by Lani Muelrath | Sep 17, 2018 | All Posts, Animals, Travel
We’ve just returned from our fifth journey to Africa. Wildlife advocacy and adventure travel keep my husband Greg and I coming back. Once you get Africa in your blood, you can’t help but return each opportunity you get. Maybe it’s because it’s...
by Lani Muelrath | Feb 1, 2017 | All Posts, Animals, Travel
Elephant Rescue Project Video: Part One (Part Two Below) First – Seven Things I Love About Elephants They possess an enviable grace and purposefulness in their movement – in spite of their size. They demonstrate compassion for the less fortunate, the lost,...
by Lani Muelrath | Sep 7, 2015 | All Posts, Animals, Travel, Video
Want to see the baby elephant video first? Scroll down the page! Can You Eat Plant-Based While on Safari in Africa? A resounding yes. Deliciously. confidently. While on safari in Kenya and Tanzania these past few weeks, I posted pictures and articles about the...
by Lani Muelrath | Aug 12, 2015 | All Posts, Animals, Plant-Based Journey, Travel, Video
Our driver scurried us through teeming traffic in a late-night arrival at the Nairobi airport to our lodging for the first days of our stay near Nairobi National Park. As we drove past giant billboards that had been erected days earlier to welcome President Barack...
by Lani Muelrath | Sep 14, 2014 | Animals, Plant-Based Journey, Travel, Video
Safari Africa touches something deep inside you. Maybe it’s in our DNA. Our limbic memory, reaching back to our ancient ancestors. Picture this At 6,500 feet above sea level, we watch as a large family of elephants – from giant towering mothers to infants...
by Lani Muelrath | Feb 14, 2022 | All Posts
The elephant orphans of Kenya again called to us, and last August we once more journeyed to Kenya to work with them, and to be with the magnificent wildlife that lives in this part of Africa. This time, another extraordinary experience was ours in meeting Jack...
by Lani Muelrath | Jan 6, 2019 | All Posts, Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation, Video
This latest video release from my husband Greg opens with a sunrise in Africa and moves to our town of Magalia with a message of symbolism and hope following our experiences in the Camp fire. Says Greg: “In August 2017, we had the good fortune to witness a...
by Lani Muelrath | Feb 27, 2016 | All Posts, Animals, Plant-Based Journey, Travel, Video
This latest from my favorite videographer Greg starts with delightful footage of the elephants, including our adoptees, at the Sheldrick Wildlfe Trust in Nairobi. Quite soon he seques to the wart hog story. Lots more, including updates on the “ellies” as...
by Lani Muelrath | Dec 14, 2015 | All Posts, Plant-Based Journey, Plant-Based Nutrition, Reviews
Now Doctor Recommended for Your Health: The Plant-Based Journey Book! We know that a plant-based diet has been increasing extolled by doctors and the medical community as the diet for optimal health: I am excited to announce that The Plant-Based Journey is now...
by Lani Muelrath | Dec 8, 2015 | All Posts, Appearances, Holidays, Media, Plant-Based Journey, Recipes, Video
This week I was back on the set at CBS TV to show multiple examples of plant-based party snacks so you can lighten up the holiday parties with plant-based hors d’oeuvres. Double click on the video to enjoy this four minute presentation including taste tests and...
by Lani Muelrath | Nov 16, 2015 | All Posts, Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation
Paris – November 13, 2015 Over 14 years ago, early in 2001, I organized a women’s fitness and nutrition retreat to take place in October later that year. I rented several buildings at Wainright House on Long Island Sound – within eyeshot of downtown...
by Lani Muelrath | Aug 28, 2015 | All Posts, Plant-Based Journey
The official Plant-Based Journey blog tour launches September 1! You’ll find the complete list – including links added each day when that day’s tour stop goes ‘live’ – at the end of this article. More about the tour in a minute, but...
by Lani Muelrath | Jun 25, 2015 | All Posts, Plant-Based Journey, Travel, Video
If we’ve been on this journey together for any time at all, you know this about me: I travel. A lot. I figure someone’s got to demonstrate how you can eat and live plant-based – in glorious fashion – and stay active anywhere in the world. So...
by Lani Muelrath | Jun 6, 2015 | All Posts, Plant-Based Journey
If I could induce labor on this one, I would. Though The Plant-Based Journey has an official due date of September 15, this mama is eager for delivery. The good news is that, with the good graces of my publisher and the fine folks at BenBella Books, we’ve...
by Lani Muelrath | May 24, 2015 | All Posts, All Setup, Recipes
Cherry Pie for breakfast? That has been the state of affairs around here lately. I recently combined my love for a morning bowl of sweet steamy whole grains with a longtime adoration of dark cherries. And believe it or not, this comes out tasting like cherry pie. As a...
by Lani Muelrath | May 10, 2015 | All Posts, All Setup, Animals, Travel, Video
We just returned from three weeks of travel adventure in Indonesia, where we journeyed for scuba diving, rainforest hiking, and doing what we always do on our travels – trek to wildlife sanctuaries and preserves to give support, bear witness, and bring back...
by Lani Muelrath | Mar 15, 2015 | Plant-Based Journey
She now has a face! The Plant-Based Journey: A Step-by-Step Guide for Transitioning to a Healthy Lifestyle and Achieving Your Ideal Weight now officially has a front cover, six months to the day from release. This week also marks the last few days that I can...
by Lani Muelrath | Nov 4, 2014 | Reviews
The winner of this giveaway – drawn randomly from the entries – is Rosemary Thompson. Thanks to all who entered! This week, BenBella, the publisher of my new book The Plant-Based Journey releases another title from their plant-based living collection. I...
by Lani Muelrath | Sep 22, 2014 | All Setup, Plant-Based Nutrition, Reviews
The new Forks Over Knives book is like a visit with the kind plant-based doctor you wish you had. You know, the doctor who is keenly interested in your health and well-being, assumes you actually ARE interested in taking practical steps – instead of pills...
by Lani Muelrath | Jan 5, 2013 | Transformations, Weight Loss
Karen, 9-22-2012 Karen, 11-5-2012 Karen, 12-31-2012 I want to share Karen’s story with you today because you may be one of those people, like Karen, who had lost hope and was frustrated with her attempts at weight loss, getting fit, and having a body that...
by Lani Muelrath | Jan 30, 2012
The following is a clickable list of recipes from the McDougall Newsletters that comply with the Maximum Weight Loss (MWL) guidelines. For non MWL recipes, click here: Recipes from the McDougall Newsletters Entrees, Sides, Beans Shepherd’s Vegetable Pie Quick Yummy...
by Lani Muelrath | Dec 13, 2010
When Friends Ask: Where Do You Get Your Protein? by John McDougall, M.D. If you don’t know where you get your protein while following a plant-food-based diet, you’re in good company. The Nutrition Committee of the American Heart Association, scientists from the Human...
