PATH Positive Approaches To Health

Join us for a special milestone episode of Path Pod as we celebrate six incredible years of Positive Approaches to Health! 🎂 Toni & Jenny reflect on the journey of the past six years, sharing heartfelt memories, deepened friendships, and the transformative power of community. Tune in for a heartfelt discussion as they ponder words that symbolize their journey and highlight the podcast's impact.
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In this short and sweet pocket episode, Toni and Jenny discuss their intentions for 2025. They share their chosen words for the year and delve into the significance these words hold for them and their lives. Through their candid conversation, they explore how these words— Community and Create—are already shaping their daily routines, interactions, and outlooks. They explore the multifaceted nature of creativity, from creat...

In this special pocket promo episode of the PATH Pod, Toni sits down with her "collaboration conspirator," the amazing Celestina Brunetti, for an impromptu conversation about an exciting upcoming event. Broadcasting from Newcastle, Australia, Celestina shares her journey of collaboration and how it has shaped her career and life. Together, Toni and Celestina dive into the heart of what makes collaboration so impactful, pro...

In this episode of PATH Positive Approaches to Health, Toni & Jenny offer up this BCB as they dive into the challenges of maintaining health behaviors during the busy and stressful holiday season. Both share their personal health struggles—Jenny's diagnosis of Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO) and Toni's knee injury and upcoming surgery—and discuss the toll these challenges can take on health habits.
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In this episode, Jenny and Tony take you behind the scenes of the first-ever Path Pod Restore Before Retreat. Over four months of meticulous planning culminated in an unforgettable weekend of rejuvenation and community. They share their thoughts and personal highlights of the experience. 
The Retreat Included:
• Yoga: Guided practices which enabled guests to integrate the welcoming theme into their bodies, hearts and...

Welcome, PathPod listeners!

We’re thrilled to mark a special milestone on our journey—this is our 150th episode! 🎉 We couldn’t be more excited to celebrate this achievement with all of you and share some big news. Join us as we dive into the significance of our milestone and unveil our upcoming retreat.

Episode Highlights:

• 150th Episode Celebration: Toni and Jenny reflect on the journey to this ...

Join Toni and Jenny as they delve into the heart and soul of the African diaspora and the wonderful cuisine produced by the renowned chefs Todd Richards and Stephan Duran. In this captivating conversation, we explore the rich history, cultural significance, and inspiring stories behind the cookbooks, "Soul" and "Roots, Heart & Soul." Discover the connections between food, family, and community and embark on a culinary ...

No road trip in this episode – just a conversation between the PATH Pod ladies, Toni and Jenny. They decided to take a minute to consider how their theme of Shift was landing now that the year is half over. The discussion begins with the SHIFT acronym and winds its way to a review of the 2024 episodes so far. Next, they dip into the archives as they highlight some of the episodes that encapsulate the Shift theme. If listen...

On this leg of the PATHPod journey Toni and Jenny head to Austin, Tx where they find Gustavo Padron! Gustavo is an amazing yoga and meditation teacher, a personal trainer and an author of the Grounded Practice journal. He is a healer in every sense of the word and uses breath, posture and the power of words to help his clients manifest their ideal self. He understands the power of going within and harnessing one’s inner gu...

 

Toni and Jenny are on the road again in the San Francisco Bay Area. This time they meet up with another old pal from Toni’s high school days – Alicia Guckenheimer. Alicia is an artist and childrens book author, a creative soul who has been creating art as early as she can remember with her father. Eight years ago she traded in her shoe career for the colorful chaos of the classroom where she teaches art t to k-8th...

Toni and Jenny head to Marin on this leg of the PATHPod road trip. They are over the moon about their conversation with Bonnie Wan, author of The Life Brief A Playbook For No-Regrets Living. It is no mistake that this episode is dropping the same day as the total solar eclipse. The event of the eclipse is such a beautiful metaphor for Bonnie’s book – The Life Brief is a practice of going within to distill down what is goin...

The ladies of the PATHPod head to a new state for their second National Nutrition Month episode! They traveled all the way up to Boothbay, Maine to visit fellow dietitian Jenny Shea Rawn. Jenny recently finished her first cookbook, Costal Kitchen Nourishing Seafood Recipes for Everyday Cooking. The three of them had so much fun romping through the book and talking about their favorite recipes. As the episode will explain, ...

The PATHPod gals head down to Durham, North Carolina on this leg of the journey where they meet up with Judith Scharman Draughon, AKA, Judes or “The 12 Fix Dietitian”. Judes is a registered dietitian who works in the corporate wellness space inspiring businesses, organizations and groups to adopt a healthier lifestyle with group challenge programs. Her 12 Fixes program includes a book and workbook breaking down 12 evidence...

Toni and Jenny continue their 5 year anniversary celebration as they dig into their intention to Shift in 2024. The two of them have a conversation about what is behind the choice of Shift and what it means to each of them. They also take some time to unpack the last 5 years and the impact this podcast adventure has made on their lives. Of course, there is a lot of talk about connection and community but there are certain...

Toni and Jenny celebrate their 5th year of The PATH Pod during this 141st episode that is the first in a two-part celebration of this amazing milestone they certainly did not see coming! They felt like the best way to mark this date of February 12, the day their trailer first dropped in 2019 would be to deconstruct courage – the superpower they both had to call up when they decided to start a podcast. Together they break d...

The ladies of the PATH Pod close out the first month of 2024 with a trip to Denver, Colorado and another conversation around “enoughness”. Toni and Jenny gab it up with Ally Rae Pesta. Ally is a 200-hour Certified Yoga Teacher, Certified Run Coach, Eating Disorder Recovery Coach, Published Author, Speaker and Advocate. Their conversation started with Ally’s Path to writing her book, Beyond My Body as she explained the etio...

Toni and Jenny enter 2024 with a huge SHIFT which includes a conversation about being ENOUGH. The PATHPod heads back to a familiar place – St. Louis Park, Minnesota for this powerful discussion with JC Lippold. JC is a professional homemaker – holding space for others as a nationally renowned teacher of movement and mindset, community engager, social movement trailblazer and theater director. These three embark on an enric...

Toni and Jenny meet up with this dynamic duo for a second time on their PATHPod journey. They last spoke with Deb Huber and Willow Older of Today I Noticed in February of 2021. The ladies of TIN have been up to quite a bit since then! They have continued their creative mindfulness practice and have turned their TIN’s into a beautiful book – Today I Noticed, A Little Book Of Mindfulness That Will Change The Way You See The ...

Toni and Jenny are on the road again! During this leg of the journey they head back to NYC for their second conversation with Natalie “Nat” Rizzo, the dynamic sports nutritionist who published her first cookbook earlier this year. In her book, Planted Performance, Easy Planted-Based Recipes, Meal Plans and Nutrition For All Athletes she dives into all things sports nutrition looking through a plant-based lens. This is a gr...