Fresh Leaf Forever

Vai Kumar - Lifestyle,Wellness,Sustainability Content Expert

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Looking to equip yourself to tackle today's pressing issues - Mental Health, Climate Change, Wellness, and other real-world challenges ?
We are a multi-genre show diving into what matters to you, helping you gain new perspectives.
Our diverse lineup of high caliber guests (Gen X to Gen Z'ers), provide actionable insights that'll transform your journey.
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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best Fresh Leaf Forever episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to Fresh Leaf Forever for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite Fresh Leaf Forever episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

Organic No Dig Gardening

Fresh Leaf Forever

02/22/21 • 51 min

For anyone passionate about gardening and growing their own vegetables, fruits and herbs, this is the episode.
Guest Stephanie Hafferty is an organic no dig kitchen gardener, plant based cook, award winning food & gardening writer, small scale homesteader .
She’s the author of 2 great books “No Dig organic gardening with Charles Dowding” and “Creative Kitchen”. In this episode, Steph talks about how one can start a garden, what vegetables to grow in the different seasons of the year, how to build a garden.
She also gives tips on building an ecosystem, warding off pests and rodents and discusses how one can take care of their garden against predators. How to invite predators to take care of other bugs and common garden issues one encounters. Steph talks about composting, natural manure and growing a pesticide free vegetable, flower and herb garden. Poly tunnel, green houses and idea of year round planting and being involved in gardening is something she highlights in this conversation with host Vai Kumar.
Stephanie Hafferty's website is https://www.nodighome.com and her Instagram handle is @stephaniehafferty. Her books are available on Amazon and on her website.
Steph discusses growing charts and planting seasons in this episode which may be referenced from her blog
https://www.nodighome.com/blog
and Charles Dowding's website.
https://charlesdowding.co.uk/sowing-timeline-for-vegetables/
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Building a successful brand and business out of everyday necessities

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01/26/21 • 26 min

This episode features the story of Radhika Murari and how her personal needs evolved into a business that is now popular and successful. She's the CEO of OmMadepb, a company that she named combining the essence of her product and her culture highlighting her roots from India, that she's so proud of. Radhika discusses her journey navigating her career from the IT industry to running businesses, moving subsequently to non profit organizations and volunteering, before she found her niche in creating her artisan peanut butter brand. An insightful conversation highlighting her success story and making adjustments to the business to increase her presence in a pandemic driven situation. When survival in the business world was a huge challenge to many, Radhika tweaked her strategy and talks about how she rose up to the demands of the situation.
Her website for the business is www.ommadepb.com and the Instagram is @ommadepb.
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Impact of mental game on youth athletes - from a fellow teen athlete

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05/18/21 • 60 min

My guest Brandon Shintani is the founder of the organization Mind Design Sports, created by a teenager and run by support from a team of like minded teenagers. This organization focuses on the most important aspect in a young athlete's life - the often overlooked mental side and sports psychology that is much needed for an athlete to succeed.
We see so many promising young athletes who are extremely talented; yet, they're sometimes not as successful as they should be just because of lack of support in this space.
Brandon and Vai discuss very significant points in this episode -
* How multi sport athletes find their passion and his own personal journey
* His involvement with high school sports
* Role of mental side for athletes to succeed
* Brandon's involvement with sports psychology and how it got initiated
* Support system that his organization provides for athlete success
* How different is this organization from a sports psychology service or coach
* Global reach of his contributing team
*Blog and podcast support for athletes and how different media help absorb information
* Role of contributing team members
* Impact on student athletes and their success
* Helpful tips for athletes to improve performance
* Meditation and other support systems
* Coping with failure and learning to come out of it
* Injuries and sports nutrition, dealing with it all
* Individual sports vs team sports - focus areas
* Useful tips for athletes to benefit from and to contribute in this effort
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Processing Emotions: A Roadmap to co-existence & well-being

Fresh Leaf Forever

11/23/24 • 61 min

Have you been wrestling with several emotions,& struggling to figure how you bring yourself back up ? You perhaps have folks around that don't see eye to eye with you on issues that matter ?
In this enlightening discussion with our guest AnnMarie Chereso, we explore how we can process emotions. She introduces us to the five core emotions—anger, fear, joy, creativity, and sadness—emphasizing the power of engaging with them from a heart-centered place, versus a reactive state.
-Tools/practical strategies for safely expressing emotions, the profound shift it can induce on your personal growth & well-being.
- Moving from a low frequency vibration to a high frequency vibration, facilitating clearing of energy.
-Common tendency to suppress emotions; how this leads to negative impacts on our physical, emotional, and spiritual state.
-Navigating these feelings with authentic understanding & compassion, tap into our innate intelligence, use our enquiry abilities to arrive at a better place with any issue.
-Importance of letting go of the uncontrollable & embracing a non-judgmental mindset to enhance interpersonal relationships.
- Learn how gratitude practices can build a positivity muscle, allowing negative thoughts to lose their power.
-Significance of maintaining a positive outlook during emotionally charged situations and connecting with our three centers of intelligence—body, emotions, and thoughts.
This episode is filled with Anne-Marie's wisdom & practical tools, designed to empower you to master your emotions & elevate your vibrational energy.
Resources: https://annmariechereso.me/the-check-in-process/ , https://annmariechereso.me/whole-body-yes/

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Successfully engaging audience across age groups- Unicorn Jazz kid series, book author & digital media expert's wisdom

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08/27/21 • 42 min

In this Special episode series, my guest Lisa Caprelli, who is an author of multiple books talks about her Amazon TV show Unicorn Jazz for kids. Lisa and I talk about her book series on this and her show and also so much more on youth, their opportunity to succeed as entrepreneurs and for anyone to carve a path for themselves in business.
Lisa is a digital media marketing expert as well and shares her acumen with listeners in this highly engaging and enlightening conversation.
Episode focuses on -
* Lisa's journey and being a brand expert in both conventional and digital marketing
* Importance of being a differentiator
* Authoring Skip a Step - business know how and tips for kidpreneurs to succeed
* Struggles, triumphs and challenges in running a business
* Unicorn Jazz book series, brand and TV show for kids
* Imparting knowledge to children and importance of letting children blossom
*Role of educators and parents in establishing a platform for children to succeed
* Emphasis on reading, writing for children to become experts in life
* Giving back to society
and much more ....
Lisa's personal Instagram handle is @lisacaprelli and her brand @unicornjazz for listeners to find out more about her success story.
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Junior tennis to NCAA stardom as a freshman - a conversation with Texas Longhorns' Kylie Collins

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06/08/21 • 23 min

In this interview with tennis player Kylie Collins, we talk about her journey all the way from when she picked up a racquet first to her most recent and biggest achievement - NCAA Collegiate Team Championship with the Texas Longhorns.
Conversation is centered around -
* Kylie's initiation into tennis as a junior and development thereof
* Competing in higher level events like National Championships, Orange Bowl, Eddie Herr, Easter Bowl and being very successful
*Her training at Smith Stearns tennis academy
*Competing in the ITF, WTA tour events
*NCAA, the recruitment in a Covid year, settling in as freshman and winning
* Road ahead, balancing school and tennis
*Training, fitness, nutrition and recovery
* Tips for juniors looking to pursue collegiate tennis
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Power of Resilience Amidst Adversity: A Tedx speaker's journey to Business Leadership

Fresh Leaf Forever

09/06/24 • 11 min

What does it take to transform a life marked by adversity into one of remarkable success?
In this episode, our guest Lisa Zeeveld, shares her awe-inspiring journey; from growing up in an environment of limited resources to becoming a dynamic business leader, as COO and CFO of Belay Solutions ,USA.
In her early childhood and growing up days, she lacked many of the resources that others might take for granted. A chance encounter with luxury during her visit to her mom's workplace ignited her ambition. This vision became a memorable goal that fueled her determination to achieve more.
Lisa delves deep into the significance of a growth mindset and the essential elements required to achieve true success. She introduces the concept of self-efficacy, reflects on her journey, sharing the importance of surrounding oneself with positive influences and being mindful of the narrative one tells oneself. Lisa reiterates propelling forward in her journey using principles outlined by Albert Bandura, the author of Self-Efficacy: The Exercise of Control.
The episode emphasizes to listeners to focus on what is within their control and also highlights the importance of intentionality and hard work. It is a compelling story for anyone aspiring to overcome their circumstances and aim higher.
Throughout the episode, Lisa underscores perseverance, not losing sight of our vision, and for us to determine the path we want to carve - against all odds. Her insights are not just relevant for aspiring business leaders but for anyone looking to achieve greatness in their own lives.
Tune in to hear this phenomenal transformation, so you can step up gears and chase your own dreams !!

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How to create opportunity and learn to emerge triumphant out of adversity

Fresh Leaf Forever

05/04/21 • 53 min

Mitch Savoie Hill is the founder and owner of SavHill Consulting and is an expert coach and mentor.

She is a renowned public speaker, Tedx speaker, book author, does organizational workshops and is the guest this week on the podcast.

Mitch and I discuss the following aspects to turn adversity situations into one of opportunity and overcome roadblocks in anyone’s life. This may be personal life situations, career, student life, professional situations, business aspects or anything one might perceive to be a challenge worth looking at.

❇️ Need for society to recognize people for their skills

❇️ Creating one’s own identity; women establishing themselves in a boxed mentality society

❇️ Challenges faced by people of color in situations

❇️ Achieving transformation amidst roadblocks and Mitch’s formula “VOLAR” the acronym

❇️ Does opportunity knock or how do we go after ?

❇️ Need to trust resources/mentors and other digital resources

❇️ Being stronger together

❇️ Actualizing plans and recalibrating as needed

❇️ Confidence and the role it plays in one’s success

❇️ Students and impact on their journey

❇️ Mitch’s book and how it can benefit anyone

She’s also a musically talented person and is very vibrant to engage with. Tune in and enjoy this conversation ! Mitch's website is www.savhillconsulting.com

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Preserving our planet & climate by making wise food choices

Fresh Leaf Forever

06/15/22 • 34 min

Our guest in this episode is Glen Merzer, who is a playwright, screenwriter, and author/co-author of multiple books.
He wrote for network television for many years before stumbling into a career writing books that advocate the plant-exclusive diet.
Glen's book "Food is Climate" explains the capacity we humans have to heal our planet and bring good reasoning to the climate debate.
It's an engaging dialogue on how we can preserve planet earth from all the deterioration and stop climate erosion by making wise food choices.
In this episode, host Vai and Glen focus on the following aspects -
- Glen's journey from a standup comic to authoring multiple books.
- Need to take ownership of one's health and how best one can do it.
- Importance of nutrition.
- How culture impacts eating practices and in turn, well-being.
- Stopping climate erosion.
- Ways in which climate emergency affects human civilization.
- Why is being vegan important for the planet?
- Plastic contamination in the ocean.
- Need for a grassroots movement and why.
- Plant based eating, benefits, its role in warding off inflammation.
and much more....

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Careers in Photography - from the lens of a magical artist

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06/01/21 • 45 min

Emma Fishman is a vibrant young professional working in the field of photography. She exudes confidence in what she does and her work is amazing!
She is a staff photographer at Bon Appetit and her work has made their cover art on multiple issues.
In this episode I talk to Emma about
* how her passion for photography came about
* her family's role in nurturing her passion
* educational background and relevance to what she is today
* Seasonal photography and her pick
* Intricate aspects of photography and what she feels is significant
* Role of food stylists and prop artists in studio photography
* Portraits and how we can achieve effective results
* Capturing picture with cell phone for beginners
* Role of equipment in ensuring best results
* Challenges women face in the industry
* Motivation aspects to go after her passion
* Misconceptions when it comes to this art
* College students and how they can go after their pursuit
* Education as it relates to a student's career thereafter
* Candid pictures, family portraits
* Photography as an art
Emma's conversation with me in this episode is insightful, not compromising on the fun elements a dialogue requires.
Tune in and enjoy!
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FAQ

How many episodes does Fresh Leaf Forever have?

Fresh Leaf Forever currently has 108 episodes available.

What topics does Fresh Leaf Forever cover?

The podcast is about Health & Fitness, Nutrition, Career, Mental Health, Youth, Podcasts, Self-Improvement, Education, Sports, Business and Sustainability.

What is the most popular episode on Fresh Leaf Forever?

The episode title 'Organic No Dig Gardening' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Fresh Leaf Forever?

The average episode length on Fresh Leaf Forever is 45 minutes.

How often are episodes of Fresh Leaf Forever released?

Episodes of Fresh Leaf Forever are typically released every 7 days.

When was the first episode of Fresh Leaf Forever?

The first episode of Fresh Leaf Forever was released on Nov 2, 2020.

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Vai Kumar - Lifestyle,Wellness,Sustainability Content Expert

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