WEBVTT 00:00:02.830 --> 00:00:05.910 Welcome to Keeping It Real On Purpose. I am your 00:00:05.910 --> 00:00:09.949 host, Edna White, and today I am blessed to have 00:00:09.949 --> 00:00:13.150 such a great guest by the name of Krista Anderson. 00:00:13.830 --> 00:00:17.210 She's the founder and CEO of Healthy On The Go, 00:00:17.829 --> 00:00:21.710 a natural food beverage and distribution company, 00:00:21.870 --> 00:00:25.030 I've never heard those two together, with offices 00:00:25.030 --> 00:00:29.500 in the US and France. nominated by former First 00:00:29.500 --> 00:00:34.200 Lady Michelle Obama as a catalyst of change for 00:00:34.200 --> 00:00:37.780 America's health. Krista has made her mission 00:00:37.780 --> 00:00:42.100 to make healthy food accessible to everyday places, 00:00:42.659 --> 00:00:45.719 gas stations, universities, hospitals, airports, 00:00:46.240 --> 00:00:49.780 and retail stores. Her calling was shaped by 00:00:49.780 --> 00:00:54.380 a long but victorious battle with cancer. She 00:00:54.380 --> 00:00:57.420 was first diagnosed with stage two cancer in 00:00:57.420 --> 00:01:02.719 2007, then stage four cancer in 2009. When she 00:01:02.719 --> 00:01:06.599 was given just three months to live, Krista defied 00:01:06.599 --> 00:01:11.099 the odds and transformed survival into purpose. 00:01:11.760 --> 00:01:14.819 She's also the author of The Claiming Your Healing, 00:01:15.299 --> 00:01:18.459 a step -by -step guide to how she restored her 00:01:18.459 --> 00:01:21.959 body back to health. Welcome to the show, Krista. 00:01:22.579 --> 00:01:25.480 Thank you so much, Edna. I'm so happy to be here 00:01:25.480 --> 00:01:29.379 and I love this platform you built. Thank you 00:01:29.379 --> 00:01:33.340 so much. So I want to get right into it because, 00:01:33.519 --> 00:01:36.459 you know, we talk about doctors with health and 00:01:36.459 --> 00:01:37.959 all this and I'm going through that same thing 00:01:37.959 --> 00:01:40.959 now. I've been going through it for the last 00:01:40.959 --> 00:01:43.579 10 years, you know, just going through it and 00:01:43.579 --> 00:01:47.340 it is an uphill battle. And I'm so glad that 00:01:47.340 --> 00:01:52.260 you're here today because our food is in the 00:01:52.260 --> 00:01:56.920 Americas, is kind of our downfall. And I want 00:01:56.920 --> 00:02:00.659 you to talk about your journey with food, especially 00:02:00.659 --> 00:02:06.400 around toxic food. Yeah, absolutely. I mean, 00:02:06.400 --> 00:02:10.580 I feel like my journey through cancer was an 00:02:10.580 --> 00:02:13.479 experience where my body is a product of the 00:02:13.479 --> 00:02:17.020 food system. The cancer that I dealt with, it 00:02:17.020 --> 00:02:21.169 was kind of a It was a result of our broken food 00:02:21.169 --> 00:02:23.550 system. And so that today is what our mission 00:02:23.550 --> 00:02:26.490 is with Healthy on the Go. But it's really challenging 00:02:26.490 --> 00:02:28.610 to find healthier choices when you're on the 00:02:28.610 --> 00:02:33.250 go. And that was my kind of aha moment was I 00:02:33.250 --> 00:02:36.210 was packing food with me every time I left home 00:02:36.210 --> 00:02:38.590 to help fight the disease and to stay healthy 00:02:38.590 --> 00:02:42.550 even after my cancer journey. And so I realized 00:02:42.550 --> 00:02:44.590 why is there never anything healthy in a gas 00:02:44.590 --> 00:02:47.620 station? why our hospitals don't want healthy 00:02:47.620 --> 00:02:50.479 when it should be the number one place in America, 00:02:50.599 --> 00:02:54.199 we should have healthy choices. So. Right. Yeah, 00:02:54.340 --> 00:02:58.259 that's so important. And that was my problem, 00:02:58.379 --> 00:03:00.719 too. When I was working, I never could find anything 00:03:00.719 --> 00:03:03.560 that was healthy. Plus I was gluten intolerant 00:03:03.560 --> 00:03:06.319 and I was lactose intolerant. So it was like. 00:03:06.520 --> 00:03:08.919 always asking the questions, what's in here? 00:03:09.159 --> 00:03:12.819 What is included? What's inside the food? Even 00:03:12.819 --> 00:03:16.759 preservatives broke me out and I really had to 00:03:16.759 --> 00:03:20.360 skim back and not eat out. It was an option. 00:03:21.240 --> 00:03:23.919 So even going to networking events, it was an 00:03:23.919 --> 00:03:25.900 option for me to, oh, let me go over here and 00:03:25.900 --> 00:03:28.080 eat some of this food. That wasn't an option 00:03:28.080 --> 00:03:31.919 for me. So I love the fact that you talk about 00:03:31.919 --> 00:03:35.259 on the go. you know, we do it for our kids when 00:03:35.259 --> 00:03:37.180 they were little, right? We'd pack them little 00:03:37.180 --> 00:03:39.960 to -go bags. Remember that? And we just don't 00:03:39.960 --> 00:03:42.120 do it for ourselves as adults. And I think that's 00:03:42.120 --> 00:03:44.439 really important to keep that nutritional piece 00:03:44.439 --> 00:03:48.819 in there. Absolutely. And I think the sad part 00:03:48.819 --> 00:03:51.219 is that we have to do that. When you look at 00:03:51.219 --> 00:03:55.460 Europe and how they operate, there's so much 00:03:55.460 --> 00:03:58.759 more choice when it comes to healthier options 00:03:58.759 --> 00:04:03.199 and especially fresh food. And of course, there's 00:04:03.199 --> 00:04:05.599 still junk everywhere. A lot of it is stuff that's 00:04:05.599 --> 00:04:09.099 come from the US into Europe. But in the US, 00:04:09.379 --> 00:04:13.979 people are gluten intolerant because these ingredients 00:04:13.979 --> 00:04:17.000 have been manufactured and manipulated so much 00:04:17.000 --> 00:04:20.379 that it's causing us to have these intolerances. 00:04:20.519 --> 00:04:22.639 And when you look at other countries, they don't 00:04:22.639 --> 00:04:26.279 face that. Yeah, I did that. I went to Italy 00:04:26.279 --> 00:04:29.589 for the first time about two years ago. two or 00:04:29.589 --> 00:04:32.990 three years ago. And so I'm asking him, you know, 00:04:33.050 --> 00:04:36.430 of getting your noodles, right? So say, are these 00:04:36.430 --> 00:04:42.310 gluten -free? What gluten -free? Muncha, muncha, 00:04:42.470 --> 00:04:46.069 muncha, no gluten -free. Here's some wine, muncha. 00:04:46.149 --> 00:04:48.290 You know, it was like, and I could eat everything 00:04:48.290 --> 00:04:51.490 there and not have a swollen belly, not feel, 00:04:51.589 --> 00:04:55.329 you know, the brain fog. Literally, it was making 00:04:55.329 --> 00:04:58.410 me to forget where I was going. Like I would 00:04:58.410 --> 00:05:00.129 be driving somewhere and it would make me forget. 00:05:00.189 --> 00:05:03.750 Like what the heck? Where am I going? It was 00:05:03.750 --> 00:05:09.290 unbelievable that food could be that toxic to 00:05:09.290 --> 00:05:12.970 a body. I just couldn't believe it. Absolutely. 00:05:13.089 --> 00:05:17.350 And I think the answer is going back to the beginning 00:05:17.350 --> 00:05:21.649 is cooking at home. You've kind of been left 00:05:21.649 --> 00:05:23.810 with that choice, but I think it's actually beautiful. 00:05:24.269 --> 00:05:27.230 in a way, because, you know, generations before 00:05:27.230 --> 00:05:30.629 us, that was the natural way of living is growing 00:05:30.629 --> 00:05:34.410 your own fruit and veg, and, you know, obviously, 00:05:34.430 --> 00:05:36.290 we're not all lucky to be able to do that, but 00:05:36.290 --> 00:05:40.009 finding a local farmer that you can get well 00:05:40.009 --> 00:05:43.170 made, you know, fruits and vegetables from or 00:05:43.170 --> 00:05:46.329 meat, dairy, right, kind of being in control 00:05:46.329 --> 00:05:48.550 of your health in that way, and not relying on 00:05:48.550 --> 00:05:50.810 these big food companies that are producing so 00:05:50.810 --> 00:05:54.579 much toxic, ultra processed foods. And really 00:05:54.579 --> 00:05:57.199 taking it back to the way that we are supposed 00:05:57.199 --> 00:06:00.259 to be living, and not what society is dishing 00:06:00.259 --> 00:06:03.620 out, especially in America. That's right. We 00:06:03.620 --> 00:06:07.620 live in a society built on convenience, not wellness. 00:06:08.300 --> 00:06:11.480 How much of our sickness, if you can speak to 00:06:11.480 --> 00:06:14.319 it, physical and emotional, do you think is tied 00:06:14.319 --> 00:06:19.980 to what we normalize is just how life is? In 00:06:19.980 --> 00:06:24.399 which way, are you asking? How much of our sickness, 00:06:24.399 --> 00:06:27.620 physical and emotional, do you think is tied 00:06:27.620 --> 00:06:34.519 to that not being well when we eat? In the convenience 00:06:34.519 --> 00:06:39.339 factor? Yes, in the convenience, yes. Yeah, I 00:06:39.339 --> 00:06:42.759 mean, Everett, you hear this all the time, but 00:06:42.759 --> 00:06:46.339 our gut is a second brain and what we eat ourselves 00:06:46.339 --> 00:06:48.839 has so much to do with, especially as women, 00:06:49.000 --> 00:06:53.850 our hormones and... our skin health, you know, 00:06:53.850 --> 00:06:57.430 just overall energy is what we are what we eat, 00:06:57.509 --> 00:06:58.990 you know, it's as simple as that. And I think 00:06:58.990 --> 00:07:01.389 at the end of the day, in order to make change, 00:07:01.569 --> 00:07:03.910 it takes discipline. And that's what not everybody 00:07:03.910 --> 00:07:07.509 is willing to do. But nothing, you know, you're 00:07:07.509 --> 00:07:09.670 not going to feel your best unless you are being 00:07:09.670 --> 00:07:12.649 a bit disciplined. That is correct. But yeah, 00:07:12.689 --> 00:07:15.110 of course, our food system is definitely tied 00:07:15.110 --> 00:07:19.069 to mental health and our energy in the way that 00:07:19.069 --> 00:07:24.220 we feel. Oh, yeah. Yeah, I never realized that 00:07:24.220 --> 00:07:28.660 until I started feeling it. And you know, I'll 00:07:28.660 --> 00:07:32.279 tell you what happened and I went to China and 00:07:32.279 --> 00:07:34.779 lived there for about a year teaching English 00:07:34.779 --> 00:07:37.439 as a second language, came home and I was like, 00:07:38.060 --> 00:07:39.620 oh, you know, my family was like, what do you 00:07:39.620 --> 00:07:42.459 want to have? You know, homecoming, you know, 00:07:42.600 --> 00:07:44.920 and I had everything that I wanted, the stuff, 00:07:45.019 --> 00:07:48.439 shelves, blah, blah, blah. I had a seizure, literally 00:07:48.439 --> 00:07:53.129 had a seizure. from eating it and And it was 00:07:53.129 --> 00:07:55.569 a one doctor said to me. What did you eat today? 00:07:56.250 --> 00:07:58.550 And I told him he's firstly thought I had like 00:07:58.550 --> 00:08:02.389 a you know Something from China and he said no 00:08:02.389 --> 00:08:04.910 you're clear of all that and so I said I'm all 00:08:04.910 --> 00:08:07.529 had stuffed shells I ate a lot of that he says 00:08:07.529 --> 00:08:11.639 Who's home? I said my son he says you know, can 00:08:11.639 --> 00:08:15.019 he see the package? I said, I guess. So I called 00:08:15.019 --> 00:08:16.560 him and he said, oh yeah, I saw the package. 00:08:16.680 --> 00:08:19.459 And so he read the package to me. He says, I 00:08:19.459 --> 00:08:22.500 want you to go on gluten -free for a little while 00:08:22.500 --> 00:08:25.620 and no, nothing packaged. That's what he told 00:08:25.620 --> 00:08:30.079 me. And it was the hardest thing to do. Very 00:08:30.079 --> 00:08:33.080 difficult because it had, I had to read, you 00:08:33.080 --> 00:08:37.370 know, going shopping is a chore. It's a short 00:08:37.370 --> 00:08:39.909 because you got to read all the ingredients So 00:08:39.909 --> 00:08:43.149 it but that was my wake -up call That's my wake 00:08:43.149 --> 00:08:46.009 -up call and I think that would be for all of 00:08:46.009 --> 00:08:50.090 us is to stay healthy, right? Absolutely. I remember 00:08:50.090 --> 00:08:52.370 going through that when I was diagnosed with 00:08:52.370 --> 00:08:55.250 stage 4 cancer and yeah doctors had given me 00:08:55.250 --> 00:08:57.470 three months to live and I went to see a holistic 00:08:57.470 --> 00:09:00.309 doctor to understand what can I do from a nutritional 00:09:00.309 --> 00:09:04.210 family and You know, he really brought me back 00:09:04.210 --> 00:09:06.460 to kind of this The you know, the natural way 00:09:06.460 --> 00:09:08.980 of living as I was speaking about earlier and 00:09:08.980 --> 00:09:14.100 I think a lot on indian recipes um asian recipes 00:09:14.100 --> 00:09:17.559 a lot of You know a lot of veg and it was a plant 00:09:17.559 --> 00:09:20.720 -based diet really and as I got going with it 00:09:20.720 --> 00:09:23.600 I found it really really challenging Especially 00:09:23.600 --> 00:09:27.279 when you're at a restaurant But now it's a normal 00:09:27.279 --> 00:09:31.120 way of living for me. Yes I find it so much easier 00:09:31.120 --> 00:09:33.860 than I did in the beginning and I love it like 00:09:33.860 --> 00:09:36.950 I couldn't imagine living another way again. 00:09:36.970 --> 00:09:40.289 Me neither. It does get easier. Yes, it does. 00:09:40.629 --> 00:09:42.889 It was hard in the beginning because I didn't 00:09:42.889 --> 00:09:45.110 understand a lot of it. Then when I started educating 00:09:45.110 --> 00:09:47.549 myself, which you're providing us today, more 00:09:47.549 --> 00:09:50.970 education around it, I started to say, okay, 00:09:51.190 --> 00:09:54.750 this equals this, you know, and, you know, just 00:09:54.750 --> 00:09:57.950 knowing what some of how they hide it, like in 00:09:57.950 --> 00:10:01.149 the ingredients, like the different names, you 00:10:01.149 --> 00:10:03.470 don't know, you know, and it's like, but once 00:10:03.470 --> 00:10:06.070 I started just more you said like more plant 00:10:06.070 --> 00:10:09.289 -based having more vegetables versus and good 00:10:09.289 --> 00:10:13.090 pieces of meat versus not good you know and once 00:10:13.090 --> 00:10:15.789 i started eating like this was an investment 00:10:15.789 --> 00:10:18.929 my health was an investment and not something 00:10:18.929 --> 00:10:22.230 just to you know i tell my mom now that i'm older 00:10:22.230 --> 00:10:26.509 she's 84 i say well i don't i don't i don't i 00:10:26.509 --> 00:10:29.190 eat to live now i don't you know i don't it's 00:10:29.190 --> 00:10:31.750 not the other way around i eat to live you know 00:10:31.750 --> 00:10:36.120 and so far with all things considered healthy, 00:10:36.320 --> 00:10:38.940 you know, I'm healthy. So I like that. So let's 00:10:38.940 --> 00:10:46.600 stay on the, when you heard the doctors say stage 00:10:46.600 --> 00:10:49.320 four cancer and three months to live, what was 00:10:49.320 --> 00:10:51.899 the very first thought that you went through 00:10:51.899 --> 00:10:56.620 your mind? I didn't believe it. And I think most 00:10:56.620 --> 00:10:59.720 people that hear those words feel a similar, 00:10:59.720 --> 00:11:03.600 you know, out of body experience. how could this 00:11:03.600 --> 00:11:07.179 be possible? I think a lot of times we find ourselves 00:11:07.179 --> 00:11:10.940 to be a bit invincible in life, happening to 00:11:10.940 --> 00:11:13.840 other people, but not us. So it was definitely 00:11:13.840 --> 00:11:18.120 a moment of disbelief. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Pretty 00:11:18.120 --> 00:11:20.639 scary. Yeah. You don't know what to think or 00:11:20.639 --> 00:11:23.440 do. You'd be like, how do I even think, you know, 00:11:23.519 --> 00:11:26.419 like, which direction do I even go in? You know, 00:11:26.460 --> 00:11:29.000 it's like, You know, you just you just stunned 00:11:29.000 --> 00:11:31.639 for a few minutes, you know, maybe even a while. 00:11:31.860 --> 00:11:36.460 But yeah, I can see that. Let's jump over to 00:11:36.460 --> 00:11:41.519 your your healing. At what point did you realize 00:11:41.519 --> 00:11:44.039 you couldn't outsource your healing entirely 00:11:44.039 --> 00:11:51.100 to the doctors? I gosh, looking back on it now, 00:11:51.480 --> 00:11:54.700 I realize more than ever that we have to be our 00:11:54.700 --> 00:11:58.889 own doctor. in the way that we need to, you know, 00:11:58.909 --> 00:12:02.429 for me I was researching to find the best surgeon 00:12:02.429 --> 00:12:04.789 for the type of surgery I needed. I was looking 00:12:04.789 --> 00:12:09.230 for doctors that were educated, you know, in 00:12:09.230 --> 00:12:12.470 the U .S. with the strongest education around 00:12:12.470 --> 00:12:15.149 the type of cancer I was diagnosed with. I went 00:12:15.149 --> 00:12:20.100 to second opinion. So I was kind of guiding in 00:12:20.100 --> 00:12:23.320 kind of pushing against what some of the doctors 00:12:23.320 --> 00:12:25.299 would say, because of course, when they're telling 00:12:25.299 --> 00:12:29.779 you something very challenging, you want to know, 00:12:29.840 --> 00:12:31.860 perhaps there's someone else that believes something 00:12:31.860 --> 00:12:35.059 different or thinks differently. And so I always 00:12:35.059 --> 00:12:38.539 tell people when they reach out to me about how 00:12:38.539 --> 00:12:41.379 to get through it, if they're going through cancers, 00:12:41.899 --> 00:12:44.559 always get a second opinion. Do not rely just 00:12:44.559 --> 00:12:47.139 on the doctor you've seen your whole life or 00:12:47.139 --> 00:12:50.269 the first doctor you go see. we're humans, we 00:12:50.269 --> 00:12:53.610 make mistakes, you know, it's hard to find the 00:12:53.610 --> 00:12:55.830 best of the best. And, you know, there's a lot 00:12:55.830 --> 00:12:57.629 of tools out there now, especially like chat 00:12:57.629 --> 00:12:59.970 GPT and somebody's AI tools that can kind of 00:12:59.970 --> 00:13:03.370 scrape the web for you to find the best doctors 00:13:03.370 --> 00:13:09.730 in that field. Right. Yeah. And I hear that you 00:13:09.730 --> 00:13:12.350 would you recommend being active? Because I know 00:13:12.350 --> 00:13:14.529 I'm an active participant in anything, you know, 00:13:14.529 --> 00:13:17.210 with the doctors. I speak my opinion. If they 00:13:17.210 --> 00:13:19.899 don't listen to me, I fire them. I want you to 00:13:19.899 --> 00:13:22.179 tell the audience how important that is, that 00:13:22.179 --> 00:13:25.399 just because I get a lot of emails, what do I 00:13:25.399 --> 00:13:29.240 do, what do I do? And I think advocating for 00:13:29.240 --> 00:13:31.720 yourself and speaking up, even if you don't know 00:13:31.720 --> 00:13:34.419 everything, exit questions, would you say that 00:13:34.419 --> 00:13:39.080 was part of your healing as well? Absolutely. 00:13:39.460 --> 00:13:42.980 It's asking them a lot of questions. It's not 00:13:42.980 --> 00:13:46.379 relying on the medicine they're going to suggest. 00:13:47.149 --> 00:13:49.370 You know, I think also one of the things that 00:13:49.370 --> 00:13:52.490 I did was I found somebody who had the same type 00:13:52.490 --> 00:13:55.909 of cancer, some random person I'd never met before. 00:13:56.769 --> 00:13:58.710 Just through, back then we didn't have social 00:13:58.710 --> 00:14:01.509 media like we do today. That's a very good one, 00:14:01.529 --> 00:14:04.649 very good. But that they were on the other side 00:14:04.649 --> 00:14:06.909 and it was, who were your doctors? Who did you 00:14:06.909 --> 00:14:10.289 see? What was the journey you took? looking at 00:14:10.289 --> 00:14:12.090 it from that way, I think is really important 00:14:12.090 --> 00:14:15.870 too. That's good. That is really, really good. 00:14:16.269 --> 00:14:19.570 How did cancer force you to confront who you 00:14:19.570 --> 00:14:23.750 were before the diagnosis? I think it strengthened 00:14:23.750 --> 00:14:26.950 my faith. I was, you know, I believed in God, 00:14:27.029 --> 00:14:30.190 but I really had to lean on God more than I'd 00:14:30.190 --> 00:14:36.690 ever had in my whole life. And I think that and 00:14:36.690 --> 00:14:40.370 also teaching me that how powerful the mind is. 00:14:40.990 --> 00:14:45.509 And that our words and our belief in our minds 00:14:45.509 --> 00:14:51.730 are hand in hand and they are what ignite the 00:14:51.730 --> 00:14:54.850 miracle on the other side, I believe is really 00:14:54.850 --> 00:14:57.049 believing, you know, okay, doctor said this, 00:14:57.590 --> 00:15:00.659 but I know. that I'm healed and that I just gotta 00:15:00.659 --> 00:15:03.879 walk it out and this is the end for me. And so 00:15:03.879 --> 00:15:06.720 I spoke those things. I've thought those things. 00:15:07.059 --> 00:15:10.480 I never thought I was gonna die. I really held 00:15:10.480 --> 00:15:14.100 on to that and believed. And I think before I 00:15:14.100 --> 00:15:18.159 never fought at anything in life with determination 00:15:18.159 --> 00:15:21.320 like that before in that way. Now I use it in 00:15:21.320 --> 00:15:25.500 business. Right, that's good. That's good. That's 00:15:25.500 --> 00:15:28.950 good. That's good. What parts of your identity 00:15:28.950 --> 00:15:32.350 couldn't come with you if you wanted to survive? 00:15:34.029 --> 00:15:36.970 I think, of course, the unhealthy eating habits. 00:15:37.350 --> 00:15:39.710 I would say one of the things that I vowed to 00:15:39.710 --> 00:15:43.389 myself, well, I vowed two things, but one of 00:15:43.389 --> 00:15:47.149 the things I vowed was that I wouldn't let stress 00:15:47.149 --> 00:15:50.309 overtake me anymore because I blamed the fact 00:15:50.309 --> 00:15:55.379 that I was so stressed all the time that nine 00:15:55.379 --> 00:15:57.860 times out of 10, that's where disease can come 00:15:57.860 --> 00:16:02.299 from too. So I blamed, I hated myself for being 00:16:02.299 --> 00:16:04.600 stressed all the time. And that I was like, okay, 00:16:04.779 --> 00:16:07.320 once I'm healed, I'm not gonna let things bother 00:16:07.320 --> 00:16:09.659 me as much anymore. And I think when you are 00:16:09.659 --> 00:16:15.860 faced with death in a way, in that way, it's 00:16:15.860 --> 00:16:17.720 like, why do I let all these things bother me? 00:16:17.879 --> 00:16:20.629 But you have - faced with that experience to 00:16:20.629 --> 00:16:23.029 realize none of this other stuff in life matters, 00:16:23.490 --> 00:16:28.129 but people are given the gift of facing, you 00:16:28.129 --> 00:16:32.490 know, yourself like that. Yeah. Yeah. Easier 00:16:32.490 --> 00:16:39.789 said than done. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Um, let's 00:16:39.789 --> 00:16:41.950 talk about disciplining what you were talking 00:16:41.950 --> 00:16:44.370 about. You had to discipline yourself. I know 00:16:44.370 --> 00:16:47.840 healthy living isn't sexy. when you're tired 00:16:47.840 --> 00:16:51.639 and you're scared or in pain, what discipline, 00:16:52.080 --> 00:16:55.379 what did discipline look like for you? Because, 00:16:55.399 --> 00:16:57.539 you know, motivation wears off after a while. 00:16:57.700 --> 00:16:59.940 But what did it look like for you when motivation 00:16:59.940 --> 00:17:04.000 was gone? And how I got, how I pushed myself 00:17:04.000 --> 00:17:08.259 through. Yes. I mean, it's the same, the same 00:17:08.259 --> 00:17:11.480 vein of thinking of, you know, when you're faced 00:17:11.480 --> 00:17:14.779 with death in a way or something very serious 00:17:14.779 --> 00:17:18.240 of an illness like that you have no choice but 00:17:18.240 --> 00:17:21.380 to keep pushing forward if you wanna get through 00:17:21.380 --> 00:17:25.799 it and get on the other side. And I think one 00:17:25.799 --> 00:17:30.339 thing that keeps me going even today in my lifestyle 00:17:30.339 --> 00:17:34.980 and staying healthy is imagining in my mind what 00:17:34.980 --> 00:17:38.799 I wanna feel like, what I wanna look like, and 00:17:38.799 --> 00:17:41.359 that's what keeps me moving forward. And as I 00:17:41.359 --> 00:17:44.480 get older, I realize how much I've taken my body 00:17:44.480 --> 00:17:48.500 for granted ate or drank things that I probably 00:17:48.500 --> 00:17:52.099 has damaged my body over the years, you know, 00:17:52.599 --> 00:17:55.579 excess, not in moderation, but in excess. And 00:17:55.579 --> 00:17:57.980 now I think, you know, we really have to protect 00:17:57.980 --> 00:18:01.259 our organs and our mind, our gut, our everything, 00:18:01.380 --> 00:18:03.880 because otherwise your lifespan is shortened. 00:18:03.880 --> 00:18:06.920 And it's like, I want to live a long life. You 00:18:06.920 --> 00:18:10.299 also want to be your mom's age, 84, and just 00:18:10.299 --> 00:18:14.400 feel awful because of all the years prior. So 00:18:14.400 --> 00:18:18.769 that's true. That's true. I know I say that now. 00:18:19.150 --> 00:18:23.910 When I hit my 50s, it was like everything was 00:18:23.910 --> 00:18:26.349 an investment into my body now. It's like, okay, 00:18:26.730 --> 00:18:30.029 this doesn't feel good going in. No more of that. 00:18:30.529 --> 00:18:34.210 And I started to weed things away and really 00:18:34.210 --> 00:18:38.549 be aware of my body. during those times that 00:18:38.549 --> 00:18:41.210 we're doing too much, we get the signal from 00:18:41.210 --> 00:18:45.269 our bodies, right? We get them. Like, it could 00:18:45.269 --> 00:18:46.730 be just as something as simple. As soon as you 00:18:46.730 --> 00:18:50.490 eat it, it comes out the other end. Hello. That's 00:18:50.490 --> 00:18:54.089 the signal. But we don't think of it as a signal. 00:18:54.890 --> 00:18:57.369 And I started saying that to myself. OK, this 00:18:57.369 --> 00:19:00.309 doesn't agree with me. This goes. This doesn't 00:19:00.309 --> 00:19:04.460 agree with me. This goes. has an effect on me, 00:19:04.460 --> 00:19:08.059 this goes. And that's how I started just to get 00:19:08.059 --> 00:19:11.900 rid of things. And I feel all the better. It's 00:19:11.900 --> 00:19:15.259 great waking up not in pain, your muscles not 00:19:15.259 --> 00:19:17.859 in pain, your joints not in pain. It's great 00:19:17.859 --> 00:19:21.079 to hop out of the bed. That's a great thing. 00:19:22.000 --> 00:19:24.160 Absolutely. And I would say that's been a learning 00:19:24.160 --> 00:19:28.160 lesson with alcohol. I love wine sometimes with 00:19:28.160 --> 00:19:30.460 a meal or just going down at the end of the night. 00:19:30.809 --> 00:19:35.210 Me too. I realize how much energy I have when 00:19:35.210 --> 00:19:39.309 I'm not putting alcohol in my body, period. Yeah. 00:19:39.309 --> 00:19:46.430 I learned that. This summer. Yeah. I learned 00:19:46.430 --> 00:19:50.750 that, yes. I learned that this past summer, I 00:19:50.750 --> 00:19:53.309 was like, okay, no more of that. I was like, 00:19:53.349 --> 00:19:56.269 that was it. I was like, it was it. I was like, 00:19:56.369 --> 00:19:59.539 okay. I can be pretty super cool without it. 00:19:59.559 --> 00:20:01.720 I'm good. I'll learn how to relax some other 00:20:01.720 --> 00:20:04.160 way, but that's good. You know, I was like, you 00:20:04.160 --> 00:20:10.559 know. And it's it's it's it's sad. Sometimes 00:20:10.559 --> 00:20:12.700 when you got to get something that you like, 00:20:13.380 --> 00:20:17.940 but yet it's it's rewarding afterwards. It's 00:20:17.940 --> 00:20:21.559 totally rewarding. I love it. Yeah, absolutely. 00:20:23.180 --> 00:20:28.259 So. You talked about your survival. I know some 00:20:28.259 --> 00:20:31.019 people survive illness but stay stuck in fear. 00:20:31.619 --> 00:20:35.799 You turned survival into a business and a mission. 00:20:36.619 --> 00:20:40.759 What flipped the switch from I survived to I'm 00:20:40.759 --> 00:20:46.039 responsible for impact? I think it was walking 00:20:46.039 --> 00:20:50.000 into a gas station one day after I had you know 00:20:50.000 --> 00:20:53.470 kind of closed the door on cancer and I was trying 00:20:53.470 --> 00:20:55.289 to find something healthy to eat and there was 00:20:55.289 --> 00:20:59.269 nothing there. I think just realizing how much 00:20:59.269 --> 00:21:02.230 my life had changed and the healthy habits I 00:21:02.230 --> 00:21:05.170 had developed and found living in the United 00:21:05.170 --> 00:21:07.789 States to be very challenging and everywhere 00:21:07.789 --> 00:21:11.869 I burned. And I just felt like, why isn't somebody 00:21:11.869 --> 00:21:14.250 selling healthy food in a gas station? And that's 00:21:14.250 --> 00:21:17.849 where Healthy on the Go began was we developed 00:21:17.849 --> 00:21:22.269 a healthy snack. Section for gas stations that 00:21:22.269 --> 00:21:25.309 was like a you know a merchandising display of 00:21:25.309 --> 00:21:28.349 items that we could just drop in to gas stations 00:21:28.349 --> 00:21:31.309 and we started that this 12 years ago now and 00:21:31.309 --> 00:21:33.930 then that grew into hospitals and universities 00:21:33.930 --> 00:21:37.589 now airports and You know, it's good everywhere 00:21:37.589 --> 00:21:39.650 but a grocery store. We're trying to make healthier 00:21:39.650 --> 00:21:44.569 choices more accessible Yeah, I mean it was just 00:21:44.569 --> 00:21:48.309 a moment of realization like why is Why why can't 00:21:48.309 --> 00:21:51.400 we live? in this way. Why is it so challenging 00:21:51.400 --> 00:21:55.339 to have access to healthier foods? And so it's 00:21:55.339 --> 00:21:59.500 a battle I fight every day against decision makers 00:21:59.500 --> 00:22:02.339 that don't realize the importance of it, that 00:22:02.339 --> 00:22:05.799 money is the driving factor or greed. It can 00:22:05.799 --> 00:22:07.319 be the driving factor in a lot of choices. I 00:22:07.319 --> 00:22:09.460 think it's more greed. I think it's more greed. 00:22:09.960 --> 00:22:12.339 Yeah, and I'll just share this story because 00:22:12.339 --> 00:22:14.220 I think it's so important for people to hear. 00:22:14.259 --> 00:22:16.160 And I would say the majority of your listeners 00:22:16.160 --> 00:22:20.009 probably have no idea this exists, but When I 00:22:20.009 --> 00:22:23.549 launched our beverage program and we started, 00:22:24.029 --> 00:22:26.009 you know, we developed this beverage cooler says 00:22:26.009 --> 00:22:29.490 healthy on the go on it and we drop it into hospitals 00:22:29.490 --> 00:22:32.549 and universities. And what we found out is that 00:22:32.549 --> 00:22:35.190 there's exclusive contracts that either Coke 00:22:35.190 --> 00:22:39.829 or Pepsi have with these companies that they 00:22:39.829 --> 00:22:44.250 pay tens of thousands, you know, Disney a million 00:22:44.250 --> 00:22:48.980 a year. to be an exclusive beverage brand that 00:22:48.980 --> 00:22:52.200 Americans don't have access to anything but a 00:22:52.200 --> 00:22:55.200 Coke or a Pepsi product in these environments, 00:22:55.380 --> 00:22:57.900 and it should be illegal, and we're fighting 00:22:57.900 --> 00:23:00.480 against that. That's disgusting. That's disgusting. 00:23:01.220 --> 00:23:03.279 You would think a hospital would want you to 00:23:03.279 --> 00:23:08.440 be healthy, but it's money. It's all about money. 00:23:08.579 --> 00:23:11.069 It's all about money. all about it. It's not 00:23:11.069 --> 00:23:12.869 even money. No, I don't, I want to take that 00:23:12.869 --> 00:23:14.950 back. It's not about the money guys. It's the 00:23:14.950 --> 00:23:18.410 greed, greed. Cause money, you know, money is 00:23:18.410 --> 00:23:20.250 something that we all need in this world, but 00:23:20.250 --> 00:23:24.269 it's the greed, the being extra greedy more than 00:23:24.269 --> 00:23:26.950 you want, you know, more than what they want 00:23:26.950 --> 00:23:30.970 more pretty much. Well, it costs a lot to run 00:23:30.970 --> 00:23:34.289 a healthcare system. Yes. Well, that's what they 00:23:34.289 --> 00:23:37.930 say. I think they trick us. Well, and what I've 00:23:37.930 --> 00:23:42.089 heard from, you know, the operators of these 00:23:42.089 --> 00:23:45.210 health care facilities is that they spend so 00:23:45.210 --> 00:23:47.890 much money on an MRI machine or, you know, all 00:23:47.890 --> 00:23:51.589 these tools within the facility and machines 00:23:51.589 --> 00:23:55.049 that these companies are, their margins are maybe 00:23:55.049 --> 00:23:59.109 80, 90, you know, percent on machines. They're 00:23:59.109 --> 00:24:02.529 the ones that are making it challenging for them 00:24:02.529 --> 00:24:06.470 to hospital. once their budget is wiped out on 00:24:06.470 --> 00:24:08.289 those types of things and everything else to 00:24:08.289 --> 00:24:11.029 run the hospital, the food and the cafeteria, 00:24:11.309 --> 00:24:13.369 everything that operates on a food service side 00:24:13.369 --> 00:24:19.170 is, it gets cut. Right, right. Yeah. And so they 00:24:19.170 --> 00:24:23.130 blame these, these companies, you know, and the 00:24:23.130 --> 00:24:27.130 captains of the world and things like that. Gotta 00:24:27.130 --> 00:24:29.450 put the blame on somebody, you know that. Gotta 00:24:29.450 --> 00:24:33.220 put it on somebody. Yeah, so it's reality. Yes, 00:24:33.359 --> 00:24:36.220 it's reality. Let's pivot to your book. Your 00:24:36.220 --> 00:24:38.759 book is called, Claiming Your Healing, which 00:24:38.759 --> 00:24:42.119 I love all of the words, all three words, very 00:24:42.119 --> 00:24:46.160 good. What does claiming healing require that 00:24:46.160 --> 00:24:51.119 wishing or hoping does not? Claim Your Healing 00:24:51.119 --> 00:24:55.759 is, it's about, you know, the book cover is, 00:24:55.759 --> 00:25:01.660 it looks, but it's, I've got a sword in my hand 00:25:01.660 --> 00:25:07.279 and it's about staking claim of what you want. 00:25:08.599 --> 00:25:11.339 You're in this battle for healing, you're in 00:25:11.339 --> 00:25:14.839 a battle for your life and it's staking that 00:25:14.839 --> 00:25:17.359 claim and it's claiming it and it's saying, this 00:25:17.359 --> 00:25:20.640 is mine and I'm gonna walk it out until I get 00:25:20.640 --> 00:25:24.099 what's mine. And it's the fierce determination 00:25:24.099 --> 00:25:26.660 but a belief that you've got something you don't 00:25:26.660 --> 00:25:32.559 have just yet. in reality, but in your mind, 00:25:32.579 --> 00:25:35.119 you know that it's yours and it's meant for you. 00:25:36.519 --> 00:25:40.259 That's good. That's good. I like that. For someone 00:25:40.259 --> 00:25:43.640 listening right now, who feels like healing, 00:25:44.400 --> 00:25:47.759 whether physical, emotional, or mental, feels 00:25:47.759 --> 00:25:50.640 overwhelmed and out of reach? What's the first 00:25:50.640 --> 00:25:57.319 honest step they can take? To just get alone 00:25:57.319 --> 00:26:01.029 with themselves. you know somewhere where they 00:26:01.029 --> 00:26:05.089 feel good nature and just just take a breather 00:26:05.089 --> 00:26:09.529 and just think you know to get yourself back 00:26:09.529 --> 00:26:14.170 to balance yeah it's good so that you have a 00:26:14.170 --> 00:26:16.230 clear mind i think when we're so connected to 00:26:16.230 --> 00:26:20.130 technology all the time so important to detox 00:26:20.130 --> 00:26:22.849 from that for a bit so you can think great and 00:26:22.849 --> 00:26:27.329 and then make a plan from that yeah standpoint 00:26:28.559 --> 00:26:34.099 Oh, that's powerful. It kind of reminds me that 00:26:34.099 --> 00:26:36.859 healing like purpose isn't about perfection. 00:26:37.200 --> 00:26:41.299 It's about responsibility to your own life, not 00:26:41.299 --> 00:26:44.259 leaving it to someone else. That's great. Can 00:26:44.259 --> 00:26:47.140 you tell us what you're gonna be up to the next 00:26:47.140 --> 00:26:52.339 coming months? Right now, we just launched a 00:26:52.339 --> 00:26:56.539 vending machine program. So we're trying to... 00:26:56.509 --> 00:26:59.130 get that into some universities and hospitals 00:26:59.130 --> 00:27:03.089 and now it's really just advancing healthy on 00:27:03.089 --> 00:27:07.130 the go's footprint. That's pretty much it. Yeah. 00:27:07.349 --> 00:27:11.690 Okay. How can they, is it, can you purchase individual 00:27:11.690 --> 00:27:14.309 or does it have to go through like the vending 00:27:14.309 --> 00:27:16.210 machine has got to be accompanied in order to 00:27:16.210 --> 00:27:19.130 get your products? Yeah. We don't have an online 00:27:19.130 --> 00:27:22.250 website yet. It's something that everything is 00:27:22.250 --> 00:27:26.960 either in the store or yeah. Well audience, you 00:27:26.960 --> 00:27:30.539 know to get her book Claiming claim your healing, 00:27:30.599 --> 00:27:32.880 you know to get her book. It's everywhere right 00:27:32.880 --> 00:27:36.420 every even in bookstores, correct? Um, it's not 00:27:36.420 --> 00:27:38.539 it's actually just on Amazon or Barnes & Noble. 00:27:38.839 --> 00:27:41.819 Okay Yeah, yeah. No, then it's in every bookstore 00:27:41.819 --> 00:27:43.920 You got to use acts if it's in Barnes & Noble's 00:27:43.920 --> 00:27:46.619 all you gotta do is ask so everybody out there 00:27:46.619 --> 00:27:49.740 near a bookstore Go to the bookstore request 00:27:49.740 --> 00:27:51.819 it and even go to the library and ask them I 00:27:51.819 --> 00:27:53.740 need to read this book and they'll get it for 00:27:53.740 --> 00:27:57.150 you Because once it's in Barnes and Nobles, it's 00:27:57.150 --> 00:28:02.369 everywhere. So make sure you get her book. Today's 00:28:02.369 --> 00:28:05.130 conversation reminds us that healing isn't just 00:28:05.130 --> 00:28:08.829 about surviving, what tried to take you out. 00:28:09.109 --> 00:28:11.990 It's about deciding what you're going to build 00:28:11.990 --> 00:28:16.029 with the life you fought for. If this episode 00:28:16.029 --> 00:28:19.190 resonated with you, check out Krista Anderson's 00:28:19.190 --> 00:28:21.990 book, Claim Your Healing, and learn more about 00:28:21.990 --> 00:28:24.759 the work she's doing through healthy on the go, 00:28:25.279 --> 00:28:28.299 because access, education, and choice, they all 00:28:28.299 --> 00:28:31.980 matter. And as always, here in Keeping It Real 00:28:31.980 --> 00:28:35.279 on Purpose, we just don't tell stories, we turn 00:28:35.279 --> 00:28:38.240 pain into purpose. I want to thank you all for 00:28:38.240 --> 00:28:41.480 being here today with me, your host Ed Noy, and 00:28:41.480 --> 00:28:44.880 my esteemed guest, Krista Anderson, and we're 00:28:44.880 --> 00:28:46.319 going to say goodbye for now.