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Get to Know Meg Josephson from With Almond Butter on Top Meg is a vegan recipe developer and mindfulness blogger based out of New York City. This past December she graduated from Hamilton College with a self-created major, combining psychology, creative writing, and photography. On her Instagram page @withalmondbutterontop, she also shares her meditation experience and tips for starting your own practice. This fall, she will receive her meditation certification from the Nalanda Institute for Contemplative Science, The Path, and Pure Yoga. Previously, Meg has done food and lifestyle writing for INSIDER and Real Simple. She also recently launched an anonymous advice column on her blog, entitled Dear Meg. In this episode we explore some of her top interest which was quite interesting. Everything from her start as a blogger MegJosephson.com, how and why she became a vegan, then we dive into her meditation practices and also chat about lucid dreaming which was fascinating for us. Meg has a chill and relaxed

Get to Know George Bryant from Civilized Caveman. George has an incredible life story including abuse, trauma, loss, and challenges. He is very open about his ongoing struggle living with the aftermath of his past. He discusses the techniques he’s learned along the way to live a full and productive life immediately. Because of the challenges he’s faced, George has learned how to overcome great adversity. He has vision for the greatest possibilities life can offer and has created breakthrough results to achieve that life. The best part however, is how he’s dedicated to paying it forward by helping others achieve their best life. George is a husband, bonus dad, family man, and the founder of the hugely successful paleo blog, civilizedcavemancooking.com. He is also the co-author of a wildly popular series of cookbooks including the New York Times Best Seller The Paleo Kitchen. In addition to all this, he travels the world as a marketing consultant, sharing techniques on how to ethically scale a growing bu

Get to Know health and lifestyle blogger Ashley "Mac" McCrary from Healthy Little Peach. Mac is a full-time 3rd grade teacher with a side-hustle as a health and lifestyle blogger. She’s based out of Missouri, is the wife to a handsome and loving man; Joel, and mother to two beautiful girls. Mac has struggled with her weight and self confidence her entire life. She’s tried every fad diet out there to lose weight. She’s also intimately acquainted with depression and at 26, was diagnosed with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS). Exasperated with fatigue and the extra baby weight, she found Melissa Hartwig’s book It Starts With Food and the documentary Food Inc. With her newfound knowledge of what healthy looks like, she was inspired to make a lasting and powerful change. Over the past 3 years, she’s focused on adopting and adhering to the Whole30, paleo and keto lifestyle. As a result, she’s lost 80 pounds and is healthier and happier than ever before! Her loving husband is on the journey with h

Get to Know Hannah Sunderani, the plant-based blogger behind Two Spoons. ​Hannah was born and raised in Canada, but has recently moved to France with her husband. Her plant-based journey began in her early 20s during a time of suffering. Following the loss of her boyfriend and first love to cancer, she was completely heartbroken. This stressful time of life took a toll and led to stomach pains and digestion issues. Eventually, she was diagnosed with IBS and after a year of meds and struggle, she finally turned to food for medicine. It took some time to figure out exactly how to tweak her diet for healing however, this season of life taught her how to cook healthy and wholesome meals that ultimately healed her body. After watching herself thrive on plants to such an incredible extent, she’s forever sold on this lifestyle and inspired to help others on similar journeys. In this interview, Hannah tells us about life in France including the culture shock of an international move not to mention living plant-

Get to Know plant based and wellness blogger Tayler McKellop from Clean Eats by Tay. Tayler believes the food we eat shapes every aspect of our lives from mental health to our daily performance. As a child, Tayler was diagnosed with scoliosis which lead her to yoga and an ongoing pursuit of improved health. She credits yoga for completely transforming her life and shares a lot of that journey on her blog, cleaneatsbytay.com. After spending her first two years of college in NYC, she quickly realized she was unhappy. Tay talks openly in this interview about the hardships she faced while there. She touches on loneliness, sadness, and the development of an exercise addiction. She doesn’t downplay the tough times of her life and offers useful advice on how to heal and move towards better daily habits. Tay is a firm believer that eating the right foods gives you the energy and nutrients to live your best life. This is what inspired her to begin her Instagram account where she shares her daily plant-based meal

Get to Know recipe developer and allergy friendly food blogger Samah Dada of Dada Eats. Samah grew up in Newport Beach, California and spent part of high school there and in London, England. She says that London is at fault for making her the foodie that she is today – from hole in the wall Indian joints to some of the most incredible Sicilian style pizza she’s ever had, London’s foodscape was transformative for her palate. She eventually moved back to California and attended UC Berkeley where she was completely engulfed by amazing gastronomy. Living and studying so close to a city as amazing as San Francisco, not to mention having access to some of the best food out there (talking to you Chez Panisse, Vik’s Chaat House, Ici Ice Cream, Bi-Rite Creamery…) has made her into a human “Yelp” for her friends and family. Her time at Berkeley solidified her desire to have a more active part in the culinary world. She uses her passion for cooking and baking to create unique, healthy, allergy-friendly, yet still d

Get to Know health food blogger Natalie Kelley from Blonde Gone Clean. Natalie Kelley (known as Nat) is the blogger behind the foodie, fitness and wellness blog, blondegoneclean.com. Her hobbies include long distance running (she ran her first marathon in October 2017!), weight-lifting, drinking way too much coffee & green juice, eating spoonfuls of almond butter, nerding out about all things nutrition and sustainability while whipping up tasty, paleo and Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD) friendly treats in the kitchen. Since Nat was diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis in 2017, she has made it her goal to help others improve their lives. By speaking out about life with an autoimmune disease and developing recipes that adhere to the SCD, Nat hopes to show others that life with food intolerances, autoimmune diseases and specific dietary protocols can still be FUN and tasty! Nat is also a social media guru and future certified personal trainer and loves helping others live their healthiest, most inspired l

Get to Know cookbook author, blogger and certified holistic chef Laura Lea of LL Balanced. Laura Lea is the recipe developer and writer behind the blog LL Balanced. She’s an English Lit grad from the University of Virginia who started out pursuing a NYC career in law but quickly realized this life wasn’t for her. She found herself listless and enormously anxious, slogging away at a corporate job that she didn’t enjoy. She decided to focus on pursuing a healthier lifestyle by saying goodbye to the late nights of drinking and staying in to rediscover the joy of cooking nourishing and healthy meals for herself. Over time, the emotional and physical health improvements could not be ignored. With a newfound passion for food and it’s relationship to healing, she decided to switch up her career direction and attend the Natural Gourmet Institute in NYC. Laura hasn’t looked back since. She moved back to her hometown of Nashville, TN with a heart and mind determined to spread the world of holistic health. Her g

Get to Know registered dietitian Clara Norfleet from Food Fitness and Faith. Clara is a registered dietitian and nutritionist currently based in Asheville, North Carolina. She’s passionate about informing, empowering, and encouraging women and men to build a healthy relationship with food, nourish their body, and feel comfortable in their skin. She works full-time as a Clinical Dietitian at a local hospital and spends her free time sharing nutritious and simple meals made of wholesome, good-for-you ingredients on her blog, foodfitnessandfaith.com. Clara’s goal is to get nutrition information that is easy-to-understand and employ into the hands of anyone and everyone looking to enjoy their life to the greatest extent. Visit wegettoknow.com to explore recipes and learn more about our podcasts and guests. Did you know we have TWO other podcasts? In addition to Eat+Well, we also have Get to Know Travel and Get to Know Fashion where we are interviewing your favorite influencers and bloggers. Simply search We Ge

Get to Know food lover and blogger Maddie Ross of C'est Madeleine. Maddie is a lover of cooking, photography, yoga, and travel. She shares her love for all of these through her Instagram account C’est Madeleine and her blog cestmadeleineross.com. When she is not in her kitchen making sourdough bread or a batch of brownies, she enjoys frequenting local restaurants and coffee shops in the Ann Arbor area where she attends school at the University of Michigan. From a past of disordered eating, Maddie has learned to heal her relationship with food by means of cooking and her passion and interest in food photography. She believes that a balanced diet is equal parts kale salads and salted dark chocolate chip cookies. Maddie was incredibly open in this interview about her struggles with disordered eating and her journey to a balanced and healed relationship with food and exercise. Her authenticity and willingness to share her story is an absolute inspiration, listen in to hear all about her life and passions. T

Get to Know health enthusiast Leah Goldglantz from Leah's Plate. Leah is a dedicated wife, mother, and health enthusiast who lives in South Florida. She began her blog, leahsplate.com in 2015 because healthy living and wholesome eating became a major passion and she felt compelled to share that with others. In her early 20s, she lived and worked in New York City pushing through the daily grind. As much as she loves the Big Apple, her lifestyle had her feeling exhausted and unmotivated. She made the leap and packed her bags to start over in a new environment that would help her live a healthy lifestyle and heal both physically and emotionally. Once in sunny Florida, she began her amazing journey to wellness. She is passionate about helping others see that eating healthy doesn’t have to be complicated. She makes quick and simple meals because she’s a busy mom like a lot of us and doesn’t have hours to spend in the kitchen. You’ll love our chat with Leah. Listen in and hear all about her road to healing

Get to Know health conscious foodie Tinger Hseih from Dash of Ting. We loved chatting with Tinger. Her blog and social media presence at DashofTing.com offers advise for health conscious foodies looking for a variety of tasty cultural cuisines and travel tips. With over 30 countries under her belt and her own weight-loss journey, she created delicious and healthier recipes to share with her friends. As the momentum of her blog and social media accounts have picked up, Tinger has begun hosting shows for the media giant Tastemade. She is currently hosting shows with Matador Networks and contributing to A-List Celebrity Ayesha Curry’s lifestyle site goInspo. Not only is Tinger growing professionally, but she is also helping other influencers do the same with their careers through her influencer agency Your Favorite Influencer. Listen in and learn all about her ventures, what drives her, and pick up some tips for your own business and life. This episode is brought to you in partnership with Dr. C Vitamins.

Get to Know paleo, Whole30 and gluten-free recipe developer Ronny Joseph of Primal Gourmet. It was an absolute joy to speak with Ronny and hear all about his life. Ronny is a self-taught cook, food photographer and coffee enthusiast. In 2013, after a life of obesity, failed diets, and a broken relationship with food and body image, he began a Paleo journey that helped him drop his weight and transform his life. As part of his journey to improved health, he was inspired to launch his blog CookPrimalGourmet.com, where he shares his delicious recipes and is incredibly authentic and transparent about his life. His goal is to develop recipes that are easy and healthy but don’t sacrifice flavor and we have to be honest, he’s nailing it! As if maintaining a highly successful blog isn’t enough, Ronny is also a college professor and has recently attained his PhD in Art History. When Ronny isn’t busy with his blog or teaching, he loves to travel, stay active and cook for his friends and family. Listen in, we kno

Get to Know Kate Kordsmeier, the food writer behind Root & Revel. Kate is an established and well published food and travel journalist turned health blogger. She puts all this knowledge to work for our benefit on her website. After speaking to her the word that stood out was educator. She has so much information to share and she does it beautifully at rootandrevel.com Kate is passionate about delivering inspiration to help people live naturally, without sacrifice. After reversing her PCOS and Leaky Gut with food and holistic remedies (no prescriptions), she started her blog to share what she’d learned on her incredible journey. Kate believes as we do, that food heals and she’s living proof. You may be concerned that her get-well plan includes bland chicken and steamed broccoli but take note, taste is paramount to Kate and she makes sure to infuse beauty, flavor and celebration into everyday life by helping you strike the balance between good and good for you. Her site is packed with incredible eas

Get to Know vegan food blogger Emilie Herbert of Emilie Eats. She tells us how watching the documentary Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret lead to her going vegan and she shares a few of her tried and tested favorite vegan foods as well. Emilie is a full-time student, blogger, plant eater, and cat ‘mom’ from Louisiana who shares all of her plant-powered recipes and tips on her blog; EmilieEats.com. From sweet potato nachos to chocolate pudding pie, Emilie’s recipes show that eating vegan can and should be fun, delicious, and simple. She is graduating from Louisiana State University in 2018 then attending Colorado State University to earn a master’s degree and become a registered dietitian. Emilie loves green apples, group fitness classes, DIY projects, and snuggling with her cat Leo… oh, and eating lots of plants! We were downright impressed by this incredibly driven and mature young girl. She’s an inspiration and you won’t want to miss hearing about her journey in this interview. Visit wegettoknow.

Get to Know Daisy Beet author, influencer and blogger Alex Aldeborgh, RD. Alex is a Registered Dietitian living in New York City and the author of a very beautiful and active Instagram account @daisybeet. She also has created a clean eating food blog, Daisy Beet. She is currently working as a clinical dietitian at Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan. Alex started her social media presence as a creative outlet to showcase that healthy eating can be simple, affordable, and delicious. With all the nutrition misinformation out there these days, Alex is passionate about contributing scientific and evidenced based recipes. On her site you’ll find “RD-Approved” recipes with simple nutritional breakdown, simple tips and tricks to help you lead a healthy lifestyle, highlights of products she loves to use in her kitchen, and tips on pursuing a career as a Registered Dietician. You’ll love connecting with Alex and hearing all about her story and what she’s passionate about. Visit wegettoknow.com to explore recipes a

Get to Know food writer, recipe developer and cookbook author, Lindsay Maitland Hunt. Her cookbook Healthyish is one of our absolute favorites. Lindsay is a recipe developer and food writer living in Brooklyn. She’s a graduate of the French Culinary Institute in New York City and has spent 8 years developing recipes and writing about food. A former editor at Real Simple and BuzzFeed Food, her clients have included Country Living, Delish.com, Food Network, and Food & Wine. Lindsay was a joy to speak with and we love her approach to a balanced and healthy eating lifestyle. You'll enjoy hearing about her life and thoughts on food, recipe testing and development and her cookbook Healthyish. Check out her website lindsaymaitlandhunt.com for more info on Lindsay and Healthyish. Visit wegettoknow.com to explore recipes and learn more about our podcasts and guests. Did you know we have TWO other podcasts? In addition to Eat+Well, we also have Get to Know Travel and Get to Know Fashion where we are interview

Get to Know Caroline Fausel, the healthy food blogger behind Olive You Whole. OliveYouWhole.com is a one stop shop for all things Whole30 including recipes, meal plans and even a Whole30 coach. Yep, that's right, Caroline is a Whole30 expert and certified coach. Caroline has always loved nutrition. Married to a doctor, they have had the “nutrition v medicine” debate numerous times. Finally, the New York Times Bestseller “It Starts With Food” provided a happy medium that brought together both of their views. Caroline and her hubby finished their first Whole30 June of 2014. Since then Caroline has completed 8 rounds of Whole30. Now with a better understanding of what makes us healthier, Caroline created her blog, Olive You Whole, where she provides recipes for those striving to eat clean. She loves providing resources for the Whole30 community. She also loves helping others detoxify their home and use natural remedies through the use of essential oils. If you have no idea where to start and are looking

Get to Know paleo and gluten free recipe creator Natalie Perry. Her website perrysplate.com has a wealth of information for those of you looking for whole30, paleo and gluten free meal plans. We think you will love hearing her story so listen in. Natalie started her blog Perry’s Plate in 2008 as a way to easily access and share her family’s most favorite recipes, and it has blossomed into something she never expected — a creative outlet for herself and a community of supportive friends and food-lovers. She’s passionate about keeping her family healthy and feeding her kids things other than pancakes (although they really love pancakes). Her work has been featured in places such as Pioneer Women – Food and Friends, Bon Appetit, Glamour, ABCNews, BuzzFeed, HuffPost Food, etc. You’ll love hearing more about her life as a food blogger, mother, wife, and woman. Also, make sure you check out her cookbook: The Big Book of Paleo Slow Cooking. Visit wegetoknow.com to explore recipes and learn more about our podc

Get to Know influencer and food blogger Kelsey Preciado from the informative and healthy blog littlebitsof.com. Her blog includes Whole30 and paleo recipes as well as loads of healthy and delicious go-to meals. Kelsey's food photography will hook you and then the ease and deliciousness of her recipes will keep you. Kelsey has published 3 ebooks and is a fantastic recipe developer. She comes from a tight knit family and grew up absolutely loving to bake and had the biggest sweet tooth ever. She originally wanted to be a pastry chef but has transitioned to living a mostly paleo lifestyle. Like us, what she loves most about food is making it for her friends and family thus bringing joy and community to all involved. Kelsey is authentic about her journey to a healthier lifestyle. What a joy to speak with her and find out a bit more about her life. Visit wegetoknow.com to explore recipes and learn more about our podcasts and guests. Did you know we have two additional podcast? In addition to Eat+Well, we