Triplets Jessica, Jill and Jennifer Emich, have owned restaurants and gathering places in Boulder for nearly 25 years with Trilogy Wine Bar & Lounge, Shine Restaurant & Potion Bar and now their latest iteration and expansion: Shine Living. Inspired by the desire to expand beyond the four walls of their restaurant, the Shine Community features products, classes, education and support with living a healthy lifestyle. Shine serves fare that is sourced from local farmers, grown organically and prepared holistically to not only build health in our bodies but in our local economy as well. Their classes represent the mission of nourishment from the inside out through cooking how-to’s, holistic nutrition, dance, yoga, meditation, breathwork and more for the whole family. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-boulderista/support

Roger Briggs is an author and social entrepreneur, who served BVSD for over 30 years building social structures, including: a state-class distance running program that produced multiple championships, an outstanding science department and acclaimed advanced physics program, and a student-run Tech Team at Fairview High. A rock climber for over 50 years, Roger established himself as one of the pioneering climbers of his generation, known for his alpine free climbing on the Diamond of Longs Peak and his founding of the Boulder Climbing Community. Since retiring in 2005, Roger wrote the book, Journey to Civilization: The Science of How We Got Here. Briggs recently debut is his second book: Emerging World: The Evolution of Consciousness and the Future of Humanity which brings both a cautionary and optimistic vision of our future. Join us as we discuss Roger's legacy, the current state of human affairs, and where we go from here, on the Boulderista podcast. Published Books Available on Amazon Published Books Available at Atlantic Publishing Email Roger: rpbriggs17@gmail.com Psychology Today Book Review LinkedIn --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-boulderista/support

Boulder local Linda Chavez is a center right thought leader, author of American politics, political analyst, and president of the Becoming American Initiative. She was the highest-ranking woman in President Ronald Reagan's White House, and was the first Latina ever nominated to the United States Cabinet, when President George W. Bush nominated her Secretary of Labor before withdrawing her name from consideration. Chavez is the founder and chairwoman of the Center for Equal Opportunity, a conservative think tank which focuses on affirmative action, immigration, and bilingual education. Chavez has been a nationally syndicated columnist and political pundant for three decades, appearing on all the major networks, everything from CNN to FOX News and Real Time with Bill Maher. In 2000, Chavez was honored by the Library of Congress as a “Living Legend” for her contributions to America’s cultural and historical legacy.  Join Linda and I as we discuss politics and the importance of finding common ground in the middle in a highly polarized political climate. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-boulderista/support

Our guest is former Major League Baseball Pitcher, Brad “Lights Out” Lidge, who grew up in the suburbs of Denver before leaving CO to live out a celebrated 11 season pitching career, including being named the Houston Astros’ Rookie of the Year in 2003, playing on two National League All-Star teams, and winning the 2008 World Series as a member of the Philadelphia Phillies. Brad moved back to Colorado after retiring, and shifted focus to getting a master’s degree in ancient Roman archaeology, and raising his children in Boulder with his wife, Lindsey. He stays engaged with MLB by appearing on network radio shows on SIRIUSXM. When not on air or digging in the dirt for artifacts in Europe, he and Lindsey work their own land in Boulder, donating large amounts of their fruit harvest to local food banks, and distributing fresh flowers to local businesses. Brad also serves as a board member to Project Cure and Y on Earth, and supports local charity, Project Vets. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-boulderista/support

Jessica Benjamin of First Bite: Boulder Restaurant Week joins us in a conversation about using food to deepen the connection within our community, and how her cookbook "A Bite of Boulder" is bringing the flavors, stories, and love of our local eateries into our hearts and homes during a pandemic. www.Firstbiteboulder.com 50% of book sale proceeds go towards these featured Boulder restaurants: Black Cat, Bohemian Biergarten, Boulder Teahouse, Centro Mexican Kitchen, Chimera, Corrida, Japango, Jax Fish House & Oyster Bar, Leaf Vegetarian Restaurant, OAK at fourteenth, The Post Brewing Co., River and Woods - Colorado Comfort Cuisine, SALT - Boulder, SteakHOUSE No.316, The West End Tavern and West Flanders Brewing Co --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-boulderista/support

Boulder local Aaron William Perry is a writer, public speaker, impact entrepreneur, artist and father. He has consulted dozens of innovative organizations and entrepreneurs and throughout his career has launched companies in the recycling, renewable energy and local and organic food sectors. In his book Y on Earth: Get Smarter, Feel Better, Heal the Planet, Aaron shares simple life-changing practices to enhance health and well-being, and empowers people with  the global strategies needed for ecological regeneration and stewardship. The Y on Earth community further spreads the message by engaging and inspiring people at the local level through events, symposia and a robust digital platform. On his “Y on Earth” podcast, Perry interviews community leaders, authors, and educators from diverse backgrounds on the topics of stewardship and sustainability. Listeners get an exclusive offer of 20% OFF books, soil products, and mobilization kits! Discount code: BOULDERISTA at www.yonearth.org  AND get 20% discount on all Wele Waters cbd/hemp infused products including: aromatherapy soaking salts, salves, and massage/body/beard oils at www.welewaters.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-boulderista/support

Carré Otis Sutton is a super model, author and activist, bravely fighting for gender equality and women’s rights in the face of her aggressors. In her memoir, Beauty Disrupted, she tells how she was sexually assaulted at age 17 by her former agent and still prominent figure in the modeling industry. She is co-founder of Victorious Angels, a collective of survivors of abuse calling for justice… and on the Leadership Council of the Model Alliance, a non-profit working to establish fair labor standards for models. When not modeling and mothering her teenage daughters, she is also a wellness consultant and coach. Carré co-founded the Bare Mama Project, a shame-free approach to transforming one’s relationship to alcohol based on Annie Grace’s groundbreaking book “This Naked Mind”. Rooted in her spiritual practice, Carré masterfully transforms her life’s challenges into empowered beauty: unapologetic, raw and uncensored. Join me in this fascinating interview with the dynamic Carré Otis Sutton. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-boulderista/support

Helen Forster is co-host and co-producer of eTown: a non-profit, nationally syndicated radio broadcast & podcast producing musical, social and environmental programming to uplift and inspire listeners around the world. As executive producer, Helen oversees all production aspects of the eTown show and the eChievement Award, an honor bestowed on people who are making an impact on their community. Helen’s golden-toned voice is heard while co-hosting with her husband Nick, and as harmony singer in the house band, the eTones. Outside of eTown, Helen has performed as a vocalist on A Prairie Home Companion and in concert across the country. She was co-owner and co-producer of the Telluride Bluegrass Festival for years, and has also produced and directed numerous stage and live “on-the-air” theater pieces. Be sure to listen in on this fun episode of The Boulderista with the lovely Helen Forster! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-boulderista/support

The highly regarded maestro Devin Patrick Hughes is Music Director and Conductor of the Boulder Symphony and Arapahoe Philharmonic, and Arts & Culture Commissioner for the City of Boulder. The maestro’s mission is to make symphonic music more universally assessable to all walks of life. Using his platform to showcase new music created by minority demographics, he incorporates diversity by targeting people who don’t know they love symphonic music. Hughes can also be heard on One Symphony, a new podcast amplifying the voices of composers and other artistic entrepreneurs. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-boulderista/support

Jules Schroeder is a visionary and musician with a mission of inspiring people to create a life of their own design. Jules is ranked by Inc. Magazine in position #1 of the “Top 27 Female Entrepreneurs Changing the World in 2017” and an influential “Top 40 Millennials to Follow in 2018” and has reached 1 million people with her Forbes column and podcast. Motivated by a near death experience, Jules transformed her life and created the brand: Unconventional Life, a top-ranked podcast, 5-day mastermind event and global community of like-minded entrepreneurs, creatives and thought-leaders from over 75 different countries who are redefining success on their own terms. Hear Jules’s story first hand, as she shares her message, music and tells us why Boulder is both her laboratory and her sanctuary. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-boulderista/support

Brigitte Mars has been well known in the community for decades for her natural health expertise and for leading edible and medicinal plant walks here in the City of Boulder. Her weekly radio show “Naturally” has been running for over 30 years on KGNU. Along with being an herbalist and nutritional consultant for nearly fifty years in Boulder, Mars is a founding member of the American Herbalists Guild, author and raw food chef. Mars teaches Herbal Medicine at Naropa University, where she is the faculty advisor for The Psychedelic Club… and has taught nationally and abroad at schools and festivals.. such as Arise, Omega Institute, Esalen, and The Mayo Clinic. She is a long time member of MAPS and a recent graduate of The Psychedelic Sitter’s School based here in Boulder. Although she has worked with names such as “Leary and Metzner”, “Mars” has become something of a household name among natural living enthusiasts. Tune into this excellent episode of The Boulderista podcast now and be sure to share with your crunchiest of friends! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-boulderista/support

If you live in Boulder, you have likely seen one of Chris Huang’s murals in the North Boulder Arts District or at the Boulder Public Library, or perhaps enjoyed his pieces hung at Lucky’s Café during your Sunday brunch.  Chris is one of the artists partnered with the “Creative Neighborhoods Mural Program” painting murals on homes, garages and fences that can be seen from the public right-of-way. Chris Huang creates much of his artwork with colored pencil and ink on wood. The work reflects our connection with the natural world and is often represented through mandala, plant, animal, and human imagery. Truly a labor of love, Chris’s art is meticulously hand-crafted using nature and introspection as his muse. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-boulderista/support

Naropa Graduate Alicia Patterson is a pelvic floor specialist, somatic psychotherapist and dance movement therapist who has developed her own method of Women’s Health Mentoring called “Your Inner Power”. Alicia practices a transformative model of pelvic floor therapy, with an emphasis on psycho-education, trauma-informed care, and consent. Today we dig in with Alicia about the details of her unique practice, how she treats women spiritually within the physical container and how pelvic therapy works to restore vitality to the root of the body, thus allowing the entire system to come into alignment and integration. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-boulderista/support

Ryan Van Duzer is an outdoor adventure vlogger who treks the planet with his go-pro, documenting his travels from his bicycle. His passion for the outdoors started as a kid exploring the Rocky Mountains and grew into a mission to inspire others to get off the couch and get outside.  His work has expanded to include motivational speaking, creating and producing branded content and writing articles for publications, all rooted around his deep commitment to preserving the beauty of our environment and staying involved with bicycle advocacy groups.  Listen to YouTuber Ryan Van Duzer’s story on this episode of The Boulderista podcast. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-boulderista/support

Elk Run is a local farm and homestead, recognized by the Colorado Permaculture Guild  as the  2019 “Colorado Farm of the Year”. Nick DiDomenico and Marissa Pulaski turned their barren and overgrazed land into a beautiful and productive farm, where they sell their meats and produce through a CSA, hand-craft kombucha, grow their own apothecary, and train interns on permaculture practices. Elk Run Farm is the pilot research project for their nonprofit, Drylands Agroecology Research. The organization aims to collaborate with local government and private landowners to transform unused and degraded land into abundant food systems, targeting communities that cannot afford nutritious local food. On this insightful episode of The Boulderista podcast, Nick and Marissa share their vision with our listeners. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-boulderista/support

Today’s guest got her start as a swimmer qualifying for the ‘88 Olympic trials. After graduating from Yale University, she moved on to a professional triathlete career, eventually winning the 2004 Ironman Wisconsin, wearing a prototype she designed of the first-ever running skirt – a skirt that launched a revolution in women’s fitness clothing. Nicole DeBoom is the Founder & CEO of Skirt Sports, an athletic apparel brand designed to fit real women’s bodies, with the goal of helping them find strength, power and happiness through running. Her non-profit “Running Start” partners women with “barriers to fitness” with Personal Motivators, and trains them for their first 5k. Her inspirational podcast Run This World features visionaries and people who are making change in the world.Today, she sits on the other side of the table for an interview with The Boulderista. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-boulderista/support

Boulder, Colorado’s Jeff and Paige deliver fun-filled concerts and CDs sharing their love of the outdoors and ecology and bringing awareness to issues like energy conservation and our impact on local eco-systems. Their concerts are designed to educate and engage kids with nature, music and movement using songs, storytelling, and interactive play. Listen to this episode for a special performance of a fan favorite and learn what Jeff and Paige are doing to help empower our community to meet the challenges of climate change, one silly song at a time! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-boulderista/support

Dango Rose is the founding member of Elephant Revival, a band synonymous with Colorado with a commitment to the protection of public land and open space. Dango spent 11 years performing and recording with Elephant Revival, a band that pioneered the genre “Transcendental Folk” and has headlined at Red Rocks Ampitheater three times. When the band decided to take a hiatus in 2018, Dango created the Elephant Collective: a production house, artistic development agency and conscious media platform. The Dango Rose Project is the performance wing of the Collective, which focuses on song-writer showcases and the curation of all-star bands. In this episode of The Boulderista, Dango delves deeply into the artistic process of emerging artists and what it takes to stay true to one’s art while rising to the top of the field. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-boulderista/support

Chef Maria Cooper shares an exceptional journey that begins in Pittsburgh as a social worker and eventually leads to Boulder, Colorado as a head chef, Soul Sweat dance instructor and acclaimed author of the cookbook, Heartful Kitchen: A Cookbook for Every Body. Chef Maria shares tidbits about where she buys her meat and produce and how her own health needs inspired her to create a system to simplify healthy eating for those with busy lifestyles and restricted diets. Maria also shares tips from her book for clean eating and shopping for nutrient dense recipes on a budget, grocery store shopping strategies and a favorite recipe that will feed your family all week long. Her gorgeous book is sold in at: Boulder Bookstore, Wonder Juice Press, Alfalfa’s, Peppercorn, Golden Hoof Farm, and Highland City Club. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-boulderista/support

Mark Beshore has an incredible story of survival at Arapahoe Ranch followed by a treacherous Flight for Life helicopter ride in 40 mph winds to Boulder Community Hospital. With the help of a friend who administered early CPR, a quick-witted 911 dispatcher, heroic helicopter pilot and medical team willing to risk their own lives, Mark defied death and survived a cardiac event in the midst of a remote location during a harsh winter. In this episode of The Boulderista, we talk with a real-life Frozen Dead Guy and discuss why living in Eldora provides everything he needs to lead an adventurous life. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-boulderista/support

Local Boulder influencer Lauri Hughes, CPM shares how her work as a candy striper in Seattle inspired a career as a doula and eventually a home-birth midwife 20 years later. Her journey has led her to 3 continents where she has attended over 350 births. Through Community Roots Midwife Collective, families across the socio-economic spectrum have access to home-births in Boulder County. Lauri describes the typical home birth, encourages nursing moms to join the Collective’s “Milk Circle” and takes us to Bali for her favorite birth story. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-boulderista/support

A bioscience industry pioneer and entrepreneur, Dr. Larry Gold has been involved in several biotech companies over the years, most recently SomaLogicin Boulder, CO, an organization with the goal of improving the quality of life of every individual by transforming how health is assessed and managed, based on the precise measurement of changes in the body’s proteins. In addition to his work as a scientist, Dr. Gold, with the help of his wife and their friends, created Friends School, a top-rated independent school in Boulder focused on creating life-long learners. On this episode of The Boulderista, we share Larry’s journey from Schenectady, NY to Boulder, CO and the meaningful impact he has made on our local and global community. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-boulderista/support

Annie Sicard’s story begins with a desire to swap out her cookie-cutter lifestyle for a more conscious version of the American dream in Boulder. She was an early pioneer in the thriving edibles business when medical marijuana was first legalized in Colorado. As the chief operating officer of Onda Wellness, a company that produces CBD products without unnecessary additives while maintaining whole plant integrity, her incredible success in spite of devastating loss. Today, she is raising the bar of the CBD industry with her sustainable business practices by educating and empowering the consumer and creating relationships with hemp farmers that share the integrity of her vision. Her love for the planet and humanity alike drive her to lead hemp growers towards biodynamic farming practices to provide transparency, ethics and the highest quality product as an industry standard. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-boulderista/support

Juan Ignacio Stewart’s story begins in his mother’s kitchen in Antigua, Guatemala, where he learned the family recipes that inspired the Green Belly Foods brand he created in Boulder. Juan recalls stories of living between two very different worlds, how his education at CU Boulder activated a passion for social justice, and how he created a business sharing small batches of his home made Guatemalan hot sauces at local farmers markets. Juan’s unique perspective sheds light on the disparity between the two countries and how they are linked. His haunting observation that “our (Guatamala’s) poverty is directly tied to the wealth of this country” serves as a reminder of why we are so privileged to live in Boulder. In this episode of The Boulderista, Juan talks about his business and how he supports Mayan communities by responsibly sourcing the peppers he uses to craft his flavorful products. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-boulderista/support

This episode introduces Karen van Vuuren, co-founder of Colorado's first independent, holistic funeral home. The Natural Funeral helps families to make choices that are in harmony with their values, bringing healing and re-connection to the cycle of life. With the awareness that many current death-care practices are harmful to the environment, their mission is to minimize the impact of our final footprints. They provide natural, sustainable funeral options such as a green burial or cremation, Reverent Body Care, and intentional memorial services. Karen’s non-profit, “Natural Transitions” further educates through online publications, conferences, grief groups and other inspirational events. She is the Director of two documentaries: “Dying Wish" and "Go in Peace” that bring awareness to the challenges of dying with dignity in our modern world. Listen in on a discussion on the importance and the beauty of honoring death in a meaningful and sustainable way. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-boulderista/support