PYP 013: Chef AJ: Unprocessed and Utterly Transformed

FromPlant Yourself - Embracing a Plant-based Lifestyle

Start listening View podcast show

PYP 013: Chef AJ: Unprocessed and Utterly Transformed

FromPlant Yourself - Embracing a Plant-based Lifestyle

ratings:

Length:

83 minutes

Released:

Mar 9, 2014

Format:

Podcast episode

Description

Chef AJ is well known in the plant-based world for her entertaining and bawdy cooking demos. She sings, does handstands, tells dirty jokes about kale and avocados (really), and wows audiences with her energy, fitness, and lean and radiant demeanor.

Released:

Mar 9, 2014

Format:

Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Plant-based inspiration, guidance, and support for a joyful and vibrant life

Skip carousel

PYP 010: Ellen Jaffe Jones: Obliterating the Obstacles to Plant-based Eating: Ellen Jaffe Jones is an Emmy-winning investigative reporter, a crack financial analyst, a chef and cookbook author, and a multiple-event running champion. by Plant Yourself - Embracing a Plant-based Lifestyle
47 min listen
PYP 009: Emerson Wickwire: The Secret World of Sleep: Dr. Emerson Wickwire is Sleep Medicine Program Director at Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Associates in Columbia, Maryland, and Assistant Professor, part-time, at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. He is board certified in behavioral sleep medicine and cognitive and behavioral psychology. by Plant Yourself - Embracing a Plant-based Lifestyle
63 min listen
Better Than Vegan: Del Sroufe on PYP 003: 10 years ago, Del Sroufe ate his way to 475 pounds - on a vegan diet! Now, 200+ pounds thinner (and counting), Chef Del is the culinary genius behind the Forks Over Knives cookbook. by Plant Yourself - Embracing a Plant-based Lifestyle
44 min listen
PYP 016: Brian Wendel: Producer of Forks Over Knives: Today I had a lovely chat with the amazing Brian Wendel, creator of the #1 amazon bestselling documentary Forks Over Knives. by Plant Yourself - Embracing a Plant-based Lifestyle
22 min listen
PYP 017: Brendan Brazier: How Athletes (and the Rest of Us) Can Thrive on a Plant-Based Diet: Brendan Brazier is a professional Ironman triathlete, author, and formulator of Vega plant-based nutritional supplements. by Plant Yourself - Embracing a Plant-based Lifestyle
28 min listen
Healthy by Choice, Not by Chance: Hans Diehl on PYP 006: Hans Diehl is founder of CHIP (The Complete Health Improvement Program), a 30-day health education program that has been changing lives for the better for decades. In this interview, Hans and Howard discuss the simple and incredibly powerful health effects of a few simple choices. by Plant Yourself - Embracing a Plant-based Lifestyle
78 min listen
Fran Costigan's Vegan Chocolate: Unapologetically Luscious and Decadent Dairy-Free Desserts: PYP 002: Fran Costigan believes there's more to life than veggies. Like luscious chocolate cakes, for example. A world-renown pastry chef and educator, Fran has done wonders for the plant-based movement's PR and sex appeal. by Plant Yourself - Embracing a Plant-based Lifestyle
62 min listen
PYP 024: Margarita Restrepo on the Achievable Way to Optimal Health: Margarita Restrepro is the founder and editor-in-chief of Naked Food Magazine. by Plant Yourself - Embracing a Plant-based Lifestyle
18 min listen
It's Never Too Late: Char Nolan on PYP 004: Howard had a lovely chat with the kind and courageous Char Nolan, Connector at Real Food Works and powerful promoter of a plant-based diet in the Philadelphia area. by Plant Yourself - Embracing a Plant-based Lifestyle
41 min listen
PYP 018: Brenda Davis: Defeating Diabetes and Debunking Paleo: Brenda Davis is a plant-based Registered Dietitian, and co-author of eight books, including Defeating Diabetes and Becoming Vegan. by Plant Yourself - Embracing a Plant-based Lifestyle
65 min listen
PYP 026: Lucinda Duncalfe on Real Food: After Lucinda Dulcalfe sold her latest tech startup, she began casting around for her next project. After watching Forks Over Knives and wondering a) if this could possibly be true, and b) if it was, why hadn't she ever heard about it, Lucinda transitioned to a whole-foods, plant-based diet and discovered the benefits for herself. by Plant Yourself - Embracing a Plant-based Lifestyle
55 min listen
PYP 019: Ashley Flitter: The Unintentional Vegan: When Ashley Flitter, the Unintentional Vegan, discovered that she was lactose intolerant, she began a transition that culminated in her adopting a 100% plant-based diet. by Plant Yourself - Embracing a Plant-based Lifestyle
18 min listen
The Magic of Sriracha, and Learning to Love Our Veggies: Randy Clemens on PYP 005: Randy Clemens is the Sriracha-loving author of two Sriracha-based cookbooks. (In case you haven't tried it, Sriracha sauce is a fairly spicy, totally amazing Vietnamese hot sauce that has generated a cult following in the past few years.) Randy's first book was a general introduction to Sriracha cooking. His latest, The Veggie-Lover's Sriracha Cookbook, is dedicated to getting us to eat - and love - our veggies. In this fun chat, Randy and Howard bond over hot sauce, discuss cool (and totally crazy) uses of Sriracha, and wax philosophical about how a condiment can change the world. by Plant Yourself - Embracing a Plant-based Lifestyle
51 min listen
Lindsay Nixon is The Happy Herbivore: PYP 001: In this first Pant Yourself Podcast episode, Howard has a lovely chat with the Happy Herbivore, Lindsay Nixon, about her transition to a whole-foods plant based diet, her evolution from kitchen klutz to accomplished cookbook author, and the Happy part of being plant-pure and strong. by Plant Yourself - Embracing a Plant-based Lifestyle
44 min listen
PYP 022: Laura Bartels: Natural Building and a Mindful Life: Laura Bartels is the founder/owner of Greenweaver, Inc., a consulting and education company that promotes sustainable building and community development. by Plant Yourself - Embracing a Plant-based Lifestyle
46 min listen
PYP 021: Dustin Rudolph, the Plant-Based Pharmacist, on Getting Healthy Without Pills: When we get sick, most of us go to the doctor. And most of the time, the doctor prescribes a pill. Or two. Or a whole handful. by Plant Yourself - Embracing a Plant-based Lifestyle
60 min listen
PYP 027: Tracy Ryan on Losing 200 Pounds and Gaining Her Life: At age 29, Tracy Ryan weighed 350 pounds, and was comfortable in her role as the "funny fat girl." by Plant Yourself - Embracing a Plant-based Lifestyle
59 min listen
Goodbye Diabetes: Dr Wes Youngberg on PYP 007: Dr. Wes Youngberg, author of Goodbye Diabetes, was just a boy when his mother died of cancer. At the age of 13, he was already obsessed with discovering and mitigating his own risk factors of disease. by Plant Yourself - Embracing a Plant-based Lifestyle
53 min listen
PYP 023: Julie Morris on Superfood Smoothies: Julie Morris is a cookbook author and recipe developer for "Superfoods" companies. by Plant Yourself - Embracing a Plant-based Lifestyle
50 min listen
PYP 013: Chef AJ: Unprocessed and Utterly Transformed: Chef AJ is well known in the plant-based world for her entertaining and bawdy cooking demos. She sings, does handstands, tells dirty jokes about kale and avocados (really), and wows audiences with her energy, fitness, and lean and radiant demeanor. by Plant Yourself - Embracing a Plant-based Lifestyle
83 min listen
PYP 040: Nava Atlas: Plant-based Cooking, Holidays, Greens, and Transitioning Your Pantry: I had a lovely chat with legendary cookbook author Nava Atlas, whose first vegetarian cookbook was published in 1984! (Had tofu even been invented then? ;) by Plant Yourself - Embracing a Plant-based Lifestyle
39 min listen
PYP 014: Cathy Fisher on Straight Up Food: Cathy Fisher's plant-based food blog, StraightUpFood.com, is a popular and delicious source of whole food, plant-based recipes. by Plant Yourself - Embracing a Plant-based Lifestyle
36 min listen
PYP 045: Kathleen Hale on the Healthy Way to Rebel at Work: PYP 045: Kathleen Hale on the Healthy Way to Rebel at Work by Plant Yourself - Embracing a Plant-based Lifestyle
36 min listen
PYP 015: Juan Carlos Asse: UnSuperSize Me and Escaping Our Various Prisons: Award-winning film-maker and fitness trainer Juan Carlos (Carly) Asse had everything going for him. High school valedictorian, good-looking, popular, and enjoying college in Florida on a tennis scholarship. by Plant Yourself - Embracing a Plant-based Lifestyle
51 min listen
PYP 030: Sam Carpenter on Working the System to Upgrade Your Health: Sam Carpenter is an entrepreneur and author of Work the System, a book about the easiest way to make meaningful and permanent improvements in your work, life, and health. by Plant Yourself - Embracing a Plant-based Lifestyle
26 min listen
PYP 041: Nick Freudenberg on 5 Lethal But Legal Industries: Nicholas Freudenberg is Distinguished Professor, Public Health and Social/Personality Psychology at Hunter College campus of the City University of New York (CUNY). by Plant Yourself - Embracing a Plant-based Lifestyle
56 min listen
PYP 011: Dreena Burton: Plant-based cookbook author, mother, and hummus lover: Dreena Burton is the author of one of my favorite plant-based cookbooks: Eat, Drink & Be Vegan. by Plant Yourself - Embracing a Plant-based Lifestyle
54 min listen
PYP 025: Milton Mills on "Soul Food," Liberation, and the Myth of Predatory Eyes: Milton Mills, MD, is Associate Director of Preventive Medicine for the Physician's Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM), as well as a practicing internist at Fairfax Hospital in Virginia. He also provides medical care and counseling in several free clinics in Washington, DC. In this conversation, Dr Mills shared his provocative views - all of them supported by overwhelming evidence - on the ideal human diet. by Plant Yourself - Embracing a Plant-based Lifestyle
55 min listen
PYP 008: Char Nolan interviews Howard Jacobson: Char Nolan is a health coach, community connector at RealFoodWorks in Philadelphia, and graduate of the same Health Education program that bestowed a PhD upon me (the no-longer-existing school of HPERD at Temple University). by Plant Yourself - Embracing a Plant-based Lifestyle
33 min listen
PYP 020: Dr. Ana Negron: The Living Experience of Healthy Eating: Dr. Ana Negron is a family physician in the Philadelphia area who treats her patients with healthy food, empowerment, community, and love. by Plant Yourself - Embracing a Plant-based Lifestyle
48 min listen

More Episodes from Plant Yourself - Embracing a Plant-based Lifestyle

Skip carousel

Uprooting Resistance to Change: A Memory Reconsolidation Demo with Glenn Livingston, PhD: PYP 583: Glenn and Howie discuss the ahead-of-its-time book Immunity to Change, and Howie demonstrates the power of memory reconsolidation as a coaching tool to help clients overcome resistance to action that doesn't seem to make much sense. by Plant Yourself - Embracing a Plant-based Lifestyle
58 min listen
Fake It 'Til You Make It?: How Action Can Trigger Transformation: Matt Nagler on PYP 582: To change our behaviors, we can try to change our thinking. But today's guest shares a faster, more reliable way to become a different, better version of ourselves. by Plant Yourself - Embracing a Plant-based Lifestyle
75 min listen
An Autobiography of Trauma and Healing: Peter Levine, PhD, on PYP 581: Peter Levine, creator of Somatic Experiencing, talks about his own life journey of severe trauma, healing, and discovery. His conclusion: "Given the right tools, trauma won't rule." by Plant Yourself - Embracing a Plant-based Lifestyle
69 min listen
How to Prepare for a Journey of Transformation: Jacquelyn Lane and Scott Osman on PYP 580: Coaching can be a transformative experience in people's lives. Here's how to get the most out of your coach. by Plant Yourself - Embracing a Plant-based Lifestyle
52 min listen
The Joy of Cooking as an Earth Citizen: Lois Ellen Frank, PhD on PYP 579: Until we fix our broken food system and broken web of human relationships, no one can be truly healthy. Today's guest shares an ancient and extremely timely perspective on how we can get there. Plus recipes! by Plant Yourself - Embracing a Plant-based Lifestyle
61 min listen
Diversity & Inclusion: Wokeness Run Amok or Simply Good Business?: Sally Helgesen on Plant Yourself: Are initiatives to diversify the workplace helping or hurting organizations? Does diversity help or undermine excellence? by Plant Yourself - Embracing a Plant-based Lifestyle
54 min listen
How to Make Healthy Vegan Bread: Ed and Natasha Tatton on PYP 577: In a Wonderbread world, what would happen if we returned to the old ways? Today's guests share the joys and meaning of slow, mindful, healthy sourdough baking. by Plant Yourself - Embracing a Plant-based Lifestyle
63 min listen
The Sneak Attack that Makes Cravings Irresistible - and How to Resist Anyway: Glenn Livingston, PhD on PYP 576: Why do cravings return with a vengeance just when we think we've got them beat? And can the answer help us defeat our cravings for good? by Plant Yourself - Embracing a Plant-based Lifestyle
73 min listen
Why Rational People Believe Irrational Things: Dan Ariely on PYP 575: Why do smart, well-educated people fall for insane conspiracy theories? And once caught in their web, can we make them see reason? by Plant Yourself - Embracing a Plant-based Lifestyle
61 min listen
Can Economic Theory Help You Have a Good Life? Matthew Nagler on PYP 574: Understanding fundamental concepts in economics turns out to be darn useful in crafting a fulfilling life. Today's guest explains why and how. by Plant Yourself - Embracing a Plant-based Lifestyle
86 min listen
A Journey of Healing and Service: Tracy Garrigan on PYP 573: A roller coaster ride of medical catastrophe and healing, miracles and despair, led Tracy Garrigan to become a holistic health coach. She's now training coaches to bring hope to those who have been suffering. by Plant Yourself - Embracing a Plant-based Lifestyle
87 min listen
Removing Trauma Response with Yes/And Healing: Alun Parry and Yael Zivan on PYP 572: Neuroscience has recently cracked the code on how the brain updates and heals from trauma, but few therapists or coaches know about the breakthrough. Today's guest is working to change that. by Plant Yourself - Embracing a Plant-based Lifestyle
67 min listen
The Anatomy of Life-Changing Conversations: Jon Connelly on PYP 571: Does trauma healing have to involve painful and lengthy therapy that forces patients to revisit their worst moments? Or, as Jon Connelly claims, can profoundly effective therapy be fun, light, non-threatening - and fast? by Plant Yourself - Embracing a Plant-based Lifestyle
83 min listen
Overcoming OCD and Anxiety: Robert James on PYP 570: What is obsessive-compulsive disorder? What are the symptoms, and what's the lived experience? And how can we overcome it and live a full and satisfying life? by Plant Yourself - Embracing a Plant-based Lifestyle
67 min listen
Does Business Have to Be Icky? Mark Silver on PYP 569: Do you have to become a ruthless predator in order to make money as a business owner? Or can running a small business be an act of healing and love? by Plant Yourself - Embracing a Plant-based Lifestyle
70 min listen
Is Your Garden Fertilizer an Animal Graveyard? Erin Riley on PYP 568: Erin Riley shares why we need to avoid commercial fertilizer - even most "organic" brands - if we aim to nurture an earth- and people- and animal-friendly home garden. by Plant Yourself - Embracing a Plant-based Lifestyle
62 min listen
My Coaching Evolution: Glenn Livingston interviews Howie Jacobson: PYP 567: My coaching has changed a lot over the past 20 years. Here's how I now help clients achieve lasting, effortless, transformational change. by Plant Yourself - Embracing a Plant-based Lifestyle
70 min listen
True Privilege is Growing Up in a Low-Trauma Environment: Momma Kai on PYP 566: Momma Kai returns to the podcast to share her vision for a world without poverty or homelessness. by Plant Yourself - Embracing a Plant-based Lifestyle
72 min listen
Kindness as a Strategy for Revolutionary Change: Teju Ravilochan on PYP 565: Is there real, revolutionary power in kindness and compassion in a "might-makes-right" world? Here's a story that will blow your mind. by Plant Yourself - Embracing a Plant-based Lifestyle
66 min listen
Deepening Compassion and Connection with Ourselves: Veronica Monet on PYP 564: In order to heal our minds and spirits, we must contact - and welcome home - all the exiled parts of ourselves. Veronica Monet shares how IFS can help. by Plant Yourself - Embracing a Plant-based Lifestyle
79 min listen
Fitness as a Deeply Embodied Practice: Philip Shepherd on PYP 563: Can we find belonging, peace, and deep healing in the gym, of all places? Embodiment guide Philip Shepherd shows us how. by Plant Yourself - Embracing a Plant-based Lifestyle
68 min listen
Helping the Unhoused - and Homeless - Move From Poverty to Prosperity: Momma Kai Sanders on PYP 562: How can we end homelessness? Unhoused activist and visionary Momma Kai shares her experiences and solutions. by Plant Yourself - Embracing a Plant-based Lifestyle
56 min listen
Introduction to My New Life in Spain: I've been in Spain for 9 weeks now, and some listeners have requested a "stream of consciousness" episode from my new locale. Today we go on a walking tour of my new town, Sitges, as I discuss what my life has been like and what I'm thinking about over these past 2 months. by Plant Yourself - Embracing a Plant-based Lifestyle
45 min listen
Cultivating Grace Under Pressure: John Baldoni on PYP 560: What is grace, and how can we use it to navigate challenging times with compassion and resilience? And why is it a prerequisite of modern leadership? by Plant Yourself - Embracing a Plant-based Lifestyle
64 min listen
The Wise Women of Psychedelia: Rachel Harris, PhD, on PYP 559: There have been women practicing psychedelic healing in anonymity for decades. What can they teach our modern culture about developing safe, effective, and respectful relationships with these powerful substances? by Plant Yourself - Embracing a Plant-based Lifestyle
74 min listen
Fasting vs Long COVID: Roger Talbott on PYP 558: What's it like to suffer from Long COVID in one's 70s? And can water fasting bring about healing? by Plant Yourself - Embracing a Plant-based Lifestyle
69 min listen
Venerating the Earth Through Wild Yoga: Rebecca Wildbear on PYP 557: Rebecca Wildbear is an outdoor guide, yoga teacher, and author of Wild Yoga: A Practice of Initiation, Veneration & Advocacy for the Earth. She invites us to view yoga as both a personal practice and a form of environmental and social advocacy. by Plant Yourself - Embracing a Plant-based Lifestyle
63 min listen
Building a Shame-Free Zone in a Sexually Messed Up World: Veronica Monet on PYP 556: Veronica Monet grew up in a repressive and abusive cult, developed and recovered from severe addiction, toiled in the corporate world, and worked as a high-end escort for 15 years. She now helps people overcome trauma and heal from shame and advocates for sexual liberation and the rights of sex workers. by Plant Yourself - Embracing a Plant-based Lifestyle
75 min listen
Practical Ethics for Our Time: Peter Singer on PYP 555: Peter Singer pretty much launched the animal rights and animal welfare movements in 1975 with the publication of Animal Liberation. Forty-eight years later, he's got a revised edition coming out: Animal Liberation Now. by Plant Yourself - Embracing a Plant-based Lifestyle
53 min listen
Rising Together in the Workplace: Sally Helgesen on PYP 554 by Plant Yourself - Embracing a Plant-based Lifestyle
64 min listen

Discover this podcast and so much more

PYP 013: Chef AJ: Unprocessed and Utterly Transformed

PYP 013: Chef AJ: Unprocessed and Utterly Transformed

Description

Titles in the series (100)

More Episodes from Plant Yourself - Embracing a Plant-based Lifestyle