Kale & Caramel’s Lily Diamond — Essential Oils, Natural Healing With Herbs, Dealing With Grief, And Self-Love

Summary: Lily Diamond (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/lilydiamond/?hl=en">@lilydiamond</a>) is the woman behind the beautiful Kale &amp; Caramel blog, where she shares fresh, creative recipes, travel tips, and more. Her cookbook, <a href="https://amzn.to/2MFa5zZ">Kale &amp; Caramel: Recipes for Body, Heart, and Table</a> features 80 vegetarian and vegan recipes created around various herbs and flowers. She’s also a beautiful writer and she’s really, really smart (she might not tell you this, but she went to Yale).<br> <br> Lily spent the first few years of her life on a California commune (basically, a cult—we get into this in the episode!) before moving to Maui, where she lived a mango-studded version of a paradise. She grew up relying on natural healing—and then her mother got sick from cancer, challenging all of the beliefs Lily had been raised with.<br> <br> In this episode, we discuss what made Lily become vegan—and what made her stop; her process of moving through grief and how her mother’s death changed her life; how to use plants and essential oils for healing; her self-love and self-acceptance journey; and so much more.<br> <br> For every episode of the Healthier Together podcast, there will be a corresponding giveaway and a challenge based on some of the guest’s shared wisdom—one week we might meditate, and another we might try a new skincare routine or tweak our diets, all in the name of actually getting healthier together (versus just listening to a podcast).  Come join in (and enter to win!) on Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/lizmoody/">@lizmoody</a>, or using the hashtag #htpodcast.<br> <br> Enjoy!<br> <br> This episode, we mentioned:<br> <a href="https://amzn.to/2t93eGQ">- Big Berkey Water Filter</a><br> <a href="https://amzn.to/2tdPxq4">- Tongue Scraper</a><br> <br> Healthier Together cover art by <a href="http://megandoty.com/">Megan Doty</a>.  Healthier Together music by <a href="http://www.alexruimy.com/">Alex Ruimy.</a>