Love The Green Life

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23. Go Green Home Series- Home Decor Jun 28, 2021

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We all want that relaxing, cozy and clean feeling when we go home. Our homes are powerful vessels for our creativity, growth and rejuvenation. We want our spaces to be safe for not only our families, but our planet as well. We are excited to introduce you to our new topic series for summer! We are starting today with a Go Green home series. Each week we will be tackling a different part of your home and giving you some tips that can be easily attained to help you green up your space. We will be talking about the kitchen, laundry room, pet care, bathroom, lawn care and even technology!! We are so excited for this home series. We hope that it will encourage you to be mindful of your space. To kick things off we will be talking about sustainable home decorating and tips for moving with the Earth in mind in today's episode. We share some of our favorite ways to find sustainable decorations and home furnishings while not breaking the bank. When decorating this way, it really gives a new purpose to the items and creates a beautiful sanctuary for you to live in! Natalie also gives us some tips on moving with the Earth in mind and what she did to make their recent move more sustainable! Make sure to head over to our Facebook group and join if you haven't already. Natalie is hosting a fun contest over there! www.facebook.com/groups/lovethegreenlifeorg/

22. A Green Life Transformation with Jess's Husband Jared Jun 21, 2021

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Today we have a real special guest...Jess's husband Jared!! He is here today to share about his journey into veganism, clean living and his hopes for our son and the future. He discusses his mind shift change and how he thinks now and approaches things differently. He discusses how his health has changed since he changed his diet and how he is now conscious of all the products he uses. It was so fun to have him on here and to be a part of this.

21. Instilling and Fostering a Love of Nature in Children with Angela Rahim Jun 13, 2021

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As we close out our virtual summit week, we wanted to share one of the presentations right here! If you are listening to this in real time, you can still head to lovethegreenlife.com/summit to view all the content for 1 MORE WEEK!!!! And if you are just finding us after the summit is over, then you can catch this great presentation about herbalism for children from Angela Rahim and get excited about our next event!! Angela Rahim is a certified Master Herbalist and Aromatherapist. She teaches the one year accredited (By the UK Complementary Medical Association) program the Foundations Of Herbalism for Ibn Sina Institute. She makes remedies and does consultations at Team Rahim Family Herbals. Angela also teaches about essential oils safety. An avid gardener, horticulturist, blogger, and plant enthusiast, Angela teaches a series of courses ranging from Herbalism For Mental Health, Herbalism For Men, Herbalism For Fertility and more. She spends her time giving herbal talks at many places and various platforms such as Morehouse College, The Healthy Muslimah Summit, The Natural Birth Natural Body Conference and more. She is the author of several books, her most recent a children’s herbal adventure book called: Sam: The Junior Herbalist. Follow her on Instagram @rahimherbals. And as always thanks for the support Green Team!

20. Navigating Vegan Family Life With Director of Vegucated, Marisa Miller Wolfson Jun 06, 2021

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We are so honored to bring you our conversation with Marisa Miller Wolfson. She is the writer and director of the award-winning documentary, Vegucated and co-author of The Vegucated Family Table. We have shared Marisa a lot already on this podcast! We talk about Vegucated on our Documentary episode and we share all the highlights of her book in our Adult Literature episode. So, if you haven't checked those out head back a few and listen to those. In this episode we chat with Marisa about Vegucated and what it would be like if it was filmed today versus 2005! The veg community, vegan foods, exposure of factory farming and all around knowledge of veganism has come a long way since she filmed the documentary. We talk about her book and what it is like to be a vegan parent to two elementary school children. She shares with us a little bit of what she will be bringing to the summit which includes ways to navigate being a parent of vegan kids, but really any kids that have an alternative way of eating. She discusses school, playdates, holidays, traveling and social situations. She is truly an inspiration. Be sure to check out Marisa, Vegucated and her book at vegucated.com and on socials @vegucated.

BONUS-The Sustainability and Fitness Gurus of Plant Power Jun 04, 2021

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Welcome to our last bonus episode before the Plant Power Virtual Summit!! We are excited to share with you today some more of our presenters. And today we have the gurus of sustainability and fitness. They are going to share how to zero in on your health and fitness and ways to have fun doing it. These presenters will also be sharing easy ways to incorporate small changes that make a BIG impact. We are honored and excited to introduce you to our sustainability experts Brandy Heyde Montague- founder of For Animals. For Earth., Kendall Crookston- sustainability advocate, and Angela Rahim- master herbalist, aromatherapist and author. Our fitness and health experts include Stacy Rhea- multisport athlete, trainer and coach, Carly Ameling- 305 Fitness and dance instructor, and Emily Crofford- dance educator, yoga instructor and personal trainer. A big Green Team welcome to all! Please head over to lovethegreenlife.org/summit to register for this FREE event and to get more information! Thank you once again for supporting our organization and these incredible individuals who have chosen to be apart of this!!

19. We raided a gluten, dairy, soy and corn-free kitchen...and it was delicious May 30, 2021

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Today we bring you the powerhouse couple- Anthony and Staci Lo Cascio. They are both professional tap dancers whose lives and careers were in jeopardy due to changes in their health. They eventually discovered food was their prescription and healed themselves from the inside out, which led to them publishing their book. We had the best time chatting with them. It was so fun to see everything they have in their pantry and how to use foods to nourish your body. They had so many great and simple tips for living day to day with any kind of food intolerance or alternative diet. It was inspiring and insightful! Check out their chocolate chip cookie demo at our summit- June 7-11th on lovethegreenlife.org/summit! Be sure to check them out at foodasaprescription.com. Follow them on Instagram & Twitter @locafoodsinc and on Facebook at Food As A Prescription & LOCA Foods Inc. Get their book Food As A Prescription from Amazon, Barnes & Noble or their website!!

BONUS- Green Team Avengers! Dr. Greger, Marisa Wolfson, Azizi Birkeland, Anthony & Staci Lo Cascio May 27, 2021

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Welcome to another bonus episode!! We are excited to share with you today some more of our presenters for the summit! And today we have some really amazing experts in the field of nutrition and how to feed yourself and your families in ways that nourish your body instead of harming it. You will be impressed by their resumes and excited about what they will be bringing to our event. We are absolutely HONORED to have them on the podcast and as part of our summit. Let us introduce you today to Dr. Michael Greger- physician and author, Marisa Miller Wolfson-author and director of Vegucated, Azizi Birkeland- Tiny Green Chef, and Anthony & Staci Lo Cascio- authors of Food As A Prescription. A huge Green Team welcome to all!!! We also have interviews with Anthony & Staci and Marisa on the podcast coming up really soon!!! Please head over to www.lovethegreenlife.org/summit to register for this FREE event and to get more information. Thank you once again for supporting our non-profit organization!

18. Animal Reiki and Connection with Brandy Heyde Montague of the “For Animals. For Earth.” podcast May 23, 2021

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Join us as we continue to share with you the incredible people who are a part of our virtual summit. This week we are honored to have Brandy Heyde Montague joining us. Brandy is the founder of For Animals. For Earth. which is a resource hub of simple ideas that anyone can try in their daily life to make a difference. She hand paints clothing that is sold in their Etsy shop to benefit animal interest groups and hosts a podcast called For Animals. For Earth., where she interviews creators and activists all over the world who are making a difference. Brandy is a such a beautiful person and a breath of fresh air. This was such a fun time chatting with her and we are so happy to share it with you. Brandy talks about what drives her mission and what made her start doing this work. She also shares all about animal reiki and how you can invite your fur babies to meditate with you. We talk about the importance of community and what she will be sharing for the virtual summit. She is truly inspiring and will excite you to start to make small simple changes in your daily life. You can find her at foranimalsforearth.com, all social media sites @foranimalsforearth and be sure to check out her podcast For Animals. For Earth. Don't forget about our virtual summit- June 7-11th! Head over to www.lovethegreenlife.org/summit to register for this FREE event! You won't want to miss out!

BONUS- Who Runs the Green World? Girls! Meet us at LTGL! May 20, 2021

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Welcome to this bonus episode!!! As the virtual summit approaches, we will be bringing you several bonus episodes where we introduce you to the presenters, what incredible individuals they are and what they will be bringing to the summit this year. Don't forget to register for this free event at www.lovethegreenlife.org/summit. This week, we share with you this amazing team that is behind Love The Green Life! You have come to know Jess and Natalie. Learn more about the rest of the team and the incredible talents they will be bringing you in just a few weeks!

17. Wellness, Dance, and Core Work with Emily Crofford May 16, 2021

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We will be sharing with you about our presenters for our virtual summit over the next few episodes. We have some great interviews and inspiring people to share with you. It truly is a blessing to be able to talk with these amazing forerunners in this realm. Today we talk with Emily Crofford. Emily is a professional dancer, college professor, yoga instructor and certified in personal training and nutrition. She shares some insight into the importance of staying grounded and resetting with nature. She also shares about her research with connecting to your core and how she will be sharing that at the virtual summit! We all discuss putting the time into working out with your littles running around and how setting realistic goals will help you achieve what you are working for. Lastly, Emily and Jess share some of their stories from when they danced together! You can learn more about Emily at www.emilycrofforddance.com and on Instagram @emilycrofforddance We will be running our Plant Power Virtual Summit on lovethegreenlife.org/summit June 7th-11th. We are excited to be bringing you our second annual summit. We have a great line up this year and we’re excited to bring the latest insights into green living for FREE right in the comfort of your home. We have 5 days of nature loving, wellness and earth conscious experts and celebrities ready to share with YOU our GREEN TEAM. Discover what these experts want you to KNOW about how you can optimize your health, homesteading, fitness, meal planning, cooking and MORE — with simple, wholesome, and REAL strategies, the content you’ve come to expect from the LTGL organization!

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