Episode Details

How one woman turned her passion for health into a mission-driven business after 50.

In this inspiring episode of Her Next Act, host Joan Paul sits down with change-maker, entrepreneur, and health advocate Gwyn Whittaker. After a 35-year career in the tech industry including founding a counter-terrorism company after 9/11  Gwyn experienced a devastating personal loss that became the catalyst for her next chapter.

Today as the founder and CEO of GreenFare Organic Café, she’s leading a movement to help people reclaim their health and vitality through plant-based living, community education, and lifestyle medicine. Her story is one of resilience, purpose, and responsibility showing us that it’s never too late to step into a mission that changes lives.

Episode Highlights:

• Growing up as an independent thinker and budding entrepreneur
• Choosing a plant-based path in her teens long before it was mainstream
• Building a successful tech career in male-dominated industries
• How the sudden loss of her partner shifted her perspective on health 
• The film Forks Over Knives and how it sparked a life-changing epiphany
• Launching the GreenFare Organic Café as a restaurant and educational hub
• Surprising results of her 10-day plant-based experiment with 45 participants
• Staying true to brand integrity why she refuses to compromise on her mission
• How her programs are helping reverse chronic illness 

If you’re a woman in midlife or beyond who’s thinking about what’s next, or if you’re simply curious about how food as medicine, purpose, and passion can transform your future, Gwyn’s story will leave you motivated to take action.

Learn more about Gwyn:

• Visit GreenFare Organic Café: https://greenfare.com/
• Watch the documentaries she mentions: Forks Over Knives, The Game Changers, Eating Our Way to Extinction, Plant Pure Nation
• Explore the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine and plant-based lifestyle: https://www.pcrm.org/

Learn more and follow along with me - Joan Paul

Website: https://hernextact.com/

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Thank you for listening and remember, you're never too old, and it's not too late! That one day is now!

xojoan