Path Positive Approaches To Health

The PATHPod ladies head east to Princeton, New Jersey in this episode that is all things environmental health! They have an eye-opening conversation with Aly Cohen, a physician who is tripled board certified in internal medicine, rheumatology, and integrative medicine. She is also a trained specialist in environmental health and the three of them dive head-first into this topic. In 2013, Dr. Cohen created The Smart Human LLC, a company designed to inform the public and private institutions about environmental health concerns and practical solutions to help minimize chemical exposures. She has co-authored a book for the lay public with Frederick vom Saal, PhD called Non Toxic: Living Healthy In A Chemical World. She has also published a text book on the subject. Dr. Cohen gives a slew of ideas and steps to take to start living healthier without using so many chemicals. She explains how our society is getting sicker with endocrine and autoimmune diseases and what can be done about it. She wants everyone to unde

The ladies of the PATHPod head to the beautiful state of New Mexico for a delightful conversation with Fallon Bader. Fallon is a registered dietitian-nutritionist and the founder/owner of the Sprouting Kitchen where she marries nutrition and farming in and around the Albuquerque area. Fallon is super-passionate about teaching people how to cook at the source of where their food grows – on the farm! Fallon explains that because of the unique natural resources in the Albuquerque area, there are many farms very close to the city so getting people there to cook and eat together is a snap! She is all about creating community and connection by meeting people where their food is grown, which creates the ultimate experiential learning opportunity. She follows what is in season and always involves innovative, plant-based recipes and ideas that are super-accessible. Even if you cannot make it to the Albuquerque area, you can check out her work and join her for a virtual cooking class at thesproutingkitchen.org or follo

Toni travels solo on this PATHPod trip to Carmichael, CA to have a conversation about resilience with Amy Myrdal Miller. Amy is an award-winning Registered Dietitian Nutritionist, farmer’s daughter, highly regarded public speaker, published author, and founder and president of Farmer’s Daughter® Consulting, Inc., a privately-held agriculture, food, and culinary communications firm. Amy gets deeply personal during their conversation and shares the story of how she contracted Bells Palsy in the middle of the pandemic. Her openness about the challenges of this rare diagnosis along with what lead her to ultimately build personal resilience is a conversation that is sure to inspire. The last year and a half has thrown us collectively into a place no one knew how to navigate and building resilience to continue through is paramount. Tune in, take a listen and forward because everyone needs this, now more than ever. To learn more about Amy, check out her work at farmersdaughterconsulting.com or follow her on Instagra

The ladies of the PATHPod head down to the great state of Texas to visit with Mary Ellen Phipps, the registered dietitian behind Milk and Honey Nutrition. Her mission and Milk and Honey is to provide healthful recipes and resources to help properly manage health condition(s) while allowing patients and clients to experience true joy and contentment from the food they are eating. The three of them talk all things diabetes and how her approach at Milk and Honey as well as through her book, The Easy Diabetes Cookbook, is to have fun around food while making a few changes in the process to elicit sustainable change. Mary Ellen shares the story of her own journey with diabetes starting at the age of 5 and how her experience as a person living with diabetes is what has pushed her to help others live well with the disease. They chat it up about flavor and the importance of making food taste delicious when dealing with diabetes. Milk and Honey is an incredible resource that provides a ton of delicious meal ideas alon

The ladies of the PATH Pod show up in Indianapolis, Indiana during this episode steeped in humanism and deep connection. Toni and Jenny have an incredible conversation with Dr. Laura Vater, a hematology-oncologist who developed the SMILE Scale to help patients and clinicians prioritize their own health. It was through the recognition of the need for her own self-care that this simple, yet effective tool was born. Dr. Vater explains how her belief in seeing people beyond their diagnosis is the key to deep and meaningful connection with her patients and is why she is an advocate for humanism in medicine. She weaves together the connection between humanism, social justice and health disparities while sharing her vision for disease prevention, diagnosis, treatment and end of life care that serves everyone by addressing the root causes. This is a cannot-miss episode focused on self-care along with a deep dive into what it means to truly care for others. To learn more about the SMILE Scale and Dr. Vaters work visit

The gals of the PATHPod hung out in SanFran with their new bestie, Sarah Koszyk. Sarah is a dynamic influencer, mover and shaker in the green beauty space who also happens to be a registered dietitian and cookbook author. Sarah runs a thriving nutrition practice in SanFrancisco where she helps clients feel and look their best! The three of them get into what it takes to be successful in business – including how to fuel and hydrate yourself for optimal brain power and sustainable energy. They also touch on some of the other must-have skills it takes to make it as an entrepreneur. Get inspired to move out of your comfort zone with this interview and learn a few tricks and hacks for getting your veggies in at the same time. Follow Sarah and her innovative ideas for keeping well on Instagram @sarahkoszyk or check out her website: sarahkoszyk.com. For more info on green beauty/organic produce/healthy home products: EWG.org

The PATHPod ladies embark on a journey during this episode – a spiritual journey to self-care as they visit with Shelly Tygielski, author of the upcoming book Sit Down To Rise Up, How Radical Self Care Can Change The World. Shelly is the founder of Pandemic Of Love, Meditation Teacher, Self-Care Activist and an extraordinary human. This episode will inspire, ignite and embolden while offering some serious can-do’s for self-care including a nudge to perform some “presilience”. They spend a lot of time talking about the idea of familiarizing yourself with yourself by creating awareness, allowing that concept to unfold. Shelly shares the notion of self-care through her story of delamination and exfoliation – and the time it took for her to peel back her own layers until she was able to see and know her true self. Learn all about Shelly, her book and the inspiring work she is engaged in: shellytygielski.com or follow her on Instagram @mindfulskatergirl. You can check out her SeeYouOnTheSand playlist on Spotify at

The Femmes of the PATHPod head to France on another “roadtrip” to Europe! Toni and Jenny were able to pick the brain of Dionne Detraz, an integrative dietitian who specializes in the prevention, treatment and recovery of cancer in this informative interview. Dionne’s passion for helping others through their cancer journey is felt all the way through this conversation, which is part story, part practical. They touch on why she wrote her first cookbook; The Cancer Diet Cookbook, to the tactical spelling out the specific cancer-fighting foods to introduce into the diet as well as strategies for increasing the effectiveness of chemo therapies. Of course, the importance of community and self-care are part of the conversation as these themes tend to show up quite often on the PATHPod!Follow Dionne on Instagram @therusticdietitian or visit her website therusticdietitian.com to find more info and her online study course on how to build an anti-cancer diet – Nutrition Solutions For Cancer or learn about Nutrition Grou

The PATHPod gals are back in the Bay Area for a delightful conversation with Dr. Kyra Bobinet, an expert in the areas of Social Determinants of Health (SDOH), learned helplessness and the iterative mindset. Kyra shares her personal story that lead her to go deep into SDOH and her desire to illicit engagement in whole populations. She does this by way of combining her backgrounds in neuroscience & public health to increase awareness around SDOH and the effect it has on all of us. Her unique perspective on behavior change, incorporating the ideas of learned helplessness and iteration will get you thinking, for sure. It certainly got Toni and Jenny’s wheels spinning! To learn more about how she uses these concepts to help others change their behavior, check out her work at freshtri.com or on Insta at fresh_tri. To understand more about this amazing human who is changing the world, visit her website at drkyrabobinet.com.

What can the gals of the PATHPod say??? They love New York! Toni & Jenny embark on another journey to the Big Apple that affords them the chance to chat with an absolute treasure in the sports nutrition world. This time around…they have an illuminating conversation with Natalie Rizzo, MS, RD. Natalie’s experience as a runner who happens to be a vegetarian and super-savvy when it comes to nutrition for athletes makes her a super-star guest! She’s a marathon runner and a long-time veggie-lover, dedicated to helping her clients learn how to fuel their bodies with plants.Natalie answers some tough questions about running and nutrition as well as some curve-balls that Jenny and Toni toss her way about general plant-based nutrition. She answers them like a pro (because she is a PRO) and leaves the listener with lots of great information to consider for their health overall. Her personality and practicality will make this an enjoyable listen, no doubt! Plus, she has a ton of great resources on her website www.

Toni travels solo to NYC in this episode of PATH Positive Approaches To Health and engages in an incredible conversation with Bradford and Brian Manning of Two Blind Brothers. Brad and Brian were both diagnosed at a young age with Stargardt’s disease, a form of macular degeneration. They are in the business of creating ultra-soft designer clothing from natural fibers for the sole purpose of funding blindness research. Their conversation takes them down many paths as they touch on community, connection, adversity and purpose. This is a conversation you will not want to miss and teaches so many life lessons. You will fall in love with these two gentlemen as you listen to their story, the approach to their challenge and how they harnessed their passion and made it their mission to help find a cure for blindness. You can read their story and help support this cause at twoblindbrothers.com or watch one of their talks at https://twoblindbrothers.com/blogs/the-blind-spot/how-to-speak-your-truth-and-make-people-liste

The PATHPod gals road trip up to Bend, Oregon to have a heartfelt and inspiring conversation with an entrepreneur and amazing human---Kristi Coughlin, MS RDN. Kristi is a trained Registered Dietitian Nutritionist but her path has taken her away from direct service to a different form of DIRECT IMPACT through inspirational products and messages. For three years Kristi ran an online nutrition practice, until she started to realize something — all her clients had the same issue but it wasn’t nutrition related. Instead, they all lacked self-love. And, perfectionism was hindering their progress. As a result, Kristi launched an online product business called Bring About Happy.At Bring About Happy, Kristi creates and sells products inspired by her private practice clients with messages such as You are Enough and REAL. Better than Perfect. This transition opened the door to Kristi’s true passion — helping others through a creative outlet. She has since closed her private practice to pursue her product business ful

The ladies of the PATHPod head north into Canada to talk with Tamara Saslove and Elis Halenko – co-founders of the RD Collective, a business that helps dietitians and food & nutrition entrepreneurs build and scale the business of their dreams. The topic of their conversation was Imposter Syndrome and it was eye opening to say the least! It creeps up on the best of us and can do a number on our well-being, making us feel less-than in an already crazy and confusing time. Don’t let the fact that these two amazing women focus on nutrition businesses deter you from tuning into this unique and powerful episode. They share some inspiring stories about adaptability and the art of the pivot during this challenging year. The themes they delve into cut across myriad professions and will undoubtedly leave you with some take-away nuggets to start exploring. To learn more about the work they do and what they are up to follow them on Insta @TheRDCollective or the-rd-collective.teachable.com

The ladies of the PATH Pod took a fun little trip over to the California coast, landing in the little beach town of Santa Cruz to chat with Antonella Dewell. She is a registered dietitian who specializes in helping people who are dealing with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Antonella uses a low FODMAP protocol and explains the process along with the forensic nature of her work. She also helps to dispel some myths surrounding this “diet” and IBS itself, emphasizing how important it is to work with someone who specializes in this way of eating, as it is very personalized. The protocol works because the goal is to find the least restrictive diet so that it is sustainable for a lifetime, allowing her patients to find freedom, not restriction. To learn more about Antonella and her private practice visit: antonelladewell.com or visit her on Instagram at ibs.fodmap.nutritionistTo learn more about Monash University: https://www.monashfodmap.com/To learn more about the difference between IBS & IBD: https://www.web

The PATHPod gals head over to the UK for a delightful conversation with Maeve Hanan, a Registered Dietitian who has a passion for spreading evidence-based nutrition messages - just what the world needs more of! This super-fun conversation focused on food flexibility with snippets of content from Maeve’s blog and e-book which can be found on her website, Dietetically Speaking. Maeve explains what eating can look like when it compliments your life instead of dominating it and reinforced what the ladies of the PathPod preach ad nauseam - the importance of moving away from all or nothing thinking!! To check out Maeve’s work visit dieteticallyspeaking.com

Toni and Jenny take a small but mighty trip up the peninsula to SanFrancisco for a myth-busting game of Fact or Crap with Marcella Cox, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist specializing in treating eating disorders. Marcella is the Founder of Kindful Body, a collaboration of seasoned eating disorder professionals who provide online therapy and nutrition counseling throughout California. She is also Co-founder and Executive Director of the IFS Telehealth Collective, a multi-state mental health group practice dedicated to providing high quality-Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy. Marcella shed some much-needed light on the area of eating disorders and how this disease is so often missed, especially in marginalized communities. She shared multiple eye-opening statistics on top of her own personal, extremely vulnerable story. This is an episode that will touch everyone because after listening to the conversation it will become very clear that eating disorders and diet culture affect all of us. To learn mor

Toni and Jenny head back to Vermont to talk with another one of EatingWell’s rockstar team. Victoria Seaver is senior digital editor at EatingWell.com and she was a ton of fun to chat with about her Path, what she thinks about meal prep and of course, her ideas for making veggies delicious! Victoria shares a little bit about her Prep School series along with EatingWell’s digital content on Instagram. This one is sure to get you thinking differently about meal prep & self-care! Catch Victoria and all of Eating Well’s delicious content on Instagram at eatingwell or on eatingwell.com

Toni and Jenny take a trip over the Golden Gate and head to Marin County to visit with the ladies of Today I Noticed. Willow Older and Deb Huber started their community adventure in paying attention, Today I Noticed on November 12, 2018 and they have been T.I.N.ing ever since! They describe the act of T.I.N.ing as a small, manageable, creative process and a way to slow down. They explain that it started as a conversation between two friends but it has blossomed into a project that anyone can participate in – all one has to do is pay attention and notice. As Mary Oliver writes in Instructions for living a life… Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it. You will be astonished and want to tell others about this episode after you listen to it! To find out more about their lovely project go to todayinoticed.com or follow them on Instagram at today.i.noticed.

Toni and Jenny make the trek up to Seattle, Washington to visit with an amazing Dietitian and author of the Anti-Inflammatory Diet Meal Prep cookbook, Ginger Hultin. The three of them had a hopeful conversation about collaboration within the field of nutrition while touching on the importance of practicing evidence-based nutrition while keeping an open mind. They also dove head-first into meal prep, an anti-inflammatory, whole foods plant-based diet and the delicious recipes & resources in Ginger’s new book. If you have been wondering about an anti-inflammatory or a whole food, plant-based diet this episode is a MUST LISTEN! To learn more about Ginger, the work she engages in and her cookbook visit https://www.champagnenutrition.com/ or follow her on Instagram at champagnenutrition

This episode is part Road Trip, part Behavior Change Basics and part Kitchen Surprise all wrapped up in one! The PATHPod Gals head to San Fran to talk about behavior change and creating habits with Lindsey Kane who is a registered dietitian, nutrition consultant and lifestyle blogger. Lindsey splits her time between her private practice, Bite For Change and Sun Basket, a healthy meal kit delivery service. It is through the use of meal kit delivery services that these three ladies identify a slew of opportunities for healthy lifestyle habit creation. They discuss the importance of creativity, the how versus the what and boredom versus resistance when embarking on the nutrition behavior change journey. Ride along with PATH on this road trip, pick up a habit-forming strategy along the way and listen to some John Mayer while you’re at it!Visit biteforchange.com to learn more about Lindsey and the work she does and visit sunbasket.com to learn more about healthy meal kit delivery services.