Season 1

At just a few weeks old, Jessica Patay’s son Ryan was diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder called Prader-Willi syndrome, and shortly after his diagnosis, Jessica received a call from a mentor mom from the Prader-Willi California Foundation. In...

Approximately 25 million women go through Menopause each year and yet women aren’t prepared for it. They are embarrassed. They feel dismissed by their doctors, and they feel alone. As CEO and co-founder of Gennev, Jill Angelo is doing something...

Today I am joined by Liz Kunz and Allie Riley from Girls on The Run. For 25 years, Girls on The Run has been empowering young girls to be joyful, healthy and confident using a fun, experience-based curriculum which creatively …

“IN ALL WE DO, LET US BE generous, fair & loving to Spaceship Earth and all its inhabitants. For we’re ALL-ONE OR NONE!”. These are just some of the more than 3000 words you will find on Dr. Bronner’s soap …

The single biggest thing each person can do to reduce carbon emissions is to reduce the amount of meat and dairy they consume. Though food alone can’t stop climate change, the data is clear: we can’t save the earth without …

Fear is something we have all experienced in our lives, an elevated heart rate, tears, sweaty palms, a heightened sense of awareness, but most of us have no idea what it’s like to live with constant fear. Today’s guest, Dr. …

Have you ever thought about selling your house and most of your belongings, putting the important stuff in storage, packing up your life into a few small suitcases and traveling the world? For the past 5 years, that is exactly …

Confidence. It’s a big word, and it’s something that a lot of people lack, especially young girls. Somewhere between the ages of 11 and 14, girls go from believing they can be anything and do anything to struggling with self-doubt, …

Bodegas are the lifelines of New York City. They are community spaces and grocery stores. They often serve as a primary food source, and they are accessible to all. It’s a fact that plant-based eating is healthier for you and …

It’s the goal of today’s guest to make the impossible, not impossible. Mick Ebeling believes that we can overcome any obstacle; with engineering, technology, willpower the right people and a lot of elbow grease. Mick is the founder of Not...

What if I told you the shoes and clothing that you no longer want don’t have to go to waste? What if those shoes could provide relief and create jobs? What if they could empower people to break the cycle …

Coral reefs cover less than 0.1% of the Earth’s surface, yet are estimated to support greater than 25% of marine biodiversity. Due to both human influences and global climatic changes, the structure and function of reef ecosystems are being...

Have you ever asked yourself these hard questions...What do you really, really want in your life? What matters most to you? These are the questions you will find in the Life Brief. The Life Brief is the creation of Bonnie …

Each year in the US, Approximately 17 million tons of textile waste are placed into landfills and Scott Hamlin is on a mission to change that. Scott is the founder of Looptworks, a Portland, Oregon based company that re-purposes and …

Never have the stakes been higher. We are facing an environmental crisis,... climate change, soil degradation, plastic pollution and loss of biodiversity. While business is often at the root of these problems, it can also be a part of the …

Is there a birthday cake from your childhood that stands out in your memory? For me, it was the cake I had with a barbie and the cake skirt around her. Mine was pink and my twin sister’s was purple. …

We live in a world where we are bombarded with fad diets and food recommendations that, quite frankly, lack the science to back them up. Every diet claims to be the “best” and the healthiest, and it’s impossible as consumers …

Many of us have found ourselves at a place that feels like rock bottom, a place where we feel beaten down and broken and ready to throw in the towel. In 2017, at the very top of her sport, Hillary …

Maybe it’s just me, but does anyone else feel like manners and common courtesy have been thrown to the wolves? I mean literally, people behave like wolves. In this past year I’ve witnessed the worst of people..rude, inconsiderate, selfish and...

Today’s guest is Dr. Marion Nestle. Marion is a consumer advocate, nutritionist, award-winning author, and academic who specializes in the politics of food and dietary choice. Her most recent book, “Let’s Ask Marion”, breaks down what...

The past year has tested us all mentally and emotionally. Depression, anxiety and overwhelm are all too common, and many of us have no idea how to begin to dig ourselves out of these feelings. I am hoping this episode …

Being a changemaker is not easy. It involves rejecting the status quo and opening the eyes of the world to something new, something different and, ideally, something better. Today’s guest, Stephen Gates, is no stranger to bringing about...

When I started this podcast I made a wish list of guests, and today I couldn’t be more excited to bring a wish to life and have Lindsay Dahl on the show. You may know Lindsay from her role at …

There is something I find especially inspiring about craftsmen taking scraps or something considered as waste and making it into a beautiful, highly-desired product. That is exactly the work of Luke Mathers and Truce Designs. Luke first learned...