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Join the plant based nutrition movement. Victoria talks with Kimberly Campbell, Director of Culinary Education and Development at PlantPure and the daughter in law of Dr. T. Colin Campbell, the "science father of the modern plant based nutrition movement. Kimberly is the author of the book PlantPure Comfort Food: Over 100 Plant Based and Mostly Gluten-Free Recipes to Nourish Your Body and Soothe Your Soul. Discover new whole food recipes and plant based recreations of traditional family dishes with no oil, often no gluten, and lots of rich, satisfying flavor. Find out more about Victoria Moran writer, speaker, animal advocate, and founder of Main Street Vegan Academy Find out about Main Street Vegan Academy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kimberly Wilson is my style role model, embracing the effortless savoir faire of a Parisian woman -- but she grew up in Oklahoma. She is a psychotherapist, pet loss grief counselor, adult ballerina, eco/activewear designer, author, podcaster, and longtime yogini who created a studio named in the Top 25 on earth by Travel & Leisure. In this fast-paced and utterly uplifting conversation, we cover personal style, yoga, altars, animals (pigs and pugs, in particular, since Kimberly's nonprofit is PigsandPugs.org), Paris (of course), and the big, bright year that's ahead of us. Follow Kimberly at www.kimberlywilson.com. (Note: We mention at one point a pig sanctuary in West Virginia. To the best of our current knowledge, this sanctuary is no longer in existence.) TDJ by Kimberly (fashion line)  IG - @tranquilitydujour A Year of Tranquility Lifestyle Planner www.KimberlyWilson.com Find out more about Victoria Moran Author, Speaker, Animal Advocate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A 24-year-old New Yorker whose life is dedicated to ending animal suffering, Jamie Logan is a case study in commitment. Whether standing silently in a Cube of Truth, showing video imagery of standard practices in animal ag; going out on the street in her skivvies as part of The Lingerie Protest; doing a beautifully produced -- and sometimes seriously funny -- YouTube show, "It's Jamie's Corner," in which she confronts passersby about where animal foods come from; or working her day job at a Vegan film production company, this is a young woman who has figured out how to have a life, have her twenties, and also show up every day as a voice for the voiceless.  Some quotations to take away: "There's no right way to do the wrong thing," and "The only thing I've taken out of my diet is the cruelty." Jamie's website: Her YouTube channel trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uCaG85EtLk Instagram: @itsjamiescorner and @jaylokurtz (she promised listeners that if anyone is interested in moving in a Vegan direction, they can contact her on IG for recipes and help) Also alluded to in the episode: Veganuary: 2023: Your Year of Living Agelessly: Victoria's January 7th Zoom retreat -- check it out at https://www.tinyurl.com/ageless2023 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Muneeza, the Intuitive Medicine Woman®, is a healer who was once a patient. Chronic fatigue syndrome and intractable eczema pushed her to find answers beyond what traditional medicine had to offer. She studied nutrition, changed her own diet, became a certified holistic health coach, and ultimately discovered Anthony William, the Medical Medium®, who brought her recovery full-circle and recognized her innate healing gifts. Today, Muneeza counsels private and group clients in the Medical Medium protocols which use foods (the Holy Four: fruits, vegetables, herbs and spices, and wild foods), supplements, and a spiritual connection to get to the root of various ills. During this hour, we discuss pathogens that may be behind autoimmune or other "mystery" illnesses, the Unforgiving Four (disease promoters), brain health, how celery juice got so sexy, and juxtaposing science with a way of seeing health and disease that comes from a very different place. Muneeza's links:  Website: https://www.muneezaahmed.com Instagram: @muneezamedicalintuitive  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Health.With.Muneeza  Books mentioned in this episode:   Medical Medium (revised and expanded edition), by Anthony William Medical Medium Life-Changing Foods, by Anthony William Medical Medium Celery Juice by Anthony William Medical Medium Cleanse to Heal, by Anthony William Medical Medium Brain Saver by Anthony William Medical Medium Brain Saver Protocols, Cleanses and Recipes, by Anthony William  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oscar buzz started for the romance/horror film based on the eponymous book by today's guest when it premiered to a standing ovation and rave reviews at the Venice Film Festival. Brimming with star power -- Taylor Russell, Timothee Chalamet, Mark Rylance -- this tale of an improbably likable teenage cannibal means much more to DeAngelis. A committed Vegan, she conceived the Bones and All concept after seeing that, in an antique Scottish cookbook, the meat section was called "Flesh." Flesh is universal in the animal kingdom, human animals included. Thus emerged a well-meaning cannibal: she doesn't eat a lot of people and she would cut back, but it's hard. We discuss the film's subtle Vegan message, being part of a major studio motion picture, putting her book into the hands of a screenwriter, her writer's life, before and after, and our 2014 meeting when Camille attended my Main Street Vegan Academy and became a certified Vegan Lifestyle Coach and Educator. Camille DeAngelis website - https://www.cometparty.com Instagram - @cometparty YouTube Trailer #1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bM1JjlD2EMA Trailer #2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9bxJN16nE Get the book Bones and All by Camille DeAngelis Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With her unshakeable confidence and a voice like Lauren Bacall's, the Lauren featured on this episode belies her chronological age: eighty-two. Rev. Lauren McLaughlin is a Unity minister, spiritual teacher, and author whose work centers on gratitude, the shifts we experience in every decade of adulthood, and the necessity of slowing down to genuinely experience life. Among the nuggets she shares are: ·      "Being an American is running up an elevator." ·      "We want more and more and more, so we do more and more and more." ·      "Slowing down opens us up to wonder." ·      "Whatever we appreciate appreciates: it gets better." ·      "Gratitude is realizing how well cared for we are."  ·      "If you're not afraid, you can do almost anything in this world." ·      "People ask what's the meaning of life. What's the meaning of your life?" Find out more about writer, speaker, animal advocate, and spiritual adventurer Victoria Moran www.victoriamoran.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jacqueline Whitmore didn't come from the upper crust, but she learned early that courtesy and caring opened doors and created opportunity. After paying some dues to corporate America, she set out to found the Protocol School of Palm, offering etiquette training not a Downton Abbey-style class system, but a contemporary refiguring of etiquette that seeks to incorporate "classy" into one's work life and personal dealings.  Jacqueline's definition of etiquette is "the art of knowing how to treat other people," and in this episode she shows us how to do this with confidence and ease. Are the rules changing at a dizzying pace? They are. Is it common to feel, especially post-pandemic, that we're just not sure what's acceptable, online and off? Very common. But even so, says Jacqueline, we would all do well to follow this advice from one of her mentors: "Always take the high road, because the low road is really crowded." Jacqueline's website https://etiquetteexpert.com Instagram @jacquelinewhitmore Get the book! Poised for Success: Mastering the Four Qualities That Distinguish Outstanding Professionals Victoria Moran Author, Speaker, Animal Advocate, Podcast Host, Spiritual Adventurer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

They're such buzzwords: inflammation, anti-inflammatory...and yet few lay people know what they mean, even the millions suffering from arthritis, colitis, gingivitis, gastritis, and the numerous other conditions of obvious inflammation, not to mention the pathologies attributed to hidden inflammation, including heart disease, cancer, and abdominal obesity. Gastroenterologist and Columbia University Medical School instructor Shilpa Ravella, MD, seeks to change that with her new book The Silent Fire. A gifted storyteller, Ravella takes us on the journey that began for her when a healthy young friend was quickly rendered profoundly disabled by an autoimmune disease, all of which are believed to be inflammatory in origin. She then introduces us to the brilliant, often quirky, characters who first came to understand the confounding role inflammation plays in health -- for which it's vital -- and disease -- which it can incite or exacerbate. And she leaves us with delicious bits of information to take away and use today about food choices (there is a science-based anti-inflammatory diet, not necessarily the one we might find in a Google search), exercise (think more) Get the book- The Silent Fire by Shilpa Ravella, MD Find out more about host Victoria Moran Main Street Vegan Academy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Egli Colon Stephens is both a professor with a doctorate and a professional lifestyle model. She is also the author with her daughter Natalia Harris of Unbroken: A Mother-Daughter Journey of Resilience, Faith and Courage, detailing Natalia's battle with bone cancer as a teenager. Natalia survived -- sur-thrived as she called it -- and went on to fulfill her dreams of becoming a model, with gigs including NYC Fashion Week, Project Runway, and landing the December 2019 cover of Vogue Knitting. But just over two years ago, at the age of 24, Natalia passed away from a rare kidney cancer.  Her mother, Egli, is now living for two, and doing that brilliantly. She is navigating life's greatest grief with a strong faith, a conviction to sharing Natalia's gifts with the world, and mourning in bright colors, rediscovering her childhood passion for roller-skating ("I call it roller-grieving"), using fashion as a distraction and a means of self-expression, and becoming an Instagram inspirer-influencer @iamnataliasmom. Unbroken: A Mother-Daughter Journey of Resilience, Faith and Courage - get the book Victoria Moran - author, founder of Main Street Vegan Academy, podcast host Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Finding the miraculous in the ordinary, dealing bravely (and realistically) with down times, growing older brilliantly, marking the Autumn Equinox, and other milestones of the wheel of the year, and creating simple rituals for daily life are the delicious ingredients of this week's episode.  The guest is transformational vision coach, spiritual teacher, and motivational speaker Barbara Biziou. A fixture in the New York City spirituality space since the early 1990s, and known around the world, Biziou is committed to inspiring growth and positive change. She specializes in ancient rituals, readings, energy clearing, spiritual realignment, igniting intuition, manifesting purpose, and -- Renaissance woman that she is -- corporate wellness. And this is a delightfully personal conversation: Barbara and Victoria are longtime friends who invite you in for some highly spirited girl talk with lots of golden nuggets to take away. Personal transformation and vision coach- Barbara Biziou Find Victoria Moran on YouTube and visit her web site https://www.victoriamoran.com;  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ganesha, the elephant-headed god in the Hindu pantheon, is revered as the removal of obstacles, but in many Ganesha temples in India, particularly in the state of Kerala, birthplace of Sangita Iyer, live elephants are held, shackled as prisoners. In other instances, elephants are kept by entertainment entrepreneurs to perform in numerous festivals. To Iyer, this is enslavement of beings who really are godlike in their majesty, patience, and intelligence. Listen in to hear how "elephant people" inspired this former TV news reporter to found Voice for Asian Elephants Society, make the award-winning documentary, Gods in Shackles, and write the book Gods in Shackles, a recent number 1 bestseller on Amazon. You'll also learn what elephants are doing to stem climate change, and why the World Bank says that every elephant in the wild makes a $1.75 million lifetime contribution to planetary integrity through their role in carbon sequestration.  Voice for Asian Elephants Society find out Sangita Iyer and how you can help Asian Elephants Gods in Shackles by Sangita Iyer Find out about Victoria Moran and Main Street Vegan Academy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Does your dog or cat meditate with you? Interfaith minister and animal chaplain Sarah Bowen contends that other-than-human beings do this naturally and have spiritual lives every bit as rich as ours. Meet this fascinating woman, author of Spiritual Rebel and Sacred Sendoffs, as we discuss these ideas, along with Sarah's early life as a preacher's kid (she brought a mouse to church and quoted Bible verses as grounds for keeping him there), and her current outreach via the Compassion Consortium (spiritual center for animal advocates), the Compassion Consortium Animal Chaplaincy Training Program, and as a contributing writer for Spirituality and Health.  Find out about Sarah Bowen, award winning spirituality author and animal chaplain Victoria Moran and Main Street Vegan Academy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Meditating gets you coolness points; praying, hmm, not so much. Agapi Stassinopoulos reinvents prayer for those who may question or avoid religion. And Agapi, author of Speaking With Spirit and workshop leader for Thrive Global, founded by her sister Arianna Huffington, is a total charmer.  Find out more about Victoria Moran and Main Street Vegan Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Scott Stoll, M.D., and heart attack survivor/thriver Dan Purjes discuss their new anthology, Disease Reversal Hope! And Peter Goldstein of wedidit.health shares how to reach those closest to us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

David Jenkins, M.D., Ph.D., D.Sc., of the University of Toronto invented the “eco-Atkins diet,” a way to make plant-exclusive dining work for those with low-carb sensibilities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Love Over Fear author Monk Coleman believes the universe is working in our favor and that raising the collective vibration on earth will benefit all beings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gentle World has promoted vegan living and peace on earth for half a century. Its cofounder, Light, uncle of Joaquin Phoenix, has eaten a peaceful diet all this time and is a great champion of compassion for all beings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There’s conjecture that a healthy diet has provided a layer of protection during the pandemic, but only now has a widespread survey, headed by Jiviniti’s Nivi Jaswal and Erin Sinnaeve, D.N.P., sought solid answers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Champion bodybuilders (and compassionate trainers) Giacomo Marchese and Dani Taylor talk vegan fitness, and Vanita Rahman, M.D., of the Barnard Medical Center, introduces her new, fabulous cookbook, Simply Plant Based. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vegan wildlife ecologist Craig Downer, Ph.D., shares the wonders (and trials) of wild horses and burros in the American West and the Andean tapir—and how these species can help save the planet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices