The Plant Yourself Podcast

Thoughts on the episode? Let us know.Matt Buckner's low point came one day about 9 years ago, when he was 41. He was getting ready for an international business trip, and realized that one of his key medications, tramadol, was going to run out during the trip.The drug, which Matt took for the back pain caused by his morbid obesity, was one of five meds that he consumed every day. The others were for hypertension, high cholesterol, acid reflux, and depression.Matt also suffered from sleep apnea; his wife would force herself to stay awake at night so she could hear when he stopped breathing and wake him up.While waiting on line at the drug store, without an up-to-date prescription since he couldn't get in touch with his doctor on short notice on a Friday afternoon, Matt looked around and saw the other people in line. All of them old and sick. There's where he was headed.Matt took action.Click to subscribe to the Mindset Mastery Memo.Support the show

Thoughts on the episode? Let us know.Myq Kaplan is a stand-up comedian who also happens to be vegan (or is it the other way around?)He's performed on the Tonight Show, Conan, the Late Show with David Letterman, Late Night with Seth Meyers, the Late Late Show with James Corden, in his own half-hour Comedy Central Presents special, and in his own one-hour special on Netflix and Amazon, Small, Dork, and Handsome.Click to subscribe to the Mindset Mastery Memo.Support the show

Thoughts on the episode? Let us know.Rich "Raz" Razgaitis is on a mission to get water out of plastic, and plastic out of water.As co-founder and CEO of FloWater, which aims to reduce and ultimately end our dependence on single-use plastic water bottles, Raz has become an impassioned advocate for public health and environmental sanity.His message: bottled water is the new cigarette. As in,  it's killing us.Huh? How is that possible?Click to subscribe to the Mindset Mastery Memo.Support the show

Thoughts on the episode? Let us know.Jim Loomis, MD is Medical Director of the Barnard Medical Center, and one of the stars of the blockbuster documentary The Game Changers.Dr Loomis' journey to plant-based practice for himself and his patients began with a viewing of Forks Over Knives, at a time when his own health was starting to fail.Once he discovered and benefited personally from Lifestyle Medicine, he began to see that the paradigm of human health he had been taught was seriously flawed.He summed it up this way: "If I'm not sick, then I must be well."Click to subscribe to the Mindset Mastery Memo.Support the show

Thoughts on the episode? Let us know.In June, 2019, Dr Milton Mills gave testimony before the USDA Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee about their persistent recommendation to include dairy in our diets.Dr Mills short presentation was not what I was expecting to hear.Instead of just repeating the overwhelming body of evidence showing that cow's milk is not a healthy or suitable food for humans,  he put the debate in the context of racism.Click to subscribe to the Mindset Mastery Memo.Support the show

Thoughts on the episode? Let us know.Lenore Braford is founder, volunteer interim Executive Director, and volunteer Shelter Manager at the Piedmont Farm Animal Refuge, located in Pittsboro, North Carolina.Which makes her (and the sanctuary) my neighbor!Click to subscribe to the Mindset Mastery Memo.Support the show

Thoughts on the episode? Let us know.James Wilks is a producer, as well as narrator and chief instigator of The Game Changers, already the bestselling documentary of all time on iTunes.He got his nickname "Lightning" during his career as a mixed martial artist (which, as far as I can tell, means that he can kill me in at least a dozen ways using just a box of toothpicks and a birthday candle), the highlight of which was winning season 9 of The Ultimate Fighter in 2009.As good a fighter as he was, the sport had taken its toll on his body. He had enough cracked bones that his doctors told him that continuing to fight would probably lead to paralysis.Following his retirement from MMA in 2012, James spent several years learning how to rehabilitate himself. That's when he discovered that diet can play a significant role in healing and human performance.Click to subscribe to the Mindset Mastery Memo.Support the show

Thoughts on the episode? Let us know.Is time linear, or cyclical?According to analog watches, time goes around in circles.According to calendars and planners and most of Western culture, time moves ever forward.And few of us take seriously the cycles of nature when we contemplate time and how we move through it.Brian Tourville has been thinking about time, and how our disconnection from the rhythms and cycles of the natural world contribute to our alienation from it.Click to subscribe to the Mindset Mastery Memo.Support the show

Thoughts on the episode? Let us know.Wendy Wood, PhD, knows more about the science of habit formation - and habit breaking - than just about anyone.While popular writers share their opinions about habits, Wood does the research. More than 30 years worth, as a research psychologist first at Duke University and now at the University of Southern California.Wood has published over 100 peer-reviewed papers, and the paper trail of her research demonstrates a curious and creative and extremely tenacious approach to uncovering the mysteries of human behavior - particularly those human behaviors that are a mystery to the humans engaging in them.Click to subscribe to the Mindset Mastery Memo.Support the show

Thoughts on the episode? Let us know.Ron Tibbs is a wellness coach, plant-based advocate, and all-around great guy.He's part of the core team at WellStart Health, where he coaches, guides, and cheerleads clients to make significant positive changes in their lives.Ron is perfectly situated to do this, because he's created his own massive changes in the face of very strong opposing forces.Click to subscribe to the Mindset Mastery Memo.Support the show