Welcome to the Learn True Health Podcast. I'm your host Ashley James. This is

episode 309. I am so excited for today's guest. We have with us an amazing author and I just love her books.

Colleen Patrick Goodro is such an inspiration. I'm really excited for our talk today and I know

my husband's even more excited because he went vegan at the January, so it's been almost a year that he's been vegan and our

family has been largely plant-based and really enjoying the health benefits that that brings.

Now, listeners don't need to go vegan or be vegan to love today's interview,

but understanding that there's so there's a huge benefit to

incorporating this diet at least trying it like the 30-day challenge which is one of

the books that Colleen has published

giving it a try and seeing and seeing the health benefits for yourself. So Colleen

I'm really excited to have you here today for those who maybe are on the fence or vegan curious or for people who just who don't know what to do but they want to turn their health around.

I know that they're going to love learning from you today.

So welcome to the show.

Thank you.

Thanks, Ashley.

Really good to be here.

Absolutely.

I'd love to start by hearing your story what led you to want to become the

author and the expert that you are today. Well I didn't set out to do that

happened as a byproduct of my passion and my interest and my experience

experiencing the benefits the mental benefits the benefits, the mental benefits, the emotional benefits, etc.

So it's been a journey over the last really 25 years starting with, starting with growing up back on the East Coast in New Jersey here in the United

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