Two friends discuss if you need to be crazy to be creative and anything else to do with the arts they can’t stop making.
Meghan and Jennifer had a chance to sit down with Adelade LaFontaine of AGM Health Fitness for a chat about gym culture and overcoming the obstacles to getting started on a fitness journey, and much more.
Adelade is an inspiring and talented Certified Personal Trainer and Behavior Change Specialist who specializes in helping women overcome gym anxiety and start their strength training journey using a holistic, beginner-friendly approach. She meets you where you are, without intense, overwhelming programs, and she is a joy not only to talk to but to train with and learn from.
For over a decade, I struggled with yo-yo dieting and exercising. I only saw exercise as something you did to lose weight, which made it very frustrating and impossible to stick to. Now, as a woman over 35, I've realized the latest diet trend and intense workout plans are not the way to build gym confidence and consistency needed to reach your goals and actually make lasting change.
The editing of this episode is a bit wonky because we were recording during a snowstorm so the internet was a bit unstable but its still a great episode and we hope you enjoy it as much as we enjoyed recording it!
Sweet Vegan is a Nutrition and Holistic Health podcast, hosted by nutrition Coach, vegan nutritionist, and studying Nutratherapy Practioner and Naturopath, Jennifer Chapman. Jennifer, after surviving a near-fatal autoimmune disease, adopted dramatic nutrition and lifestyle changes during recovery and has been researching nutrition and its effect on every aspect of our health; from our gut to our mental health, hormones, neurological system, and immune system, and beyond. We’re talking about food, remedies, lifestyle hacks and so much more!
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Jennifer June sits down with Author, Actor, Vegan Activist, Speaker Jasmin Singer to chat about disordered eating, food addiction, “going” vegan, fat phobia, growing up in a weight watching culture, and more.
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Jasmin Singer is a worldwide leading expert on veganism and a coveted speaker on topics including personal narrative as a means of social justice, identity, and how to change the world for animals. She is the author of The VegNews Guide to Being a Fabulous Vegan (Hachette, 2020) and Always Too Much and Never Enough: A Memoir (Berkley, 2016), and she narrated the audiobook for both.
Along with animal law professor Mariann Sullivan, Jasmin is the co-host of the long-running Our Hen House podcast, an award-winning show (honored several times by the prestigious Webby Awards) that centers around animal rights issues.
A champion for public media, Jasmin is proud to be the Weekend Edition host at WXXI, an NPR member station. She is the former Senior Editor for VegNews Magazine—the world’s leading plant-based media brand—and the longtime love columnist and celebrity interviewer. Her interviews have included Joaquin Phoenix, Cory Booker, Mena Suvari, Tig Notaro, and Bob Barker. She is also the editor of the anthology, Antiracism in Animal Advocacy: Igniting Cultural Transformation.
As a speaker, Jasmin has toured the US and beyond and presented the TEDx talk “Compassion Unlocks Identity” to a sold-out crowd of two-thousand people at Asbury Park, NJ’s Paramount Theater. She went on a successful 65-city book tour when Always Too Much and Never Enough was published. Jasmin has been featured on NPR and CNN, as well as in publications including The Atlantic, Women’s Health, Yahoo, and New York Daily News. She was named a “40 Under 40” by The Advocate.
Jasmin can be seen in documentaries including The Ghosts In Our Machine and Vegucated; has appeared on The Dr. Oz Show; and has contributed to a number of anthologies, including Running Eating Thinking; Defiant Daughters; Voices for Animal Liberation; Queer & Trans Voices; and Circles of Compassion.
As an actor, Jasmin starred in the award-winning short film, The Bra Mitzvah, and has appeared in national television commercials. She has been seen in theater in NYC and Los Angeles, where she also performed stand-up comedy and was a regular emcee for charity events. She holds a BFA in Acting from Pace University and is a certified holistic health counselor.
Jasmin is a long-time activist across many realms, including animal activism, LGBTQ activism, and antiracism. She is the parent of a couple of rescued dogs and one very annoyed cat.
Jasmin’s books – https://jasminsinger.com/books/
Jasmin’s website https://jasminsinger.com
Jasmin’s Podcast: https://www.ourhenhouse.org
Jasmin on Instagram: https://jasminsinger.com/books/
Jasmin on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/therealjasminsinger/
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What we don’t talk bout when we talk about fat – Aubrey Gordon – https://www.aubreygordon.net