Meet Rachael Brown

We recently connected with Rachael Brown and have shared our conversation below.

Hi Rachael , really happy you were able to join us today and we’re looking forward to sharing your story and insights with our readers. Let’s start with the heart of it all – purpose. How did you find your purpose?

I find my purpose to be similar, but not directly tied to my vocation. I believe my purpose is to learn to love and be loved while here on planet earth. This realization came after years of expensive education and study–all of which have helped me with specific skills, but it wasn’t until I really understood that all the skills and study and head knowledge mean nothing if they aren’t used in love that I started to live out my purpose.
Sure, a really smart cardiologist can fix a literal broken heart, but have you heard about the outcomes from Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn who personally answers the phone and helps his cardiac patients live full lives after they’ve been sent home to die? Or how about Dr. John McDougall, who decided to tell the truth about what he was learning through his medical practice, and to offer it for free in the form of newsletters and a website? T. Colin Campbell refused to bow to special interests in research–a special form of love for the greater good. These are some of my heroes when it comes to vocations being used in love. Stated differently, these people are living out love by putting people above profits, which can feel rare these days.
Wanting to share the love and help others inspired me to donate 50% of the profits from the sale of my book, For Fork’s Sake: A Quick Guide to Healing Yourself and the Planet Through a Plant-Based Diet, to charity, and 1% of gross sales to 1% For the Planet.

Great, so let’s take a few minutes and cover your story. What should folks know about you and what you do?

After my cholesterol dropped 50 points in 17 days– just from changing what I put in my mouth–I wanted to share how easy and inexpensive it can be to get healthy today in America. You don’t need a Whole Foods nearby. You don’t need weight loss drugs. You don’t need a gym membership. You just need to learn how to appropriately fuel your body.
In 2022 I released my book, For Fork’s Sake: A Quick Guide to Healing Yourself and the Planet Through a Plant-Based Diet. Since then I’ve been speaking, podcasting and consulting with people and organizations to help them move from the SAD (standard American diet) to HAPPY (Healthy And Plant-Powered, Yay!).
Whether it’s 87-year old’s telling me they made changes after hearing me speak and are off medications and losing weight or parents of young children excited that meal time with healthy food isn’t such a battle, helping people learn about the benefits of eating whole, plant-based food without oil doesn’t get old.
I offer a free weekly newsletter with tips, recipes and ways to make this lifestyle easier (sign up at www.forforkssakebook.com). I speak at VegFest’s, bookstores, libraries, senior centers, churches, Rotary Clubs, schools, parent groups…anywhere to help spread the message that eating and feeling well doesn’t have to be hard or break the bank.

If you had to pick three qualities that are most important to develop, which three would you say matter most?

Having a beginner mindset was certainly helpful on this journey. Instead of just accepting what was traditional knowledge, or being spoon-fed information (pun intended), it was imperative to keep an open mindset and do a lot of research. It helped to remember that new skills take time and set backs are common when trying something new.

Letting go of what others thought of me was important as well. Swimming upstream is never easy, but experiencing drastic changes in health made it easier to forego certain cultural norms when it came to doing things differently.

Surround yourself with support. Find your people– join groups and if you can’t find one, then start it yourself.

Don’t be afraid to ask questions, to reach out to those who have gone before. Most people enjoy sharing about themselves if you give them the chance. And who knows, you might just make a new friend or meet a future collaborator in the process.

Okay, so before we go we always love to ask if you are looking for folks to partner or collaborate with?

I am looking for people to partner or collaborate with, specifically people who stand to benefit from their patients or clients getting healthy.

This could be doctors who are wanting to get patients eating better, or moving, or off medications, but don’t have the time in their day to go over what changes would be appropriate to make and how to put those changes into practice.

Hospitals looking to inform patients about lifestyle medicine and improvements in health would be a great fit, as would medical schools training new doctors.

Assisted living facilities, nursing homes, colleges, schools, prisons…anywhere people are being fed or cared for by health professionals could lessen their overall costs and improve patient health and satisfaction through collaborating.

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