Superstar Contributors

Mark Hyman, M.D.

Mark Hyman, M.D. is a family physician, a four-time New York Times best-selling author and an internationally recognized leader in his field. He is founder and medical director of The UltraWellness Center, chairman of the board of the Institute for Functional Medicine, board member of The Center for Mind-Body Medicine, advisor to Dr. Mehmet Oz’s HealthCorps, and nominee to President Obama’s Advisory Group on Prevention, Health Promotion and Integrative and Public Health. Through his work, he strives to improve access to the whole-systems medicine approach known as functional medicine. DrHyman.com

Kathy Freston

Kathy Freston is a health and wellness expert and author. Kathy promotes a body/mind/spirit approach to health and happiness, concentrating on healthy diet, emotional introspection, spiritual practice, and loving relationships. She provides guidance for conscious and healthy living and healing techniques for cancer, addiction, and depression. Kathy has appeared on “The Oprah Winfrey Show,” “Ellen,” “The View,” “Good Morning America” and “The Early Show.” She has been featured in Vanity Fair and Harper’s Bazaar. She is a regular contributor to The Huffington Post and the Los Angeles Times Magazine. KathyFreston.com.

John Robbins

John Robbins is the author of “The New Good Life: Living Better Than Ever in an Age of Less” and 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 walked away from Baskin-Robbins and its immense wealth to work 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 and their family. JohnRobbins.info

Chad Sarno

Chad 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. He is currently supporting the roll out as R&D chef, scientific and medical advisory board coordinator, employee immersion programs coordinator and culinary educator. For well over a decade prior to his joining Whole Foods Market, Chad brought his approach to healthy cuisine to some of the world’s premier plant-based restaurants, resorts, film sets and healing centers. RawChef.com

Danielle LaPorte

Danielle LaPorte is the author of the forthcoming book The Fire Starter Sessions: A Soulful + Practical Guide for Creating Success on Your Own Terms (from Random House/Crown). An inspirational speaker, former think tank exec and business strategist, she is the creator of the online program The Spark Kit: A Digital Experience for Entrepreneurs and co-author of  Your Big Beautiful Book Plan. Over a million visitors have gone for her straight-up advice on DanielleLaPorte.com, a site that has been deemed “the best place on-line for kick-ass spirituality.

Sharon Salzberg

Sharon Salzberg has been a student of meditation since 1971 and has led meditation retreats worldwide since 1974. She teaches both intensive awareness practice (vipassana or insight meditation) and the profound cultivation of lovingkindness and compassion (the Brahma Viharas). Sharon’s latest book is “Real Happiness: The Power of Meditation: A 28-Day Program,” published by Workman Publishing. Sharon is co-founder of the Insight Meditation Society (IMS) in Barre, Massachusetts. She has played a crucial role in bringing Asian meditation practices to the West. SharonSalzberg.com.

Alejandro Junger, M.D.

Dr. Alejandro Junger completed his training in internal medicine at NYU Downtown Hospital and a fellowship in cardiovascular diseases at Lenox Hill Hospital. His drastic lifestyle and diet change from his move to New York City led to irritable bowel syndrome and depression. Becoming a patient of the system in which he was practicing started a journey to search for an alternative solution. His findings are documented in his first book, New York Times best-seller, “Clean.” He and his family live in Los Angeles, where he continues his ever-evolving mission to clean up the planet one person at a time.

Regena Thomashauer

Regena Thomashauer is one of a handful of pioneers researching the nature of pleasure. Self-taught in the social, cultural and economic history of women, she uses her more than 15 years of research to help women maximize their power, passion, enthusiasm and creativity. She is the creatrix of Mama Gena’s School of Womanly Arts, a 6-month program that boasts thousands of graduates. Regena is the author of three books and has been a frequent guest on NBC-TV’s Today show, Late Nite with Conan O’Brien, and has appeared on 20/20, the Rachael Ray Show, Lifetime Live and The Other Half. Mamagenas.com

Pilar Gerasimo

Pilar Gerasimo is founding editor of Experience Life an award-winning, healthy-living magazine that reaches more than 2.8 million people. She is also the founder of RevolutionaryAct.com, and author of “Being Healthy Is A Revolutionary Act: A Manifesto For Thriving in a Mixed Up World.” In addition to her column for Experience Life, she blogs for The Huffington Post. A Fulbright Scholar, she holds a BA with honors in Comparative Literature from Mills College. She lives with her husband and their three-legged pitbull on an organic cooperative family farm in western Wisconsin. ExperienceLife.com

Peggy Drexler, Ph.D.

Dr. Peggy Drexler is a psychologist, author, speaker and a regular contributor to publications and Web sites – from The Huffington Post to Psychology Today.  Assistant Professor of Psychology at Cornell Medical College, she has spent her career studying the magic and mysteries of families. Her books: “Our Fathers, Ourselves: Daughters, Fathers And The Changing American Family,” explores the powerful – and sometimes surprising – connection between dads and a new generation of independent, accomplished women.  ”Raising Boys Without Men: How Maverick Moms are Creating the Next Generation of Exceptional Men” offers an illuminating look at how mothers are raising happy, healthy and masculine young men. PeggyDrexler.com

Nick Ortner

Nick Ortner is the producer of “The Tapping Solution” and managing director of  “Simply Raw: Reversing Diabetes In 30 Days.” Nick is a “searcher,” constantly reading, exploring and experimenting with the incredible information that can change lives. When he found Tapping, and was startled by the results, he knew he had to find a way to get this information into the mainstream. He produced, “The Tapping Solution,” a documentary film that features 10 people overcoming enormous challenges by using EFT Tapping.  He also produced the worldwide online event, “The Tapping World Summit,” which has been attended by over 100,000 people (all for free!) and manages the monthly membership program, the “Tapping Insiders Club.”

Keith Block, M.D.

Keith I. Block, MD, is an internationally recognized expert in integrative oncology.  He is Medical Director of the Block Center for Integrative Cancer Treatment, Director of Integrative Medical Education at the University of Illinois College of Medicine in Chicago, and the founding Editor-in-Chief of the peer-reviewed journal Integrative Cancer Therapies.  In 2005, he was appointed to the National Cancer Institute’s Physician Data Query (PDQ) Cancer CAM Editorial Board, on which he continues to serve today.Dr. Block is the author of “Life Over Cancer” (Bantam Hardcover, 2009).  BlockMD.com, lifeovercancer.com.

The AstroTwins – Ophira & Tali Edut

Identical twin sisters Tali and Ophira Edut – known as The AstroTwins – reach millions every month with their uncannily accurate daily, weekly and monthly horoscopes. They are the astrologers for Elle.com and MyLifetime.com, and the authors of “Love Zodiac,” a 450-page guide to understanding the men of every sign. Tali and Ophira have read charts for celebrities including Beyonce, Stevie Wonder and Sting. Their astrological insight has been featured by MTV, SIRIUS/XM, The New York Times and E! News. Known for “bringing the stars down to earth,” The AstroTwins empower clients and readers with their practical and results-oriented advice. www.astrostyle.com

Rolf Gates

Rolf is dedicated to serving others. He is a former social worker and U.S. Airborne Ranger who has practiced meditation for 16 years. He is the author of “Meditations from the Mat: Daily Reflections on the Path of Yoga” and conducts vinyasa yoga intensives and teacher trainings internationally. Rolf’s work has been featured in numerous magazines and as one of Travel and Leisure’s Top 25 Yoga Studios Around the World. Rolf works with clients through his Yoga Life Coaching Program and lives in Santa Cruz, California, with his family. RolfGates.com.

Gena Hamshaw

Gena Hamshaw, C.C.N., is the author of Choosing Raw, an online space devoted to conversations about compassionate lifestyle, health and wellness, and positive body image. A former book editor, Gena is now a pre-medical, post-baccalaureate student at Georgetown University, and hopes to enter medical school in the fall of 2014. She plans on bringing her passion for plant-based nutrition and compassionate living to the practice of internal medicine.

 

Christiane Northrup, M.D.

Christiane Northrup, M.D., a board-certified ob/gyn, is a visionary pioneer, beloved authority in women’s health and wellness, and the author of the ground breaking New York Times bestsellers Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom and The Wisdom of Menopause. Following a 25-year career in both academic medicine and private practice, Dr. Northrup devotes her time to helping women truly flourish. Follow Dr. Christiane Northrup on Facebook, Twitter, her Web site www.drnorthrup.com, and by listening to her weekly Hay House Internet radio show Flourish!

T. Colin Campbell, Ph.D.

Dr. T. Colin Campbell is the Jacob Gould Schurman Professor Emeritus of Nutritional Biochemistry at Cornell University. He has more than 70 grant-years of peer-reviewed research funding, has authored more than 300 research papers and is co-author of the best-selling book, “The China Study.” Dr. Campbell currently offers a set of three online courses in plant-based nutrition through eCornell that are available for CME credit.

Tracy Piper

Tracy Piper is the founder and owner of M.A.R.C Holistic Center. Tracy was a physical therapist assistant after receiving a bachelor’s degree in biology from the University of the Virgin Islands. She then attended the Swedish Institute and received a degree in massage therapy. At Pacific College of Oriental Medicine she earned a master’s degree in acupuncture and Chinese herbology. Her quest for more knowledge in the alternative medical field led her to study colon hydrotherapy at the Canadian Health and Healing Centre. She is also a certified holistic iridologist.

Rip Esselstyn

Rip Esselstyn is author of “The Engine 2 Diet.” He currently serves as a Healthy Eating Ambassador for Whole Foods Market, traveling the globe to educate and motivate customers and team members about the extraordinary benefits of a Plant-Strong diet. He also leads intensive healthy eating immersion retreats for Whole Foods Market and other Fortune 500 companies, with the goal to help significantly reduce corporate health insurance costs by addressing the nutritional and lifestyle habits of employees with the most severe health problems. Engine2diet.com

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 blend of Western and “other” medicines has helped thousands of people recover their energy. While practicing Western medicine, he became aware of his training’s weaknesses and strengths. He began to study acupuncture and Chinese medicine, nutrition, functional medicine, herbal medicine, meditation and yoga. He is the author of “Total Renewal: 7 Key Steps to Resilience, Vitality and Long Term Health and Spent: End Exhaustion and Feel Great Again.”

SARK (Susan Ariel Rainbow Kennedy)

SARK is a best-selling author and artist, with more than 15 titles in print and more than two million books sold. She has been teaching and leading extraordinary workshops for more than 20 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. 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.

Elena Brower

Elena Brower, Certified Anusara® Yoga teacher and founder of Virayoga in NYC, has been featured in the New York Times, Yoga Journal, Fit Yoga and on Yogaglo.com. Her teaching weaves the methodology of Anusara with a call to refine your attention, and she brings a raw honesty that will light you up and help bring your yoga practice to daily life. Elena teaches large-scale classes at cultural institutions such as the MoMA in New York and the Great Lawn in Central Park, and writes for the Huffington Post, Crazy Sexy Life and Art of Attention. She currently supports Women for Women.

Kate Northrup Moller

Kate Northrup is currently on an indefinite road trip called “The Freedom Tour” to explore and teach financial, emotional and spiritual freedom. She believes that if you free yourself financially you can be fully present to making the world a better place. Follow her travels at www.comebefree.com. Kate is also the CEO (Creative Expansion Optimist) of Team Northrup, a league of wellness entrepreneurs aligned with the work of her mother, Dr. Christiane Northrup.

Kevin Archer

Certified Vegan Chef Kevin Archer is General Manager of Jivamuktea Café in Manhattan.  Kevin received his training in alternative foods at The School of Natural Cookery in Boulder, Colorado, and studied raw foods at Living Light Culinary Arts Institute in California. An active teacher and consultant throughout the United States, he maintains his own blog at chefkevinarcher.com. He is the author of the “gut-wrenchingly honest” novelIn Lieu of Heaven, which the Midwest Book Review praised as being “unapologetically deconstructive.”

Terri Cole

Terri Cole, founder of Live Fearless and Free, is a licensed psychotherapist, transformation coach, and an expert at turning fear into freedom. For almost two decades, Terri has empowered companies, celebrities, professional athletes, and individuals to Live Fearless and Free.  Her blue print for success combines harnessing the power of intention, practical psychology, and thought innovation to create sustainable change. Currently, Terri is wrapping up her first solo book, “Flip Over and Float – 8 Steps to Sustainable Change” and filming “The Conversation” for Lifetime Network, set to launch February 2012. TerriCole.com

Gabriel Cousens, M.D.

Doctor Sir Rabbi Gabriel Cousens, M.D. has done humanitarian work since 1963. He has a unique multi-ethnic background and experience as a rabbi, leading Kabbalat Shabbat ceremonies internationally. He is a Native American Sundancer and Spirit Dance chief. He has practiced yoga, meditation, and Ayurveda for 36 years. He created an international online community at GabrielCousens.com. The community is a social-spiritual media, education and commerce network to support people in embracing the “Culture of Life,” based on alive spirituality, people, relationships, parenting, food, and building, and an ecologically alive earth.

Laurie Gerber

Laurie Gerber is President of Handel Group™ Life Coaching and also an expert life coach herself.  Laurie has coached individuals and groups for 10 years and oversees 20 coaches. She is an “angel recruiter,” looking for other people who share her mission to bring more joy and peace to the world. “When all people are living true to their ideals, then I can rest,” she says. Laurie teaches and coaches adults and children through lectures, discussion groups, seminars, classroom teaching, tutoring and one-on-one coaching.

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.”

Victoria Moran

Victoria Moran, HHC, AADP, is an inspirational speaker, holistic health counselor, and Oprah-featured author of eleven books including the best-selling “Creating a Charmed Life” and the upcoming “Main Street Vegan: Everything You Need to Know to Eat Healthfully and Live Compassionately in the Real World,” written with her daughter, lifelong vegan and actor/stunt performer Adair Moran. Noted in publications including USA Today, Elle, Self, Allure, Cosmo, and Glamour and cited by VegNews among the Top 10 Vegetarian Authors, Victoria is a former Sirius/XM radio host who’ll launch Main Street Vegan Academy, training Vegan Lifestyle Coaches, this year. VictoriaMoran.com

Neal Barnard, M.D.

Neal Barnard, M.D., is a clinical researcher, author, and health advocate. He received his M.D. degree and completed his residency at George Washington University School of Medicine. He practiced at St. Vincent’s Hospital before founding the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) in 1985. PCRM is a nationwide group of physicians and supporters that promotes preventive medicine and addresses modern medical controversies. He is the author of numerous scientific and medical publications and more than 15 books. He has been featured on many news programs to discuss nutrition and research.

Michelle Schoffro Cook, PhD

Michelle Schoffro Cook, MSc, PhD, RNCP, ROHP, is an international best-selling author of eleven books including “The Ultimate pH Solution,” “The 4-Week Ultimate Body Detox Plan, and “Allergy-Proof.” She is a clinical nutritionist and doctor of traditional natural medicine with two decades of experience.  Her work has been featured in First for Women, Woman’s World, The Huffington Post and on YOU: The Owner’s Manual Radio Show. DrMichelleCook.com

 

Joy Pierson

Joy Pierson, a nutritional counselor, is passionate about healing through great food. She and Bart Potenza develop foods and menus for their customers. They created Candle Cafe, Candle 79, a growing catering and wholesale business, and their best-selling “Candle Cafe Cookbook.” Joy is 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.

Kenneth A. Bock, M.D.

Kenneth A. Bock, M.D., FAAFP, FACN, CNS, received his MD with Honor from the University of Rochester School of Medicine in 1979. Dr. Bock’s expertise lies in bringing a comprehensive integrative medicine approach to complex medical problems, including the 4-A disorders – autism, ADHD, asthma and allergies. His healing program for the 4-A disorders is detailed in his latest book, “Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma and Allergies,” which has received international acclaim.

Patricia Moreno

Patricia Moreno, fitness expert, entrepreneur and new mom, is the author of the best-selling “The intenSati Method: 7 Secret Principles to Thinner Peace.” With more than 20 years of experience, Patricia teaches at the exclusive Equinox Fitness Clubs in New York City and presents at fitness and health conventions worldwide. She has been featured in countless media outlets, including the Today Show, Dr. OZ, ABC News, Good Day New York, CNN Health, The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Fitness, Vogue, Essence, Elle Magazine and Psychology Today.

Wayne Pacelle

Wayne Pacelle is the chief executive officer of the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS). He leads 11 million members and constituents in celebrating animals and confronting cruelty. He was previously HSUS’s chief lobbyist and spokesperson and the executive director of The Fund for Animals. He also served or currently serves on the boards the HSUS Wildlife Land Trust and Humane Society International. Pacelle blogs daily at A Humane Nation about issues facing animals and ways to get involved with animal protection and HSUS.

Tama Kieves

Tama J.Kieves is an honors graduate of Harvard Law School who left her law practice to write and help others live their calling. She is the bestselling author of “This Time I Dance! Creating the Work You Love” and has been featured on Oprah radio. A sought-after speaker and career coach, she has helped thousands world-wide to live their true work in the world.  ThisTimeIDance.com

 

Brenda Davis, R.D.

Brenda Davis R.D., is a leader in her field and an internationally acclaimed speaker. She is co-author of seven books: Becoming Raw, Becoming Vegan, Becoming Vegetarian, The New Becoming Vegetarian, The Raw Food Revolution Diet, Defeating Diabetes and Dairy-free and Delicious. Brenda is the lead dietitian in a diabetes intervention project in Majuro, Marshall Islands. She is a past chair of the Vegetarian Nutrition Dietetic Practice Group of the American Dietetic Association. She lives in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada.

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.

Gabrielle Bernstein

Featured in the New York Times Sunday Styles section as the next generation guru, motivational speaker, life coach and author Gabrielle Bernstein is making her mark. Expanding the lexicon for the next generation, Gabrielle is a #1 bestselling author of the book, “Add More ~ing to Your Life – A hip guide to happiness.” In September 2011, Gabrielle launches her second book entitled “Spirit Junkie, A Radical Road to Self-Love and Miracles.” (Both books are published by Random House.) Gabrielle has been featured in media outlets such as Oprah Radio, Marie Claire, Health, SELF, Women’s Health, CNN, NBC, Fox and more.

Leslie Carr, Psy.D.

Dr. Leslie Carr is a psychotherapist in private practice, where she works with adults. She has a physical office in San Francisco, CA, and a virtual office where she meets with clients via Skype who are not in the Bay Area. Her areas of expertise include anxiety and depression, addictions, women’s issues and relationship concerns. Dr. Carr is also passionate about integrative approaches to mental health, and she works closely with a variety of wellness professionals, such holistic health coaches and acupuncturists, whom she refers clients to when they’re curious about how their physical health is impacting their state of mind. lesliecarr.com.

Latham Thomas

Latham founded Tender Shoots Wellness to support the lifestyle needs of busy moms and moms-to-be. The practice empowers women through nutrition awareness, yoga and green culinary arts, and guides women into motherhood and beyond. She has been featured as an expert nutritionist on the “Dr. Oz Show,” “Channel 7 Eyewitness News,” “Fox 5 News,” “Inside Edition,” the WE Network, New York Daily News, Time Out New York, Elle magazine, Vogue and Essence. She contributes to The Bump, Ecomii, Body + Soul, Essence magazine, Healthy You Now, The Beauty Bean and Naturally Savvy.

Dr. Brian Clement

Dr. Brian Clement (C.N., N.M.D., Ph.D.) conducts daily clinical research as the director of the renowned Hippocrates Health Institute, the world’s foremost complementary residential health center. He and his team 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 raises health and happiness levels. Dr. Clement conducts conferences worldwide on attaining health and creating longevity. He has authored many books including “LifeForce: Superior Health” and “Longevity and Supplements Exposed.”

Daphne Oz

Daphne Oz is the author of “The Dorm Room Diet.” A Princeton University graduate, she is developing a campaign to raise youth awareness about health access and food politics. She is a regular contributor to The Huffington Post and Oprah.com and hosts Air America’s Monday evening show, “Hollywood Clout! with Richard Greene.” She has appeared on “Good Morning America,” “Fox & Friends,” The Tyra Show,” and MSNBC’s “Dr. Nancy,” and was featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post and Teen Vogue. DormRoomDiet.com

Kimball Johnson, M.D.

Dr. Kimball Johnson is the founder and Medical Director of the Jobri Center for Integrative Health and a practicing physician in Atlanta, GA. She is Board Certified in both Internal Medicine and Integrative Holistic Medicine, and is a graduate of the Hippocrates Health Institute Life Change program. Through the Jobri Center, the centerpiece of which is a plant-based nutritional detox and education program, Dr. Johnson is bridging the traditional and integrative medical worlds and working to create a nutritional paradigm shift for her patients and clients.

Jennifer Reilly, R.D., L.D.

Jennifer Reilly, R.D., L.D., is a dietitian in Washington, D.C. She was managing director of The Cancer Project, a nonprofit focused on plant-based nutrition for cancer prevention and survival. She developed the “Food for Life: Nutrition & Cooking Class Series for Cancer Prevention and Survival,” which includes nutrition lectures and corresponding vegan cooking demonstrations in the U.S. and Canada. Jennifer co-authored “The Cancer Survivor’s Guide: Foods that help you fight back!” with Dr. Neal Barnard. Jennifer teaches nutrition and cooking and provides individual nutrition counseling at Discovery Communications, Inc. BitchinDietitian.com

Heather and Jenny Goldberg

Jenny and Heather Goldberg are sisters who own and operate Spork Foods, a Los Angeles-based gourmet vegan food company. They offer in-person cooking classes in Los Angeles, in-home healthy eating consultations, and recipe development, as well as online cooking classes (www.sporkonline.com). Jenny was trained at the Natural Gourmet Institute for Food and Culinary Arts in New York City and has over five years of professional cooking experience. Heather has a decade of experience in the environmental non-profit world and makes a morning smoothie so delicious it would make anyone happy to start their day! SporkFoods.com

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. She loves to promote veganism and talk nonstop about what 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 addictions: Bikram yoga and kale salad. Elizabeth lives in San Francisco’s tiniest apartment, where she is very happy.

Jacki Glew, M.S., R.D., L.D.N.

Jacki Glew, M.S., R.D., L.D.N. is the clinical nutrition manager at the Block Center for Integrative Cancer Treatment.  She is a board-certified specialist in oncology nutrition.  Jacki is dedicated to educating people on how optimal nutrition can help them on their path to wellness. She coaches people with cancer and others looking to improve their lives through customized nutritional counseling and by recommending supplements based on their unique individual biomedical and molecular fingerprints. lifeovercancer.com

Brendan Brazier

Brendan Brazier is one of few professional athletes 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 creator of the Vega line of whole food nutritional products. He is a two-time Canadian 50km Ultra Marathon Champion. He addressed Congress on the significant social and economic benefits of improving personal health with a plant-based diet and was chosen as one of the 25 Most Fascinating Vegetarians by VegNews magazine. 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 more than 10 years. Kristen is the author of 11 raw vegan recipe and lifestyle books, and maintains her popular blog. She’s been featured on “Good Morning Arizona,” “Sonoran Evening Live,” “Culinary Confessions” and in VegNews magazine.

Lissa Rankin

Lissa is an OB/GYN physician, a Pink Medicine Revolutionary, author of two books, a motivational speaker, founder of OwningPink.com, a professional artist, and a mom. She believes that promoting health without encouraging others to seek wholeness is an exercise in futility. Not until we realize that our bodies are mirrors of our interpersonal, spiritual, professional, sexual, creative, financial, environmental, mental, and emotional health will we truly heal.

 

Alexandra Jamieson

Alexandra Jamieson is the creator of the Delicious Detox, an 8-week TeleCourse that helps people reboot their life and start fresh. She’s been seen on Oprah, CNN, 30 Days and The National Health Test with Bryant Gumble. She was also featured in the award-winning documentary “Super Size Me” and has published 3 books: “Vegan Cooking For Dummies” (Wiley, 2010), “Living Vegan For Dummies” (Wiley, 2009) and “The Great American Detox Diet” (Rodale, 2005). She is a professionally trained healthy gourmet chef, having studied at New York City’s Natural Gourmet Institute for Health and Culinary Arts and graduated from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition in 2004 to become a Certified Holistic Health Counselor. DeliciousVitality.com

Marie Forleo

Marie Forleo is a marketing and lifestyle expert who teaches women entrepreneurs to live Rich Happy & Hot. Her company delivers kick-ass small business & personal development programs that are easy to consume, outrageously fun and get results. She mentors over 50,000 small business owners in 108 countries – many who tune in weekly to MarieTV.com, her free web TV show. Her bestselling book, “Make Every Man Want You: How To Be So Irresistible You’ll Barely Keep From Dating Yourself” is published in eleven languages. Marie was recently interviewed by Tony Robbins for his DVD program The New Money Masters and mentored young business owners at Richard Branson’s Centre of Entrepreneurship in South Africa.  MarieForleo.com.

Jen Louden

Jen Louden is a personal growth pioneer who helped start the self-care and self-love movement in 1992 with her first book, “The Woman’s Comfort Book.” She is the author of six books on well-being and personal wisdom that have sold more than 900,000 copies and have been printed in 9 languages. Jen has been a regular columnist for Body & Soul magazine, a radio show host on Martha Stewart’s network, and spokeswoman for well-being on behalf of big corporate brands. She’s appeared on MS-NBC, CNN, and Oprah. She’s been teaching life-liberating workshops and retreats for 19 years, and also teaches on-line. JenniferLouden.com.

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 every day 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 disemboweling stuffed animals.

Crazy Sexy Editorial Team