Crazy Sexy Life

John Robbins
John Robbins is the author of The New Good Life: Living Better Than Ever in an Age of Less. He is also author of eight other bestsellers, including DIET FOR A NEW AMERICA: How Your Food Choices Affect Your Health. The only son of the founder of the Baskin-Robbins ice cream empire, John chose to walk away from Baskin-Robbins and the immense wealth it represented to work instead for a sane, ethical, and sustainable future. John is Founder and Board Chair Emeritus of EarthSave International. He lives outside Santa Cruz, California with his wife of 44 years, Deo, and their family. For further information, visit JohnRobbins.info.

Julia Butterfly Hill
Julia Butterfly Hill brought international attention to the plight of the world’s last remaining ancient forests when she climbed 180 feet into the branches of a 1000 year-old redwood tree and refused to come down. Her historic protest to the environmental destruction caused by the clear-cutting of ancient redwoods culminated after 738 days with a negotiated agreement that provided permanent protection for the tree known as Luna and a 3 acre buffer-zone around it. Julia Butterfly Hill is an activist, a writer and a poet. She is the author of the national best seller The Legacy of Luna and the co-author of One Makes The Difference, both published by Harper Collins. In 1999, she found the non-profit organization, Circle of Life, to promote the sustainability, restoration and preservation of life. Whatsyourtree.org

Chad Sarno
Chad has partnered with Whole Foods Market to co-create and assist with the launch of a company-wide Healthy Eating Initiative in early 2009 driven by CEO John Mackey, currently supporting the roll out as R&D chef, scientific & medical advisory board coordinator, employee immersion programs coordinator, and culinary educator. Prior to joining Whole Foods Market; Chad has been bringing his approach to healthy cuisine to some of the world’s premier plant based restaurants, resorts, film sets, and healing centers globally for well over a decade. RawChef.com

Sophie Uliano
Sophie Uliano is a passionate environmentalist and who has developed an earth-friendly lifestyle that appeals to women who don’t want to compromise their glamour and style. She is the New York Times Best Selling author of the books, “Gorgeously Green” and “The Gorgeously Green Diet” by Harper Collins Publishers. Sophie has created the Gorgeously Green Girls Club which is fast becoming on online and in –home social network. She has also developed a “Ladies Lunch and Learn” speaker series that incorporates the 8 steps into a personal and casual experience. Gorgeouslygreen.com

Rolf Gates
Rolf has dedicated his life to the idea of service to others as a healing path. A former social worker and US Airborne Ranger who has practiced meditation for the last sixteen years, he brings his eclectic background to his practice and his teachings. He is the author of the acclaimed book on yogic philosophy, Meditations from the Mat: Daily Reflections on the Path of Yoga and conducts Vinyasa Yoga Intensives and Teacher Trainings throughout the US and abroad. Rolf and his work have been featured in numerous magazines and as one of Travel and Leisure’s Top 25 Yoga Studios Around the World. Rolf also works one-on-one with clients all over the world through his Yoga Life Coaching Program and lives in sunny Santa Cruz with his wife and 2 children. For more on Rolf Gates visit Rolfgates.com.

Tracy Piper
Tracy Piper is the founder and owner of M.A.R.C Holistic Center. Tracy’s educational training began in St. Thomas, V.I at the University of the Virgin Islands where she received a Bachelor’s degree in Biology. Her first profession was as a Physical Therapist Assistant. She then moved to New York City where she attended the Swedish Institute and received a degree in Massage Therapy. She then enrolled at Pacific College of Oriental Medicine where she earned a Master’s degree in Acupuncture and Chinese Herbology. Her quest for more knowledge in the alternative medical field lead her to study Colon Hydrotherapy at the Canadian Health and Healing Centre. She is also a Certified Holistic Iridologist.

Frank Lipman, M.D.
Frank Lipman, M.D. is the founder and director of the Eleven Eleven Wellness Center in New York City, where his personal blend of Western and many “other” medicines, has helped thousands of people recover their energy and zest for life. While practicing Western Medicine, he became more and more aware of both the weaknesses and strengths of his training. He then began to study Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine, Nutrition, Functional Medicine, Herbal Medicine, Meditation and Yoga before founding the Eleven Eleven Wellness Center in 1992. He is the author of 2 books, Total Renewal: 7 Key Steps to Resilience, Vitality and Long Term Health (Tarcher/Putnam 2003) and Spent: End Exhaustion and Feel Great Again (Fireside/Simon and Schuster 2009).

SARK (Susan Ariel Rainbow Kennedy)
SARK is a best-selling author and artist, with over fifteen titles in print and well over two million books sold. She has been teaching and leading extraordinary workshops for over twenty years. She is a transformational role model offering inspiration and guidance to people in their process of living more powerfully and authentically, and being more actively creative on a daily basis. SARK is also the founder and CEO of Planet SARK, a thriving business that creates innovative products and services to support empowered living. Call her on the Inspiration Line at 415.546.3742 or visit Planetsark.com.

Fabien Cousteau
Growing up on the salt-stained decks of his famous Grandfather’s ships, Calypso and Alcyone, Fabien Cousteau was destined to follow in the family footsteps of exploring and tirelessly working to protect our planet’s immense and endangered marine habitats. Recently he co-launched Natural Entertainment, which is working on numerous projects related to exploration and environmental awareness through television and other media. In 2006, Fabien once again partnered with his father, Jean Michel Cousteau, and sister Celine to complete a three year multi hour series for PBS called Ocean Adventures. His most recent, and perhaps most ambitious, endeavor is creating a new foundation committed to educating the public on the alarming need to restore our marine habitats. The Plant-a-Fish Initiative will spearhead public education programs as well as guiding large environmentally sensitive corporations with a genuine commitment to making the world a healthier place for mankind. FabienCousteau.org

Elena Brower
Elena Brower, Certified Anusara® Yoga Teacher, is the founder and co-owner of Virayoga. Teaching 12+ years, she’s been featured in the New York Times, Yoga Journal, FitYoga, and the series of Element Yoga Beginner DVDs. A faculty member at Kripalu, Elena collaborates with Flavorpill, offering large-scale yoga classes at the Museum of Modern Art, and Times Square, with upcoming plans for classes at renowned cultural institutions worldwide. Elena is also an original member of the YogaEarth Yogi Leadership Board, an accomplished corps of yoga teachers coming together to pioneer yoga nutrition. Elena offers online classes in HD at yogaglo.com, and locations near and far at Elena’s events page.

Mike Lieberman
Mike Lieberman prides himself as someone who walks their talk as a living, breathing demonstration of how one can live sustainably, anywhere. On his sites he documents what he’s doing through urban gardening, creating raw vegan recipes and demonstrating simple ways to go green. Through his sites and writing, he wants to show you that it’s simple to make eco-friendly decisions. Some or all of these things can easily be done in your daily lives without any disruption, and he would like to show you how to do them. Check out his online portfolio of site and writings at CanarsieBK.com.

Terri Cole
Terri Cole is a life coach, a licensed psychotherapist, Reiki master and a motivational speaker in New York City. At My Crazy Sexy Life, Terri is our Crazy Sexy Life Coach and leads the Manifesting Maniacs group. She has a thriving practice providing intensive life/wellness coaching to individuals and corporate clients nation wide. Her areas of expertise include transformative leadership, health crises survival, effective communication, manifesting change and stress management. As an original member of Kris’s Crazy Sexy Posse, Terri is proud to be a contributing writer to both of Kris’s best-selling books and a co facilitator for the CRAZY SEXY BOOTCAMPS at Omega Institute, Kripalu, The Crossings in Austin and others. MANIFEST VISUALIZE CREATE! TerriCole.com

Gabriel Cousens, M.D.
Doctor Sir Rabbi Gabriel Cousens, M.D. has been involved in humanitarian work since 1963 when he began to work with African-American gangs on the South Side of Chicago. He has a unique multi-ethnic background and experience as a rabbi, well-trained in Jewish shamanic Kabbalistic healing arts. He leads Kabbalat Shabbat ceremonies around the world. He is a four-year Native American Sundancer and Spirit Dance chief. He has practiced yoga, meditation, and Ayurveda for thirty-six years. He has recently created an international online community at GabrielCousens.com. The community is a social-spiritual media, education, and commerce network designed to support individuals, communities, and the world in embracing the “Culture of Life”—a loving lifestyle based on alive spirituality, alive people, alive relationships, alive parenting, alive food, alive building, and an ecologically alive earth.

Alejandro Junger, M.D.
Dr. Alejandro Junger was born in Uruguay. He graduated from medical school there in 1990 and moved to New York City for his postgraduate training. He completed three years of training in Internal Medicine at NYU Downtown Hospital and three more years of fellowship in Cardiovascular Diseases at Lenox Hill Hospital. His drastic change in lifestyle and diet from his move to New York City soon reflected as irritable bowel syndrome and depression. Becoming a patient of the system he was practicing was such a shock, that it started a journey to search for an alternative solution to his health problems. His findings are the subject of his first book, New York Times Best Seller, Clean. Dr. Junger now lives in New York City, where he practices at the Eleven Eleven Wellness Center and is also designing an Integrative Medicine Service at Lenox Hill Hospital, for which he was asked to be the Director of Integrative Medicine.

Neal Barnard, M.D.
Neal Barnard, M.D., is a clinical researcher, author, and health advocate. He received his M.D. degree at the George Washington University School of Medicine in Washington, D.C., and completed his residency at the same institution. He practiced at St. Vincent’s Hospital in New York before returning to Washington to found the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) in 1985. PCRM is a nationwide group of physicians and lay supporters that promotes preventive medicine and addresses controversies in modern medicine. He is the author of numerous scientific and medical publications and more than 15 books for lay readers and is frequently called on by news programs to discuss issues related to nutrition, research issues, and other controversial areas in modern medicine.

Joy Pierson
Joy Pierson, a nutritional counselor, is passionate about healing through great food. She met Bart Potenza in 1988 and they began developing foods and menus tailored to the nutritional needs of their ever-growing devoted customer base. They have since created Candle Cafe, Candle 79, a growing catering and wholesale business, and their best-selling Candle Cafe Cookbook. Joy serves as a board member of the NY Coalition for Healthy School Food, Wellness in the Schools, and the Green School Alliance. Joy’s quest is to educate people on farm fresh, plant-based options that are beneficial to their health and the well being of the planet and future generations. Our mission- food fresh, from farm to table!

Wayne Pacelle
Few people can speak for the animals like Wayne Pacelle, Chief Executive Officer of the Humane Society of the United States. As President and CEO of The Humane Society of the United States, he leads 11 million members and constituents in the mission of celebrating animals and confronting cruelty. Pacelle took office June 1, 2004 after serving for nearly 10 years as the organization’s chief lobbyist and spokesperson. Prior to joining The HSUS, Pacelle served as the executive director of The Fund for Animals. Pacelle also served as associate editor and, later, president of the board for The Animals’ Agenda magazine, and as an instructor for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Refuge Training Academy. He also served or currently serves on the board The HSUS Wildlife Land Trust, Humane Society International, and a number of other boards. Pacelle blogs daily at A Humane Nation about the most pressing issues facing animals and ways you can get involved with animal protection and The HSUS.

Stacy Malkan
Stacy Malkan is a co-founder of the national Campaign for Safe Cosmetics and author of the award-winning book “Not Just a Pretty Face: The Ugly Side of the Beauty Industry.” Stacy is a former journalist and newspaper publisher who is now a leading media strategist for environmental health issues. She frequently speaks and writes about the toxic chemical economy. Read her blog at NotJustaPrettyFace.org

Danny Seo
Environmental lifestyle expert Danny Seo calls his eco-friendly way of living “Simply Green.” Through his best-selling books, television programs, products, magazine columns and his how-to lifestyle lectures, Danny Seo continues to share the creative ideas that have made him America’s leading lifestyle authority on modern, eco-friendly living. Danny’s creative vision that style and sustainability can be married together has created an extensive portfolio of work including a monthly column in Better Homes & Gardens; a nationally-syndicated newspaper column “Do Just One Thing;” the Simmons Natural Care by Danny Seo mattress line; Wholearth by Danny Seo bath and beauty products; the DVD “Simple Steps to a Greener Home;” one-a-day and wall calendars with Trends International; and a series of books including Simply Green Parties and Simply Green Giving.  DannySeo.com

Rory Freedman
Rory Freedman penned the #1 NY Times best-seller, Skinny Bitch. With five books on the shelves, two million copies in print, translations in twenty-two languages, two years on the NY Times Best Seller List, three fitness DVDs, and past appearances on The Today Show, Ellen, Tyra, and The O’Reilly Factor, she has taken the world by storm. VegNews Magazine named Rory their first ever “Person of the Year.” But her biggest source of pride is being a vegan animal rights activist. SkinnyBitch.net

Gene Baur
Gene Baur is the president and co-founder of Farm Sanctuary, America’s leading farm animal protection organization. A vegan since 1985, he lives in Washington, D.C. and campaigns to raise awareness about the negative consequences of industrialized factory farming and our cheap food system. He has initiated groundbreaking legislative action to raise awareness and prevent factory farming abuses, and played a significant role in passing the first U.S. laws to prohibit cruel farming systems. Gene holds a master’s degree in agricultural economics from Cornell University and is author of the best-selling book Farm Sanctuary: Changing Hearts and Minds About Animals and Food.

Gabrielle Bernstein
Gabrielle was just one year out of college, when she co-founded the Women’s Entrepreneurial Network, a non-profit professional organization that connects female entrepreneurs. WEN started a local mentor program for young women, WEN Mentors, and is best known for its signature Gift of Service Exchange events. That same year, Gabrielle incorporated her own boutique public relations company, SparkPlug Communications. Clients included local and international brands that ranged from Urban Rebounding to Gallo Wines and Rockstar Energy Drink. Since 2004 Gabrielle, who has a degree in theater from Syracuse University, has been on the speaking circuit. She also shared her message through her regular guest spot on Sirius Satellite Radio’s LIME station 114 as the featured “ING Girl”. In 2007, she launched the brand Falling in Love with Your Future: A Young Woman’s Guide to Passion and Happiness, which takes the form of books, life coaching, lectures and more. An integral part of the program is the emphasis on guidance and mentors. Gabrielle recently launched her social networking site www.HerFuture.com for young women to find mentors. She can also been seen riding around the West Village on a unicycle.

Latham Thomas
Latham founded Tender Shoots Wellness to support the lifestyle needs of busy moms and moms-to-be. The practice strives to enrich the lives of women during their childbearing years by empowering them through nutrition awareness, yoga, and green culinary arts. Embracing nature and promoting sustainability and green living, Tender Shoots Wellness gently guides women along their journey into motherhood and beyond. Offering culinary services, nutrition counseling, and yoga- Latham is a one-stop shop for optimal wellness. She has been featured as an expert nutritionist on the Dr.Oz Show, Channel 7 Eyewitness News, Fox 5 news, Inside Edition, and the We Network, NY Daily News, Time Out NY, Elle Magazine, Vogue, Essence, Working Mother Magazine, and Ideal Bite. She contributes to The Bump, Ecomii, Body + Soul, Essence Magazine, Healthy You Now, The Beauty Bean, and Naturally Savvy. Latham is working to green the planet one belly at a time.

Dr. Brian Clement
Dr. Brian Clement (C.N., N.M.D., Ph.D.) has spearheaded the international progressive health movement for more than three decades. By conducting daily clinical research as the director of the renowned Hippocrates Health Institute, the world’s foremost complementary residential health center, he and his team have developed a state of the art program for health maintenance and recovery. His Florida institute has pioneered a program and established training in active aging and disease prevention that will raise your level of health and happiness. In addition to daily counseling and research studies, Dr. Clement conducts conferences worldwide on attaining health and creating longevity. He has also authored many well-known books including LifeForce: Superior Health and Longevity and, most recently, Supplements Exposed.

Daphne Oz
Daphne Oz is the author of the national bestseller, The Dorm Room Diet. A 2008 graduate of Princeton University, she is developing a campaign to raise youth awareness about health access and food politics in America, combining digital, television, and print platforms. Her hope is to engage her generation–the “regeneration generation”–to be stewards of personal and planet health through conscious living. She is a regular contributor to The Huffington Post and Oprah.com, as well as the co-host of AirAmerica’s Monday evening show, “Hollywood Clout! with Richard Greene.” She has appeared on Good Morning America, Fox&Friends, The Tyra Show, MSNBC’s Dr. Nancy, and Dayside, and was featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and TeenVogue. Daphne lives in New York City, where she serves as Ambassador to HealthCorps, a non-profit that provides physical, mental, and emotional health education in 40 schools nationwide. She is completing her next book for release in September 2010. Daphne’s Website

Michael Greger, M.D.
A founding member of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine, Michael Greger, MD, is a physician, author, and internationally recognized speaker on nutrition, food safety, and public health issues. He has lectured at the Conference on World Affairs, the International Bird Flu Summit, the National Institutes of Health, testified before Congress, and was invited as an expert witness in the defense of Oprah Winfrey in the infamous “meat defamation” trial. He is a graduate of Cornell University School of Agriculture and Tufts University School of Medicine. Currently Dr. Greger serves as the Director of Public Health and Animal Agriculture at The Humane Society of the United States. DrGreger.org

Michael Parrish DuDell
Michael Parrish DuDell is the Co-Founder of VEGdaily and the Co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief for Ecorazzi.com. Besides Crazy Sexy Life, Michael is also a contributor to numerous other sites, including the Huffington Post. In early 2009, Michael founded 341 Media—an online media company dedicated to producing projects that promote the advancement of human, environmental and animal rights. Michael is currently the President of the Sustainable Leadership Council and lives in New York City.

Elizabeth Castoria
Elizabeth Castoria is Managing Editor at VegNews magazine. According to The New School, she is a Master of the Fine Art of Fiction, and an award-winning humor writer, thanks to the Rhode Island Press Association. Working for an all-vegan magazine allows her to do the two things she loves most: promote veganism and talk non-stop about what’s she’s eating, thinking about eating, or has recently eaten. In her hectic schedule of editing, blogging, interviewing, and creative-input-giving, she manages to squeeze in time for her two gripping addictions: Bikram yoga and kale salad. Elizabeth lives in San Francisco’s tiniest apartment, where she is very, very happy.

Brendan Brazier
Brendan Brazier is one of only a few professional athletes in the world whose diet is 100 percent plant-based. He’s a professional Ironman triathlete, bestselling author of Thrive: The Vegan Nutrition Guide to Optimal Performance in Sports and Life, and the creator of an award-winning line of whole food nutritional products called Vega. He is also a two-time Canadian 50km Ultra Marathon Champion. In 2006 Brendan addressed Congress, where he spoke of the significant social and economic benefits that could be achieved by improving personal health by adopting a plant-based diet. In 2007 Brendan was chosen as one of the 25 Most Fascinating Vegetarians by VegNews Magazine. His latest book, Thrive Fitness: Mental and Physical Strength for Life (Penguin, 2009) is now available in Canada and will be published in the US in October, 2009. Brendanbrazier.com

Kristen Suzanne
Kristen Suzanne, owner of KristensRaw.com, is an accomplished raw vegan chef, author, and teacher with a passion for helping people get started and succeed with the raw food diet. As a former competitive bodybuilder, she’s been studying nutrition, fitness, and food preparation for over ten years. Kristen is the author of eleven raw vegan recipe and lifestyle books, and maintains her popular blog. She’s a frequent guest on television and radio shows such as Good Morning Arizona, Sonoran Evening Live, and Culinary Confessions, and has been featured several times in VegNews Magazine.

Lola
Lola is a Catahoula Leopard mix from a kill shelter in North Carolina. Her parents, Kris Carr & Brian Fassett, rescued her a day before she was scheduled to be euthanized! She loves and thanks them everyday with gyrating tail wags and kisses. Her blogs will focus on her weekly activities and deep inner thoughts, her friends, animal rights issues, holistic pet care, and the art of de-boweling stuffed animals.