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Susan C. Tucker, Founder I started Green Beat Life, LLC to help those aspiring to live a plant-based life achieve their individual wellness goals. As a health coach and nutrition counselor, with a specialty in the plant-based diets and lifestyle, I'm certified from the Center for Nutrition Studies, Cornell University. I graduated from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition and, attending the Natural Gourmet Institute, I received Culinary Nutrition Certification. I'm a plant-based chef and instructor. Growing Up Fresh One of my earliest memories is walking through the vegetable garden in the backyard at my summer home in Cape Cod, and finding things to munch on like green beans, cucumbers and luscious sweet tomatoes. In the early fall, the corn grew way above me! And then, there they were - those luscious items were on my plate making colorful and nutritious meals. Little did I know what a huge impression those veggies would have on my life! |
Diet, Stress and Finding Balance
Years ago I found myself swept away by corporate culture, and my dietary life was often unbalanced and hard to control. As a result of eating under extreme stress, eating out almost everyday or in a rush or at my desk, my digestion was compromised and my energy depleted. I developed a fascination about the way people were eating and the many problematic habits, ailments and challenges, both physical and emotional, that arose due to food. Everyone was eating for speed and convenience first, rather than wellness. Certainly we could make wellness, digestion, energy work for our busy lives. I was then inspired to pursue a practice in health coaching.
Plant-Based Living
Eating clean and mindfully is an essential life skill to practice and cultivate each day. I was a successful and healthy vegetarian for 35+ years, and have continued as a vegan over the past 4 years and counting. Every day, I'm amazed at the opportunity the earth provides us to optimize our health, healing and wellness through whole foods and plant-based choices. I love the possibilities that the plant world offers us. Now more than ever, looking to plants for our food sources and nourishment, for our own wellness and the health of our planet is vital.
New York City is a mecca for enjoying a plant-based lifestyle. I love seeking out new vegan hot spots and visiting my trusted favorites, and when traveling, experiencing plant-based culture and communities across the country and around the globe.
In the Kitchen
For me, being in my kitchen, or cooking for friends and loved ones anywhere, brings me to my heart's center. Cooking is my balancer, relaxer (even when things get crazy in the kitchen!), resetter, and a way I can express my love and gratitude to people and to the earth. Mindful eating is the ultimate expression of self-care. There is nothing like seeing, touching, inhaling and tasting beautiful, colorful and nourishing plant-based meals! I love the connection the culinary arts bring us to ourselves, humanity and our planet.
Why Green Beat Life?
The name Green Beat Life reflects a heart beating with vibrant health and wellness from fresh, whole, plant-based nutrition, and a compassionate heart that beats with the consciousness that our food choices and how we eat influences our planet and the environment. Green Beat Life, LLC, supports people with a genuine interest in wellness through nutrition and lifestyle, to develop the knowledge and skills they need to cultivate a plant-based diet that brings them vibrant health and happiness.
Photo credit : Meredith Zinner
Years ago I found myself swept away by corporate culture, and my dietary life was often unbalanced and hard to control. As a result of eating under extreme stress, eating out almost everyday or in a rush or at my desk, my digestion was compromised and my energy depleted. I developed a fascination about the way people were eating and the many problematic habits, ailments and challenges, both physical and emotional, that arose due to food. Everyone was eating for speed and convenience first, rather than wellness. Certainly we could make wellness, digestion, energy work for our busy lives. I was then inspired to pursue a practice in health coaching.
Plant-Based Living
Eating clean and mindfully is an essential life skill to practice and cultivate each day. I was a successful and healthy vegetarian for 35+ years, and have continued as a vegan over the past 4 years and counting. Every day, I'm amazed at the opportunity the earth provides us to optimize our health, healing and wellness through whole foods and plant-based choices. I love the possibilities that the plant world offers us. Now more than ever, looking to plants for our food sources and nourishment, for our own wellness and the health of our planet is vital.
New York City is a mecca for enjoying a plant-based lifestyle. I love seeking out new vegan hot spots and visiting my trusted favorites, and when traveling, experiencing plant-based culture and communities across the country and around the globe.
In the Kitchen
For me, being in my kitchen, or cooking for friends and loved ones anywhere, brings me to my heart's center. Cooking is my balancer, relaxer (even when things get crazy in the kitchen!), resetter, and a way I can express my love and gratitude to people and to the earth. Mindful eating is the ultimate expression of self-care. There is nothing like seeing, touching, inhaling and tasting beautiful, colorful and nourishing plant-based meals! I love the connection the culinary arts bring us to ourselves, humanity and our planet.
Why Green Beat Life?
The name Green Beat Life reflects a heart beating with vibrant health and wellness from fresh, whole, plant-based nutrition, and a compassionate heart that beats with the consciousness that our food choices and how we eat influences our planet and the environment. Green Beat Life, LLC, supports people with a genuine interest in wellness through nutrition and lifestyle, to develop the knowledge and skills they need to cultivate a plant-based diet that brings them vibrant health and happiness.
Photo credit : Meredith Zinner
Disclaimer: The role of a Health Coach is not to provide medical or nutrition therapy services; or to diagnose, treat or cure any disease, condition or other physical or mental ailment of the human body. Rather, a Health Coach is a mentor and guide who has been trained in holistic and essential nutrition, and health coaching, to help clients reach their own health goals by supporting them to devise and implement positive, sustainable lifestyle changes. The Health Coach is not acting in the capacity of a doctor, licensed dietician-nutritionist, psychologist or other licensed or registered professional, and any care and/or advice given by the Health Coach or on this website is not meant to take the place of the care/advice by these professionals.