Episode 16: Finding Your Path with YogiTriathlete BJ Gumkowski

We're back! Thanks for joining me for Episode 23 of the Going Vegan podcast. Today I'm joined by Katie from Veganly Katie. Katie is a writer and recipe developer, on a mission to share her passion for all things vegan. She shares amazing vegan recipes on her website and instagram page. Get in touch with Katie: VeganlyKatie.com @veganlykatie Get in touch with Dan: [email protected] @goingveganpodcast

Rachael Pritzker joins Dan on today's episode of Going Vegan. Rachael played an unknowing but important role in my transition to a plant based lifestyle and does a fantastic job being an advocate for the cause. She even inspired her step father to go vegan and open The Greyhound Cafe, a plant-based Italian and Mexican styled cafe located in the suburbs of Philadelphia. She is also Founder and CEO of Pritzker Law Group, a premier land use and real estate law firm in Philadelphia if you are in the market! Get in touch with Rachael: https://www.pritzkerlg.com/ Get in touch with Dan: [email protected] @goingveganpodcast

Muzammil Ahmad is a medical student on an endeavor to transform reactionary medicine into proactive medicine. Join Muzammil and Dan to hear his story and why he thinks plants are an important part of the prescription for positive health. Muzammil is also the host of the Plant Prescription Podcast where he interviews medical professionals about the benefits of a plant based diet. Get in touch with Muzammil: @dr.plantbased Plant Prescription Podcast Get in touch with Dan: dan@goingveganpodcast @goingveganpodcast

Dara Lovitz is a passionate activist and working mother of twin daughters who cares deeply about making the world a kinder place. She’s an author, professor, presenter, and co-founding board member of Peace Advocacy Network, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that promotes a peaceful existence through veganism, social justice, and respect for the Earth’s inhabitants and resources. Dara was also Dan's animal law professor in law school! She is the author of Muzzling A Movement: The Effects of Anti-Terrorism Law, Money, and Politics on Animal Activism, Catching Falling Cradles: A Gentle Approach to Classic Rhymes, and Twinsight: A Guide to Raising Emotionally Healthy Twins. Get in touch with Dara: daralovitz.com Get in touch with Dan: [email protected] @goingveganpodcast

Jackie is a fellow podcaster and vegan and joined me this week to talk about raw food diets, podcasting, and more.  Jackie does marketing by trade but has always loved to tell stories. She loves nature and animals and can often be found spending her time outside. She is the creator, producer and narrator of BLDG EVELYN, a twice-monthly fiction podcast about the crazy life and family of Evelyn Munoz in Brazil, all inspired by true events. Each chapter is written by a different writer and they put their own spin to it. Also, Dan discusses the recent Miyoko's "vegan butter" legal decision in California.  Get in touch with Jackie: https://bldgevelyn.com/ Get in touch with Dan: [email protected] @goingveganpodcast

Silvia Lucci, owner of LUHV Food, helps spread the word about plant based diets through homemade, heartfelt vegan food.  Since Silvia and her husband Daniel Lucci, both immigrants from Argentina, along with their son Facundo Lucci started LUHV Food in March 2015, the line of vegan products has taken off. With restaurants in Hatboro and Philadelphia and products sold at major retailers throughout the Mid-Atlantic region, the Luccis have proven that their plant-based, energizing foods are in high demand. But as unlikely as it may be for such a successful enterprise, the Luccis say that the LUHV didn’t start out as a calculated business proposal. It instead grew out of their family’s own struggle to overcome financial and health troubles, and the journey towards a vegan lifestyle that they embarked on in order to confront those challenges. Get in touch with Silvia: @luhvfood Get in touch with Dan: [email protected] @goingveganpodcast

Victoria Moran is the Main Street Vegan. Victoria has been a Vegan for 35 years and is a bestselling author of thirteen books including Creating a Charmed Life, an inspirational speaker, corporate spokesperson, certified holistic health counselor (HHC, AADP), and founder and director of Main Street Vegan Academy, training and certifying vegan lifestyle coaches. A graduate of the T. Colin Campbell Foundation/eCornell program in plant-based nutrition and a certified Holistic Health Coach (HHC, AADP), she hosts the Main Street Vegan radio show/podcast, awarded the Outstanding Vegan Media Outlet award in 2015 and noted by Feedspot in January 2019 in the Top 25 Vegan Podcasts.   Get In Touch with Victoria: @mainstreetvegan mainstreetvegan.net Get In Touch with Dan: @goingveganpodcast [email protected]

YogiTriathlete BJ Gumkowski joins Dan to tell his "going vegan" story. BJ is co-owner of YogiTriathlete with his wife Jess, who was featured on episode 11 of the podcast. BJ and Dan talk about living the life you want to live, endurance and mindset training, golf, smoothie bowls and more. BJ is a 15x Ironman triathlete, Ironman 70.3 World Championship and Boston Marathon qualifier, personal trainer, triathlon and running coach with major street cred. He is a 200-hr Live Love Teach trained yoga instructor and certified in Plant-Based nutrition from the T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies. Animal Law Podcast Get in touch with BJ: https://www.yogitriathlete.com/ https://www.instagram.com/yogitriathlete/?hl=en Get in touch with Dan [email protected] https://www.instagram.com/goingveganpodcast/

Jaycee from Creatures of Glow joins Dan to tell her vegan story and discuss how we can all bring more vegan items into our lives. Jaycee researches and reviews vegan home, baby, body and other products to help us all live a more plant based and animal cruelty free life.  The study Jaycee references at approximately 15 minutes can be found here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0368131969800207). The study discusses fatty tissue, not scar tissue as mentioned in the episode.  Get in touch with Jaycee creaturesofglow.com @creaturesofglow Get in touch with Dan: [email protected] @goingveganpodcast

Stefanie from Plantspiration joins Dan to tell her Vegan story! Stefanie offers Food For Life Nutrition Education and cooking classes, Employee Wellness programs, one on one sessions and consultations. She works with families,  groups and corporations to achieve optimum health and wellness.  Get in touch with Stefanie: @plantspiration plantspiration.org Get in touch with Dan: @goingveganpodcast goingveganpodcast.com