The Healthification Podcast

Most of us never see the animals used in research—or what happens when they finally get a second chance at life. 🌱 EXPLORE THRIVE WITH PLANTS — 90-Day 1:1 Coaching https://strongbodygreenplanet.lpages.co/thrive-with-plants-coaching/ 💚 JOIN THE FREE PLANT POSITIVE COMMUNITY https://www.skool.com/plant-positive/about Every year, thousands of dogs and cats are used in research and teaching across Australia. Most of us never see them. ... READ MORE The post Why Beagles Are Used in Research—and What Happens Next with Nikki Steendam of Beagle Freedom Australia. appeared first on Healthification.

If you’ve ever felt frustrated by the way animal exploitation gets rebranded as compassion… this episode is for you. 🌱 EXPLORE THRIVE WITH PLANTS — 90-Day 1:1 Coaching https://strongbodygreenplanet.lpages.co/thrive-with-plants-coaching/ 💚 JOIN THE FREE PLANT POSITIVE COMMUNITY https://www.skool.com/plant-positive/about For many compassionate people, “cage-free” eggs feel like a meaningful step in the right direction. The marketing is powerful: happy hens, open barns, ... READ MORE The post The Cage-Free Lie with Amber Canavan from PETA. appeared first on Healthification.

If you’ve ever felt like confidence was something other people were born with… this episode is for you 💚 🌱 EXPLORE THRIVE WITH PLANTS — 90-Day 1:1 Coaching https://strongbodygreenplanet.lpages.co/thrive-with-plants-coaching/ 💚 JOIN THE FREE PLANT POSITIVE COMMUNITY https://www.skool.com/plant-positive/about In this episode I share: • Growing up shy, awkward, and deeply animal-loving • How confidence is built (not born) • Why alignment ... READ MORE The post Confidence, Veganism, and Becoming Who You Really Are. appeared first on Healthification.

If you’re listening, I’m genuinely grateful 💚 This episode is for the vegans who feel overwhelmed by the cruelty, apathy, and disconnect in the world sometimes… and still keep showing up with compassion anyway. Inside this episode: • Why your choices matter more than you think • Clarity • Cost • Change • Activism, burnout & recovery • Bearing witness ... READ MORE The post For the Days It Feels Like Too Much — This Is Your Reminder. appeared first on Healthification.

Most vegans have had the same hopeful thought at some point: “If people just knew what I know… they’d change.” Sadly it rarely works like that. There’s a moment — where you realise the colossal scale of exploitation, suffering and death…  you can’t un-see it, and yet the people dearest to you? They choose ignorance with volition. Or they see ... READ MORE The post From Vystopia to Influence: Turning Pain Into Powerful Vegan Communication | Clare Mann. appeared first on Healthification.

As I approach the 12-year anniversary of Healthification, I’ve been reflecting on the incredible vegans I’ve had the privilege to connect with over the years. The individuals who give me hope and heart. The people with true clarity about what—and who—they stand for. And the courage to speak up… and act, even when it’s uncomfortable, unpopular, or misunderstood. My original ... READ MORE The post Dr. Melanie Joy on Carnism and Communicating Veganism Effectively (Encore) appeared first on Healthification.

What an update inside Ridglan Farms case as this episode goes live. Today I’m speaking with Christopher Berry, Executive Director of the Nonhuman Rights Project — the only civil rights organisation in the United States dedicated to securing fundamental rights for nonhuman animals through litigation, legislation, and education. We discuss a groundbreaking legal case involving Wisconsin-based puppy mill Ridglan Farms. The ... READ MORE The post Inside the Ridglan Farms Case with Christopher Berry | Nonhuman Rights Project. appeared first on Healthification.

Today’s global meat consumption is more than double what it was in the late 1980s. At the same time, animal agriculture is the largest driver of deforestation, biodiversity loss, and antimicrobial resistance — and a major contributor to water stress. Despite decades of advocacy around health, climate, and animal welfare, demand for meat continues to rise. Bruce Friedrich argues that ... READ MORE The post Bruce Friedrich on MEAT: Why Plant-Based and Cultivated Meat Are the Future of Protein. appeared first on Healthification.

Today’s conversation is not an easy listen. You already know that from the title. Listening is also a form of witnessing. For forty years, Gail Eisnitz went undercover inside slaughterhouses and factory farms, documenting practices the public rarely sees and institutions often refuse to confront. She recorded what happens when suffering becomes routine, when speed matters more than life, and ... READ MORE The post An Undercover Investigator’s Fight for Animal Rights and Her Own Survival with Gail Eisnitz. appeared first on Healthification.

I finished this conversation overflowing with hope and gratitude. Dr. Michael Klaper brings passion, clarity, and a fierce commitment to medicine living up to its highest purpose: preventing disease, restoring health, and saving lives. After more than five decades in medicine, his message is direct and uncompromising: Doctors didn’t spend years in medical school to become cogs in a medical-industrial ... READ MORE The post Dr. Michael Klaper on Moving Medicine Forward: How Nutrition Can Save Your Life. appeared first on Healthification.

Clean Food, Dirty Girl co-founder Molly Patrick brings a refreshing energy, honesty, and practical wisdom to the plant-based world. Her commitment to helping people eat more plants—while celebrating human imperfection—feels both real and deeply needed. Molly’s fascinatingly unconventional upbringing laid the foundation for the whole food, plant-based lifestyle she lives today. In our conversation, we explore navigating the discomfort of ... READ MORE The post Embracing the Suck: Molly Patrick of Clean Food, Dirty Girl. appeared first on Healthification.

Human exceptionalism is the default moral framework of our time. We build systems that prioritise humans while using—often unnecessarily—hundreds of billions of animals and trillions of insects each year, with plans to scale that harm even further through technology, agriculture, and AI. Jeff Sebo exposes human exceptionalism as a convenient assumption, not a defensible moral position. Jeff is an associate ... READ MORE The post Jeff Sebo on Expanding the Moral Circle: Animals, Insects, AI, and Who Really Matters. appeared first on Healthification.

If you’re tuning in at the turn of the year, here’s a little love wave—landing where you are. You’re getting sentimental Kate today. For whatever reason, my heart is overflowing with love and gratitude for every single vegan and plant-positive person showing up in their own way. Not just for what you do — also for who you are. This ... READ MORE The post The Heart of It — What 2025 Taught Me About Love, Belief, and Not Doing It Alone. appeared first on Healthification.

Will Potter is an award-winning investigative journalist and TED Senior Fellow who has spent decades exposing political repression, corporate power, and the erosion of civil liberties. His new book, Little Red Barns, is the culmination of a 10-year investigation that began with factory farms and expanded into censorship laws, government overreach, and the rise of authoritarian movements—all intertwined with climate ... READ MORE The post Will Potter: Exposing Factory Farms, Fascism, and the Erosion of Civil Liberties. appeared first on Healthification.

Today, I’m joined by Forrest Tierce, the U.S. Project Director for Dharma Voices for Animals—the only international Buddhist animal rights organization in the world. DVA works across the U.S., Sri Lanka, Vietnam, and Thailand, with a mission to: end animal suffering within Buddhist communities by promoting plant-based living and a cruelty-free lifestyle. Forrest brings more than two decades of Buddhist ... READ MORE The post Buddhism and Veganism: A Conversation with Forrest Tierce of Dharma Voices for Animals. appeared first on Healthification.

Tracy Reiman, is the newly appointed President of PETA, marking a historic new chapter for the world’s largest animal rights organisation — and the first leadership change in PETA’s 45-year history. With more than three decades at PETA, Tracy has helped lead landmark victories against fur, circuses, and animal testing, and now she’s turning her focus to leather, wool, and ... READ MORE The post PETA’s Tracy Reiman: Ending Humane Washing and Creating The Next Generation Of Compassionate Consumers. appeared first on Healthification.

Cheryl A. Moss is a passionate advocate for animals and the host of the Better Life for Animals Podcast — a show that shines a light on the people and sanctuaries changing the world for animals, one story at a time. Cheryl’s work is rooted in compassion, education, and action. Through her 501(c)(3) nonprofit, Better Life for Animals, she supports ... READ MORE The post How Animal Sanctuaries and Education Create a Better Life for Animals with Cheryl Moss. appeared first on Healthification.

There are some people who radiate strength—not the loud, performative kind—the kind that’s built through compassion, purpose, and perseverance. Dr. Daphne Bascom is one of those people. She’s a physician, community health and wellness advocate, and IFBB Bikini and Figure Professional who embraced fitness at 40—and saw her best performance on stage and in the gym after switching to a ... READ MORE The post Plant-Powered and Purpose-Driven: Dr. Daphne Bascom on Women’s Health and Living Strong. appeared first on Healthification.

Millions of people see themselves as “conflicted omnivores.” They care about animals and the planet, yet still eat them—justifying it with stories about sustainability, free-range farming, or humane meat. Professor of Philosophy at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, John Sanbonmatsu calls this out for what it is: Deception. In his book The Omnivore’s Deception, he argues that killing animals for food is ... READ MORE The post John Sanbonmatsu and The Omnivore’s Deception: What We Get Wrong about Meat, Animals, and Ourselves. appeared first on Healthification.

Friends, the energy in todays show is joyfully contagious! Sunny Satva is a climate activist, vegan cookbook author, and passionate plant-based educator. With a background as an engineer, a former nonprofit fundraiser, and co-founder of Kenya’s first vegan restaurant, she brings a rare mix of heart and strategy to the fight for a more sustainable food system. From her love ... READ MORE The post Climate Advocacy from a Joyful, Delicious Vegan Perspective with Sunny Satva. appeared first on Healthification.

Gary Yourofsky is back and needs no introduction—and yet, there are a few things I want to share. This conversation is raw and open, a glimpse into the mind and heart of a man who has arguably had the greatest positive impact of any animal rights activist, not only through his direct work—also through the countless activists he’s inspired. To ... READ MORE The post Gary Yourofsky is Back Advocating For Animal Liberation! appeared first on Healthification.

Today I’m joined by Dr. Sharon Bergquist—a Yale and Harvard-trained internal medicine physician and scientist, with nearly three decades of experience working at the forefront of preventive care, healthy aging and lifestyle medicine. Her new book, The Stress Paradox, completely changed the way I think about stress—and I can honestly say our conversation is one of the most eye-opening I’ve ... READ MORE The post The Stress Paradox: How Good Stress Can Help You Live Longer and Healthier with Dr. Sharon Bergquist. appeared first on Healthification.

My guest today is ultra-endurance athlete, CEO, and author Joe Gagnon — a man who’s run 6 marathons on 6 continents in 6 days, six Ironman Triathlons and over 90 marathons and ultra-marathons. What I find most powerful about Joe’s story is not the epic nature of his physical and business achievements — it’s the intentionality behind them. Joe describes ... READ MORE The post Joe Gagnon on Living Intentionally: Ultra-Endurance, Inner Alignment, and the Grit to Go Deep. appeared first on Healthification.

Colleen Patrick-Goudreau has been a guiding voice in the world of compassionate living for nearly three decades. She’s an award-winning author of eight books, a powerful speaker, longtime podcaster, and someone who’s helped shift the way we think about animals, food, and our role on this planet. Her latest book, A Year of Compassion: 52 Weeks of Living Zero-Waste, Plant-Based, ... READ MORE The post Colleen Patrick-Goudreau and a Cruelty-Free, Plant-Based, Zero-Waste Life of Compassion. appeared first on Healthification.

Today, I’m joined by Shawna Barker—a long-time vegan, nutritionist, plant-based chef, and college instructor who brings a rare depth of experience to the plant-based health space. Vegan for over 20 years, Shawna holds both a Bachelor of Science in Nutrition and a diploma in Holistic Nutrition. With more than a decade working in the field, she’s seen what works—and what ... READ MORE The post Bridging Science and Holistic Nutrition: A Balanced Approach to Plant-Based Health with Shawna Barker. appeared first on Healthification.

There’s a way to talk about going vegan that doesn’t involve shame, blame, or rigid rules. A way that invites people in, instead of pushing them away. Philosopher and author Matthew C. Halteman, has written one of the most generous, wise, and unexpectedly funny books I’ve read in a long time—Hungry, Beautiful Animals. It’s a love letter to what’s possible ... READ MORE The post From Philosophy to Flourishing: A Compassionate Case for Going Vegan with Matthew C. Halteman. appeared first on Healthification.

If you’ve ever wondered how to pair fierce compassion with effective strategy to change the food system for good—this conversation is for you. I’m speaking with activist, author and speaker Robert Grillo, Director of Free from Harm, a US based grassroots activist group working at the frontlines of power—where the biggest decisions about our food system are being made. Decisions ... READ MORE The post How to Influence Power and Change the Food System: Robert Grillo of Free From Harm. appeared first on Healthification.

I found this conversation to be shockingly enlightening. It’s no surprise that most vets study Veterinary Medicine because of their love and compassion for animals. Yet ironically, as Dr. Crystal Heath will share today, many of them face bullying and retaliation when voicing ethical concerns. Dr. Crystal Heath is a 2012 UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine graduate. She grew ... READ MORE The post What Vets Aren’t Taught About Animal Rights with Dr. Crystal Heath. appeared first on Healthification.

If you’ve ever felt a pull toward something more—a life that feels aligned, authentic, and deeply meaningful—you’re going to love today’s conversation. I’m joined by Angela Crawford, Ph.D.—a psychologist, vegan lifestyle educator, and someone who speaks straight to the heart of what it means to live with purpose and compassion. After 25 years as a psychotherapist helping clients heal from ... READ MORE The post The Psychology of Going Vegan: Empowerment, Healing, and Hope with Angela Crawford Ph.D. appeared first on Healthification.

If you care deeply about animals, the planet, and your health—yet going vegan still feels overwhelming or, it’s just not sticking—this episode is for you. Although I went vegan overnight – I had 23 years of figuring out how not to do a vegetarian lifestyle, before I made the change! And even then, I still made plenty of mistakes. I ... READ MORE The post Why Going Vegan Feels Hard—and how this 3-Step Framework Makes Veganism Stick. appeared first on Healthification.

Lara Heimann is a physical therapist, international yoga pioneer and creator of the LYT Method® combining physiology, kinesiology, neurology, and functional movement patterns to yield a more cohesive philosophy. She’s also a passionate vegan chef and activist who’s collaborated with Farm Sanctuary. Lara’s all about helping people feel at home in their bodies—using movement as a way to connect not ... READ MORE The post Moving with Meaning, Lara Heimann on Redefining Yoga and Feeling at Home in Your Body. appeared first on Healthification.

If you’ve been struggling with unexplained weight gain, bloating, or fatigue, this episode is packed with insights to help you reset your gut and reclaim your health—starting from the inside out. Today, we explore gut health and break down the gut’s role in whole-body wellness —and how it could be the missing link to stubborn weight, brain fog, and chronic ... READ MORE The post Reset Your Gut and Flourish From Within for Lifelong Health with Anu Simh. appeared first on Healthification.

My guest today asks, Are you ready to BE IT in health, fitness, business, love, personal goals, travel and more? Lesley Logan is a 2nd generation certified Pilates teacher, breath-work, habits, and mindset coach, and the founder of OnlinePilatesClasses.com – the first free online catalogue of Pilates exercise tutorials. She’s been teaching since 2008, has run multiple studios, trained hundreds of ... READ MORE The post Lesley Logan, The Power of Pilates and How To Show Up For Yourself Through Movement. appeared first on Healthification.

Today’s conversation is a mix of some of my favourite things – lifting weights, plant-based nutrition and how to manage your schedule to rock a fit, strong, healthy body while living and loving a vegan lifestyle. Dr. Minil Patel—aka @drironjunkie online is a powerhouse in both medicine and muscle. A GP / board certified family medicine doctor from London, Minil graduated ... READ MORE The post The Vegan Doctor Who Lifts: Dr. Minil Patel on Nutrition, Ethics and Gains. appeared first on Healthification.

I am incredibly grateful to be able to share this powerful conversation with you. Jacque Salomon is a force for good —an advocate, a leader, a mother, and a woman who has transformed unimaginable loss, into a mission of healing and empowerment, using food as medicine. She is testament to, how we can carry the warmth and goodness of loved ... READ MORE The post Jacque Salomon, From Devastating Loss to Healing Communities with Food as Medicine. appeared first on Healthification.

To transform today’s youth into the humane leaders of tomorrow who advocate for and work towards an equitable future for all living beings and the planet. That, is the mission of LEAP (Leaders for Ethics, Planet, and Animals) and today I welcome co-founder, Danielle Hanosh back to the podcast to share some of the incredibly exciting initiative’s and partnerships the ... READ MORE The post Preparing Tomorrow’s Leaders for Ethics, Animals, and the Planet with Danielle Hanosh appeared first on Healthification.

Perhaps you feel you’ve been dealt a tough hand so far as genetics? Maybe you’re in a cycle of detrimental health choices that feel beyond your control? It’s easy to make excuses. To believe, “that won’t happen to me!” Or, to delude yourself that transforming your lifestyle habits is something that can wait. Dr Akil Taher was in his own ... READ MORE The post Dr Akil Taher from Couch Potato to Kilimanjaro Climbing Vegan Advocate. appeared first on Healthification.

Plant friends, I can think of no better way to welcome 2025 than by spending time with Dr Will Tuttle and discussing how we can create more health and harmony for all. Dr Tuttle’s latest book, The World Peace Way: Six Keys to Health and Harmony for All, is a practical companion guide to both The World Peace Diet and to Food for ... READ MORE The post Dr Will Tuttle and Creating Health and Harmony for All The World Peace Way. appeared first on Healthification.

Aging beautifully with grace. Living a long, vibrant and fulfilled life. It sounds appealing right? Especially when the norm is to live perhaps a longer quantity of years yet certainly a lower quality of years. In her fourteenth book, Age Like A Yogi, Victoria Moran shares, Yoga’s reason for being is to guide us home, back to our true identity ... READ MORE The post Embracing Yogic Wisdom and Ayurvedic Self-Care to Age Like a Yogi with Victoria Moran. appeared first on Healthification.

I am so grateful for this powerful conversation. Geoff Palmer, might be known as a champion Vegan Bodybuilder and Founder plus CEO of Clean Machine, Plant-Based Fitness Nutrition and yet, it is his mission and passion to give that I am most drawn to and impressed by. Great loss, early in life, left Geoff ready to give up on living. Thankfully ... READ MORE The post Transforming Anger into Strength After Great Loss with Vegan Bodybuilder Geoff Palmer. appeared first on Healthification.

What if the way you ate could have a drastically positive impact on crippling arthritis and other inflammatory conditions? That, in fact autoimmune diseases are not a life sentence. This conversation is full of energy, passion and hope for anyone struggling with autoimmune disease. Health Coach, plant-based cuisine chef, and former owner of Café by Tao, Chef Agathe helps autoimmune ... READ MORE The post Autoimmune Diseases Are Not a Life Sentence with Plant-Based Cuisine Chef Agathe. appeared first on Healthification.

Wow, long time no solo show right? This episode is inspired by my first ever seminar at my new gyn in Noosa QLD. As The Vegan trainer, I want to share how simple it can be to Thrive with Plants. To Live and Love a more Plant-Powered Life. I figured why not plant these seeds on the pod too! Today, ... READ MORE The post Thrive with Plants: 3 Simple Steps to Live and Love a more Plant-Powered Life. appeared first on Healthification.

Today's conversation covers potent weight loss principles from Dr. Barnard's latest book, The Power Foods Diet. We also delve into some of PCRM’s recent victories and discuss peer-reviewed studies that powerfully illustrate the health benefits of a low-fat vegan diet. Vegan Curious? For support creating the Mindset that makes prioritising your health simple, sustainable and fun, The NEW Plant Positive Journal version 2 is your step by step guide and 52 week non-dated daily planner!

Menopause was rarely spoken about until a few years ago. Thankfully it is something we discuss now and there is also, a lot we can do to reduce  symptoms and improve our experience. Today, I’ve invited vegan menopause coach, registered health and nutrition counsellor, and meditation instructor, Anna Pelzer on the podcast to shine a hopeful light on exactly how ... READ MORE The post The Vegan Menopause Coach Anna Pelzer Helps You Reduce Your Peri and Menopause Symptoms. appeared first on Healthification.

Holistic wellness coach and founder of Sexy Fit Vegan, Ella Magers is on a mission to help people break free from yo-yo dieting and build sustainable, plant-strong lifestyles. A vegan, for the animals since age 15 Ella’s passionate, open-hearted approach and the skills she shares so generously, come in large part from her own hard learnt lessons. It’s often the ... READ MORE The post From Cravings Chaos to Calm, A Path to Food Freedom With Ella Magers. appeared first on Healthification.

Today Charlotte Cressey and I speak to Veganism as a way of relating to life – with love and respect. That should be obvious I guess. And yet, it wasn’t always for me. Many of us come to veganism in heart-broken horror at the atrocities inflicted needlessly on animals. We feel anger that we’ve been lied to, that we’ve been ... READ MORE The post The Evolutionary Power of Love and a Vegan Paradigm Shift with Charlotte Cressey. appeared first on Healthification.

Registered Dietitian Nutritionist Melanie Murphy Richter shares how plant-based nutrition is critical in promoting longevity, extending health-span, and preventing age-related diseases. Vegan Curious? For support creating the Mindset that makes prioritising your health simple, sustainable and fun, The Plant Positive Journal V2: https://strongbodygreenplanet.lpages.co/plant-positive-journal-v2/ is your step by step guide and 52 week non-dated daily planner!

Food for Profit is the first feature documentary that exposes the links between the meat industry, lobbying and the corridors of power. Vegan Curious? For support creating the Mindset that makes prioritising your health simple, sustainable and fun, The NEW Plant Positive Journal is your blueprint and 52 week non-dated daily planner: https://strongbodygreenplanet.lpages.co/plant-positive-journal-v2/

Plant-Based Chef and Culinary Nutritionist, Lauren Kretzer has plenty of actionable advice today.  She shares her health journey and passion for helping others use whole food cooking for healing and love a plant-based lifestyle. Back in 2011, Lauren Kretzer left her career on Wall Street to enrol in culinary school at the famed Natural Gourmet Institute for Health and Culinary ... READ MORE The post Whole Food Cooking for Healing with Plant-Based Chef Lauren Kretzer. appeared first on Healthification.

A change of pace this week that feels timely! Elaine Starling, The Abundance Ambassador, is a renowned international speaker, TEDx presenter, host of The Abundance Journey Podcast, and best selling author of 5 Steps to Activate Your Abundance. Recently I’ve been feeling my mindset shift in relation to abundance. For a start, I’ve come to understand that abundance relates to so ... READ MORE The post The Abundance Ambassador, Elaine Starling and Building Your Dream Life From Within. appeared first on Healthification.