Fighting Cancer through Alternative Therapies with Tonya Kay
Apr 27, 2022
Watch Episode 175 with Tonya Kay:
Our guest today is an actor, dancer, film-maker, and director, activist, and so much more. Tonya Kay is a brilliant and vibrant artist whose rebel personality and compassion easily shines through her work.
Today on the podcast we get to sit down with Tonya to learn what makes her tick. When dancing burlesque, acting in popular films, or talking about her raw vegan lifestyle, it is clear to see that Tonya is a dedicated and authentic leader. Today we have the honor of discussing her roots and learning about her passion for the arts at a young age. We also talk about what drove a girl from a small town, who had an experience in her family’s slaughterhouse, to living a vegan lifestyle and spreading the message.
Tonya gets intimate with us and shares what it was like receiving a cancer diagnosis during the pandemic, and goes even deeper to talk about what that experience was like as a health-conscious raw vegan. Tonya is breaking the rules and paving her own path, fueled by her huge heart and incredibly artistic spirit. Let’s learn all about Tonya!
Listen to Episode 175 with Tonya Kay:
[Tweet “Just like a spiritual journey, the alternative medicine path is about the journey. Just the path of seeking has been helpful. That is the journey – the seeking is the journey for me.”– Tonya Kay]
What we discuss in this episode:
How Dotsie’s 22-day wine challenge is going
How Alexandra is working with her cholesterol challenges
Why Tonya Kay decided not to go to college, despite being her class valedictorian
What different US cities taught Tonya about theatre, arts, and life
What Tonya’s experience was like growing up in a small-town community and working in a slaughterhouse
Why she ended up going raw vegan and how that intertwined with her mental health and relationships
How Tonya reworked her relationship with “mental illness”
What it was like to get a cancer diagnosis during the first quarantine of the pandemic
What trying alternative cancer-fighting practices are like and what the options are
What it was like receiving a cancer diagnosis as a raw vegan and how the community reacted to this news
Born and raised in East Los Angeles and forged in the fires of adversity, cookbook author Chef Babette Davis burst onto the culinary scene with her renowned vegan restaurant, Stuff I Eat, in Inglewood, California, where the soul food platter is one of the many, many must-try dishes. An ageless paragon of fitness and vibrant health, Chef Babette has legions of social media followers who love seeing her posts of this incredibly fit 71-year-old working out or cooking or even in a bikini. If she’s not preparing delicious dishes in the kitchen of her restaurant, teaching cooking classes, or hosting the competition cooking show Peeled, you’ll find her running stairs all around Los Angeles.
Julie Piatt, a.k.a. “SriMati,” is a mystic, yogi, musician, artist, chef, author, and healer. She is also the mother of 4 children and finds the divine in all experiences in life, beautiful and challenging alike. Julie has created over 300 plant-based recipes for a series of bestselling cookbooks and is the author of the plant-based cheese bible, “This Cheese Is Nuts!” She also co-authored the internationally acclaimed books “The Plantpower Way” and “The Plantpower Way; Italia” with her husband, Rich Roll.
Our guest today, Nidhi Gupta, was born and raised in India, but her passion for helping people took her on an expansive journey. After 16 years of rigorous medical training across two continents, she was offered her offered her dream job in 2018 as an attending physician at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, in Nashville.
