Thanks, everyone for a wonderful and amazing Season 1!!! I want to thank all my amazing guests who took the time out to contribute their passions and stories to Season 1 of Thrive Bites. As of this bonus episode, we have hit 23 countries and over 1700 downloads! WOW! Let's keep the momentum going! Please rate my show at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/thrive-bites/id1459413825 Social Media Links: Website: https://www.chefdoczhu.com/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/TheChefDoc/ IG: https://www....
Oct 04, 2019•3 min•Season 1Ep. 23
In this episode, I chat with accomplished TaeKwonDo Champion Steven Lin about what it takes to achieve a fight-winning mindset and to stay humble and grateful at the same time in the game of Life. Coach Steven Lin is a 4X USA National team member and 4X USA National champion. His Taekwondo accolades include, but not limited to World Combat Games - Silver Medalist, US Open - Silver and Bronze Medalist, Korean Open - Gold Medalist/ Male Athlete of the Year & 2012 Olympic Team Trials - 4th Plac...
Oct 01, 2019•50 min•Season 1Ep. 22
In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Judy and learned about her healthful roots that led her to incorporate lifestyle medicine into her practice. Dr. Judy Brangman is a double board-certified physician, Internal Medicine, and Lifestyle Medicine. Dr. Brangman has experience as both a primary care physician and a hospitalist. Through her public speaking engagements and social media accounts, she can help you to achieve lasting wellness. Dr. Brangman is an advocate for a whole food plant-based diet...
Sep 25, 2019•26 min•Season 1Ep. 21
In this episode, I chat with Anne about her journey through medicine and why bringing back herbs and natural medicine to health care is essential. Dr. Anne Kennard, DO, FACOG, is a Board Certified OB/GYN and Fellowship trained in Integrative Medicine through the University of Arizona with Dr. Andrew Weil. She is a certified yoga and meditation instructor, with a specialization in prenatal and pelvic floor yoga, studied herbal medicine with Dr. Tieraona Low Dog, and holds a Bachelor’s Degree in N...
Sep 18, 2019•42 min•Season 1Ep. 20
In this episode, I chat with my friend Coach Cathy about regaining self-power to overcome our fears and challenges that we impose on ourselves. Cathy is a Life Success Strategist & Coach. She loves helping people discover their greatness. In her 30-year corporate career, she worked globally and devoted her gifts to developing winning cultures and high performing teams with individuals who strive to reach their full potential. She held multiple Senior Executive roles including VP of Operation...
Sep 11, 2019•39 min•Season 1Ep. 19
In this episode, I sit down with both Drs. Mondala and Yu about how they rose to the world of Lifestyle Medicine and why they think it will change how they practice medicine. Dr. Melissa Mondala is a Southern California native and is a board-certified Family Medicine physician. She completed her medical school at Chicago Medical School and completed her family medicine residency at Loma Linda University. Currently, she is a Lifestyle Medicine fellow and Preventative Medicine Junior Faculty at Lo...
Sep 04, 2019•40 min•Season 1Ep. 18
In this episode, I chat with Chef Nina who is a leader for women in the culinary world about food & nutrition and what it means to thrive. Nina Curtis is the Director and Executive Chef for the Adventist Health, Roseville Campus Café and Culinary Arts department. At the helm of this dynamic culinary division, Chef Curtis continues to be recognized as a leader and trailblazer in the plant-based culinary movement. As the former Executive Chef at The Ranch at Live Oak, Malibu, the acclaimed sev...
Aug 28, 2019•43 min•Season 1Ep. 17
In this episode of Thrive Bites, I chat with Chef Doctor Julia on how to prepare meals and how to rethink food for kids and the family! Dr. Nordgren has the unique distinction of being a physician and a trained chef. Her years of treating patients for cholesterol disorders and childhood obesity motivated her to inspire people to make healthy eating part of their daily lives. Dr. Nordgren received her medical degree from Dartmouth Medical School, completing her pediatrics residency at Dartmouth-H...
Aug 21, 2019•40 min•Season 1Ep. 16
In this episode, I have this extended interview with Terra Rose Ganem, a powerhouse coach, and speaker, about coming back to ourselves and igniting that fire to creating the life that we want! Dedicated to helping people create a life of freedom, Terra Rose Ganem uses the platform of social entrepreneurship as an avenue to unleash her dreams to the world, serve her community and do it from a place of total alignment with her soul. She leverages the powerful life and business lessons being an ent...
Aug 14, 2019•42 min•Season 1Ep. 15
In this episode, I chat with Chef Muriel Samuels about the importance of culture, community and the interpretation of food! Chef Muriel is the founder of ETON Foods. The business teaches and trains groups and corporations on evidence-based, practical, actionable solutions for sustainable tasty, healthy eating. Through speaking & consulting engagements including seminars, workshops, and retreats, ETON Foods offers Sierra-Leone inspired holistic, natural, health-supportive concepts that make y...
Aug 07, 2019•46 min•Season 1Ep. 14
In this episode, I talk with Katie to discuss the components of finding balance in our lives. Check this one out! Katie is a holistic plant-based registered dietitian and certified yoga instructor with a master's in human nutrition. She has a health transformation program that incorporates nutrition education, mindset practices, various fitness modalities, and relationship exercises to help people confidently reach their health and fitness goals in the most fun and sustainable way. She is a cert...
Jul 24, 2019•38 min•Season 1Ep. 13
In this episode, I chat with Stephanie about how she took a 3-month vegan challenge for a family member and then ended making it her own lifestyle! Check this one out! Stephanie is an expert plant-based health coach. She is double certified in AFPA and E-Cornell and takes her job and passion seriously. She enjoys creating recipes for her blog, helping others succeed, and making the world a better place. She enjoys going to conscious music and arts festivals and often presents cooking classes the...
Jul 17, 2019•37 min•Season 1Ep. 12
In this episode, I speak with Sanaz about the values of engaging our inner and outer world and how our words and thoughts can affect that. A psychologist, educator, and trauma-informed yoga teacher, Sanaz is an Iranian immigrant born and raised in Dubai who has lived in the United States since 2000. Sanaz roots the foundation of her work in academic and clinical psychology and has extensive experience working as a therapist in communities from all socioeconomic backgrounds. Sanaz’s own experienc...
Jul 10, 2019•39 min•Season 1Ep. 11
In this 10th episode, I speak with Pat McAuley who is an athlete turned serial entrepreneur who had a rude awakening with his health & fitness that led him into the plant-based living. Find out more on this episode! Pat McAuley is a Boston-based serial entrepreneur, author, speaker, and startup consultant for ethical/plant-based companies. He has started and successfully run companies in the tech space and food and beverage industries and has extensive experience building brands from scratch...
Jul 03, 2019•35 min•Season 1Ep. 10
In this episode, I talk to Dr. True about the important subject of physician wellness and burnout! Most people do not know that burnout is an official diagnosis according to the World Health Organization! Dr. True describes herself as "I am a Midwesterner, who was going to be an artist, a jockey (until I grew!), a veterinarian, a researcher until finally landing in medicine. I worked for about 6 years before Med school. I thought I’d be a pathologist but ended up loving Family Medicine. Did resi...
Jun 26, 2019•35 min•Season 1Ep. 9
In this episode, I spoke with Dr. Rani Polak, who is also a chef doctor who teaches the importance of why we need to get back into the kitchen to take back our health! Dr. Rani Polak is the founding director of both the Culinary Healthcare Education Fundamentals (CHEF) Coaching program at the Institute of Lifestyle Medicine, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, and the Center of Lifestyle Medicine at Sheba Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel; as well as an Assistant Professors, Part-Time, at the Depa...
Jun 19, 2019•36 min•Season 1Ep. 8
In this two-part episode, I talk with my good friend and colleague Jon Bonnet, MD about the world of Lifestyle Medicine and Obesity Medicine. In this second part, he explains what we do not commonly know about obesity and he shares his best self-care tips with us all! Jonathan Bonnet is a board-certified Sports, Obesity, and Lifestyle Medicine physician. He is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Public Health at Harvard while working at the VA Hospital in Gainesville. Jonathan has a backgrou...
Jun 12, 2019•28 min•Season 1Ep. 7
In this episode, I chat with Sherene Chou, MS, RDN about the intersection between sustainability, nutrition, and community. How can we make food sustainable again? Sherene is an award-winning dietician and chef focused on sustainable food and plant-based nutrition. She served as nutrition director for L.A. Kitchen, a non-profit focused on serving low-income seniors, empowering former foster youth, formerly incarcerated, and formerly homeless individuals. As a USC Trojan, she co-created USC Keck ...
Jun 05, 2019•33 min•Season 1Ep. 6
In this two-part episode, I talk with my good friend and colleague Jon Bonnet, MD about the world of Lifestyle Medicine and Obesity Medicine. In this first part, he explains what in the world is Lifestyle Medicine. Did you even know it even exists?!?!?!?! Let's get back to the pillars of health! Jonathan Bonnet is a board-certified Sports, Obesity, and Lifestyle Medicine physician. He is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Public Health at Harvard while working at the VA Hospital in Gainesvi...
May 29, 2019•28 min•Season 1Ep. 5
In this episode of Thrive Bites, I talk with Reyna about veganism through her unique expression of shirt activism! Reyna is a former High School Spanish teacher and School Counselor gone full-time small vegan business owner and Animal Rights Activist. The creative talent and graphic design work were created with tremendous help from Reyna's business partner and husband, Sam. Reyna and Sam are vegans of a combined 14 years. While living in LA for the past 3 years and running VeganShirts.com for t...
May 22, 2019•39 min•Season 1Ep. 4
I had a great chat with my good friend and colleague Christian and we talk about all things herbs, tea, and CANNABIS! Did you know you can make tea out of Dandelion? Christian is licensed by the Colorado Marijuana Enforcement Division and Certified in cannabis sales and training by the Trichome Institute, Christian has held sales leadership roles in the cannabis, healthcare and food & beverage industries. With a background in nutritional sciences, he led corporate wellness screenings & h...
May 15, 2019•33 min•Season 1Ep. 3
In this episode of Thrive Bites, I had a chance to chat with Ingrid to discuss what really connects us all and how we can get there. Her story is so unique! Find out how this bada$$ physician is changing up the game to bring you total wellness! Dr. Ingrid’s broad studies in cognitive science, eastern philosophy, and medicine come together in her role as Founder at both Valia Lifestyle and Valia Fitness. Her passion dates back to 2004 when Dr. Ingrid established Cornell University’s Meditation &a...
May 08, 2019•34 min•Season 1Ep. 2
On this inaugural episode of Thrive Bites, I talk about thriving in today's world with another Chef Dr. Robert Graham, MD. Chef, MD, and Co-Founder of FRESH MED NYC, Rob sits down with me to talk about what actually constitutes great health, not just staying alive, but THRIVING! He goes over his own story on how he has reached many through doctoring, speaking, and cooking. Dr. Graham a leader in the field of Integrative Medicine has prescribed “food as medicine” for over 10 years, has taught ove...
May 01, 2019•27 min•Season 1Ep. 1
Welcome to the podcast introduction and why I created Thrive Bites! Please enjoy it and thrive!!! Colin, first and foremost, is a student of life, always willing to learn and take on more. Colin takes in all the life experiences he can possibly muster for his personal and professional growth, and to share with his audiences. Colin has studied Osteopathic Medicine in West Virginia and is Board-Certified in Family Practice and Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment. Also, he is among the first class o...
Apr 10, 2019•3 min
