PATH Positive Approaches To Health Jenny Pitcher

 Toni and Jenny are on the road again in the San Francisco Bay Area. This time they meet up with another old pal from Toni’s high school days – Alicia Guckenheimer. Alicia is an artist and childrens book author, a creative soul who has been creating art as early as she can remember with her father. Eight years ago she traded in her shoe career for the colorful chaos of the classroom where she teaches art t to k-8th graders. She teaches through the beautiful lens of painting a world where everyone shines and weaves compassion and helping others into her art lessons. In her childrens book, Dream Big, Start Small she writes a tale of imagination and compassion and the possibility “if you can dream it you can make it and you can change the world.” The three of them discuss how the messages within the book have a very far reach and speak to the importance of joy, having a starting place, self-empowerment and learning inner strengths in the process of behavior change. You can find Alicia, her book and her art classes on Instagram @dream_big_start_small_13 or on her website.

Toni and Jenny head to Marin on this leg of the PATHPod road trip. They are over the moon about their conversation with Bonnie Wan, author of The Life Brief A Playbook For No-Regrets Living. It is no mistake that this episode is dropping the same day as the total solar eclipse. The event of the eclipse is such a beautiful metaphor for Bonnie’s book – The Life Brief is a practice of going within to distill down what is going on inside of us, getting to the very essence of what we need and want for our lives. So many cultures believe the eclipse is a time of renewal, being in the darkness to truly feel and understand the next path we need to follow. This is the journey Bonnie takes her reader on, helping to discover meaning and purpose in their lives. The practice of creating a life brief can sound daunting but Bonnie creates a structure that allows for making meaning out of life, one beautiful baby step at a time. Learn more about Bonnie, The Life Brief and the community she has created around it here. Follow her on Instagram @bonniewanofficial or LinkedIn @bonniewan.

The ladies of the PATHPod head to a new state for their second National Nutrition Month episode! They traveled all the way up to Boothbay, Maine to visit fellow dietitian Jenny Shea Rawn. Jenny recently finished her first cookbook, Costal Kitchen Nourishing Seafood Recipes for Everyday Cooking. The three of them had so much fun romping through the book and talking about their favorite recipes. As the episode will explain, this is not only a cookbook but a great resource about seafood, which can sometimes feel elusive to people who don’t live on a coast. The cookbook is sectioned off by different kinds of seafood and includes side dishes and desserts - some with local ingredients native to Maine like blueberries and cranberries. The recipes are lovely and not overly complicated, which is a great reason to purchase the book! But on top of it, Jenny includes useful information like how to choose sustainable seafood, choosing between wild and farmed seafood and what fish is richest in omega 3’s. Lucky for the PATHPod community, Jenny and her publishers are offering 30% off of her cookbook using the promo code COAST30 through rowman.com. Follow Jenny on social @Jennyshearawn or visit her website to learn more about her work.

The PATHPod gals head down to Durham, North Carolina on this leg of the journey where they meet up with Judith Scharman Draughon, AKA, Judes or “The 12 Fix Dietitian”. Judes is a registered dietitian who works in the corporate wellness space inspiring businesses, organizations and groups to adopt a healthier lifestyle with group challenge programs. Her 12 Fixes program includes a book and workbook breaking down 12 evidence-based, non-diet strategies for getting and staying healthier. This is a program that anyone can use to help them on their journey to well-being and can be done individually or with a group. The book is designed for readers to create their own meal plans and actions plans right inside! A big part of Judes 12 Fixes is her 12 Fix Affiliate Program. This allows RDN’s to become affiliates and use the 12-Fix Wellness Plan, presentations, and dietitian-designed app to land more group wellness opportunities, allowing for an increase in revenue with less work and greater job satisfaction! The materials are super-customizable – making it easy to fit into a nutrition practice. This episode is for everyone – dietitians who are looking for a game-changing program for their practice or someone wanting to make incremental, healthy changes in 2024 - give it a listen! To find out more about the RDN Affiliate program, contact Judes at judes@12fixes.com. The Living 12 Fixes to Healthy guidebook can be purchased for $10 off on her website 12Fixes.com with promotional code 10OFFGUIDEBOOK. Judes can be found on Instagram @foodswithjudes and can also be found on LinkedIn. 

Toni and Jenny continue their 5 year anniversary celebration as they dig into their intention to Shift in 2024. The two of them have a conversation about what is behind the choice of Shift and what it means to each of them. They also take some time to unpack the last 5 years and the impact this podcast adventure has made on their lives. Of course, there is a lot of talk about connection and community but there are certainly some other gems they uncover. Help the PATHPod gals extend their celebration through the end of the month by giving this episode a listen and sharing your thoughts with them on Insta @thpathpod!

Toni and Jenny celebrate their 5th year of The PATH Pod during this 141st episode that is the first in a two-part celebration of this amazing milestone they certainly did not see coming! They felt like the best way to mark this date of February 12, the day their trailer first dropped in 2019 would be to deconstruct courage – the superpower they both had to call up when they decided to start a podcast. Together they break down courage using a framework created by their former guest, Candace Doby who was on the pod July 25 of 2023. They talk about what courage means to each of them and how this podcast and the amazing people they have met on their journey have sparked even more courage within them. Listen and celebrate with Toni and Jenny as they share their stories and insights. They are so excited to be celebrating this milestone with each other and with their larger PATH Pod community! Thanks for being on the road with PATH, Positive Approaches To Health!