Kimra Luna With her bright blue hair and punk rock style, Kimra Luna is probably the last person you’d expect to have become a millionaire, or to be profiled in The Huffington Post Business Insider, Yahoo! or Forbes.com.
In a modern day “rags to riches” story, 30-year-old mother-of-three Kimra went from growing up on welfare to becoming a highly-sought after personal branding and social media expert -- earning over a million dollars in her first 18 months in business. She now leads a community of over 90,000 entrepreneurs.
Since starting her business in May 2014, she has been interviewed by some of the
biggest names in the online business world including Gary Vaynerchuk, Pat Flynn and Lewis Howes. She speaks on topics such as social media marketing, personal
branding, and how to create customers and clients that are raving fans.
Ka Sundance Is Father Of 6, Surf-Dude, Energetic CEO Of A Multiple 6-figure Company, Green Juice Lover, Inspirational Speaker, Professional YouTuber, Social Media Expert, Founder Of The "DoWhatYouLove"-Tribe, And Non-Stop World-traveler.
Jennifer Cornbleet is a nationally recognized raw food chef and instructor, and a faculty instructor at the Living Light Culinary Arts Institute. She offers classes, hands-on workshops, and consultations nationwide. Her first book, Raw Food Made Easy for 1 or 2 People, has already sold over 100,000 copies. A companion DVD, Raw Food Made Easy, is also available. Her second book, Raw For Dessert, provides recipes for delicious cakes, cookies, pies, tarts, ice creams, and candies. For more information, visit Jennifer's website at www.learnrawfood.com.
Chef AJ has been devoted to a plant-based diet for almost 40 years. She is the host of the television series Healthy Living with CHEF AJ which airs on Foody TV. With her comedy background, she has made appearances on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Late Show with David Letterman and more. A chef, culinary instructor and professional speaker, she is author of the popular book Unprocessed: How to Achieve Vibrant Health and Your Ideal Weight, which chronicles her journey from a junk-food vegan faced with a diagnosis of pre-cancerous polyps, to learning how to create foods that nourish and heal the body.
Based in Los Angeles, Chef AJ teaches a monthly sold-out seminar featuring cooking instruction, nutritional science and song parodies, all delivered with comedic panache. Never content to leave her audience with mere “just do it” advice, she teaches how to create meals to transform their health, how to deal with cravings and food addiction and addresses the emotional side of eating. She is the creator of the Ultimate Weight Loss Program, which has helped hundreds of people achieve the health and the body that they deserve.
Chef AJ was the Executive Pastry Chef at Santé Restaurant in Los Angeles where she was famous for her sugar, oil, salt and gluten free desserts which use the fruit, the whole fruit and nothing but the whole fruit.
Chef AJ is also creator of Healthy Taste of LA and the YouTube cooking show The Chef and the Dietitian, and is proud to say that her IQ is higher than her cholesterol. Chef AJ holds a certificate in Plant-Based Nutrition from eCornell University and is a member of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine.
Born in the south of England Russell spent most of his teens and early to mid 20s working in various jobs such as fast food restaurants, manager in a supermarket and as a driving instructor.
It wasn’t until the age of 28 in 2004 when he was in Koh Samui, Thailand, doing a fast to clear up the skin problem that had developed during his time at the fast food restaurant that he discovered raw food.
He quickly got excited about the vibrancy and creativity of raw foods and the health benefits they bring. Spurred on by the fact that he’d never heard of raw food and with a desire to bring it into mainstream awareness in a way that is fun and modern, he set about following his passion, at first as a hobby.
Whilst posting pictures of his food on his blog people started to notice and comment on how great his food looked. Russell discovered techniques and a natural ability to create beautiful raw recipes from widely available ingredients and started teaching people in his local area. News spread and Russell soon found himself teaching people from all over the UK and even people from other countries in Europe and the US, who would travel to come and be taught by him.
It quickly became clear to Russell that his passion was to make raw food accessible every day, so anyone who needed the technical knowledge to make it work.
Russell has taught thousands of people world-wide about raw foods, both through his blog, live classes and his online classes.
Russell’s passion is to show you that far from feeling restricted on a raw food diet you have an abundance of options, whether that being eating raw sandwiches all week or putting on a show-stopping dinner party for friends.
www.therawchef.com
Kathleen LeGrys is a Certified Health Coach, Fitness Nutrition Specialist and founder of Health Coach Solutions. She has helped thousands of health and fitness professionals around the world transform their business, get out of overwhelm and generate more revenue.
Her customizable programs are used by health coaches, fitness trainers, naturopathic doctors, and other wellness professionals to empower them to change lives on a global scale.
You can find Kathleen at www.healthcoachsolutions.net
"Devin Slavin , founder of the Course Creation Network, is a highly-skilled online business coach & consultant, dedicated to working with inspired leaders who are out to thrive financially while making a difference in the world. Devin has created over 10 online courses and launched to 6-figures and above. He also helps others to build their own courses and live their dream life through his Course Creators Bootcamp. Devin lives in Santa Cruz, CA where he loves to surf, dance, and explore the outdoors"
Colleen Patrick-Goudreau’s compassionate living philosophy is propelling plant-based eating into the mainstream and forever changing how we regard animals.
A recognized expert and thought leader on the culinary, social, ethical, and practical aspects of living compassionately and healthfully, Colleen Patrick-Goudreau is an award-winning author of seven books, including the bestselling The Joy of Vegan Baking, The Vegan Table, Color Me Vegan, Vegan’s Daily Companion, On Being Vegan, and The 30-Day Vegan Challenge. She is an acclaimed speaker and beloved host of the inspiring podcast, “Food for Thought,” which was voted Favorite Podcast by VegNews magazine readers.
Colleen has appeared on national and regional TV programs, including the Food Network, CBS, PBS, and FOX. Interviews with her have been featured on NPR, Huffington Post, U.S. News and World Report, The Chicago Tribune, The Miami Times, Pacifica Radio, Rodale News, and in countless publications, blogs, and podcasts.
Her recipes have been featured on Epicurious.com and Oprah.com, and she is a featured guest on Delicious TV’s Vegan Mashup, a program that airs on public television. Colleen is a regular contributor to Perspectives on KQED, National Public Radio’s San Francisco affiliate.
Colleen lives in Oakland, CA with her husband and two cats, Charlie and Michiko.
Sheree Clark attended the Living Light Culinary Arts Institute and is a certified raw culinary arts chef and instructor. Sheree is a graduate of the Institute for Integrative Nutrition in New York. She holds an undergraduate degree from Rochester Institute of Technology and a Masters degree from the University of Vermont. She has authored three books and hundreds of articles. Sheree combines her multiple talents to teach entertaining and informative nutrition and healthy lifestyle classes. Through Fork in the Road, she offers lectures, classes, hands-on workshops, coaching and consultations in the Des Moines area and nationwide. Sheree is a frequent contributor to leading healthy living publications like Purely Delicious magazine and Get Fresh magazine.
Mark, the winner of Vegan.com’s Recipe of the Year Award, has more than 20 years experience preparing creative vegan and raw food cuisine. He was the executive chef for the North American Vegetarian Society’s 2012 – 2016 Summerfest, one of the largest vegetarian conferences in the world. He specializes in vegan and raw food recipe development and offers vegan cuisine workshops, trainings and retreats internationally. Mark is described by VegCooking.com as being “poised on the leading edge of contemporary vegan cooking”. He is the author of seven books and the founding chef of the celebrated Blossoming Lotus Restaurant, winner of a prestigious I’lima Award for “Best Restaurant on Kaua’i”. Mark holds a Masters Degree in Holistic Nutrition and is the recipient of a Platinum Carrot award, given to America’s top “innovative and trailblazing healthy chefs”.
Mark received his initial culinary training from his grandfather, Benjamin Bimstein, a renowned chef and ice carver in New York City. He developed his love for world culture and cuisine during travel journeys through Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and South and Central America. His first cookbook, Vegan Fusion World Cuisine, coauthored with Bo Rinaldi and featuring a foreword by Dr. Jane Goodall, has won several national awards, including a Gourmand Award for “Best Vegetarian Cookbook in the USA”.
In addition, Mark coauthored The 30-Minute Vegan, The 30-Minute Vegan’s Taste of the East, and The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Eating Raw. He is the author of The 30-Minute Vegan’s Taste of Europe, The 30-Minute Vegan’s Soup’s On! and Healing the Vegan Way.
Levine is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO behind Lotus Foods, one of the most innovative, organic and fair trade specialty rice brands in the country. After a 17-year career fundraising in higher education Levine now leads Lotus Foods marketing and sales and is primarily responsible for the image and positioning of the Lotus Foods brand, the development of all packaging and merchandising materials. Recipient of the 2014 Specialty Foods leadership award for vision, Levine has been an invited speaker around the world and most recently at the 2015 World Food Prize, the 2014 Clinton Global Initiative mid-year meeting, the 2013 Social Venture Network Conference and the 2012 Bioneers Conference. Levine is a founding member of the Whole Grain Council and a member of the Social Venture Network. She holds a MPA in Public Administration from the University of Hartford.
Narelle is at the forefront of product research & development, creating what most proclaimed impossible, a certified organic range of skin care products. "Education is the key to empowering consumers to see through the "green-wash" of slick product marketing to recognize products for what they really are. Misleading labels and clever advertising relating to organic content often mask the use of potentially toxic ingredients, which seriously undermine the integrity of the organic claim."
Brigitte Mars is an herbalist and nutritional consultant of Natural Health with almost fifty years of experience. She teaches Herbal Medicine at Naropa University, and The School of Health Mastery in Iceland. She has taught at Omega Institute, Esalen, Kripalu, Sivananda Yoga Ashram, Arise, Envision and Unify Festivals, and The Mayo Clinic. She blogs for the Huffington Post and Care2. She is a professional member of the American Herbalist Guild.
Brigitte is the author of many books and DVDs, including The Home Reference to Holistic Health and Healing, The Country Almanac of Home Remedies, The Desktop Guide to Herbal Medicine, Beauty by Nature, Addiction Free Naturally, The Sexual Herbal, Healing Herbal Teas, Rawsome! and co-author of The HempNut Cookbook. DVDs include Sacred Psychoactive, Herbal Wizardry for Kids of all Ages, Natural Remedies for Childhood Ailments, Overcoming Addictions, and Natural Remedies for Emotional Health. Her latest project is a phone app called IPlant.
Brigitte and her daughter, Sunflower Sparkle Mars run Herb Camp for Kids in Boulder, Colorado. Brigitte's other daughter is world famous activist/yogini-actress/ international model, Rainbeau Mars.
Please check out www.brigittemars.com
Dr. Jaime Kulaga is a licensed mental health counselor and certified life coach. She received her undergraduate psychology degree from The University of Tampa and her doctorate from Capella University. She is the Author and Founder of the International book The SuperWoman’s Guide to Super Fulfillment which is published in over 10 countries over 4 continents. Dr. Jaime is a motivational speaker and the go to keynote for companies, associations and organizations when it comes to work-life balance, fulfillment and success. With her engaging personality, sense of humor and engaging tone, audiences are inspired and motivated to use the content in order to enhance their lives.
Dr. Jaime has taught and worked with hundreds of people empowering them to overcome barriers, discover their own greatness, and in turn, create a loving and gratifying environment for all those in their lives. Through teaching at the University level, coaching and counseling individuals, couples, and businesses, she educates women, men and families to make better lifestyle decisions, steer the course of their lives, and use practical tools for overall health and success. Dr. Jaime is a frequent mental health expert on national TV and radio and has been featured on Forbes.com, on Maria Shriver's blog, and in Glamour, Elle, Self, and Prevention magazines for her expertise in work-life balance and life fulfillment.
Gregory Anne Cox believes that health--mind and body--is the foundation of wealth and success in all areas of life. And it all starts with the story we tell ourselves. She works with speakers and other busy professionals to create that plan to help them look and feel their best no matter how busy life gets. She wants people to know that there isn’t just one way to get healthy, lose weight, or feel good in your body. When nothing else works it’s time to write a new story.
Greg was among the first female graduates of The Culinary Institute of America, one of the world’s premier culinary colleges. She’s still a passionate cook committed to the idea that what’s on the end of your fork trumps prescription pad medicine any day.
In addition, she is a speaker, author of two books, and top sales strategist for Gain The Edge, a company who supports some of the biggest names in the personal develop field with sales and marketing for product launches.
Heather Nicholds is a Registered Holistic Nutritionist who helps clients energize their lives through simple changes in how they eat. Whether you’re seeking healthy weight loss, more energy or a boost towards balanced nutrition, Heather will introduce you to the positive and powerful impact of a plant-based whole food diet. Through her nutritionally-balanced meal plans, cleanses, online cooking classes, and nutrition consultations, she can get you on track. She makes the healthy part flow easily and effortlessly for you, and the meals so crazy delicious that you'll wind up making them over and over again.
Dr. Douglas N Graham has authored 8 books on health, with a specific focus on nutrition and sports performance, including his best-seller The 80/10/10 Diet, and the hugely popular Perpetual Health 365. A raw vegan for more than 30 years, Dr Doug closed his chiropractic practice to pursue his passion of teaching health, and has since been the keynote presenter at all the major raw food festivals, and the newest incarnation of them, international 80/10/10-based fruit festivals. His presentations make science user-friendly, and he is sure to educate, entertain, and motivate you to take better care of yourself. At 63 years of age, he is still improving and setting records in sport, and helping others to do the same. Dr Graham has worked with many world famous clients, including actress Demi Moore, tennis legend Martina Navratiliova, and NBA pro Ronnie Grandison. Dr Graham lectures around the world; at schools, festivals, and his private retreats, where he explains that living healthfully is easy, and being healthy is the prize, whereas being sick is the penalty of accumulated unhealthy lifestyle habits. Sit back and enjoy as Dr Graham guides you from your starting point and propels you towards Perpetual Health.
Melissa is passionate about health. She is passionate about food. She is passionate about personal growth.
She is a Transformational Eating Coach, Certified Clinical Nutritionist, Certified Spiritual Psychologist, Plant-Based Chef, Speaker and Author. She is committed to our profound and deep transformation so we can finally break free of our sabotaging behaviors when it comes to food and loving your body. She is here to support us in stepping fully into your greatness, in every area of our life. Because we and she know, it’s not just about the food.
Her own struggles with emotional eating and her body image caused years of suffering and left her feeling imprisoned and paralyzed.
She was abusing herself with her words, actions and deeds. She deprived herself, took fat burners, exercised maniacally, then overate and criticized her body by calling it names and hating it, all because she thought that if she looked perfect, then she would finally be loved. What the heck is perfect anyway?
Growing up in a dysfunctional household with an alcoholic father did nothing to help her feel better about herself. She lived in fear and she was in constant survival mode. Food was her only safety net. But it body was her nemesis. She had the biggest internal war going on right inside her. She didn’t have a safe space to express her emotions, so she ate them away.
Dawn Gallagher is truly a woman of accomplishment. She is wife, mother, humanitarian, health advocate, supermodel, and QVC host. Dawn Gallagher is renowned as a trailblazer for a growing population of women over 35 who are active, independent and aspire to age with beauty and style.
The Dawn Gallagher brand is an influencer in large part due to her unwavering commitment to finding cost effective solutions for busy moms and time starved women everywhere and sharing it in her books, blog posts, social media and articles. The Dawn Gallagher presents a tremendous opportunity to reach a large and underserved demographic of women who will relate to the active and independent spirit of Ms. Gallagher.
Her highly successful career in the fashion and beauty business has enabled her to travel extensively throughout the world. Through her travels as a fashion model, television host, spokesperson and author, Dawn has gained an extensive insight into the beauty, fashion and health of women from across the globe. As the researcher for her first best-selling book, Naturally Beautiful, and her most recent second book, Nature’s Beauty Secrets, Dawn has created a platform for women to embrace and adopt her fashion and beauty secrets.
Throughout her career, Dawn has appeared on the cover of hundreds of magazines, including Vogue, Italian Bazaar and Cosmopolitan, and has appeared in numerous campaigns for fashion and cosmetics including Maybelline, Clarins, and Clairol. She has walked the runways in New York, Paris and Milan, working with the world’s top make-up artists, stylists and designers including Valentino, Gucci and Ralph Lauren. Recently, Dawn signed with one of the biggest modeling agencies in New York, Iconic Focus, that works exclusively with Iconic models of the past.
https://youtu.be/52-RddLYkks -Dawn’s Demo Reel
Brenda Cobb, our Founder and Director, overcame breast and cervical cancer without the use of chemotherapy, radiation or surgery by following the simple principles that are taught in her Healthy Lifestyle Programs today. She eliminated all allergies, migraine and sinus headaches, acid reflux, indigestion, heartburn, rheumatoid arthritis, age and liver spots, and gray hair. Her eyesight even improved! She is completely healthy and looks and feels many years younger than her actual age. Brenda now devotes her life to educating and helping others.
Brenda was awarded an Honorary Cultural Doctorate in Therapeutic Philosophy from the World University in September 2003 for her work in helping people heal from diseases that the medical community thought were terminal, incurable and hopeless such as helping to cure ALS in Atlanta GA.
Mayor Shirley Franklin, former Atlanta, Georgia mayor, awarded Brenda the Prestigious Phoenix Award in November 2003 with the Proclamation "On behalf of the people of Atlanta, I commend Brenda Cobb, Founder of The Living Foods Institute for promoting healthy eating and healthy living. The City of Atlanta Recognizes the importance of incorporating enzyme-rich organic Living Foods into the diets of its citizens and also, the healing it brings to the body, mind and spirit. The City of Atlanta takes pride in your efforts to raise awareness in our community."
Since 2010, Vasavi Kumar, LMSW, MEd, ACC, has been transforming the conversation that her clients have with themselves and others. Vasavi is a certified life coach, transformation expert and speaker on topics including: Engaging the SOURCE of Your Success, Mastering the Whelm, Beyond Your Upper Limit, Leadership, Communication, and Life Transformation. She works with individuals on a journey of self-discovery to propel their life, career and mind-body-spirit wellbeing to the next level and beyond. She has a particular passion for working with women entrepreneurs and the integration of their personal and professional success. She works with clients across the United States.
Vasavi hosts a weekly radio talk show called Deep Talk, which can heard live on KCMO 710 in the Kansas City market or via podcast at www.710kcmo.com. Vasavi is a contributing author in the book Succeeding in Spite of Everything, due out in summer of 2012.
Vasavi holds dual Masters degrees in Special Education from Hofstra University and Social Work from Columbia University. She is also a Certified Coach through Accomplishment Coaching, an International Coach Federation (ICF) accredited school. Vasavi is a native New Yorker transplanted to the Midwest where she resides with her husband.
When you work with Vasavi, she meets you where you are, on your own journey, and escorts you to a more abundant, blissful and joyous life. She unabashedly asks the tough questions and encourages you to dig deep and access your inner wisdom. She reflects back to you what you don’t yet see; your truth, your purpose, your light. Together you give voice to what your soul has been whispering for so very long. Together you craft a life that you deserve to live.
Talya Lutzker is a Certified Ayurvedic Practitioner, Certified Massage Practitioner, Yoga Teacher, Professional Chef, author of two Ayurvedic cookbooks and the founder of Talya's Kitchen, a nutrition-focused catering company.
Specializing in Ayurveda since 2003, Talya offers personalized nutritional consultations in person and over the phone or Skype, personal chef services, catering, health food store tours, Ayurvedic massage, pancha karma and yoga classes. Her popular cooking classes inspire people to deepen their self-care and find joy in the kitchen. Catch Talya's Kitchen cooking segments on her website, TalyasKitchen.com, Grokker.com and YouTube.com.
Talya's passion for holistic medicine and innovative, healthful cooking sparkles in her lively and entertaining teaching style, and shines through everything she does. She has studied with DeAnna Batdorff, founder of the dhyana Center of Health Sciences, since 2001 and has a bachelor's degree in Environmental Studies from the University of California in Santa Barbara.
Dr. Ritamarie Loscalzo, founder of the Institute of Nutritional Endocrinology, is passionately committed to transforming exhausted high achievers all over the globe into high energy people who love their lives and live to their full potential.
A bestselling author, speaker, and internationally recognized nutrition and women’s health authority, she contributes perspectives to the media to inspire people everywhere to recharge their energy and reclaim their lives. Her articles have appeared in the Journal of Nutritional Perspectives, Natural Awakenings, Purely Delicious, and other national magazines and online publications. The founder of the International Association of Online Holistic Nutrition Professionals, contributing author of Amazon Bestseller Trendsetters, and the author of numerous books on healing foods and recipes, Dr. Ritamarie speaks at conferences nationwide to rave reviews.
Her passion for health and healing began as a result of her own bout with illness. After recovering her health by changing what she put in her mouth and how she lived her life, Dr. Ritamarie began her formal training in nutrition and natural medicine in 1985. She is a Doctor of Chiropractic with certification in acupuncture and clinical nutrition, a diplomat of the American Clinical Board of Nutrition, and a certified HeartMath™ instructor.
Dr. Ritamarie’s online programs and private coaching marry the ancient healing wisdom of whole fresh foods and herbs with modern scientific research to guide people worldwide to balance their hormones, flatten their bellies, and refuel their energy tanks. She wants people everywhere to experience more juice in their relationships, success in their careers, and joy in their lives. Using her skills as a certified living foods chef, instructor, and coach, Dr. Ritamarie offers the tools to reach your ideal weight while enjoying delicious healing meals.
When she’s not writing, speaking, or coaching on health and nutrition topics, Dr. Ritamarie loves to run, hike, swim, paint, and make pottery. She resides in Austin, Texas with her husband and two teenage sons.
Michele Paiva is a sage marketer with a strong professional background in communications and business marketing for small, medium and large businesses. She has also worked as a news writer, editor, radio host, television host and producer, broadcast reporter and public affairs and medical anchor, as well as contracted as a telesales spokesperson. She is also an author of several books.
Michele Paiva’s purpose is to create a domino effect of wellness professionals who are successful, passionate & respected so that together, there is an awakening spreading more rapidly to help, heal and honour, the greater good.
She has worked as a national legal educational advocate, advocating for victims of discrimination, assault and crime in federally funded organizations such as universities and schools. While she sees the incredible value in communications, she has always kept a spirited wing in wellness, owning a yoga studio and working in psychotherapy.
Modern Women are up to big things, leading extraordinary lives both personally and professionally. They are balancing work, family, fun, love, finances, passions, health and more! Sometimes even the most influential woman can become overwhelmed, lose sight of her supreme goals, and lose her exquisite goddess energy. She can even reach burnout where she feels disconnected, drained and unfulfilled. Through your connection to the ever replenishing Divine Source, you can more easily be in Alignment with your Divine Gifts. When you’re aligned with Abundance in all areas of your life and in your Divine, Authentic Power as a Co-Creator, you Manifest more quickly and easily, you have more energy, a deeper sense of clarity and a sense of true freedom.
Aliky creates a sacred and neutral space for you where she will guide you to get back into alignment with your divine self expression and your essence. This will increase the frequency on which you connect to your world and goals, and Transmute that Stress into Gold. She facilitates healing all that is between you and the highest expression of your body, mind, and spirit, and bring back the love, joy, deep fulfillment and bliss that your extraordinary life deserves.
Aliky is a Spiritual Healer, Self Empowerment Mentor and Elite Initiate of Spirit Repair working with Master Healing Angels, trained and certified in Pranic Healing, Arhatic yoga, Form Based Feng Shui, Meditation teacher, Reiki, Yoga Teacher Alliance Certified and Yoga Teacher Trainer for Adults, children and pre-natal/postpartum.
Aliky has also spent 23 years in the corporate field as a high performing leader in areas of Pre-sales Systems Engineering, Marketing Strategy and Management and Sales Management in regional and global roles for companies like IBM, Apple and holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Computing Science and Statistics from Macquarie university in Australia.
Ralph Celebre RH (A.H.G.) has over twenty-five years in the natural foods and herbal medicine fields. He opened his independent, locally owned business, Basil Bandwagon, in Flemington, NJ in 1993. He offers Wellness Consultations, Individualized Herbal Formulas, Custom Tea Blends and Herb Classes/Internships.
Alissa Cohen is one of the world’s leading authorities on whole health and vibrant living.
An internationally recognized author, speaker, and educator, Alissa has been living a holistic lifestyle and teaching others how to do the same since 1986. As a teacher, she is known to connect with the hearts and minds of her students while teaching people the secret to elevating every area of their lives.
Alissa first gained an international reputation for her books and courses, distributed through the U.S., Canada, England, Australia, South Korea and many other parts of the world. Covering every aspect of vibrant living, her books and programs catapulted her into the international limelight, landing her an appearance on the Today show, The Tyra Banks show, an “Ask Alissa” column and a worldwide following that looks to her for healthy living advice and self-development. Alissa’s devoted following includes thousands of people throughout the world who have healed themselves of a myriad of diseases, maintained successful weight losses, and created lasting changes physically, mentally, and emotionally.
Alissa’s deep knowledge and enthusiasm for living a healthy lifestyle has attracted major media attention. Since appearing on NBC’s Today show in August 2005 as a nutrition expert, promoting the benefits of raw food for its “10 Secrets for Staying Young” segment, Alissa has appeared on numerous television and radio shows as well as magazines and newspapers in the U.S. and abroad.
living-on-live-food-thumbnail-370x220Alissa’s first book, Living on Live Food, is the most comprehensive, accessible, and practical book on raw food ever to come into print. Aimed at a mass audience, these recipes are user friendly, cognizant of modern life’s time constraints, and require only common household appliances such as a blender or a food processor. Most of all, the recipes celebrate food that gives us joy beyond the moment of consumption. Fashioned with Alissa’s sense for combining food textures and flavors, these dishes look great and taste delicious. The book, first published in 2004, is now in its eighth edition, and is considered by many an essential and indispensable how-to guide.
Her second book, Raw Food for Everyone, was released in 2010 from Penguin Publishing. The recipes in this book are taken from Alissa’s restaurants, Grezzo, where they saw widespread popularity.
At 49 years old, Alissa has been eating and promoting a raw food diet for most of her life. Though her passion for food and fitness has helped thousands of people achieve fantastic health, her deeply rooted background in spiritual therapies has been woven into the structure of all of her teachings, and remains the foundation for Alissa’s life changing events. Over the last thirty years, numerous people have been touched by Alissa’s special brand of lifestyle enrichment.
Since 1988, Bart Potenza and his partner Joy Pierson have created three successful vegetarian dining establishments. Candle Cafe was the first restaurant to be certified by the Green Restaurant Association and both restaurants are at the forefront of campaigns to green the restaurant industry. The most recent is Candle 79, one of the first upscale organic vegan restaurants in the country.
At the vanguard of health food marketing and vegetarianism, Bart Potenza has written and lectured on the virtues of healthy eating for everyone. After studying at the City College of New York Business School, Bart was a successful art dealer for 16 years before making a change-of-career to the health food industry. His new lifestyle impressed him profoundly with his renewed vitality and sense of well being, and he wanted to share that with the public. In recent years, Bart and Joy have passionately supported the efforts of the environmental and animal rights communities, through their work in the Candle restaurants and beyond.
Bart is a proud member of Co-op America, Social Ventures Network, Business Leaders for Sensible Priorities, The Presidents Club at F.A.R.M., P.E.T.A. and Farm Sanctuary. He provides a wealth of inspiration and information through his daily aphorisms, which he posts on a chalkboard in both restaurants. A compilation of his works, “Look Two Ways on a One Way Street” is published by Lantern Books. The success of Candle Cafe and Candle 79 proves Bart’s original assertion that eating super healthy vegetarian food is a choice that impacts not only individual health, but also the health of the planet. Bart’s “daily bread” is his quest to make our world better for all humanity. He continues to be inspired by the growth and significance of the green movement.
Joy, a nutritional counselor since 1985, graduated from Tufts University Magna Cum Laude, and is certified by the Pritikin Longevity Center and Hippocrates Health Institute. Her passion for counseling and healing through great food lead her to join Bart Potenza at The Healthy Candle in 1988 where they began creating foods and menus tailored to the nutritional needs of clients from Joy’s private practice, and the Healthy Candle’s ever-growing customer base. Their partnership has flourished, and Joy and Bart have joined to create Candle Cafe, Candle 79, a growing catering and wholesale business, and the internationally best selling Candle Cafe Cookbook.
In addition to time spent at the restaurants, Joy avidly promotes their mission beyond the restaurants’ walls. She has written and lectured extensively about food and nutrition, sharing her expertise with an ever widening audience as more and more people become mindful of the positive effects of healthful eating. She regularly leads workshops and teaches courses on diet and nutrition. Joy has appeared on The Today Show, Good Day New York, CBS News This Morning, The Food Network’s TV Food Diners, and has been a radio guest on Joan Hamburg, The Howard Stern Show, and Walden’s Pond with Sheldon Walden on NPR. Joy serves as a board member of the New York Coalition for Healthy School Lunches and Wellness in the Schools. She is also an active SVN member. Her quest is to continue changing people’s awareness of health and well being and its effect on the planet and future generations by bringing farm fresh vegan food to as many people and as many tables as possible!