The Happy Pear with Dave and Steve | Pioneers in the Plant Based World
In this episode we have Steve and Dave from The Happy Pear, which they started in 2004 and have been changing lives ever since. They have restaurants, cookbooks, online courses and more, and they’re here to share their vegan knowledge with us. Their first book, The Happy Pear book, was a best food book in Ireland in 2014 and ‘15, and they have since written 3 other books. Their mission is to help people feel happier and healthier because they believe the key to happiness is good health and a great support network. They value passion, authenticity, excellence, and the relationships they have. They’ve touched millions and millions of people and have fantastic social media, which you should check out. Plant based in a time when it wasn’t cool 1:20The raw vegan period 8:53Routines and staying healthy and happy 16:27Building their community 20:38Why it’s hard to get more people on board 28:09Measuring sleep 35:44Getting started 40:36For parents 45:57Myth busting 49:18“One of the superfoods which people don’t discuss that much any more, is joy, laughter, happiness, friendship, because it’s so easy to obsess over food because you can control it, but these are the variables like connection and nature, and these other things that sometimes we don’t don’t give as much weight to, but I think they’re every bit as important.” 14:21@thehappypearhttps://thehappypear.ie/