Ep: 302: Michelle Joy Kramer - From Personal Loss to Plant-Based Purpose
PLANTSTRONG Podcast
Rip Esselstyn
4.8 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 22 May 2025
⏱️ 72 minutes
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Summary
When a health scare and personal loss collided, Michelle Joy Kramer found a new path—one rooted in healing, purpose, and plants. A PLANTSTRONG retreat alum and concierge health coach, Michelle shares how she shifted from vegetarianism to a whole food, plant-based lifestyle, dramatically improving her health and inspiring others to do the same.
In this episode, Michelle reveals how she:
- Lowered her cholesterol and improved her health in months
- Navigates social settings and restaurants with intention
- Uses tech tools like Garmin for accountability
- Integrates mindfulness and meditation into client care
- Coaches high-powered professionals with compassion and clarity
Michelle’s journey is a powerful reminder that with the right mindset and support, transformation is always possible.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Ray Besselston, and you're listening to the Plan Strong podcast. |
| 0:05.0 | What happens when a health scare and deep personal loss become the spark for a total life transformation? |
| 0:14.0 | This week, you're going to meet Powerhouse Health Coach Michelle Joy Kramer, who turned her grief into personal growth. That's coming up, right after |
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| 1:16.0 | I love reconnecting with past Plansstrong retreat attendees and hearing how this lifestyle is |
| 1:22.6 | unfolding in their lives. |
| 1:25.5 | Back in 2017, Michelle Joy Kramer joined us at a Planned Strong immersion in Black Mountain, |
| 1:34.1 | North Carolina. At the time, she was just beginning her Whole Food plant-based journey, |
| 1:42.0 | sparked by a serious health event involving her partner and a deeper |
| 1:46.8 | motivation that was rooted in her father's health struggles and subsequent death. |
| 1:52.9 | Since then, Michelle has transformed her own life and now coaches high-powered professionals |
| 1:59.1 | towards better health. In this episode, she shares how she |
| 2:02.9 | moved from vegetarianism to embrace a fully plant-strong lifestyle and dramatically lowering |
| 2:10.7 | her cholesterol while navigating the social challenges that come with making such a bold shift. |
| 2:20.0 | She also shares her tips for coaching these business executives, many of whom are men, and believe me, it's not necessarily what you |
| 2:27.8 | may think. Here to spread joy and plan strong love is Michelle Joy Kramer. |
| 2:35.0 | Michelle Joy Kramer, welcome to the Plan Strong podcast. |
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