Plant Powered Collective

Lori Willinski
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The Plant Powered Collective Podcast helps women in their 40s, 50s, and beyond live vibrantly and nourish boldly. Hosted by integrative nutrition coach Lori Willinski, each episode blends science-backed nutrition with approachable strategies for hormone balance, energy, and healthy aging. Rooted in lifestyle medicine and personalized coaching, Lori shares her story of thriving on plants since age 14 and managing autoimmune disease with nutrition. Discover how a plant powered lifestyle fuels not only your health, but also your leadership and your future self.

  1. 4d ago

    Gut Health at Every Age with Aiste Magitman

    Gut Health at Every Age with Aiste Magitman What does a healthy gut actually look like, and why should we care about it long before something feels wrong? In this episode of the Plant Powered Collective Podcast, Lori sits down with Aiste Magitman, pharmacist and founder of Best Gut Forever, for a conversation about gut health, fiber, the microbiome, healthy aging, and the realities of supporting our bodies during busy seasons of life. Lori and Aiste first met through eWomenNetwork, after another member recognized the connection between their work and introduced them. What began as a business connection quickly became a much bigger conversation about plants, nutrition, science, prevention, and the role gut health can play throughout our lives. Aiste shares how her background as a pharmacist, her personal story, and her curiosity about the microbiome ultimately led her to create Best Gut Forever. She explains the thinking behind the formula, including the role of different fibers, polyphenol-rich plants, ginger, and turmeric, and why supporting the gut involves more than simply taking a probiotic. Lori also gets personal about what gut health can look like when life gets full. Even with a fiber-rich diet and good hydration, caregiving for her father, building a business, maintaining relationships, managing stress, getting less sleep, and having less time for movement have all affected her own digestive health. She shares why Best Gut Forever has become one supportive tool in helping her feel more regular and comfortable. At 36 and 61, Aiste and Lori are in very different seasons of life, but they are asking the same important question: How do we care for our bodies today in a way that supports the life we want to continue living tomorrow? In this conversation: How Lori and Aiste met through eWomenNetworkAiste's journey from Lithuania to pharmacy and entrepreneurshipWhy gut health is about much more than digestionThe difference between probiotics and supporting the gut environmentWhy fiber and plant diversity matterHow polyphenols and plant compounds fit into the gut-health conversationWhy food should remain the foundationHow stress, sleep, movement, hydration, and lifestyle can affect digestionLori's personal experience with digestive changes during a particularly demanding season of lifeHow Best Gut Forever fits into Lori's own nutrition and lifestyle practicesThe importance of approaching supplements thoughtfullyWhat healthy aging has to do with gut healthWhy supporting your future health can begin at 36, 61, or any ageThe science and research that informed the development of Best Gut ForeverWhy being curious about your own body may be one of the most important health practices of allThe Plant Powered Collective Perspective Gut health is a perfect example of why nourishment extends beyond a single food, supplement, or habit. What is On the Plate matters. What happens Around the Plate, including sleep, movement, stress, and lifestyle, matters. Who is At the Table matters. And all of those choices ultimately support The Self, both who we are today and who we are becoming. The goal is not perfection. It is building greater awareness, creating supportive habits, and learning how to nourish yourself through the different seasons of your life. Connect with Aiste + Best Gut Forever Learn more about Best Gut Forever: Website: bestgutforever.com Social Media: @bestgutforever Reflection for This Week Instead of trying to completely overhaul your diet, ask yourself one simple question: Where could I add one more plant today? A handful of berries.Beans or lentils.Fresh herbs.Walnuts or seeds.Another vegetable.A different whole grain. Start there, stay curious, and keep building. Nourish Boldly. Live Vibrantly.

  2. Oct 5

    Become the Leader of Your Nutrition: Small Shifts for Women Who Want to Eat Better

    Become the Leader of Your Nutrition: Small Shifts for Women Who Want to Eat Better JOIN THE FOUNDING COHORT OF NOURISH BOLDLY: SMALL SHIFTSThe four-week experience begins October 19.👉 bit.ly/4iJ1NbV You lead at work. You lead in your family. You lead in your community. You solve problems, navigate change, make decisions, and take care of the people around you. But when it comes to nutrition, do you sometimes feel like you're somehow failing at something you should already know how to do? In this episode of the Plant Powered Collective Podcast, Lori Willinski introduces Nourish Boldly: Small Shifts, a four-week experience designed to help women become the leaders of their own nutrition. This is not a meal-plan program and it isn't about becoming plant-only. It's about learning how to build a plant-forward way of eating around whole and minimally processed foods, including vegetables, fruits, beans, lentils, whole grains, nuts, seeds, lean meat and fish, depending on your preferences and bio-individual needs. What you'll receive in Nourish Boldly: Small Shifts Over four weeks, you'll receive: 12 short, information-rich videos, three each weekA practical resource accompanying every videoGuidance for building nourishing, plant-forward mealsStrategies for making whole and minimally processed foods easier and more convenientPractical ways to incorporate plant and animal protein, including lean meat and fish if they are part of your lifestyleTools for increasing variety, flavor, texture and plant diversitySimple kitchen and food systems that reduce friction and make nourishing choices easierOpportunities to build greater self-awareness around your food, habits, preferences and lifestyleLifetime access to the program videos and resourcesThree complimentary months of Lori's paid personal SubstackThe Founding Cohort begins October 19. Following the Founding Cohort, Nourish Boldly: Small Shifts will become an evergreen program. Lori shares one of her own simple systems: she keeps vegetables in clear containers where she can actually see them instead of hiding them in the refrigerator's produce drawers. Her canned beverages go in the drawers instead. She knows she'll find her Pellegrino! In the pantry, Lazy Susans make nourishing ingredients visible and accessible. These aren't dramatic changes. They're small shifts that make the choice you want to make easier. That's the philosophy behind Nourish Boldly. Instead of asking: “Can someone just tell me what to eat?” Start asking:“What works for me, and what systems can I create to support it?” Because you already know how to lead. It's time to bring that leadership to your own table. Reflection Question Where are you already a strong leader in your life, and what would change if you brought those same leadership skills to the way you nourish yourself?Ready to take your seat at the table?Join the Founding Cohort of Nourish Boldly: Small Shifts beginning October 19: 👉 bit.ly/4iJ1NbV

    Become the Leader of Your Nutrition: Small Shifts for Women Who Want to Eat Better

  3. Sep 28

    Nourish Boldly: Small Shifts | Why You Don’t Need Another Meal Plan

    Join Me at the Table Nourish Boldly: Small Shifts begins October 19. More info: bit.ly/4iJ1NbV If you know what you should be doing when it comes to nutrition but struggle to make it work consistently in your actual life, I created this four-week program for you. This is not a meal plan. It is not another set of rigid rules telling you what to eat. It is an invitation to become the leader of your own nourishment. Join me at the table for four weeks of nutrition education, self-discovery, practical tools and small, intentional shifts designed to help you nourish your health today while investing in your health for tomorrow. Join Nourish Boldly: Small Shifts: https://community.plantpoweredcollective.com/offers/2vF6LbDc/checkout About This Episode “Is this a meal plan?” It is one of the questions I hear most often when I talk about Nourish Boldly: Small Shifts. My answer is very intentionally no. Most women I meet already know more about nutrition than they give themselves credit for. They know vegetables are good for them. They know they probably need more fiber, more whole foods and more plants on their plates. The challenge often isn't knowing. It's turning what you know into what you consistently do. And I don't believe the answer is another person telling you exactly what to eat. The women I work with are already leaders. They lead businesses, teams, families, organizations and communities. Yet when it comes to nourishment, we're often encouraged to hand that leadership over to someone else's diet, meal plan or set of rules. I want to help change that. In this episode, I'm sharing why Nourish Boldly: Small Shifts was intentionally designed not to be a meal-plan program and why developing your own framework can actually reduce decision fatigue rather than add to it. We'll talk about: Why knowing what to do and consistently doing it are two different thingsBecoming the leader of your own nourishmentWhy self-awareness is central to sustainable changeHow small shifts can become part of your normal lifeWhy your culture, traditions, family, work and social life belong in the nutrition conversationThe role of bio-individuality in finding what works for youWhy your plate cannot be separated from what's happening around itMy own journey from leadership into nutrition and why this approach became so important to meYour plate sits within your life. The goal isn't to follow my life or anyone else's perfectly. It's to understand the principles, understand yourself and learn how to put the two together. Because you don't have to change everything to change something meaningful. Nourish Boldly. Live Vibrantly. Plant Powered Collective explores nourishment on the plate and around the plate, helping women turn plant-forward nutrition and lifestyle insights into practical, sustainable action.

    Nourish Boldly: Small Shifts | Why You Don’t Need Another Meal Plan

  4. Sep 23

    You Know What to Eat. So Why Is Healthy Eating Still So Hard?

    Ready to Nourish Boldly? If you're ready to move beyond simply knowing what you "should" be doing and start building a way of nourishing yourself that actually fits your life, I invite you to check out Nourish Boldly: Small Shifts, my new four-week Plant Powered Collective program. The Founding Cohort begins October 12 with a special Founding Cohort investment of $797, before the program becomes evergreen at the intended $997 investment. You'll receive lifetime access to the core program and downloads, plus three months at the paid level of my personal Substack beginning as soon as you register. That's where you'll pull up a chair at our Founding Table to continue learning, asking questions, connecting and putting what you're learning into practice. Explore Nourish Boldly: Small Shifts and reserve your seat at the Founding Table: bit.ly/4iJ1NbV. Nourish Boldly. Live Vibrantly.

  5. Sep 14

    Who’s at Your Table? Friendship, Entrepreneurship, Play & the Relationships That Nourish Us with Beth Housewert

    What nourishes us? At Plant Powered Collective, I talk often about what is on the plate and around the plate. But in this episode, I’m adding another question: Who’s at your table? My guest, Beth Housewert, has been at mine for years. Beth and I met when we worked together at a children’s museum. She led the education department, while I managed development and membership. We worked closely together creating fundraising experiences that also had to be educational, engaging and meaningful for children and families. Somewhere between the events, creativity, problem-solving and probably a little chaos, we became friends. Today, we are both entrepreneurs. Beth is the founder of Inspired Impact, consulting with museums and museum leaders, while I am building Plant Powered Collective. We belong to entrepreneur masterminds, meet regularly to talk through our businesses and ideas, and are also part of a very informal group of women navigating menopause that keeps the conversation refreshingly real.  Yes, it is called Hot Bitches.  Because sometimes nourishment looks like talking about leadership and business strategy. Sometimes it is sharing what is happening with our changing bodies, hot flashes, nutrition and midlife. And sometimes it is simply laughing with women who understand. In this conversation, Beth and I talk about: • What is nourishing her on the plate and around the plate• How colleagues become lifelong friends• Why the people at our table matter• Beth’s journey from museum education leader to entrepreneur• The story and mission behind Inspired Impact• Leadership, confidence and entrepreneurship• Why entrepreneurs need relationships that go deeper than networking• The importance of community for women navigating midlife and menopause• Why play and curiosity are not just for children• Bringing play, experimentation and creativity back into food• The difference between support and simply agreeing with someone• How friendship, purpose, work, laughter and connection are all forms of nourishment And, of course, we finish with a speed round. This episode is an invitation to think beyond what is on your plate. Who makes you think differently?Who makes you laugh?Who gives you space to say what you are really thinking?Who challenges you?Who reminds you that you do not have to figure everything out alone?Who’s at your table?And perhaps just as importantly: Whose table are you showing up for? CONNECT WITH BETH Learn more about Beth Housewert and Inspired Impact:https://www.inspired-impact.com Connect with Beth on LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/beth-housewert-3b6b8284/ CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION WITH LORI I’m also writing more personally on Substack about nutrition, midlife, leadership, caregiving, lifestyle, relationships and what it means to build a life that actually nourishes us. Find and subscribe to me on Substack at @loriwillinski. Subscribe to the Plant Powered Collective Podcast wherever you listen, and share this episode with someone you are grateful to have at your table. Nourish Boldly. Live Vibrantly.

  6. Sep 7

    Your Gut Loves Leftovers: A Simple Way to Add More Plant Variety

    Show Notes What if supporting your gut health did not mean buying more food, following another protocol, or eating another giant salad? This week on the Plant Powered Collective Podcast, we are talking about something much simpler: leftovers, plant variety, and resistant starch. Most of us have been taught to focus heavily on protein, and protein absolutely matters. But gut health needs a broader conversation. A salad is wonderful. Spinach in your smoothie is wonderful. But eating the same few plants repeatedly is different from eating a variety of plants. Different plants bring different fibers, phytonutrients, textures, flavors, and compounds to the table. That variety helps create a more diverse food supply for the community of microbes living in your gut. In this episode, Lori Willinski, Founder of the Plant Powered Collective, breaks down resistant starch in very simple language and explains why cooked and cooled foods like potatoes, rice, and pasta can be interesting for gut health. But this episode is really about something bigger. It is about making nourishment easier. You will hear how: Plant variety supports a more diverse gut environmentProtein matters, but it is not the whole nutrition conversationPlant foods can contribute meaningful protein tooCooked and cooled starches can contain more resistant starchLeftovers can become building blocks for completely different mealsHerbs, seeds, vegetables, beans, sauces, and condiments can quickly increase plant varietyKitchen systems can reduce decision fatigue and make nourishing choices easierThe 30 Plants Challenge is not about perfection or reaching a magic numberLori also shares a real lunch she made from leftover pasta with parsley, basil, tomatoes, banana peppers from her friend Mary Jo’s Massachusetts garden, spring onions, white beans, yogurt, and lemon, while her father added leftover salmon to his. Same foundation. Different plates. Bio-individual eating in real life. This Week’s Simple Experiment The next time you cook something that keeps well, make a little extra. Then instead of asking: “How do I reheat this?” Ask: “What can I add to this?” Takeaway Cook once. Use it more than once. Add variety each time. The goal is not to completely change the way you eat. Start with what you already do. Then add. Reflection Question: What is one food you already make regularly that you could make extra of and turn into something completely different tomorrow? Download the 30 Plants Challenge (https://community.plantpoweredcollective.com/plant-powered-collective-gut-series) to take a closer look at the variety already showing up in your week. Then join Lori's Substack (https://substack.com/@loriwillinski) for more nutrition and lifestyle insights.

  7. Sep 3

    Corporate Wellness That Works: Mental Health, Nutrition & Whole-Person Performance | Dr. Charity Godfrey

    What if employee wellness stopped treating mental health, nutrition, stress, energy, and performance as separate issues? In this episode of the Plant Powered Collective Podcast, Lori Willinski sits down with her friend and colleague Dr. Charity Godfrey for a conversation about what it really means to support people as whole people, especially in the workplace. Lori and Charity are also co-founders of The Vantage Collective, a corporate wellness collaboration bringing together clinical mental health expertise, integrative nutrition, lifestyle, and leadership experience. Their belief is simple: how we eat, sleep, manage stress, think, lead, communicate, and recover are interconnected. And those factors do not stay at home when someone walks into work. In this conversation, Lori and Charity explore: • Why employee wellness needs to go beyond checking a box• The relationship between mental well-being, nutrition, stress, and performance• Why supporting the whole person can influence energy, clarity, resilience, and decision-making• The importance of sustainable habits rather than short-term wellness interventions• Why organizations need wellness strategies that reflect the actual lives of their employees• How different professional perspectives can come together to create more meaningful workplace wellness This conversation is also a glimpse into how Lori and Charity work together through The Vantage Collective, combining two professional lenses around one goal: helping leaders, teams, and organizations operate from a position of greater clarity, sustainable performance, and well-being. WORK WITH US If your organization is rethinking employee wellness, leadership well-being, professional development, or whole-person performance, we would love to start a conversation. The Vantage Collective is available for corporate presentations, keynotes, workshops, customized programs, retreats, and organizational wellness consulting. Learn more, contact us, or explore how The Vantage Collective can work with your organization: the-vantagecollective.com Clarity. Performance. Transformation.

    Corporate Wellness That Works: Mental Health, Nutrition & Whole-Person Performance | Dr. Charity Godfrey

  8. Aug 24

    30 Plants a Week for Gut Health: Your Gut Is Not Asking for Perfection

    What if supporting your gut started with adding more, not taking more away? In this episode of the Plant Powered Collective Podcast, I’m introducing the 30 Plants Challenge, but perhaps not in the way you expect. This is not a diet. It is not 30 vegetables. It is not an elimination plan. And it is definitely not another exercise in nutritional perfection. Instead, I want to use 30 plants as an invitation to become curious about the variety already on your plate and discover simple ways to expand it. The idea of eating more than 30 different plant foods per week gained attention through the American Gut Project. Researchers found differences in the gut microbial communities of participants reporting more than 30 plant types per week compared with those reporting fewer than 10. Importantly, the research does not establish 30 as a magic number or a universal prescription. It gives us an interesting framework for exploring dietary diversity.  And that is exactly how I want us to use it. Instead of asking: What do I have to stop eating? Let’s ask: What could I add? In this episode, we talk about why I would like to move away from the word diet altogether, how plant diversity can fit into the meals you already enjoy, why your starting point matters more than hitting an arbitrary number, and how to build variety gradually without turning gut health into another full-time job. You’ll also hear why I believe better nutrition often begins with curiosity rather than discipline. In this episode Why the 30 Plants Challenge is about diversity, not perfectionWhat the American Gut Project actually tells us about plant varietyWhy 30 should be viewed as a framework rather than a scoreWhy I want to move the conversation away from dieting and restrictionHow herbs, spices, nuts, seeds, whole grains and legumes can contribute to plant diversityHow to assess your current plant variety before changing anythingWhy adding can be more sustainable than eliminatingHow to make meals you already love more plant-diverseWhy bio-individuality still mattersHow to increase fiber gradually and listen to your bodyYour challenge this week Before trying to eat 30 plants, count what you already eat. No judgment. No grade. That is your starting point. Then ask: What is one meal I already love that I could make just a little more plant-diverse? Join the Free 30 Plants Challenge + Gut Health Series. We’ll take the science around plant-forward nutrition and turn it into practical, sustainable action that works in your real life. Start here:https://community.plantpoweredcollective.com/plant-powered-collective-gut-series And if you know another woman who is ready for a nutrition conversation that feels more expansive and a lot less restrictive, share this episode with her. Nourish Boldly. Live Vibrantly.

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The Plant Powered Collective Podcast helps women in their 40s, 50s, and beyond live vibrantly and nourish boldly. Hosted by integrative nutrition coach Lori Willinski, each episode blends science-backed nutrition with approachable strategies for hormone balance, energy, and healthy aging. Rooted in lifestyle medicine and personalized coaching, Lori shares her story of thriving on plants since age 14 and managing autoimmune disease with nutrition. Discover how a plant powered lifestyle fuels not only your health, but also your leadership and your future self.

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  • Creator
    Lori Willinski
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    54
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Lori Willinski
  • Show Website
    Plant Powered Collective

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