Mended Paths Podcast

Path Menders Welcome, Today I'm speaking with Plant-Based Certified Health Coach, Sharon McRae. Sharon provides coaching services to clients in-person or online through her website "Eat Well Stay Well." She also teaches nutrition and cooking classes as a Food for Life Instructor for the Physician's Committee for Responsible Medicine. Sharon also runs a local meet-up group (in Maryland USA) which can be found on Facebook called the Columbia MD Forks Over Knives Meetup Group. Today we discuss (show notes): -How she got into the profession of coaching for health (0:43) -What to expect when starting a coaching relationship (5:45) -Nuns and the thieves example (9:15) -How foods can increase your chances of occurrence / recurrence of diseases (10:52) -Controlling what you can control and the benefits (13:02) -It’s not reductionism and changing preferences (16:24) -Disassociation with our food (19:15) -Her dad’s success story (22:37) -Sharon’s transition (29:51) -Common theme – from short trial to lifetime change