like one that's worth celebrating every single day. Talia makes the (great and accurate) argument that in order to make your life one that's worthy of a celebration, you've got to TREAT it like it is. I really appreciate that she doesn't preach Healthy Living for Healthy Living's sake - she really makes it clear that it's a tool in your toolkit to help free up mental and emotional space for you to live BIG and BOLD outside the kitchen.”
Fun! Hope you enjoy! And you can purchase my debut book, “Party in Your Plants” here.
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[party in my plants] 179: LAUGH WITH YOUR MOUTH FULL: The least horrible parts of being quarantined right now, with Katie Dalebout, Phoebe Lapine + Katie Horwitch
I’m excited to present a new monthly installment of LAUGH WITH YOUR MOUTH FULL! Lighthearted real life chit chats with smart and articulate people I love while we eat healthy planty foods we love. This episode explores how three of my dearest friends and I are doing our best to healthfully navigate this scary season of Coronavirus quaranatine. At the time of this recording, my mouth was full of snap peas.
Katie Dalebout the host of Let it Out with Katie Dalebout, the author of Let it Out: A Journey Through Journaling and the creator of the Let It Outttt platform and self-growth KITS. You might’ve heard her before in episode 22 of this PIMP podcast. She’s quarantined in sunny LA. Her mouth was full of banana boats.
Katie Horwitch is a writer, speaker and founder of the Women Against Negative Talk platform & podcast. She’s also a spin instructor extraordinaire and her audio workouts on Aaptiv are phenomenal. You heard her before in episode 122 and she’s quarantined in my beloved NYC. Her mouth was full of pickles!
Phoebe Lapine is a cookbook author, chef, and food blogger at FeedMePhoebe.com. She’s written two books, In the Small Kitchen and The Wellness Project, and she hosts the SIBO Made Simple Podcast (+ is writing a third book by the same name)! Her interviewS on this podcast were #37 and #82 and she is quarantined on beautiful Martha’s Vineyard. Her mouth was full of a kosher-for-Passover chocolate chip cookie that she ate before the recording.
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- Introverts vs. extroverts vs. ambiverts (and how to know the difference)
- The least horrible parts of being quarantine right now
- Connection as self care
- How we’re loosely managing time these days (Horwitch’s protocol chunking schedule is something to hear!)
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[party in my plants] 178. Vegan vs. Plant-Based? with Colleen Patrick-Goudrea
So you’ll hear in a lot of upcoming podcast episodes in which I’m the guest on other peoples’ shows talking about my book, Party in Your Plants, about the coconut smoothie that set me on my plant-party path, and how since that was in 2008 before instagram, youtube, and blogging was really a thing, I learned about eating plants through sitting in Barnes and Noble with a yellow legal pad. One of my first ever books at my self-study vegan 101 Barnes and Noble school was Colleen Patrick-Goudreau’s.
Colleen is an OG in the vegan world. Her voice is one I know well and her books (there are seven of them. One for each dwarf!) have graced my shelves for ten years or so. In this chat we talked about veganism, plant-based eating, not being judgemental, and… Burger King. Colleen gave some really down-to-earth tips on how to survive holidays as a plant eater, as well as tips on how to talk to loved ones and partners about your decision not to eat animal products.
What I especially loved about our chat was that in Colleen’s view, the “V” in vegan really stands for VALUES! I was admittedly a little scared before our interview that it would stand for VERY DOGMATIC. As Colleen says (and you’ll have to give it a listen…) it’s better to characterize being vegan as a means to an end not an end in itself. It’s not the goal. The goal is compassion and wellness... being vegan is the mode to getting there. Ahhhhh, sweet. Also sweet is hearing her talk about her relationship with her book’s cover cow (or steer!) at the very end of our chat.
Press play to hear stuff like:
- Tips for how to survive the holidays as a vegan
- How to talk to family and loved ones about your vegan choices
- Stop being critical of other people’s labels
- How to reflect your values in what you put on your dinner plate
- Achieve compassion and wellness through vegan eating
- Ways to talk to your partner about diet
- How to allow yourself room for error in order to take action!
- Why the perfect vegan doesn’t really exist
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[party in my plants] 177: Burnout (and me talking about depression before understanding depression)
Friend, if you had asked me about the state of my podcast weeks ago like my podcast assistant did over email, my husband did in long car rides, diehard listeners did on IG, and my best friends did over ABCV’s butter beans that taste like bacon (Neal Harden, executive chef of ABCV and friend who wrote a big blurb for my book -- you are a plant genius!), I would’ve told you, like I told them, straight faced and convincing as hell: I can’t do it anymore. I’m done. It’s over.
I had a good argument, too. Though I can’t even remember what it is anymore. Because it was depression talking, not Talia.
This first episode since an abrupt hiatus in January tells that story.
I share the story of forgetting and ignoring my own voice, but having an inner truth so relentless & body signals so persistent, like that fire alarm in Phoebe’s apartment that WOULD NOT BE QUIET even when she disconnected, disabled, smashed, trashed and screamed at it, that I had to listen again.
I hope it inspires you to keep listening to and honoring your fire alarms.
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[party in my plants] 176: The F*ck It Diet ie. How to Quit Unhealthy Thoughts Around Healthy Food! with Caroline Dooner (BEST OF '19)
If Caroline Dooner’s name rings a bell, it’s probably because you’re heard of her book, or her massive movement called the “The F*ck It Diet.” Yes, she may have given me anxiety as I listened to her long and yo-yoing journey with dieting, but the way she now shits on the inherent flaws of dieting and diet culture (which she backs with so much sound science thank you very very much Caroline) is SO relatable to SO many people. As a fellow past-life comedian, Caroline’s humor, coupled with her compassion, (with again, lots of research) allows her to fearlessly call out all the BS and misinformation that makes us make eating so hard for ourselves, so be prepared to wage no more wars with your grub after you listen. Matcha latte cheers to making “the f*ck it diet” the last diet you ever try!
Yay! Press Play to hear:
- How Caroline Dooner, author of “The F*ck It Diet.”, fixed her tainted relationship with food
- Your hunger is there for a reason and why you need to stop ignoring it
- Why diets make peeps even more food obsessed
- The biggest sign that you’re underfeeding yourself
- No, disordered eaters are NOT only those who are incredibly thin… and other myths busted!
- What mind-blowing stuff the Minnesota Starvation Experiment of the 1940s has taught us about restricting calories and dieting
- And tons more!
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[party in my plants] 175: Stress = Junk Food of The Soul. The Best Inflammation Episode Ever with Dr. Will Cole (BEST OF '19)
You know how health is wealth? Well, as my phenomenal functional medicine practitioner friend Dr. Will Cole says in this chat: you don’t have to be wealthy to be healthy.
Dr. Cole, or Will, is doc who relies little on prescriptions on mucho on natural fixes. He’s obsessed with finding the roots of health problems and honestly, in this chat I became obsessed with finding out his answers to every single thing that came to my mind. It turns out, this brilliant man is not only a healer, but also a quote generation machine, and he was dropping some serious poetic responses. Something he said that really stuck with me was: “Just because it’s common, doesn’t mean it’s normal.” Out of context, that could apply to basically anything (headphones getting tangled the minute they enter a purse, my dog humping his bed when he’s mad at us, me crying when I watch Monica and Chandler get engaged even though I’ve seen that episode upwards of 39 times…) but in the context of our conversation, he was saying that so many folks struggle with so many “common” health issues today, but that shouldn’t mean that accept them as “normal” and live a life less good.
This chat is also just what the doctor ordered because finally, FINALLY, hooha, I had an expert on the show who really broke down inflammation. You know, that word you keep hearing but don’t really, truly, honestly, understand? Well with Will, whose new book The Inflammation Spectrum is about to be your new go-to health manual, we talk about what inflammation is, what causes it, how it wrecks havoc in your body, and how to stop it!
Press play to hear:
- What’s a functional health practitioner and why might you need one?
- What causes inflammation?
- Why you might want to start an elimination diet
- What inflammation actually is and why too much can be bad news
- Why what you eat could be causing your depression and anxiety
- It’s not a medication deficiency: how what you do and don’t put in your body causes your symptoms
- Why autoimmune conditions and inflammation often go hand in hand
- How many years of lifestyle habits it takes before an illness manifests
- You don’t have to be wealthy to be healthy: FREE tips to get you feeling better
- Common foods that could cause inflammation
- Why stress is just junk food for the soul and is probably making you sick
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[party in your plants] 174: More Plants, More Planks! How Partying in Your Plants Helps You Burpee More & Errand Better. with Angie Asche (BEST OF '19)
You know that saying “put your money where your mouth is?” well my guest today puts her science where her mouth is. And puts nutritious plants in the bodies of athletes. So they can put trophies on their mantels and pride in their hearts..? Well, Angie Asche is a sports dietitian and one super smart dairy free cookie. Angie’s been a plant partier herself since 2011 and for the past five years, she’s been running her own private sports nutrition practice called Eleat Sports Nutrition. She advises athletes like pro sports players, gymnasts, ultra runners, figure skaters, and even every day type-a athletes like myself. Her husband, Cody Asche, also plays baseball professionally in the MLB so I got to pick her brain on how these guys manage to eat healthy when they’re always on the road traveling to different dugouts and stuff! Since I’ve dramatically upped my own athleticism in the past couple of years, I may have rapid-fired every question about planty sports nutrition I’ve ever had and Angie demystified it all - from the deal with iron, glutamine, protein and even how to travel with bananas which I still call BS on but whateverrrr…
Press play to hear:
- How to eat before and after your runs
- What’s the deal with protein anyway?
- Can I get enough protein as a vegan or vegetarian?
- How iron figures into the life of the cardio-obsessed person
- How pro baseball players eat on the road
- Supplements that will give your workout an epic boost
- A sports nutritionist’s go-to pre-run breakfast
- How to include sunflower seeds, turmeric and more into your daily diet
- Travel hacks for eating a well-rounded diet on the go
- And tons more!
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[party in my plants] 173: Honey, I Shrunk My Cold Thanks to Beekeepers Naturals! Carly Stein on The Healing Powers from the Hive (BEST OF '19)
It’s been almost a year since I had this chat but I cannot stop bugging out about what I learned from it, which is why it’s making it to the top 5 best podcast episodes of 2019. Carly Stein, the founder of Beekeepers Naturals, a company that makes practical products from superfoods from the hive, is hands down, legs up, the bees knees. And not just because she’s a beekeeper, though that’s so rad. But also because she’s created all these bee-powered wellness products that she can swear on her tonsils will uplevel your life. And since learning about propolis in the original airing of this chat, it’s become a more regular part of my life than teeth brushing. Seriously, I’m spritzing propolis into my pie hole upwards of 6 times a day.
Get ready to hear Carly’s bee business story (“How I Built This” style), learn a lil about bee culture and understand a lot about how the goos and jellys the bees use to thrive can really help us thrive too. (And if after listening you also get stung with excitement for the bees, you can try these products from the hive for 15% less than other humans by using code “PARTYINMYPLANTS” at checkout on Beekeepers Naturals’ site.)
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[party in my plants] 172: How to Calm the F*%k Down, with Sarah Knight (BEST OF '19)
Today’s episode is a re-broadcast of the PIMP’s top episode of 2019, which just so happened to come out as the first episode of 2019. This is like a colonic of a chat. A colonic for your stress and worries and anxiety...or at least the way you view them. Flush those old patterns right out of ya. I cannot get enough of my guest Sarah Knight’s hilariously no BS tough love and her out of the box mind altering metaphors galores. And I’m not alone in my Sarah Knight obsession, considering she’s, like, an internationally best selling author of 4 – now going on 5 with her newest one just out now called: Fuck No - How to stop saying yes when you can’t, you shouldn’t, or you just don’t want to. I’m so honored to have her endorsement on my upcoming book!
Needless to say, this chat has a lot of unbleeped bleeps in it so headphones are smart, also because you want to focus on Sarah’s unbelievably awesome advice on how to stop overthinking, go easy on your freak outs, stop stressing about the uncontrollable, and just let it go.
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[party in my plants] 171: Some Things I’ve Learned about Things + a “What-to-do-with Gifts” Guide
You’re listening to the PIMP podcast and if you’ve never considered focusing on your furnishings as much as you do your forkings, I’m hoping this quick chat might change that. Because, you know how I’m always talking about how my food philosophy is to choose foods based on how they make you feel? Well it was a shocking revelation as I just finished moving that, wowie kazowie, our STUFF MAKES US FEEL STUFF TOO!
Our stuff makes us feel stuff too. And here’s a short chat with some stuff I learned about our stuff.
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[party in my plants] 170: Say Yay to Rest in Order to [legitimately] Be Your Best, with Kate Northrup
My guest today is a powerhouse of a woman who wants to see other women succeed… without burning out in the process. The marvelous Kate Northrup is an entrepreneur, speaker, mother and bestselling author of two profoundly helpful books: Money: A Love Story, (which has been published in 5 languages, oh la la!) and Do Less: A Revolutionary Approach to Time and Energy Management for Busy Moms (which include dog or plant moms). I’m obsessed with Kate’s data-driven and soul-driven time and energy management practices that result in saving time, making more money, and experiencing less stress (and thus mega-improved wellness). We talked a lot about syching your sched to your menstrual sched (or the moon’s sched), honoring your energy, annndddd lying on the floor a lot. I loved every second and am pretty positive this chat will be my mantra for the new year. Yes, the whole damn chat.
Press play to hear:
- Why doing less can often produce better results
- How to stop tying your self worth to your jam packed schedule
- An extra spin class or ladies night isn’t the cure: it’s in decluttering your schedule
- Why changing your schedule to fit your schedule is one of the best business moves you can make
- How a 24-hour cycle leads to unrealistic expectations
- Why it’s time to take rest without beating yourself up about it
- Scrapping the mindset that energetic days are BETTER than the ones where you need to rest
- How rest is an investment to become your bestest
- And so much more!
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[party in my plants] 169: Wanna Not Get Your Health & Happiness Screwed By The Holidays? Hear These Spooky Strategies
Surviving the food-focused holiday season without outgrowing all our clothes and slugging around like human eggnog can feel frightening. And in this episode, I'm calling on something else frightening to help us: GHOSTS. You know the Christmas story about Scrooge? (From Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol?”) Well, the same 3 ghosts that showed Scrooge his past, present and future and helped him stop being a miserable Scrooge can actually also help YOU not be miserably SCREWED this holiday season! Press play and you'll hear the whole healthy holiday ghost story.
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[party in my plants] 168: How to Party in Your WHOLE FAMILY’S Plants, with Ilene Moreno of The Colorful Kitchen
Today’s guest grew up on hamburger helper, chicken nuggets, grilled cheese and zero plants!! She now grows a robust garden, is coming out with her second Today’s guest grew up on hamburger helper, chicken nuggets, grilled cheese and zero plants!! She now grows a robust garden, is coming out with her second vegan cookbook, and still makes grilled cheese! Ilene Godofsky Moreno, whom you probably know on the interwebs as The Colorful Kitchen, considering she’s been featured in The New York Times, Refinergy 29, VegNews and this podcast in episode 33, has made a complete 180 in what she forks and how she feels as anyone I’ve met. (Except myself. We’re kind of the same in our 180’ness.) We’re also the same in our birthday. And I know that because Ilene is one of my best friends. We’re also the same birthday. And i know that becuase I’ene is one of my best friends. This is me fake writing. Can you tell I’m fake writing? I’m fake writing. Does this look like I’m fake writing? I’m totally fake writing. Tommy is cute. I’m sbolteluly fake writing. Fake writing is fun. Fake writing is the best. Tommy is funny. I like my job. I am so fake writing. Fake writing is a blast. Fake writing is silly. I feel blessed. Fake writing fake writing fake writing. Fake writing is fun fake writing is the best. I love fake writing. Fake writing is the best. No brownies no cry, No brownies no juice makes Talia Fake writing Fake writing. I’m fake writing, it’s fun to fake write, I like fake writing. Tommy is so cute. Fake writing fake writing, fake writing, Fake writing, fake writing, fake writing. Fake writing is a blast. Fake writing
Aside from being my dear friend, Ilene is my baby mentor; or she will be once I have babies. Until then, she’s setting out to be the world’s baby mentor and her second cookbook, The Colorful Family Table, is really your beautiful food-porn-filled ticket to helping your entire family party in their plants! Don’t worry, I took a lot of notes for you from this episode which you can find here so sit back and enjoy this chat which I recorded with my tush on a meditation pillow and my computer on an empty Away luggage box that was my temporary desk as I was moving while, truly coincidentally, I was wearing my beloved Comrad compression socks!
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- The macrobiotic diet that changed Ilene’s life
- How to expose young children to the world of healthy foods
- Lessons from starting your first garden
- Why you don’t need that many kitchen tools
- Recipes that your toddler will love as much as you do
- Insight on eating vegan as a family
- Getting kids to feel empowered with food choices from day one
- How to up your sandwich game
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[party in my plants] 167: How to Consciously Uncouple With Your Unhealthy Earth-Destroying Shit ;-) with Ashlee Piper
My guest today is one of the smartest, sharpest and sustainable-ist women I am lucky to know. Ashlee Piper is an environmental activist, sustainable living hero, TV expert and the author of Give A Shit: Do Good. Live Better. Save The Planet. What I really like about her is that she brings an incredibly admirable level of intelligence to the table, she has all the stats and research to back up her points, she does it all with a great sense of humor. AND she’s not preachy about it. You likely won’t find a more, down to *earth* EARTH lady than this one. Ashlee’s out to educate, share her story and her knowledge but sans judgement which is so refreshing when it comes to veganism and environmentalism. So get out your recycled notebook, friend, because this chat is jam packed with notes to take to change yo’ lifestyle to help mama nature.
Press Play to Hear:
- How to re-home the stuff you no longer want
- Why even a micro approach can have macro effects on the environment
- Why eating meat is one of the worst things you can do for the environment
- You don’t have to be perfect: how living sustainably is more forgiving than you think
- How to transform an apathetic attitude and get motivated to protect the earth
- Classic American habits that need to change now
- Being as intentional with your stuff as you are with your food
- Plus tons of hilariousness with Ashlee Piper
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[party in my plants] 166: Joy. Want More? Listen Now! with Shannon Kaiser
This is Shannon Kaiser’s third visit to my podcast, and for good reason: she’s my life/business coach and I keep getting free sessions out of interviewing her! Joking...Shannon’s threepeat is because she’s my go-to source for sage life advice without bells and whistles or woo-woo confusion. And because she keeps writing wonderful books worth talking about.
In this ‘sode, Shannon and I chat about achieving inner peace and living joyfully in a TRUE way, not just in a way that satisfies your ego or makes those around you think you’re the bees knees. When you scrap all the external factors, ditch the shoulds, and have an honest heart-to-freaking-heart with yourself, you’re left with a clear path towards what will actually fulfill you. And then, Shannon urges, we should GO DO THAT THING!
Food isn’t a real topic of discussion in this one, but since I believe the whole point of partying with plants is so we have the energy to live more joyfully, think about this chat as like, the masterclass in living epically once your planty diet gives you the energy, stamina, confidence and mental clarity to do so.
>> PS. Here’s Shannon’s episode talking about self love & here’s one about trusting your gut! <<
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- All about living expectation-free and in line with your true, authentic self
- How to find your purpose
- When staying in your comfort zone is a bad thing
- How to get over your fear of the unknown
- Why comparing yourself to others is a lesson in disguise
- How to live joyfully and in the moment without the influence of external factors
- How to recognize when you’re living off balance
- How your ego and self-judgement are blocking you from achieving your goals
- How to figure out what you ACTUALLY want instead of what you THINK you want
Links related to this episode:
The full show notes with all the deets from this episode!
Hop on the waitlist for my soon-to-be-live Party in Our Plants Club!!!
Where to snag your Comrad Compression Socks (do. it.) for 20% off [use code PARTY]!
Where to buy Four Sigmatic Magic Mushroom Products and save 15% with code: “PARTYINMYPLANTS”
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[party in my plants] 165: Farm-to-Home & Eco Fashion, With Marci Zaroff
Damn did Marci Zaroff ever blow my mind! I probably mentioned at least three times in utter amazement how cool she is because this OG leader in wellness and organics is... SO FREAKING COOL! To start, she basically has 100 companies. She was one of the peeps plant partying it up in the early 1990s when no one else was. Ain’t no party like a plant party of 1? Marci coined the term “Eco fashion” developed the standard for organic textiles in the U.S., published books, and is now out with her new organic cotton and environmentally-friendly homeware line Farm to Home. (Because why should straight-from-the-farm plants only bless our dinner plates?)
We spoke a lot about stuff I knew little about: organic cotton, why it’s important and how the fast fashion industry is ruining our homes, our bods and the environment. I mean, in case you, like me, hadn’t fully *cotton* just yet, the cotton used to make everything from our favorite white sheets, to the blankets we cuddle up in, to our favorite pair of jeans and worn-in tee are often produced with the use of thousands of chemicals that damage us and damage the air and water. Honestly, as a responsible citizen and new homeowner, I really want zero part in that and so I’m on the road to outfitting myself and my new home sweet home with sustainable, sweet sustainable textiles like Marci explains all about right now….
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- A crazy walk down memory lane to the wellness and organic community in the early 90s
- Why food is a personal choice you shouldn’t judge!
- How the wellness community in 2019 overlooks the importance of textiles
- Why non-organic cotton could be damaging your skin and health
- The reasons why fast fashion is killing our planet
- The three things to watch for when shopping for environmentally-friendly homeware and clothing
- Crazy tales from the woman who dubbed the term “eco-fashion.”
- Why extend the farm-to-table movement to farm-to-home
- And more!
Links related to this episode:
The full show notes with all the deets from this episode!
Hop on the waitlist for my soon-to-be-live Party in Our Plants Club!!!
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Get Sunwarrior - my favorite plant-protein powder- for 20% off with code: PARTY at checkout
![[party in my plants] 164: How to Be More Grounded and Goddessy. Starring Crystals, Essential Oils, ACV + Woo Galore, with Amy Leigh Mercree](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_episode400/17987507/d15ac036c6f44638.jpeg)
[party in my plants] 164: How to Be More Grounded and Goddessy. Starring Crystals, Essential Oils, ACV + Woo Galore, with Amy Leigh Mercree
Amy Leigh Mercree is probably one of the sweetest, most sensitive gals I’ve ever had on the show. This medical intuitive (yes, in this episode she explains what the heck this is) pretty much makes the rest of us look like demons. I mean, she doesn’t have plants in her home because she knows they’d prefer to live outside and she’s not one who will buy a crystal and stash it away in a drawer to be ignored. The author of, oh, about a million books, Amy strives to help other people achieve inner peace and health through spirituality. If you’re looking to bring out your spiritual side and get in touch with the inner goddess that DOES exist within you, this chat is up your crystal-lined alley.
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- Essential oils that *literally* spark joy
- The low-down on how to use crystals
- Which crystals to buy and where in your home to put them
- Why apple cider vinegar is the best thing you can do for your health
- What is a medical intuitive anyway?
- A mantra to keep you safe, grounded and anxiety-free
- Natural plant remedies for mood and PMS
- Tips that might show you’re psychically sensitive
- Most common blockades to achieving inner peace
- How to stay your healthiest, happiest and most grounded
Links related to this episode:
The full show notes with all the deets from this episode!
Hop on the waitlist for my soon-to-be-live Party in Our Plants Club!!!
Where to snag your Comrad Compression Socks (do. it.) for 20% off [use code PARTY]!
Where to buy Four Sigmatic Magic Mushroom Products and save 15% with code: “PARTYINMYPLANTS”
GET A FREE LIST OF 160+ RECCOMENDED-OR-WRITTEN-BY-PODCAST-GUEST BOOKS
Get my FREE #EATMOREPLANTS course!
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[party in my plants] 163: Functional Mushrooms—Why They’re the Shiitake ;) with Four Sigmatic herbalist Danielle Ryan Brioda
In case you missed the memo, I’m a bit of a mushroom junkie. (I mean, I drink so much Four Sigmatic Mushrooms blends I could turn into a mushroom…omg yes, I just came up with my Halloween costume!) Anyway, given my deep and undying love for the functional fungi, it felt ultra organic to bring shroom-extraordinaire Danielle Ryan Broida onto my show.
Danielle is hella connected with nature in ways I’m deeply inspired by: she’s a raw food chef, herbalist, mycologist, holistic nutritionist and an avid gardener. Arguably, she’s more of a plant-partier than me. In this convo she even said that she became a vegetarian at age eight, grows as much of her own food as possible, and of all the guests I’ve had on the show, she has probably come up with the most interesting ways of consuming plants. (Hence why I call her a mad scientist.) After hearing from Danielle, I bet your button mushrooms that you’ll be adding all these Harry Potter sounding shroomy spells to your diet.
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- A conversation about connecting to food and nature
- The difference between functional mushrooms and your regular grocery store portobellos
- The best plants to add to your garden
- Herbs to sneak into your diet to have you feeling amazing
- Your shroom myths busted
- Ways to eat mushrooms from the expert who eats five pounds a week
- How to make your own herbal tincture
- Crazy stories on wellness from an international traveller
Links related to this episode:
The full show notes with all the deets from this episode!
Hop on the waitlist for my soon-to-be-live Party in Our Plants Club!!!
Where to buy Amazing Grass goodies and save 40% with code: PLANTPARTY40
Where to buy Four Sigmatic Magic Mushroom Products and save 15% with code: “PARTYINMYPLANTS”
GET A FREE LIST OF 160+ RECCOMENDED-OR-WRITTEN-BY-PODCAST-GUEST BOOKS
Get my FREE #EATMOREPLANTS course!
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![[party in my plants] 162: Anxiety and Me! 13 Healthy Things I Do To Help Calm My Stormy Mind](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_episode400/17987507/196ed6c0dd293e72.jpeg)
[party in my plants] 162: Anxiety and Me! 13 Healthy Things I Do To Help Calm My Stormy Mind
In honor of it being World Mental Health Day (well that was yesterday so I guess let’s consider this the afterparty) I’m re-airing this true talk about how I personally strive to combat and calm my anxiety -- which I do as routinely as I eat dinner.
I used to live with an insurmountable amount of anxiety. Anxiety attacks were a painful and routine part of my life; it was like my anxiety was my Uber drive and I was just a lost, helpless passenger in the back seat! Until enough was enough and I quit them. In this episode, I walk you through the 13 out-of-the-box, drug-free things I’ve done to effectively kick my anxiety to the curb (and keep it there like a loser). If you struggle with anxiety, you cannot afford to skip this episode! (Sorry, not trying to make you anxious about it, but seriously. Listen up. And remember: everybody’s story with mental health is different. This is mine.)
The full show notes with all the deets from this episode!
Hop on the waitlist for my soon-to-be-live Party in Our Plants Club!!!
Where to buy Amazing Grass goodies and save 40% with code: PLANTPARTY40
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[party in my plants] 161: How to Be More Feng Shui-y with Ken Lauher
My guest today is like Bruce springsteen. (A household name.) (of Feng Shui.) (So even cooler than Bruce, am I right?) Well, even more than helping his folks reorganize their homes, Ken Lauher’s bread and butter and pure passion is leading his clients into becoming their best selves by way of bettering their spaces. In this chat he bettered my life just by instilling in it that a cluttered house leads to a cluttered mind -- and since we’ve hung up the call I’ve been a born again declutterer. The proof is in his pudding, and Ken’s pudding is helping entrepreneurs, executives and high achievers across the globe to gain clarity, take action and get results in their personal and professional life. Many of his clients actually call him “The Clarifier” thanks to his unique ability to help them simplify and solve their most pressing issues. I’ll go ahead and call him “cool” for his special way of making a kinda weird thing like feng shui be cool, understandable and actually practical. But how about we all stop calling him things and roll the interview so you can come to your own conclusions!
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- Why Feng Shui isn’t at all what you think it is
- Why a cluttered house and a cluttered mind go hand-in-hand and what you can do about it
- Tips for kitchen organization… from the pro
- How one life-changing moment led this home styling master to change his life
- The five biggest things that Ken Lauher’s clients actually want
- How organizing your home leads to transformations and breakthroughs that’ll get your mojo back
- Why the bagua is… not that great
- Why beating yourself up about clutter and cleaning is actually harming your soul
- You have a choice!! Getting your life back on track means taking responsibility
Links related to this episode:
The full show notes with all the deets from this episode!
Hop on the waitlist for my soon-to-be-live Party in Our Plants Club!!!
Try Catalina Crunch Gluten Free, Grain Free, Dairy Free, Soy Free, Vegan CEREAL for 10% off!
GET A FREE LIST OF 160+ RECCOMENDED-OR-WRITTEN-BY-PODCAST-GUEST BOOKS
Get my FREE #EATMOREPLANTS course!
Book me to speak at your college, conference or company!
Where I’d much appreciate you leaving a review for the show in iTunes!!
Where you can go to suggest a guest (yourself or someone else) for the show!