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Is it Time to Eat More Plants? 

Join Vicki and Katana as they discuss: 
Why eating more plants is a good idea for your health.Which plant foods are most nutritious.Where to begin when trying to increase your plant consumption.    

Vicki Brett-Gach is a Master-Certified Vegan Lifestyle Coach, Plant-Based Culinary Instructor, Certified Personal Chef, and author of The Plant-Based for Life Cookbook, published by Brooklyn Writer’s Press. She earned a Wellness Counseling Certificate through Cornell University, a Plant-Based Nutrition Certificate through the T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies, and a Culinary Coaching Certificate through the Harvard Medical School and The Institute of Lifestyle Medicine. Vicki's recipes have been featured in several publications, including Forks Over Knives Magazine, Health Science, VegWorld Magazine, and Global Vegan Magazine. Vicki coaches individual clients transitioning to a plant-based diet and teaches a broad range of whole-food, plant-based cooking classes to groups of all sizes.  

Connect with Vicki through her popular recipe blog Ann Arbor Vegan Kitchen at annarborvegankitchen.com.  

The Food Controversy with Joanna Klein, Marla Pennington, and Colleen Kilpatrick

Join Joanna, Marla, Colleen, and Katana as they discuss:
The ways our childhood eating habits influence our adult eating habits.How to navigate the world of dietary options.Food choices beyond pleasure or health.Katana welcomes three vibrant friends, Marla Pennington, Joanna Klein, and Colleen Kilpatrick, who all agreed to share openly what they eat and why they eat that way.  Marla, for example, grew up on a farm with cows, hogs, and chickens and regularly eats steak and a glass of wine.  She also walks nearly 4 miles daily, following the steps of her mother, who is in her 80s and still walks daily (her mom recently married a man in his 70s!).  All have different experiences and relationships with food. You will enjoy hearing about their journeys.

She Believed She Could, So She Did with Molly MacDonald

Join Molly and Katana as they discuss:
The power of belief.How to create a committed, competent, and caring culture.Why a nonprofit organization needs to be run like a for-profit business.Molly MacDonald is an almost 19 year breast cancer Survivor, co-founder of Pink Fund with her husband Tom Pettit. She holds a degree in journalism from The University of Michigan and has a background in event planning, marketing, and public relations.  

Following her 2005 breast cancer diagnosis, Molly experienced the side effect of financial toxicity, a term that was not coined until 2013. Her personal experience led to identifying a gap in services for men and women in active treatment for breast cancer.To date, Pink Fund has delivered $7.8 million in financial assistance to the patient's creditor for housing, transportation, utilities, and insurance.

Molly is a keynote speaker and moderator for various national healthcare conferences. She is a Director on the board of the National Breast Cancer Coalition and a board member of The University of Michigan's Value-Based Insurance Design. She is the mother of five adult children and grandmother to three.

To learn more about Molly, visit pinkfund.org.

Meditation for Empowerment with Julia Griffin

Join Julia and Katana as they discuss:
How to tap into the universe for energy and a better life.Ways we become disempowered by our false beliefs.Strategies for using energy work, meditation, and visualization to overcome blocks and create confidence.
Julia Griffin is an intuitive healer who has successfully healed and transformed the lives of thousands of clients. She sees and reads energy to find its resonance with the inner self. She gently guides you through this process so you can easily resolve life's challenges, ranging from enterprise issues to highly personal ones, as well as developing a skill set to transform negative thoughts and emotions into positive ones. Your health, energy, prosperity, and relationships improve as you better understand yourself and your life.

To learn more about Julia, go to onetrueself.com.

The 3 Keys to Living Your True Power with Debra Poneman

Join Debra and Katana in this encore show as they discuss:

- What is preventing you from living your power.
- Why women tend to compromise themselves more than men.
- The steps you can take beginning today to live the life you are meant to live.

For over four decades, Debra Poneman, bestselling author and founder of Yes to Success Seminars, has shared her system, used by hundreds of thousands around the world to live lives of not only success and abundance, but true happiness and profound self-love. Debra's clients have used her formula to become mega-successful entrepreneurs, renowned transformational leaders, NY Times bestselling authors, impactful world-changers, millionaires, billionaires—even household names. Yet Debra feels her greatest accomplishment is not just that she has helped so many live their dreams but has helped them know how glorious they really are and how they can most powerfully contribute to a world that works for everyone.

To learn more about Debra, visit www.yestosuccess.com.

From Fear to Flow with Dr. Andria Corso

Join Andria and Katana for this encore show as they discuss:
How to discern real fear from false fear and know if you’re living in false fear.How to move through fear so it can stop driving your decisions and your life.What it means to live life in the flow and why this is so important to us as individuals and as a society.
Dr. Andria Corso is passionate about helping individuals work through their trials and challenges to create a life where they thrive and live to their fullest potential. Her primary focus is creating a safe and trusting space for clients to fully express their emotions and explore the most effective ways to deal with their challenges. She also uses evidence-based practices that enable individuals to successfully work through and manage these challenges.

Dr. Corso has a Ph.D. in Psychology, a Master’s in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, and a Master’s in Organizational Psychology. She also has over 25 years of experience working with individuals and organizations in the areas of executive coaching and leadership development.

To learn more about Dr. Andria Corso go to andriacorso.com.