iEat Green Shares Some Words of Wisdom to Help Heal the Divide in This Country! iEat Green Welcomes Dr. Vanita Rahman to the Progressive Radio Network!

Posted on October 13, 2021

Hi All,

There is so much divide in our country right now, and we need to put forth energy to heal it. Whether it is Republican

vs. Democrat, vaccinated vs. un-vaccinated, racist vs. un-racist, organic agriculture vs. industrial agriculture, or white vs. everything else, we need to bring love and compassion to the table. These words of wisdom came across my news feed this week, and I thought I would share them.

“Smile, breathe and go slowly.”

“I open my heart and send forth my energy of love and understanding to everyone who has made me suffer, to those who have destroyed much of my life and the lives of those I love. I know now that these people have themselves undergone a lot of suffering and that their hearts are overloaded with pain, anger and hatred. I know that anyone who suffers that much will make those around them suffer. I know they may have been unlucky, never having the chance to be cared for and loved. Life and society have dealt them so many hardships. They have been wronged and abused. They have not been guided in the path of mindful living. They have accumulated wrong perceptions about life, about me, and about us. They have wronged us and the people we love. I pray to my ancestors in my blood and spiritual families to channel to those persons who have made us suffer the energy of love and protection, so that their hearts will be able to receive the nectar of love and blossom like a flower. I pray that they can be transformed to experience the joy of living, so that they will not continue to make themselves and others suffer. I see their suffering and do not want to hold any feelings of hatred or anger in myself toward them. I do not want them to suffer. I channel my energy of love and understanding to them and ask all my ancestors to help them.”

Thich Nhat Hanh

My guest this week on the Progressive Radio Network is Dr. Vanita Rahman, the Clinic Director at the Barnard Medical Center and the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine.

Dr. Vanita Rahman leads the clinical research team and nutrition education programs at Barnard Medical Center. She provides patient care with an emphasis on plant-based nutrition. Dr, Rahman is also a clinical instructor in medicine at the George Washington University School of Medicine and frequently speaks at international conferences about the role of nutrition in chronic disease.

Dr. Rahman is a certified nutritionist and personal trainer and has authored several books on plant-based nutrition and published articles in peer-reviewed medical journals. In her latest book, Simply Plant Based, Dr. Rahman lays out a roadmap for making it easy to eat a plant based diet by providing shopping lists, recipes, and meal plans for creating healthy meals.

In her free time, she enjoys spending time with family and friends, traveling, exercising, and experimenting with new recipes. I hope you can join us for some great tips on plant based eating, and the science behind the diet.

My radio show, iEat Green with Bhavani on the Progressive Radio Network is live, every Thursday, from 10-11 am, EST. To tune in to the live show, just navigate to PRN.fm and listen in! Or, if you prefer, listen on the phone by calling 712-775-6850.

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With Love and Gratitude,

Bhavani

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