New Normal Project
139 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsA health and wellbeing podcast focused on a plant-based, body-moving and mind-focused way of life.
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Life, death and plant-based eating with Kate Davies (NNP #20)
July 23, 2017 10:00 - 1 hour - 96.2 MBKate Davies has a lot to live for. She was sadly widowed suddenly, 7 years ago, when her daughter Ruby was just a baby. At that stage, Kate had been living in Hong Kong for 13 years and many told her it was time to return home to Melbourne. But back she went and has stayed there for another 7 years, surrounded by the community she has built around her and who gave her and still give her so much support. The themes of this week's podcast centre around connection, authenticity and being 'rea...
Healthcare professional panel at Perth screening of What The Health (NNP #19)
July 16, 2017 13:39 - 1 hour - 77.2 MBIn this week's episode we play you audio of the healthcare professional panel discussion including audience questions which was held after a screening of the documentary movie What The Health in Perth, Australia, at the Perth Town Hall on June 16th 2017. Whilst co-hosts Andrew & Claire Davies did not participate in the movie screening, the feedback from the 2 panel discussions previously aired in episode 4 (Melbourne screening) and episode 15 (Canberra screening) of the New Normal Project ...
Episode 19: Healthcare professional panel at Perth screening of What The Health movie
July 16, 2017 13:39 - 1 hour - 77.2 MBIn this week's episode we play you audio of the healthcare professional panel discussion including audience questions which was held after a screening of the documentary movie What The Health in Perth, Australia, at the Perth Town Hall on June 16th 2017. Whilst co-hosts Andrew & Claire Davies did not participate in the movie screening, the feedback from the 2 panel discussions previously aired in episode 4 (Melbourne screening) and episode 15 (Canberra screening) of the New Normal Project ...
A green smoothie a day keeps the doctor away (NNP #18)
July 09, 2017 12:06 - 43 minutes - 39.5 MBGreen smoothies have played a big part in the health transformation of podcast hosts, Andrew and Claire Davies. This week we pay homage to the green smoothie, discussing when we started consuming this vibrant beverage, what effects it has had on our health, on our guts, and its role in recovery post running, and our own New Normal favourite blends. Plus the benefits of having a high-powered blender to make smoothies of the best consistency. We also discuss some of the science behind the effe...
Episode 18: A green smoothie a day keeps the doctor away
July 09, 2017 12:06 - 43 minutes - 39.5 MBGreen smoothies have played a big part in the health transformation of podcast hosts, Andrew and Claire Davies. This week we pay homage to the green smoothie, discussing when we started consuming this vibrant beverage, what effects it has had on our health, on our guts, and its role in recovery post running, and our own New Normal favourite blends. Plus the benefits of having a high-powered blender to make smoothies of the best consistency. We also discuss some of the science behind the effe...
Episode 17: David Orr - From New York workaholic to Italian ultramarathoner (with a walk to the Taj Mahal along the way)
July 02, 2017 11:32 - 1 hour - 80.5 MBWhat would happen if you challenged yourself to a physical feat to learn more about what lies within? Our guest this week, David Orr, tells a fascinating tale that began in New York, working for Lehman Brothers, in the heady days before their declaration of bankruptcy in 2008 that precipitated the global financial crisis. David is a Canadian who we first met one year ago at the Plantpower Italia retreat hosted by Rich Roll and Julie Piatt. A few weeks ago Andrew had the opportunity to me...
David Orr - From New York workaholic to Italian ultramarathoner - with a walk to the Taj Mahal along the way (NNP #17)
July 02, 2017 11:32 - 1 hour - 80.5 MBWhat would happen if you challenged yourself to a physical feat to learn more about what lies within? Our guest this week, David Orr, tells a fascinating tale that began in New York, working for Lehman Brothers, in the heady days before their declaration of bankruptcy in 2008 that precipitated the global financial crisis. David is a Canadian who we first met one year ago at the Plantpower Italia retreat hosted by Rich Roll and Julie Piatt. A few weeks ago Andrew had the opportunity to me...
Gaining focus and relaxation from yoga with Sophie Le Fevre (NNP #16)
June 25, 2017 09:00 - 1 hour - 67 MBDo you practice yoga? What do you understand yoga to be? This week we talk to Sophie Le Fevre, who was introduced to yoga as a child and is now a highly qualified teacher of more than 15 years with her own studio in Melbourne. Perhaps surprisingly to some, we don't discuss the specific poses that can help us to become stronger and more flexible but Sophie paints a picture of yoga providing an opportunity to develop focus whilst being relaxed. This, she says is the practice of yoga. The t...
Episode 16: Sophie Le Fevre - Gaining focus and relaxation from yoga
June 25, 2017 09:00 - 1 hour - 67 MBDo you practice yoga? What do you understand yoga to be? This week we talk to Sophie Le Fevre, who was introduced to yoga as a child and is now a highly qualified teacher of more than 15 years with her own studio in Melbourne. Perhaps surprisingly to some, we don't discuss the specific poses that can help us to become stronger and more flexible but Sophie paints a picture of yoga providing an opportunity to develop focus whilst being relaxed. This, she says is the practice of yoga. The t...
Episode 15: Healthcare professional panel at Canberra screening of What The Health movie
June 18, 2017 11:12 - 1 hour - 74.2 MBIn this week's episode we play you audio of the healthcare professional panel discussion including audience questions which was held after a screening of the documentary movie What The Health in Canberra at the National Film and Sound Archive on June 13th 2017. New Normal Project podcast co-host, Andrew Davies, was a member of the panel which included Robyn Chuter, a naturopath and nutritionist from Sydney, Clare Mann, a psychologist and author from Sydney, and Stephanie Dakin, a General P...
Healthcare professional panel at Canberra screening of What The Health (NNP #15)
June 18, 2017 11:12 - 1 hour - 74.2 MBIn this week's episode we play you audio of the healthcare professional panel discussion including audience questions which was held after a screening of the documentary movie What The Health in Canberra at the National Film and Sound Archive on June 13th 2017. New Normal Project podcast co-host, Andrew Davies, was a member of the panel which included Robyn Chuter, a naturopath and nutritionist from Sydney, Clare Mann, a psychologist and author from Sydney, and Stephanie Dakin, a General P...
Laughter, Sex, Fish and Vegetables with John Tickell (NNP #14)
June 11, 2017 12:59 - 1 hour - 58.1 MBAre you going to live to 100? Do you care about your ACE - Activity, Coping and Eating? Listen to Dr John Tickell, a medical doctor in Melbourne Australia, who in this episode starts by describing how he visited and studied the Okinawans, a cultural group with the largest proportion of people who live past 100 years of age. He discovered that the Okinawans never talk about calorie or carbohydrates, aren’t fanatical about anything and stay active all of their lives. He identifies some of ...
Episode 14: John Tickell - Laughter, Sex, Fish and Vegetables
June 11, 2017 12:59 - 1 hour - 58.1 MBAre you going to live to 100? Do you care about your ACE - Activity, Coping and Eating? Listen to Dr John Tickell, a medical doctor in Melbourne Australia, who in this episode starts by describing how he visited and studied the Okinawans, a cultural group with the largest proportion of people who live past 100 years of age. He discovered that the Okinawans never talk about calorie or carbohydrates, aren’t fanatical about anything and stay active all of their lives. He identifies some of ...
Episode 13: What are the best plant-based eating resources?
June 04, 2017 10:00 - 51 minutes - 47.7 MBWhat’s in our toolbox? What resources do we use to support us in living a plant based lifestyle? This week Claire and Andrew Davies list all the key influencers that first made them try plant-based eating and that now continue to inspire and inform them. Not surprisingly considering their background in healthcare, the ‘Big Four’, Drs T. Colin Campbell (The China Study), Caldwell Esselstyn (Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease), Michael Greger (How Not to Die, nutritionfacts.org) and Dean Orni...
What are the best plant-based eating resources? (NNP #13)
June 04, 2017 10:00 - 51 minutes - 47.7 MBWhat’s in our toolbox? What resources do we use to support us in living a plant based lifestyle? This week Claire and Andrew Davies list all the key influencers that first made them try plant-based eating and that now continue to inspire and inform them. Not surprisingly considering their background in healthcare, the ‘Big Four’, Drs T. Colin Campbell (The China Study), Caldwell Esselstyn (Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease), Michael Greger (How Not to Die, nutritionfacts.org) and Dean Orni...
Episode 12: Ash Nayate - Helping us change to healthier habits
May 28, 2017 13:32 - 1 hour - 76.4 MBAre you unsure how to change to a plant-based diet? Do you find healthy habits can be difficult to maintain? There are lots of reasons why people choose to go plant-based. At the New Normal Project the profound health benefits, both from the scientific literature and from hearing powerful stories of transformation, convinced us it was the best course for a long life of great health. Our guest this week, Dr Ash Nayate, is a vegan first and foremost for ethical reasons. However her work as...
Helping us change to healthier habits with Ash Nayate (NNP #12)
May 28, 2017 13:32 - 1 hour - 76.4 MBAre you unsure how to change to a plant-based diet? Do you find healthy habits can be difficult to maintain? There are lots of reasons why people choose to go plant-based. At the New Normal Project the profound health benefits, both from the scientific literature and from hearing powerful stories of transformation, convinced us it was the best course for a long life of great health. Our guest this week, Dr Ash Nayate, is a vegan first and foremost for ethical reasons. However her work as...
Eating plant-based on special occasions and at restaurants (NNP #11)
May 21, 2017 13:11 - 56 minutes - 50.9 MBNow that you are plant-based, what happens the first time you go out to dinner with friends or have a family Christmas dinner? This week married couple, Andrew and Claire Davies, reveal their experiences and strategies for when your lifestyle and health choices are exposed to the world. They describe their path over the past 5 years using Christmas as an example and how strategies such as bringing your own delicious & enticing food, detaching from the choices that others make as well as ...
Episode 11: Coming out - Eating plant-based on special occasions and at restaurants
May 21, 2017 13:11 - 56 minutes - 50.9 MBNow that you are plant-based, what happens the first time you go out to dinner with friends or have a family Christmas dinner? This week married couple, Andrew and Claire Davies, reveal their experiences and strategies for when your lifestyle and health choices are exposed to the world. They describe their path over the past 5 years using Christmas as an example and how strategies such as bringing your own delicious & enticing food, detaching from the choices that others make as well as ...
Paul Spano's real life story about the power of plants (NNP #10)
May 14, 2017 14:49 - 1 hour - 68 MBCan turmeric work to replace your pain killers? How quickly can swapping animal foods for plant foods impact your health? Are plant-based foods anti-inflammatory? Our guest this week stopped eating all animal products 8 weeks ago and amazing things started to happen. His chronic pain resolved in days. He stopped taking his powerful anti-inflammatories and pain medications. He started feeling better both within himself and within the world around him. He became happier. Paul is a 52 y...
Episode 10: Paul Spano - A real life story about the power of plants
May 14, 2017 14:49 - 1 hour - 68 MBCan turmeric work to replace your pain killers? How quickly can swapping animal foods for plant foods impact your health? Are plant-based foods anti-inflammatory? Our guest this week stopped eating all animal products 8 weeks ago and amazing things started to happen. His chronic pain resolved in days. He stopped taking his powerful anti-inflammatories and pain medications. He started feeling better both within himself and within the world around him. He became happier. Paul is a 52 y...
Episode 9: Get a great night's sleep
May 07, 2017 12:11 - 43 minutes - 38.9 MBDo you get enough sleep? Are you waking in the middle of the night? Are you a shift-worker doing night duty? Could you be chronically sleep-deprived? Do you try to sleep like parents who care for their babies sleep? In this episode, Claire and Andrew talk about sleep including some of the problems we face in modern society, like a culture of staying up late, thinking sleep is not important and the use of screens in the evening. Claire describes how working night duty as a shift-working nur...
Get a great night's sleep (NNP #9)
May 07, 2017 12:11 - 43 minutes - 38.9 MBDo you get enough sleep? Are you waking in the middle of the night? Are you a shift-worker doing night duty? Could you be chronically sleep-deprived? Do you try to sleep like parents who care for their babies sleep? In this episode, Claire and Andrew talk about sleep including some of the problems we face in modern society, like a culture of staying up late, thinking sleep is not important and the use of screens in the evening. Claire describes how working night duty as a shift-working nur...
Episode 8: Andrew Taylor - Tackling food addiction with potatoes
April 30, 2017 11:54 - 1 hour - 80.7 MBAndrew Taylor ate nothing but potatoes for 2016. One simple but dramatic gesture he hoped would cure his self identified addiction to food. And it did. He also lost 53kgs, cured his clinical depression, his YouTube videos went viral and the whole world was talking about him. This week Claire and Andrew Davies talk to Andrew Taylor about so much more than how he ate spuds for a year. He describes the very moment when he came to the realisation that if he didn't change, his then 2 year old son...
Andrew Taylor - Tackling food addiction with potatoes (NNP #8)
April 30, 2017 11:54 - 1 hour - 80.7 MBAndrew Taylor ate nothing but potatoes for 2016. One simple but dramatic gesture he hoped would cure his self identified addiction to food. And it did. He also lost 53kgs, cured his clinical depression, his YouTube videos went viral and the whole world was talking about him. This week Claire and Andrew Davies talk to Andrew Taylor about so much more than how he ate spuds for a year. He describes the very moment when he came to the realisation that if he didn't change, his then 2 year old son...
Episode 7: Our journey into mindfulness
April 23, 2017 10:46 - 57 minutes - 49.3 MBIn this episode we discuss mindfulness. What does mindfulness mean to us? And how has meditation, and learning about it, helped us in our lives? Claire and Andrew Davies discuss how a healthy lifestyle is strengthened by adding mindfulness. Each of us describes how mindfulness and meditation recently came into our lives, how this has helped us with managing the simple fears and stresses of a regular life, the realisation that all cultures, religions and spiritual practices in history have ha...
Our journey into mindfulness (NNP #7)
April 23, 2017 10:46 - 57 minutes - 49.3 MBIn this episode we discuss mindfulness. What does mindfulness mean to us? And how has meditation, and learning about it, helped us in our lives? Claire and Andrew Davies discuss how a healthy lifestyle is strengthened by adding mindfulness. Each of us describes how mindfulness and meditation recently came into our lives, how this has helped us with managing the simple fears and stresses of a regular life, the realisation that all cultures, religions and spiritual practices in history have ha...
Living The Plantpower Way - Highlights and Q&A from Melbourne (NNP #6)
April 16, 2017 15:03 - 56 minutes - 49 MBBe inspired by highlights from the recent Living The Plantpower Way events, held in Sydney and Melbourne, starring international wellness advocates Rich Roll and Julie Piatt. Included are key messages from Rich Roll, Andrew Davies and Andrew Taylor, the powerful Q&A session from the Melbourne event and beautiful music by Julie Piatt/SriMati. Listen and connect with the unique dynamic of Rich and Julie as they use their knowledge, experience, wisdom and humour to answer questions such as: ...
Episode 6: Living The Plantpower Way - Highlights and Q&A from Melbourne
April 16, 2017 15:03 - 56 minutes - 49 MBBe inspired by highlights from the recent Living The Plantpower Way events, held in Sydney and Melbourne, starring international wellness advocates Rich Roll and Julie Piatt. Included are key messages from Rich Roll, Andrew Davies and Andrew Taylor, the powerful Q&A session from the Melbourne event and beautiful music by Julie Piatt/SriMati. Listen and connect with the unique dynamic of Rich and Julie as they use their knowledge, experience, wisdom and humour to answer questions such as: ...
Plant-based eating - What we choose to eat (NNP #5)
April 09, 2017 07:03 - 1 hour - 57.1 MBIn this episode we discuss plant-based eating. What do we actually eat? If you think we changed overnight and that it is all mung beans and tofu then you’d be mistaken. In this episode Claire and Andrew Davies discuss what eating a whole foods plant based diet means to them and describe a typical ‘day on a plate’ at New Normal Project HQ. Lots of people have asked what a whole foods plant based diet is and for us it means eating plant foods in their most natural and least processed form. Lot...
Episode 5: Plant-based eating - What we choose to eat
April 09, 2017 07:03 - 1 hour - 57.1 MBIn this episode we discuss plant-based eating. What do we actually eat? If you think we changed overnight and that it is all mung beans and tofu then you’d be mistaken. In this episode Claire and Andrew Davies discuss what eating a whole foods plant based diet means to them and describe a typical ‘day on a plate’ at New Normal Project HQ. Lots of people have asked what a whole foods plant based diet is and for us it means eating plant foods in their most natural and least processed form. Lot...
What The Health - Movie screening & Panel discussion (NNP #4)
April 01, 2017 14:32 - 1 hour - 65.8 MB"If I could deliver one message to the researchers who are looking for the cause of diabetes and the cause of clogged arteries and the cause of high blood pressure and the cause of diabetes I would tell them the answer is in 3 words - it's the food". These words were said by Dr Michael Klaper, an American physician who uses whole foods plant-based nutrition in his medical practice, and come straight from the movie 'What The Health'. This movie opened internationally this month and we were ...
Episode 4: What The Health - Movie screening & Panel discussion
April 01, 2017 14:32 - 1 hour - 65.8 MB"If I could deliver one message to the researchers who are looking for the cause of diabetes and the cause of clogged arteries and the cause of high blood pressure and the cause of diabetes I would tell them the answer is in 3 words - it's the food". These words were said by Dr Michael Klaper, an American physician who uses whole foods plant-based nutrition in his medical practice, and come straight from the movie 'What The Health'. This movie opened internationally this month and we were ...
Episode 3: Thoughts on the Living The Plantpower Way events
March 25, 2017 10:39 - 48 minutes - 48.4 MBClaire & Andrew, from the New Normal Project, discuss the recent Living The Plantpower Way events, held in Sydney and Melbourne on March 16 and 17, 2017. They describe the best aspects of these events, which were evening programs showcasing transformation and wellness advocates, Rich Roll and Julie Piatt (aka SriMati) from the USA. They discuss the high quality of and the impact Rich's keynote had on them and others, and also some of the other highlights, such as Julie's guided group meditat...
Thoughts on the Living The Plantpower Way events (NNP #3)
March 25, 2017 10:39 - 48 minutes - 48.4 MBClaire & Andrew, from the New Normal Project, discuss the recent Living The Plantpower Way events, held in Sydney and Melbourne on March 16 and 17, 2017. They describe the best aspects of these events, which were evening programs showcasing transformation and wellness advocates, Rich Roll and Julie Piatt (aka SriMati) from the USA. They discuss the high quality of and the impact Rich's keynote had on them and others, and also some of the other highlights, such as Julie's guided group meditat...
Episode 2: Rich Roll & Julie Piatt - Living The Plantpower Way
March 14, 2017 11:20 - 1 hour - 85.1 MBRich Roll is one of the rare individuals who can marry inspiration with experience and knowledge and turn it into positive action. Action that catalyzes sustainable, life-altering change. He is a #1 best-selling author, world renowned ultra-endurance athlete, popular podcast host and wellness pioneer. Rich has a powerful yet grounded, highly authentic style. Julie Piatt aka "SriMati" is a true spiritual wellness warrior, an author, a podcast host, a plant based chef, a motivational speaker, ...
Rich Roll & Julie Piatt - Living The Plantpower Way (NNP #2)
March 14, 2017 11:20 - 1 hour - 85.1 MBRich Roll is one of the rare individuals who can marry inspiration with experience and knowledge and turn it into positive action. Action that catalyzes sustainable, life-altering change. He is a #1 best-selling author, world renowned ultra-endurance athlete, popular podcast host and wellness pioneer. Rich has a powerful yet grounded, highly authentic style. Julie Piatt aka "SriMati" is a true spiritual wellness warrior, an author, a podcast host, a plant based chef, a motivational speaker, ...
Episode 1: Introduction to the New Normal Project
March 11, 2017 13:16 - 36 minutes - 32.8 MBYour hosts, Andrew & Claire Davies, introduce themselves and describe the New Normal Project. They talk about how they have made some lifestyle changes recently focused on improving their health. They now want to inspire people to make healthy choices for their mind, bodies and souls, especially in the areas of diet, exercise, sleep, meditation, loving relationships, and developing purpose. They also describe how the New Normal Project is hosting its first events in March 2017.
Introduction to the New Normal Project (NNP #1)
March 11, 2017 13:16 - 36 minutes - 32.8 MBYour hosts, Andrew & Claire Davies, introduce themselves and describe the New Normal Project. They talk about how they have made some lifestyle changes recently focused on improving their health. They now want to inspire people to make healthy choices for their mind, bodies and souls, especially in the areas of diet, exercise, sleep, meditation, loving relationships, and developing purpose. They also describe how the New Normal Project is hosting its first events in March 2017.