The Healthification Podcast

My guest today, Dr Yami is a primary care paediatrician and a passionate promoter of healthy lifestyles, especially the power of plant-based diets for the prevention of chronic disease.  She’s also mum to two healthy and active boys who have been dairy free their entire lives. Because I know raising vegan kids from pregnancy through teenage years and into adulthood can be a delicate subject lets cover a little of Dr Yami’s ... READ MORE

A record 400,000 people worldwide signed up to the Veganuary movement in 2020. That is astounding growth since the UK-based charity first asked people to pledge to eat vegan for the month of January, back in 2014. That first year over 3,000 people participated. Today I’m chatting with Toni Vernelli International Head of Communications and Marketing at  Veganuary and we’ll discuss how to make the ... READ MORE

I'm dropping into your feed to share some exciting news! My new WEEKLY podcast, Plant Positive is now LIVE. You can find the first episode PLUS an introduction aka My Vegan Journey by searching for “PLANT POSITIVE” on iTunes or wherever you’re listening right now. If you’re ready for some good news... then please come listen and get Plant Positive with me! Be sure to look for new episodes every Monday!

In 30 harrowing minutes HOGWOOD: A Modern Horror Story takes you beyond the factory farm walls of one unspeakably cruel yet sadly standard pig farm hidden in the British countryside where profit is prioritised above everything else. It is the culmination of months of investigative work by the Viva! team who worked relentlessly to expose the kind of horrific cruelty to animals many mistakenly ... READ MORE

Friends we are in for a high impact ride today with powerhouse truth teller and vegan advocate Brooklyn Borough President, Eric Adams. After a run in with cops as a teenager, Eric vowed to join the force and change it from within. He worked his way up from a beat cop to a Captain, to the New York Senate and then to Brooklyn Borough Hall. In ... READ MORE

Farm Transparency Project, formerly Aussie Farms, seeks to show Australia exactly what happens behind closed doors, advocating for the rights of animals and debunking the myth that there can be such a thing as the “humane” slaughter of sentient animals who do not want to die. A perfect – brutal, heartbreaking example is Dominion. Have you watched Dominion?  This feature-length film ... READ MORE

My guests today Shoshana and Adam Chaim are a #plantstrong powerhouse couple bringing up 2 plant-based thriving kids! Though years ago they led a fairly typical – if on the gym going “healthier” side of things lifestyle that including all the standard animal products we’re brought up to believe “we need” to be fit, strong and healthy as athletes and indeed in life. ... READ MORE

Today I’m chatting with a gentle giant with a fascinating story and somewhat dark past who has become a powerful and passionate voice for the animals. Personal Trainer and Nutritionist Paul Kerton, aka Hench Herbivore brings a unique blend of science backed hard hitting health and nutrition facts, whole food plant based deliciousness especially geared towards those of us who love to lift ... READ MORE

For a lot of my life I was debilitatingly, painfully shy. Although I was never hugely over weight I was HUGELY self conscious and not the least bit comfortable with my body. I remember the girls who had hot bodies at school. The chicks I wanted to look like… and the way they looked seemed utterly unattainable to me. I figured I was “just ... READ MORE

This is an interview I’ve been wanting to do for years. There’s something so incredibly compelling, genuine and raw about my guest today, Australian animal activist Leah Doellinger. I’ve watched her live videos with tears streaming down my face as one of 10,000’s of people all around the world horrified by the trauma Leah puts herself through in order to ... READ MORE

If I had to start again so far as my vegan journey the thing I’d evict first from my eating, my home and my life – is dairy! From an ethics, an environmental and indeed a personal health point of view Dairy is indeed Scary. I’ve covered why and how in previous shows so for today I’ll just link to those in the show ... READ MORE

Faunalytics is an amazing online resource and not for profit with the mission to empower animal advocates with access to research, analysis, strategies, and messages that maximise their effectiveness to reduce animal suffering. In short: Faunalytics saves animals by helping advocates be as effective as possible. As a non research or data or statistics minded individual I genuinely found the prep for todays conversation with Faunalytics Research Director Jo ... READ MORE

Strange times. So weird. Ground-hog day. Scary. Uncertain. Heavy. These are some of the words that are coming up regularly in my conversations with clients and friends right now. Today’s solo podcast:  How To Create Your Ideal Day, Every Day  is focused on carving a little certainty and comfort out of these strange times we’re living through. On making the most of what you CAN ... READ MORE

My guest today, speaks from the heart and from personal experience. Emotional Eating Expert Tricia Nelson lost 50 pounds by identifying and addressing the underlying causes of her emotional eating. For close to 30 years Tricia has been helping people overcome a myriad of addictions, including food addiction and eating disorders. Tricia writes, speaks and offers programs worldwide on the topic of emotional eating ... READ MORE

My guest today believes the stories of animals are worth telling and WOW her amazing images are certainly breathtaking and heartbreaking. Award-winning photojournalist Jo-Anne McArthur has been documenting the plight of animals on all seven continents for almost two decades and her urgent and powerful work shines a light on the dark horrors we humans needlessly inflict on animals. Jo-Anne is the founder of We Animals Media, author of two ... READ MORE